Sasha Off To Europe Maybe

You can clearly see little by little these European countries are trying to get stronger. "First Atlanta's Josh Childress headed overseas, signing a lucrative deal from a Greek club. Now Houston's Carl Landry is entertaining offers from across the Atlantic. Eroupe Lakers' Sasha Vujacic also has been contacted by several European clubs, according to a Slovenian newspaper. (Probably a good move for him considering no NBA clubs have expressed interest in signing the restricted free agent). Kobe Bryant said he wouldn't be surprised if Vujacic takes the money and runs to Europe (if the rumors are true) considering the Lakers aren't offering him more than a qualifying one-year deal worth $2.6 million. "It depends on how much money they're throwing at him," Bryant said. "You got rules (NBA's salary cap), so you're playing with an uneven playing field. So if they want to throw a boatload of money at him." Such as two years, $50 million? That's the amount Bryant jokingly said it would take for him to leave the Lakers and play in Europe. "If he gets that, I'm calling Rob Pelinka (his and Vujacic's agent) right now (and telling him) you better get me $150 million for two years," he said laughing."