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Immediately after reading this news about Nenad Krstic heading back to the NBA to play with the Oklahoma City Thunder I was thinking, could Russia be that bad???

According to the Newark Star-Ledger, Nenad Krstic received an offer sheet this morning from Oklahoma City valued at $15.58M over three years, starting with $4.78 million for the first year but come on man, it Oklahoma City.  Now I’m not saying that thinks won’t get better in OKC but, if your gonna uproot yourself from Russia because you want to complete, the re-expansion Thunder in Oklahoma is the last place you want to be right now.

But maybe Krstic is allergic to Vodka and hot Russian women.

Nenad Krstic will be back this season, maybe as soon as this month barring a setback, team president Rod Thorn believes. “Who knows when he’s coming back. He’s still a ways away,” said Thorn. “He’s getting better but he’s still not ready to go [although] we’re hopeful some time this month.”

NY Post

“I feel lost,” Nenad Krstic said. “Confused. I don’t know really what to do right now to get really back.” Krstic has done a poor impression of the player who shot over 50 percent in his first two-plus seasons. With his conditioning lagging, his reaction time increasing, his numbers plunging, Krstic said he realizes he has a long way to go following surgery for a torn left ACL.

NY Post