Jose Juan Barea to play in AmeriCup qualifiers
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Jose Juan Barea
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Born: 06/26/84
Height: 5-10 / 1.78
Weight:175 lbs. / 79.4 kg.
Salary: $2,564,753
Born: 06/26/84
Height: 5-10 / 1.78
Weight:175 lbs. / 79.4 kg.
Salary: $2,564,753
Jose Juan Barea determined to play in NBA this season
Tim MacMahon: J.J. Barea’s contract with the Spanish team Estudiantes includes an NBA out, sources told ESPN. Barea remains determined to play in NBA this season. Playing in Spain’s top division will give the longtime Mavericks PG a chance to play against good competition and showcase himself.
Marc Stein: Barea, who turned 36 in June, has been determined to keep playing in the NBA since his Dallas release in December and could have a chance to catch on with an NBA team before the playoffs begin May 18 with Estudiantes’ season potentially ending before that
Brad Townsend: Dwight Powell on J.J. Barea’s absence starting last week: “It’s been weird, I’m not going to lie to you.” Upon his departure, Barea said Powell was the player other Mavs should most look to for leadership.
The NBA’s minimum salary increases with experience. To prevent teams from avoiding more-expensive veterans, the NBA reimburses teams that sign players with more than two years of experience to one-season minimum-salary contracts. In Barea’s case, he’ll get the minimum salary for someone with at least 10 years experience ($2,564,753). The Mavericks will be on the hook for two-year-experience minimum ($1,620,564). The league will reimburse Dallas for the rest ($944,189). That $944,189 comes from a league-wide fund that each team contributes to equally. So, the other 29 teams are each covering $31,473 of Barea’s sendoff (likely into retirement).
