NBA Draft Question: Drafting Foreign players
I'll use the Spurs as an example. How does it work when a team drafts a player ( Tiago Splitter, 2007) and they choose not to come to the NBA for 3 years?
I was was looking at team salaries and since Splitter was not on the Spurs roster he did not earn any money. So I have a couple questions.
1) if a player chooses not to come over the team doesn't have to pay them?
2) does a team retain rights to the player, regardless of if they're paying them, for a set number of years? I'd imagine if the player isn't being paid they're not under contract.
3) Since it had been 3 years could Splitter of signed with any team he wanted?
This was also the case with Gonobili who didn't come over for 3 years after being drafted.
I was was looking at team salaries and since Splitter was not on the Spurs roster he did not earn any money. So I have a couple questions.
1) if a player chooses not to come over the team doesn't have to pay them?
2) does a team retain rights to the player, regardless of if they're paying them, for a set number of years? I'd imagine if the player isn't being paid they're not under contract.
3) Since it had been 3 years could Splitter of signed with any team he wanted?
This was also the case with Gonobili who didn't come over for 3 years after being drafted.