Report: Dallas Mavericks Guard Rudy Fernandez Turns Down Six-Year, $26 Million Offer from Real Madrid

With next year's NBA season in serious jeopardy, some players have already jumped ship to play overseas. Spanish International Rudy Fernandez is not one of them.

Recently traded from the Portland Trailblazers to the reigning NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks, Fernandez turned down a six-year, $26 million contract with Real Madrid, according to Spanish sports website Marca.com. The deal reportedly would have made him Spain's highest-paid player.

Fernandez would have gone to Spain to play, before returning to the United States whenever the 2011-12 season started in order to play the final year of his NBA contract. The 26-year-old is set to make $2.2 million in the final year, while the contract with Real Madrid would have paid him $4.35 million a year on average.

In three years in Portland, Fernandez averaged 9.1 points per game, while shooting 36 percent from beyond the arc. Some say that Portland's slow tempo contributed to Fernandez's lackluster numbers, as he's built for a more up-tempo system.

Former Celtic Nenad Krstic is one player who has already headed overseas this offseason to play.