Many folks are wondering why a good NBA player left the league to play overseas, this post delves into the issue in search of answers. Europe is putting the basketball world on notice with the signing of NBA restricted free agent Josh Childress. The NBA has marginalized 2nd tier players by giving them mid level exception dollars so as a result, cats like Eddie House have been playing on the league minimum for years. No longer, for these players have leverage to effectively drive up the market by threatening or actually bouncing to Europe.