Former Kansas University basketball guard Keith Langford has agreed to a four-year extension on his contract with BC Khimky Moscow, a professional basketball team in Russia, according to www.worldbasket.com as well as eurobasket.com.
Langford, who joined the Russian team two summers ago and has been making more than $1 million a year, now will be making an average of $2.3 million a year, the website reports. Langford will become one of the highest paid players overseas.
His brother, Justin Wesley, is a red-shirt on this year’s KU basketball team and will be eligible to play in games starting next season.