Posted by Dave as Cleveland Cavaliers, NBA at 7:49 PM EDT on August 5th, 2008

If you’ve been wondering just how much the American dollar has dropped, look no further than already-rich NBA players wanting to go to Europe to play ball, something that was once never imagined.
After watching Josh Childress head to Greece, LeBron James is saying he’d consider the move, as well.
A person close to James said Tuesday that the Cavaliers’ superstar would strongly consider playing overseas if he was offered a salary of “around $50 million a year.”
It’s hard for me to imagine the NBA letting LeBron James go, but the bottom line is that if he’s offered $50 million a year, there’s not a team out there that’s going to match it. Unless, of course, Isiah Thomas is re-hired somewhere, where he’s great at getting seven players with max deals and having a salary cap around $300 million, somehow.