<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Omer Asik is in discussions right now with his Turkish team about ripping up his current contract and signing a five-year deal that would keep him out of the NBA for a considerable amount of time, his agent Justin Zanik told DraftExpress. An agreement may not be reached before the draft on Thursday, and Zanik is in the process of informing every NBA team about the progress of negotiations. Asik currently has two more years on his deal and was thought to be a safe bet to be drafted in the second. A new contract, however, would changes things considerably, and may drop his stock from the early second round to the mid-to-late portion of the draft. Asik seems likely to accept the five-year offer from Fenerbahce because of the financial stability it would provide his family. This is yet another example showing how much more equipped top European teams are to compete for the rights to their local players and keep them away from the NBA because of the increased amounts of money flowing through the top leagues and the much weaker American dollar.</div> http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ys-d...o&type=lgns Well, that sucks. There goes another Eurostash prospect.
