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<blockquote data-quote="grue2" data-source="post: 1954210" data-attributes="member: 747155"><p>"Illiniguy: You left off Russia, Japan and Korea."</p><p></p><p>Adding missing leagues for quality, and salary info. Hopefully this helps people get a feel for how our grads do post graduation. (Most tier 4 teams are really bad.)</p><p></p><p><strong>2022 data</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Play quality:</strong></p><p>The top leagues outside the NBA are something like:</p><p>1) Euroleague (A cross cutting of the top teams from the national leagues.),</p><p>2) Spain ACB, Turkey BSL</p><p>3) [German BBL, Russia VTB], Italy LBA, Israel, France LBA</p><p>4) Adriatic, Greek, Australia</p><p>5+) China, Japan, Korea, Philippines (Alphabetical; all bad.)</p><p></p><p>Each line is a significant step up from the lines below it. A rough ordering is given within a line.</p><p></p><p><strong>Salary guides (compiled from multiple sources, using the most common estimates when sites disagree):</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Tier 1:</strong></p><p>China: $7M is the top, 1-3M typical for foreigners, 100k typical if Chinese. Note: Max 1 foreign player on court at any time.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tier 2:</strong></p><p>EuroLeague: $4M top. 2M is a top 10 salary (top 6?). 500-800k is typical.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tier 3:</strong></p><p>Turkey BSL: 2.6M top, 250-450k typical</p><p>Russia VTB: 2.5M top, 200-450k typical</p><p>Spain ACB: 2M top. 250-500k typical.</p><p>Italy LBA: 2M top, 150-350k typical</p><p></p><p><strong>Tier 4:</strong></p><p>Greece: 2.5M top, 60-250k typical (60-100k tend to be local players)</p><p>German BBL: 1M top, 100-350k typical</p><p>Japan B.League: 1M top, 100-250k typical</p><p>Israel: ?? Top, 80-250k typical</p><p></p><p><strong>Tier 5:</strong></p><p>Philippines: 400k top, 100-200k typical</p><p>Australia: 400k top, 100k typical (1.7M/team cap)</p><p>France LBA: 300k top, 80-200k typical [I'm very surprised at these numbers. Multiple sites agreed.]</p><p></p><p>I could not find numbers for Korea, or Adriatic (ABA). I thought the ABA paid in the mid tier 3 range.</p><p></p><p>[USER=1]@Dan[/USER] As often as these questions get ask, can this be put into an appropriate semi-permanent thread? It was a pain to compile this data.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grue2, post: 1954210, member: 747155"] "Illiniguy: You left off Russia, Japan and Korea." Adding missing leagues for quality, and salary info. Hopefully this helps people get a feel for how our grads do post graduation. (Most tier 4 teams are really bad.) [B]2022 data Play quality:[/B] The top leagues outside the NBA are something like: 1) Euroleague (A cross cutting of the top teams from the national leagues.), 2) Spain ACB, Turkey BSL 3) [German BBL, Russia VTB], Italy LBA, Israel, France LBA 4) Adriatic, Greek, Australia 5+) China, Japan, Korea, Philippines (Alphabetical; all bad.) Each line is a significant step up from the lines below it. A rough ordering is given within a line. [B]Salary guides (compiled from multiple sources, using the most common estimates when sites disagree): Tier 1:[/B] China: $7M is the top, 1-3M typical for foreigners, 100k typical if Chinese. Note: Max 1 foreign player on court at any time. [B]Tier 2:[/B] EuroLeague: $4M top. 2M is a top 10 salary (top 6?). 500-800k is typical. [B]Tier 3:[/B] Turkey BSL: 2.6M top, 250-450k typical Russia VTB: 2.5M top, 200-450k typical Spain ACB: 2M top. 250-500k typical. Italy LBA: 2M top, 150-350k typical [B]Tier 4:[/B] Greece: 2.5M top, 60-250k typical (60-100k tend to be local players) German BBL: 1M top, 100-350k typical Japan B.League: 1M top, 100-250k typical Israel: ?? Top, 80-250k typical [B]Tier 5:[/B] Philippines: 400k top, 100-200k typical Australia: 400k top, 100k typical (1.7M/team cap) France LBA: 300k top, 80-200k typical [I'm very surprised at these numbers. Multiple sites agreed.] I could not find numbers for Korea, or Adriatic (ABA). I thought the ABA paid in the mid tier 3 range. [USER=1]@Dan[/USER] As often as these questions get ask, can this be put into an appropriate semi-permanent thread? It was a pain to compile this data. [/QUOTE]
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