Typo of "passing"?

I didn't know he was Bosnian.

Bosnia is not in the EU.  Does not make sense for him gaining a Bosnian passport in helping him become a EU player.  Most countries only allow 2-3 non EU players per team.  I am actaully not sure why he is doing this, but maybe the exposure this summer can land him a bigger contract.  

My Greek friend here tried to explain this to me and I will try to understand it more carefully (I'm still in Greece btw).  In summary, it appears this is a common strategy and gives him some advantage in getting on a roster based on how many players of different nationalities each team may have.  My friend tells me the rumor is that if Acie Law does not recover from injury, Olympiacos is rumored to be interested in acquiring DJ.  The Greek pro leagues are extremely flawed in that you buy your teams (no draft) and the richest teams win in soccer and basketball every year.  DJs current team is a team that's in the Top 4 annually in payroll and performance, but Pianathiacos (sp) and Olympiacos are the two top dogs in every sport, literally every year.  DJ could up his exposure and income by landing on this team.  Whether that's his strategy, nobody is sure.  But he's making a name for himself here in Greece and has quickly become very popular.  

Baseball here is the same way. New York buys all the best players. I don't mind it as much in Europe just by the fact that when you combine all the top teams from each country and combine them into one European league it makes for good competition with a wide variety of players

historically speaking. not every year it pans out but they're by far the most successful team in baseball history and why? because of the money they have. They aren't the only ones but they're the most notable.

It's also why there aren't wild fluctuations in the standings from year to year.  Worst-to-first stories (or vice versa) in MLB, NFL and the NHL are much more common than in the NBA. If it happens in the NBA it almost always has to do with a major injury to a star player.

For those of you interested, I got a bit of "unofficial" clarification on my last night in Greece.  Each European team is allowed an unlimited number of European citizens, but a limited number of non-European players in each countries leagues--something like 4 per team.  Most of the top teams in Greece for example, save those spots for big-men, of which there is a shortage, as well as top flight players.  DJ is consider a very good player in Greece, but not a super star.  Greece for example does not permit a player such as DJ for example, to become a Greek citizen very easily, while Bosnia does.  By getting Bosnian citizenship, he would have a better opportunity for making the roster of a top team by being a Europena citizen and hence not taking one of the 4 team spots saved for non-European players.  So in this instance, if he gains citizenship he would have a much better shot of getting picked up by Olympiacos seeing as though they typically save those 4 non-European spots for the power forwards/centers that Greece does not have many of.  He would alwasy potentially make over double the money he made for playing for smaller team (PAOK) like he played for last year.  My friend guessed that probably made no more than $75,000 US Dollars playing for PAOK, but could make upwards of $200-$250,000 for a team like Olympiacos (his guess).  He would however be obligated to play for the Bosnian National Team, which my friend said is not very good, in the European Championship Tournaments.    There are bascially two seasons in Europe--each countries league and then the European League/Championships amongst each country. 

This is what I understood to be true.  DJ simply trying to make himself more marketable to the top European teams by being a European Citizen.

I thought I saw that DJ made $100,000 playing for PAOK

Literal peanuts compared to the $2B windfall to Donald Sterling for having the audacity to "buy low and sell high".  It's the American way.

The guys running these teams are not dummies (well, not all of them).  For every strategy, there has to be a purpose.  The Marlins may be "holding" and counting on capital appreciation because they aren't going to make money any other way.  The Yanks and Sox are seeing capital appreciation regardless but you can bet their current spending is driving a strategy, too.  For the Yankees, think YES and the advertising income, merchandise sales, and, of course, even more national exposure of their product driving more off field revenue.