Center Earl Barron has become the latest in the long line of NBA players to jump ship to Europe for more money, signing a contract with Italian team Fortitudo Bologna, according to the  Lega Serie A website.

Barron will be joined by former NBA player Qyntel Woods, who also made the jump to Fortitudo Bologna.

Gordan Giricek has become the latest player to leave the NBA for a bigger payday.

Giricek finished last season as a member of the Phoenix Suns. On Tuesday he signed a two-year contract -- with an option to return to the NBA next summer -- with Turkey's premier club Fenerbache.

"We looked around the NBA," his agent Marc Fleisher said. "Everybody was moving very slowly. And there were great opportunities for him to play overseas for a lot of money. Fenerbache are Turkish champions and a EuroLeague team. It was a tough decision, and it came down to Fenerbache and Triumph, in Russia."

The Reigman Shawn Kemp has taken his game to Europe.

According to an announcement on the official Lega Serie A website, Kemp signed a contract in Seattle last night that will see the former SuperSonic play 2008/09 with Premiata Montegranaro in Italy.

The signing has excited Coach Alessandro Finelli, who says Kemp has been training hard to meet the team's requirements and is highly motivated to make the partnership a success.

Point guard Earl Boykins is the latest NBA player to make the jump to Europe, signing a $3.5 million contract for 2008-09 with Virtus Bologna, making him the highest paid player in Italy, Marc Stein from ESPN.com is reporting.

According to Boykin's agents, the deal includes income from Bologna's sponsorship and marketing arms, which is not an option for NBA players because of salary-cap restrictions.

HAARETZ newspaper in Israel is reporting Orlando free agent agent guard Carlos Arroyo is the latest NBA player to make the jump overseas.

Arroyo has reportedly signed a three-year deal worth $7.5 million with Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Last season, Arroyo played in 62 games for the Magic averaging 6.9 points and 3.5 assists.

Olympiakos is considering a run at LeBron James when he becomes a free agent in 2010, according to a source close to Sports Illustrated's Ian Thomsen.

As a free agent in 2010, his new contract in the NBA would start at less than $20 million annually.

The owners of Olympiakos already lose millions annually on their player payroll. It may be worthwhile to them to lose $40 million or more in exchange for the grandeur of LeBron.

The Miami Herald has confirmed that Jason Williams has indeed received interest from Tel Aviv but is still weighing his options with a couple of different suitors.

Williams is seeking a $3 million annual deal from Tel Aviv, but they are thinking more along the lines of $1.5 million, which would likely be his going rate from an NBA club.