Breaking News: Linas Kleiza to Leave Nuggets and NBA for Greece

After making few moves this offseason, the Denver Nuggets are now forced to make a move, or two, as Linas Kleiza says goodbye to the Mile High City and hello to the Aegean Sea. Just in from ESPN, Denver Nuggets SF Linas Klieza will take a two-year deal to play for the Olympiakos of Greece, as he signed a $12.2 million deal for the team. This comes as a huge surprise because there was some interest for his services in the NBA, including from the Nuggets, but they were only offering $2.7 million per year. This deal with the Olympiakos makes him $6.1 million per year, a little more than the veteran minimum in the NBA today. For the Nuggets, this is huge because Mark Warkentien and Rex Chapman seemed fine to stand pat with mostly the same team as last year, but now Denver has to find a backup SF, and it's late in the offseason. The best case scenario would be to find a three-four type player, someone who is athletic and can shoot, but also has size. This could be a difficult find,...