Rudy Fernandez offered monster 6 year/$26 million contract by Real Madrid

This would make him the highest paid player in ACB history. I can't see him turning this down.

A shame, since I really wanted to see him on the Mavs.

Source (Spanish):
[url]http://www.mundodeportivo.com/20110703/baloncesto/nba/florentino-perez-presenta-una-oferta-mareante-para-fichar-a-rudy-fernandez_54179826287.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mundodeportivo-baloncesto-titulares+%28MD+-+Baloncesto+Titulares%29[/url]

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Damn, even in bball Real is such a ass spender. :facepalm

is this real or a rumor ? :oldlol: Wow, this scrub is really respected in spain ?

Interesting...........I wonder will the allure of possibly winning a championship on the (admittedly old) Mavericks trump a very secure contract?

[QUOTE=Theoo's Daddy]Wow, this scrub is really respected in spain ?[/QUOTE]
Seriously.

Jaw looking like he's the third member of Terrence and Phillip.

:facepalm

[QUOTE=brantonli]Interesting...........I wonder will the allure of possibly winning a championship on the (admittedly old) Mavericks trump a very secure contract?[/QUOTE]

Rudy has always been unhappy playing in the states, he's always said he want to go back to europe. Unless this is a ploy to hit up mark cuban. :oldlol:

According to the ESPN article, this would be after next season. He'll still play in Dallas next season (if there is one).

[QUOTE=adri41]According to the ESPN article, this would be after next season. He'll still play in Dallas next season (if there is one).[/QUOTE]

Isnt that obvious? You think the Mavs would make a trade, if there is a possibility he just signs in Europe without ever playing for them?

Glad that the deal will take place after next season. If Rudy steps it up and has a great season, Cuban might throw even more money his way.

[QUOTE=KokeAyne]Isnt that obvious? You think the Mavs would make a trade, if there is a possibility he just signs in Europe without ever playing for them?[/QUOTE]

Yes, I thought it was. It was for Grinder's benefit since I inferred from his post that he thought it would be immediate.

[QUOTE=Grinder]This would make him the highest paid player in ACB history. I can't see him turning this down.

A shame, since I really wanted to see him on the Mavs.

Source (Spanish):
[url]http://www.mundodeportivo.com/20110703/baloncesto/nba/florentino-perez-presenta-una-oferta-mareante-para-fichar-a-rudy-fernandez_54179826287.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mundodeportivo-baloncesto-titulares+%28MD+-+Baloncesto+Titulares%29[/url][/QUOTE]
is he worth that?

Doesn

[QUOTE=R.I.P.]Doesn

[QUOTE=Theoo's Daddy]is this real or a rumor ? :oldlol: Wow, this scrub is really respected in spain ?[/QUOTE]

this scrub blew by kobe and dunked on dwight

[QUOTE=Theoo's Daddy]If deshawn and butler are not signed back on, this team goes back to their soft ways, rudy will make them even more soft..[/QUOTE]


the Mavs will still have Brian Cardinal who some Heat fans have cried was a thug that purposely hurt Wade. They have no worries.

[QUOTE=Stuckey]this scrub blew by kobe and dunked on dwight[/QUOTE]

lol...that was ONE game. I'm a blazer fan, and believe me...rudy fernandez is AWFUL

Thought I should leave this here.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksbBelY9SIM[/url]

[QUOTE=Stuckey]this scrub blew by kobe and dunked on dwight[/QUOTE]

Stromile Swift is an all star...

Less than 5 million a year would make him the highest paid player in ACB history? Really?

[QUOTE=bdreason]Less than 5 million a year would make him the highest paid player in ACB history? Really?[/QUOTE]
and this is why the idea of there being tons of $ for nba ballers to just go take over there is silly. That is basically the qualifying offer to retain rights for a late lotto pick coming out of his rookie contract and nearly 1.5 million less than the mid-level salary in the nba.


I kinda hope he doesnt take it, because I think he would be a very fun player to watch on dallas.

so, its basically the same as the qualifying offer for Austin Daye (4+ million), the 15th pick in the draft (i.e. not even a lottery pick). Damn.


So, two points. Obviously escape to europe isnt the answer. doesnt this also point to how out of wack the salaries are in the NBA (go look at the revenue of Euroleague vs NBA last year) comparatively. The biggest salary ever in the most successful euro league is = to the QO for a mid-first round draft pick.

Those are always net figures. $26 million actually might equal around $43-45 million on a NBA contract, depending on state income taxes and benefits included in the contracts. And that is a lot more than the qualifying offer for a late lotto pick.

Btw, the contract would reportedly start now, Rudy would be free to return to the Mavs when a NBA season starts and he would leave after this season. If that is correct, the Mavs are screwed cause they have no way to match that right now. They probably wouldnt want to anyway with that sum being reported, but whatever....

[QUOTE=boozehound]so, its basically the same as the qualifying offer for Austin Daye (4+ million), the 15th pick in the draft (i.e. not even a lottery pick). Damn.


So, two points. Obviously escape to europe isnt the answer. doesnt this also point to how out of wack the salaries are in the NBA (go look at the revenue of Euroleague vs NBA last year) comparatively. The biggest salary ever in the most successful euro league is = to the QO for a mid-first round draft pick.[/QUOTE]

Where are you getting this 4+ million number? I think it's a lot less.

[QUOTE=Samurai Swoosh]Seriously.

Jaw looking like he's the third member of Terrence and Phillip.

:facepalm[/QUOTE]

You are so sad :lol

He gets to live in Spain too, which is beautiful.

No way Jose Mourinho let's him play. :no:

[QUOTE=Grinder]Glad that the deal will take place after next season. If Rudy steps it up and has a great season, Cuban might throw even more money his way.[/QUOTE]
not going to happen, he ll be lazy and wait for his comeback in europe. Ha these europeans players "who dont like north america"....why did they come in the first place then?

This thread is totally misleading. Contracts in Europe are [B]NET INCOME[/B].

$26 million [B]NET INCOME.[/B]
[B][SIZE="6"]
NET INCOME[/SIZE][/B]

[QUOTE=bdreason]Less than 5 million a year would make him the highest paid player in ACB history? Really?[/QUOTE]

NET INCOME

Do you have any grasp of what that means? And, actually Navarro makes the same amount on average. So it would be no higher than what Navarro already makes in Spain.

[QUOTE=boozehound]and this is why the idea of there being tons of $ for nba ballers to just go take over there is silly. [B]That is basically the qualifying offer to retain rights for a late lotto pick coming out of his rookie contract and nearly 1.5 million less than the mid-level salary in the nba. [/B]


I kinda hope he doesnt take it, because I think he would be a very fun player to watch on dallas.[/QUOTE]

So you are saying, "that is basically the qualifying offer to retain rights for a late lotto pick coming out of his rookie contract and nearly 1.5 million less than the mid-level salary in the nba" - that this is the same as [B]$26 million NET INCOME?[/B]....................


Seriously, I hope you are joking.

[QUOTE=boozehound] [B]The biggest salary ever in the most successful euro league is = to the QO for a mid-first round draft pick.[/B][/QUOTE]

That is completely untrue. Josh Childress was making 4.8 million euros per season net income with Olympiacos. That is not far from a max NBA contract. No mid first round draft pick in NBA history has ever made anything close to that in a rookie scale contract.

[QUOTE=Nero Tulip]Where are you getting this 4+ million number? I think it's a lot less.[/QUOTE]
the website that shall not be named's nba salary charts. thats what the other charts report as well. google nba salary and look at any of them.


Regardless of whether its the qualifying offer for the 15th pick or the 12th pick is besides the point. The point is that the salaries in europe are not comparable to those in the US. The idea that there are tens of millions to be had by nba ballers in europe for one year contracts is absurd and not grounded in reality.

As to that being a post tax net figure, I have not seen it reported as such, though I do sometimes see euro salaries reported as such. so, even as such (lets say 39mil/6 years -1.5 times the reported #), his average salary over the 6 years is still less than the average salary of a MLE over 5 years.

[QUOTE=Euroleague]That is completely untrue. Josh Childress was making 4.8 million euros per season net income with Olympiacos. That is not far from a max NBA contract. No mid first round draft pick in NBA history has ever made anything close to that in a rookie scale contract.[/QUOTE]
wait. Josh Childress is your positive example? Why are you such an angry little man?

[QUOTE=boozehound]the website that shall not be named's nba salary charts. thats what the other charts report as well. google nba salary and look at any of them.


Regardless of whether its the qualifying offer for the 15th pick or the 12th pick is besides the point. The point is that the salaries in europe are not comparable to those in the US. The idea that there are tens of millions to be had by nba ballers in europe for one year contracts is absurd and not grounded in reality.

As to that being a post tax net figure, I have not seen it reported as such, though I do sometimes see euro salaries reported as such. so, even as such (lets say 39mil/6 years -1.5 times the reported #), his average salary over the 6 years is still less than the average salary of a MLE over 5 years.[/QUOTE]

Salaries in Europe are listed as NET INCOME.

Please list the links that show that even the #1 draft pick of the NBA gets that much.

You will need to show that the #1 draft pick of the NBA, [B]NETS TO HIS POCKET[/B], after taxes, agent fees, NBA union fees, and NBA retirement fees......an average of over $5 million per season.

[QUOTE=boozehound]wait. Josh Childress is your positive example? Why are you such an angry little man?[/QUOTE]

You claimed that Childress was making, "= to the QO for a mid-first round draft pick."

So 4.8 million euros per season net income is "= to the QO for a mid-first round draft pick."

Oh really?

I still remember getting killed for saying Fernandez would be nothing special in the NBA

[QUOTE=Da KO King]I still remember getting killed for saying Fernandez would be nothing special in the NBA[/QUOTE]

Rudy Fernandez was, in all honesty, a very overrated player when he was in Europe. He is very good with Spain's national team. But, with his club team's he has always been really overrated.

He would be really overpaid in Real Madrid at that salary. He would not even be close to the best player in the ACB/Euroleague. Top 20? Maybe. #1? No freaking way.

[QUOTE=Euroleague]He would be really overpaid in Real Madrid at that salary. He would not even be close to the best player in the ACB/Euroleague. Top 20? Maybe. #1? No freaking way.[/QUOTE]
I don't think they are signing him to being a top 5 European player. I honestly believe its more of a publicity more. Not only are they stealing away a NBA player but they are bringing back Rudy who was/is very popular in Spain.

I think they'll expect top 20 play from Rudy. Anything better than that is icing on the cake to them.

Thanks for Jordan Hamilton sucka's!! :banana: