# Will NBA players leaving for Europe kill the NBA?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-nba-players-leaving-for-europe-kill-the-nba/459753>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 12, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-nba-players-leaving-for-europe-kill-the-nba/459753 "2008-08-12T17:48:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-nba-players-leaving-for-europe-kill-the-nba/459753/21 "2008-08-15T02:58:04Z")

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[QUOTE=Snooooopy]  
Yeah, especially if you’ve been dragging Walton and Lanier around.  
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Best break of the “fourth wall” ever and the very words that popped in my head as I typed that line!

Well played, sir!

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-nba-players-leaving-for-europe-kill-the-nba/459753/22 "2008-08-15T17:29:21Z")

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[QUOTE=Marley23]  
The exchange rate is a big factor in what’s going on right now, but the way you phrased it is a little off. It’s not about paying them in Euros, it’s about the strength of the Euro relative to the dollar. That’s why **RickJay** said what he saud,  
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He saud it wrong. The inflation factor for a 10 million dollar player is a big number. Players may not get it but their accountants and agents certainly do.

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