Kirilenko is now playing in CSKA, does he earn the same as in Utah Jazz? No
We can go on with other players, but it is enough.
he signed the contract in CSKA since he doubt that the NBA season starts ;) And CSKA payed him a big time check, so that the security and longer period at least bring him close to the check he would have get when he predicted the NBA to start right.
Without the lockout there wouldn't be a Kririlenko in Moskau since he would go for a biggerr contract, you will probadly say now you see he get less money when he sign a lower club BUT you forget if the other bidder would still exist and Moskau would try to get him they would payed him more like in the Childress case since the playing level of Moskau isn't that attractive to him.
So the NBA lockout was a crash for the player market, since money went out of the system, and fewer teams where in the rumble for the same amount of players.
Last edited by CrazyEye at 1/10/2012 6:31:21 AM