Brandon Jennings is paving the way for High Schoolers in Italy

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Brandon Jennings Update
Published 10/6/2008 by Paul Miles (noreply@blogger.com) at World Hoops Blog
... , a brand trying to stretch into the hoops market and chase names like And 1 and Nike. Good luck with that. Jennings, in an interview with the New York Times at a little cafe near the Pantheon said he regretted not announcing his decision to play in Europe during high school. Not because he tied up a scholarship offer from Arizona, but because his contract and shoe deal would have been better due to the spectacle of an 18 year old signing a contract with a Euroleague team in the gym down at ...

Brandon Jennings in Europe: Lessons in circumventing David Sterns rules
Published 10/7/2008 by Anklesnap at thehoopdoctors.com
... The New York Times this week caught up with Jennings in Rome for a bite to eat and a little chat about what his decision could mean for other young ballers who don’t really fit the college mould. After reading the article what became abundantly clear is this move is not for everyone. You have to be fairly certain that you have the talent to go straight to the NBA after one year, otherwise you might be better off going to college to pursue that security net that most star NCAA players will never use, a College Degree. ...