After football star Kylian Mbappe got offered $776 million for one year to play in Saudi Arabia for Al-Hilal, stars around the world of sports have had their say on it.
Mbappe would not be the first world-class soccer player to leave top competition for the Saudi league. Could that happen in basketball too? And who would be the top candidate to make such a bold move?
We posed that question on Twitter yesterday:
Who’s your top candidate to become the first star to leave the NBA for Saudi money (should a big offer come)?
Why?
— HoopsHype (@hoopshype) July 25, 2023
And these were the best answers…
Whoever they want, unfortunately. Money talks
— Sean Barnard (@Sean_Barnard1) July 25, 2023
Sigh, hate to admit it, but it’s my guy, James Harden. He or Russ have the most star-power in comparison to their likely next salaries/current salaries, so a $50M/yr offer to them would almost certainly work at this point, now that both of their “legacies” look to be concrete.
— Jacob Mustafa (@JacobMustafa) July 25, 2023
Definitely Kyrie Irving and he’d try to spin it like he was some Messiah returning to the middle east.
— SirLootaLot (@unholyaction) July 25, 2023
Ja after he gets kicked out for a 3rd IG gun video
— Reldog (@DonkeyHater1) July 25, 2023
Kyrie. Why? Because he’s Kyrie
— Rafael Gómez (@rafus_in) July 25, 2023
Kyrie. You know why.
— Erik near Portland (@esouki) July 26, 2023
Not me, I never leave teams.
— Kevin Durant Phoenix Suns NBA player (parody) (@KDtrey5Five) July 25, 2023
Steph Curry, Bron, Giannis . It’s gonna be some big name that has nothing to prove
— Kevin Durant Phoenix Suns NBA player (parody) (@KDtrey5Five) July 25, 2023
Jaylen Brown already got a Saudi deal. $300M+ and no left hand
— bayelrey80 (@bayelrey80) July 26, 2023
Luka getting that Mbappe deal
— Swisher 🅿️🦅🇸🇴 (@Swishh111) July 25, 2023
James Harden fosho gonna be Elvis out there
— Josh Gillespie (@losingbydesign) July 25, 2023
