Nuggets' Kleiza agrees to deal with Greek club

Restricted free agent forward Linas Kleiza of the Denver Nuggets is taking his game to Europe. Nuggets executive Mark Warkentien says Kleiza has chosen to play for Olympiakos, agreeing to a two-year deal worth more than $12 million. Warkentien said Kleiza's agent, Bill Duffy, informed him of the signing Monday. Duffy was flying back from Europe and unavailable for comment.

DENVER (AP) -- Denver Nuggets executive Mark Warkentien says forward Linas Kleiza has chosen to play for Olympiakos, agreeing to a two-year deal worth more than $12 million.

Olympiakos has stolen Linas Kleiza from Denver with a 2-year, $12.2 million deal... which continues a trend of big Greek teams (and foreign teams as a whole) taking mid-level guys who just can't seem to get the money they're looking for in the US. I'm actually surprised none of them came after Big Baby with $5 million.This summer, Josh Childress opted to stay in Greece...

DENVER (AP) -- Denver Nuggets executive Mark Warkentien says forward Linas Kleiza has chosen to play for Olympiakos, agreeing to a two-year deal worth more than $12 million.

It shouldn't be easy, Nuggets fans. But this is the price you pay for the sins of the front office, coaching staff, and players.  Linas Kleiza can play. He can play both forward positions, one of them well. One of his best friends gets to count the owner of the Denver Nuggets as his father. Linas dropped 41 in a game as a Nugget just two and a half years ago. Linas can drive. Sometimes...

It shouldn't be easy, Nuggets fans. But this is the price you pay for the sins of the front office, coaching staff and players.  Linas Kleiza can play. He can play both forward positions, one of them well. One of his best friends gets to count the owner of the Denver Nuggets as his father. Linas dropped 41 in a game as a Nugget just 2 1/2 years ago. Linas can drive. Sometimes, Linas...

Denver Nuggets forward Linas Kleiza is on his way to Greece after signing a two-year contract worth $12.2 million with Olympiakos on Monday.

Still in free-agent limbo is Team Lithuania’s Linas Kleiza, with an apparent (and puzzling) lack of NBA interest in the former Denver Nugget resulting in few reported offers from the United States. In fact, currently winning in the rumored offer department for Kleiza are none other than good old George, Panayiotis, and Piraeus Olympiacos. While Denver [...]

Denver Nuggets free agent forward Linas Kleiza is going to sign with Olympiakos, the famous team in Greece, according to Marc Spears of Yahoo. The deal will reportedly be for two-years, but Kleiza will have the option to end the contract after one season. Denver has had a quiet off-season, losing Dahntay Jones and now Kleiza. They [...]

The Denver Nuggets have said goodbye to another key member of their Western Conference Finals team. First to go was free agent shooting guard Dahntay Jones, who accepted a free agent deal with the Indiana Pacers. Then over the weekend the team dealt rarely used center Steven Hunter to the Memphis Grizzlies for a draft pick and a little salary cap relief. Now it appears Denver is...

— The Nuggets have lost forward Linas Kleiza to Olympiakos, according to his agent, Bill Duffy.

Two signings of note not involving Linas Kleiza also went down on Monday, with US point guard Morris Finley moving from Montepaschi Siena to AJ Milano while 21-year-old Sava Lesic made the leap from the Serbian second division in signing with Partizan Belgrade on a four-year deal. (Euroleague.net) – Armani Jeans Milano announced on Monday the [...]

Some big news coming into the basketball blogosphere today. It has been reported that Houston Rockets shooting guard Von Wafer and Denver Nuggets power forward Linas Kleiza have both left their NBA teams to play overseas with Olympiakos...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...

After showing some serious interest in Allen Iverson, Nate Robinson and Ramon Sessions. Euroleague powerhouse Olympiakos Piraeus scooped up two now former NBA players in the same day. Linas Kleiza and Von Wafer will now call Greece home, for a couple of years or longer as ex-Rocket Wafer signed a contract worth $5 million over 2 years with the [...] Related posts:Linas Kleiza...