Naturalized Filipino Andray Blatche recently played for the Philippines in the FIBA World Cup, who opted out of his contract with the Nets in July, signed a one-year deal with the (Chinese Basketball Association) CBA's Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers in China on Saturday. Blatche will reportedly make $2.5 million (after taxes) in China.
Source: netsdaily | cbssports | si.com/nba
Andray Blatche's agent Andy Miller, tweeted out confirmation...
Source: netsdaily | cbssports | si.com/nba
Andray Blatche's agent Andy Miller, tweeted out confirmation...
Official: @drayblatche has signed a 1 year deal with the Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers.
— ASM SPORTS (@ASM_SPORTS) September 20, 2014
The Flying Tigers made the CBA finals last year and the club feels Andray is the final piece to a championship contender.
— ASM SPORTS (@ASM_SPORTS) September 20, 2014
Andray is extremely excited to be joining a 1st-class club & looks forward to building relationships throughout the Pacific Rim.
— ASM SPORTS (@ASM_SPORTS) September 20, 2014
Adrian Wojnarowski, NBA Insider for Yahoo Sports online and Fox Sports, confirmed that Blatche will earn a net of $2.5 million and be eligible to return to the NBA next March, at the conclusion of the Chinese Basketball Association season.
Free agent center Andray Blatche's deal in China will pay him nearly $2.5M net, source tells Yahoo. He can rejoin the NBA in March.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) September 20, 2014
