"Remember how the head of the EuroLeague said the elite teams of Europe were not going to get in the "rent an NBA star" game, that they needed stable rosters? (To be fair, I had heard similar noises from some agents.)

You can pretty much throw that out the window.

Kevin Durant's agent is in talks with Russian powerhouse CSKA Moscow, according to a report on the Russian Web site championat.com (via HoopsHype). He reportedly would make a $1 million a month salary and of course would have an opt-out to return to the Thunder should the lockout end."