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<blockquote data-quote="Obelix" data-source="post: 1318659" data-attributes="member: 7292"><p>LOL... I am extremely familiar with international basketball. The highest 30-40 paid players in Europe (not Turkey) do make $1M-$3M (actually a little more now) but you are wrong that American players make more. Actually if you do some research of your own, out of the highest paid 30-40 players, most are international. The names on the list have slightly changed, but you can see the list of those players as of 2 years ago (as I said James Augustine, who switched to CSKA this year from Khimki, was on the list). </p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.talkbasket.net/salaries" target="_blank">https://www.talkbasket.net/salaries</a></p><p></p><p>Furthermore, from the top players, it is a myth that Americans are the best (as far as skills) or highest paid. In Euroleague first-team this year, the top 5 players who received the honors were: Sergio Llull (MVP, Spain), Nando de Colo (France), Bogdan Bogdanović (Serbia), Georgios Printezis (Greece), and Ekpe Udoh (USA). Per my post, only Udoh was American. Additionally, no American has been named MVP in Europe since Anthony Parker won the award in 2005-06. This is 11+ years running now. </p><p></p><p>As I also said in my post, the range (of pay) is much, much larger and wider, and the article is totally wrong (as was your statement). While the top players (independent of whether they are American or not) do make in excess of $1M, the range of pay for the rest of the players (Americans AND international) is much wider and larger than dropping to $5-10K. Actually, the teams do not differentiate between Americans or not, as you can see from salaries above. </p><p></p><p>There are a lot of myths about basketball in Europe, some of them proliferated by articles like the one posted on this thread. Americans playing abroad have a wide range of salaries as do international players. A lot of Americans do receive nice perks (housing, car, etc.) but so do a lot of international players having the same ability (teams often pay for their housing and cars). There are also other myths with regards to taxes. There is a proliferated belief that American players earn tax-free money abroad as countries do not require them to play taxes or teams pay their taxes, etc.. European Union tax laws do not allow that. Furthermore, any US tax lawyer and IRS expert can verify that foreign earned income is required to be reported and taxed in the US as well (in excess of what is taxed abroad).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Obelix, post: 1318659, member: 7292"] LOL... I am extremely familiar with international basketball. The highest 30-40 paid players in Europe (not Turkey) do make $1M-$3M (actually a little more now) but you are wrong that American players make more. Actually if you do some research of your own, out of the highest paid 30-40 players, most are international. The names on the list have slightly changed, but you can see the list of those players as of 2 years ago (as I said James Augustine, who switched to CSKA this year from Khimki, was on the list). [url]https://www.talkbasket.net/salaries[/url] Furthermore, from the top players, it is a myth that Americans are the best (as far as skills) or highest paid. In Euroleague first-team this year, the top 5 players who received the honors were: Sergio Llull (MVP, Spain), Nando de Colo (France), Bogdan Bogdanović (Serbia), Georgios Printezis (Greece), and Ekpe Udoh (USA). Per my post, only Udoh was American. Additionally, no American has been named MVP in Europe since Anthony Parker won the award in 2005-06. This is 11+ years running now. As I also said in my post, the range (of pay) is much, much larger and wider, and the article is totally wrong (as was your statement). While the top players (independent of whether they are American or not) do make in excess of $1M, the range of pay for the rest of the players (Americans AND international) is much wider and larger than dropping to $5-10K. Actually, the teams do not differentiate between Americans or not, as you can see from salaries above. There are a lot of myths about basketball in Europe, some of them proliferated by articles like the one posted on this thread. Americans playing abroad have a wide range of salaries as do international players. A lot of Americans do receive nice perks (housing, car, etc.) but so do a lot of international players having the same ability (teams often pay for their housing and cars). There are also other myths with regards to taxes. There is a proliferated belief that American players earn tax-free money abroad as countries do not require them to play taxes or teams pay their taxes, etc.. European Union tax laws do not allow that. Furthermore, any US tax lawyer and IRS expert can verify that foreign earned income is required to be reported and taxed in the US as well (in excess of what is taxed abroad). [/QUOTE]
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