Jeff Teague: I Got an Offer from Barcelona but Turned It Down

Former NBA All-Star guard Jeff Teague talked about the offer he received from a EuroLeague team late in his career on the Club 520 Podcast.

Best known for his time with the Atlanta Hawks, Teague was named an All-Star in the 2014-15 season. The point guard decided to retire from basketball in 2021 at just 33 years old, and said Barcelona had made him a very good two-year financial offer.

Teague said he turned the offer down. In his view, playing in Europe was too far away. Saying that the only thing he wishes he had tried in his career was the EuroLeague experience, the player said he believes he could have succeeded there and perhaps would not have retired so early.

Teague pointed to Kendrick Nunn as an example for players who could not find the NBA offer they expected. Saying that Nunn was the leader of his team in EuroLeague, earned good money and lived in Athens, Teague argued that young players should follow this path.