Mike James has long been a European bucket. In the last three years, he’s scored 1,700 points, more than any other Euroleague player. And this season, before he left CSKA Moscow, he was one of only three players in Europe who put up more than three 30-point games, one in the Russian League, three in the Euroleague.
So when he became available at the end of March following a suspension by CSKA, there was interest from the NBA which ultimately led to him signing two 10-days and then a standard NBA contract Thursday. But, as they say in Russia, it was complicated.