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Olson said point guard Brandon Jennings, the consensus top-ranked player in the country, tried to reach him yesterday prior to word leaking out that Jennings would opt to spend next season playing overseas. Olson, who was in Philadelphia at an AAU event, said he was unable to connect with Jennings but left him a voice message. "I just wished him the best of luck," Olson said. "That we'll be ... [link]

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Breaking the model?
Published 7/9/2008 by Sean Meagher, OregonLive.com at Blazers Blog - OregonLive.com
... physically dominant competition, and the cultural adjustment for a teenager. Calipari and numerous other coaches used the word "exposed" when describing a potential situation in which a player like Jennings would go to Europe, struggle and hurt his draft stock. "I don't know if I'd want to be the first one, because your career is on the line," Calipari said. "And here you are getting coached by a guy who doesn't speak your language." Jennings would-be coach at Arizona, Lute Olson, isn't a fan of the NBA's one-and-done rule: Olson also wishes that the one-and-done rule that ...

Lute Olson Blames the NBA for Brandon Jennings Going to Europe
Published 7/16/2008 at FanHouse
... rather than a year at Arizona before jumping to the NBA. Like the growing number of coaches and college basketball punditry, he put the blame on the NBA's one-and-done restriction. ...

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