Langford spurns 76ers for Russia Former Kansas University guard Keith Langford has signed a two-year contract with UNICS Kazan, a professional basketball team in Kazan, Russia. Terms were not disclosed. However, David Pick of Eurobasket reports that the 6-foot-4, 215-pound Langford will earn $3.8 million over two seasons. Langford, 30, averaged 16.7 points a game last year for EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, which won the Italian League title for the first time since 1996. He won the Alfonso Ford trophy as top scorer in the Euroleague and was named All-Euroleague first team. Eurobasket reports Langford recently declined a minimum offer from the Philadelphia 76ers worth $816,482 for the 2014-15 season. Langford explained his reasoning for heading to Russia on Twitter: “1. EA7 never offered me 2 . I wasn’t taking a Paycut 3 . I don’t mind the cold 4 . Your value is your worth at all times 5 . @bc_unics is home!” Langford, who ranks No. 7 on KU’s all-time scoring list, later added in a Tweet: “We had a special run (with EA7) and I leave bearing no hard feelings...We did what we set out to do fellas.” Jake Pavorsky of libertyballers, which covers the Sixers, writes: “Watching Langford on tape, the lefty has a real sweet jump shot. He can play both the point and shooting guard spots, and showed he’s capable of spotting up and knocking down a trey in catch and shoot situations. Last season he shot 43.3 percent from the floor, and 36.4 percent from beyond the arc. Considering Philadelphia already has three point guards on the roster (they are expected to keep Michael Carter-Williams, Tony Wroten, and Pierre Jackson), I would anticipate that the Sixers wanted him to play 2-guard.”
Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 02:55:34 +0000
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