Top salaries in European basketball, 2011-12

Kudos and thanks to BallinEurope reader Agent, who recently crunched some numbers for basketball fans vis-à-vis the top salaries in European basketball for the 2011-12 season. In case you’re wondering why some top NBA names are seriously considering jumping the puddle, check out the findings below. Using euros as the currency, and figuring for net income, i.e. after taxes, as of September 25th, 2011, the top 10 highest-paid players in European professional club basketball for the 2011-12 season are: 1 (tie). Mehmet Okur, Turk Telekom Ankara – €3.5 million net income 1 (tie). Deron Williams, Beşiktaş – €3.5 million 3 (tie). Nenad Krstic, CSKA Moscow – €3.0 million 3 (tie). Rudy Fernandez, Real Madrid – €3.0 million 5. Ersan Ilyasova, Efes Istanbul – €2.7 million 6. Juan Carlos Navarro, FC Barcelona – €2.5 million 7. Vassilis Spanoulis, Olympiacos – €2.4 million 8. Dimitris Diamantidis, Panathinaikos – €2.0 million 9 (tie). Mike Batiste, Panathinaikos – €1.9 million 9 (tie). Milos Teo...