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Brandon Jennings' Lawyer Says That His Client Is Heading to Europe
Published 7/9/2008 by Sportz Assassin at FanHouse
... going to Europe is about to actually happen. Jennings lawyer, Jeff Valle, told ESPN.com that his client will play in Europe this fall: ...

Brandon Jennings Making a Euro Trip
Published 7/9/2008 by Larry Brown at Larry Brown Sports
... In an incredible and unprecedented move, Brandon Jennings has decided to skip college to go play a year of professional ball overseas in Europe. In case you’re unfamiliar with Jennings, he’s the top rated point guard in the country, and he had committed to Arizona. Unfortunately for Arizona, Jennings recognized that his future is as a basketball player and not a scholar, so won’t be around to help their team. While Arizona certainly didn’t want to lose Jennings, they’re at least lucky to have Chase Buddinger ...

Midweek Roundup
Published 7/9/2008 by Pitchfork Nation at AZ Sports Hub - Arizona's Destination for Sports - Blogs - Podcasts - Forums
Wow, Brandon Jennings is actually going to Europe. At least he didn't spurn U of A for India. Georgia players will be on the cover of the SI College Football Preview Issue. Speaking of Georgia, their stud fullback may be ready for the ASU game...and it's not a return from probation! Brett Wallace took batting practice with the big league club in St. Louis. No fights were reported. The Berkeley tree-sitters recruited some fresh talent. Ian Kinsler is the Rangers' team MVP at this point. ...

Au Revoir, Brandon Jennings
Published 7/9/2008 by Marco (noreply@blogger.com) at Storming the Floor
... It's official, Brandon Jennings is bound for Europe , regardless the score of his SATs "Over the course of the last two months I have consulted a number of people in basketball before coming to this decision," Jennings said in a statement released through attorney Jeff Valle. "I would like to thank the University of Arizona for their interest and support through this process." Clearly, ...

JENNINGS TO EUROPE - ARIZONA TO FOLLOW?
Published 7/9/2008 by eirishis at Thirtyfive Seconds
... Brandon Jennings made the seemingly-inevitable announcement yesterday that, regardless of how his third round of testing turned out, he would be heading to Europe next year rather than honoring his commitment to play for Arizona. Jeff Goodman speculates that recent delays by Jennings may have been ...

Brandon Jennings, Heading To Europe
Published 7/9/2008 by Stop Mike Lupica at Stop Mike Lupica
... from last night seems to indicate that Brandon Jennings ("The Takeover") is seriously considering the European option.  This ESPN article from early this morning confirmed it: Brandon Jennings is skipping college ball to go play in Europe: ...

Jennings is headed to Europe
Published 7/9/2008 by Paragon SC at Conquest Chronicles: Front Page Posts
... I am not surprised nor am I disappointed, as he pretty much thinks the college thing is a sham, but he is making this move before he gets his test scores. ...

Brandon Jennings, Wilbur Officially Hates You
Published 7/9/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Shane B.) at Dogs That Chase Cars
... It was announced today by Andy Katz that Brandon Jennings, the point guard a la Fresh Prince, is heading to Europe instead of Tucson, supposedly because he's losing a bet to a buddy on Passport stamps. ...

Top Arizona Basketball Recruit Brandon Jennings Bound for Europe [College Basketball]
Published 7/9/2008 by C'lay at Deadspin
... With a nice finger extended to David Stern's 19 year age limit as he crosses the Atlantic. At least according to his lawya, Jeff Valle. ...

Nuggets Gaining Leverage With J.R. Smith
Published 7/9/2008 by Jeremy at Pickaxe And Roll: Front Page Posts
... Other items from around the NBA When the NBA implemented their age restrictions one of the first thoughts many of us had was, why wouldn’t the top high school players just go overseas and earn some serious cash for a season instead of going to college, attending classes and being financially despondent for a year? It took a couple of years, but we finally have a U.S. high schooler heading to Europe. Brandon Jennings, a point guard ...

Brandon Jennings' Lawyer Says That His Client Is Heading to Europe
Published 7/16/2008 at FanHouse
... going to Europe is about to actually happen. Jennings lawyer, Jeff Valle, told ESPN.com that his client will play in Europe this fall: ...

Carlos Boozer Latest NBA Star Thinking Europe
Published 8/11/2008 by Fornelli at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... Olympian. “But it doesn’t mean that you’re on the next flight out.” He said he would “absolutely” consider the possibility, “if my wife was down with it and the money was right.” Boozer can opt out of the final year of his current six-year $68 million deal with the Utah Jazz at the end of next season. Still, even though Josh Childress and Carlos Arroyo recently signed deals to play overseas, and high school baller Brandon Jennings decided to skip college and head for Europe as well , I don’t see this becoming a problem for the NBA. The lure of the money in Europe is ...

The Lute Olson Circus Continues…
Published 24 days ago by rtmsf at Rush the Court
...   There were already the rampant rumors that Olson was suffering from Parkinson’s disease, or at minimum, some other undisclosed health issue, accompanied by the not-so-private saga involving a divorce from his second wife, Christine.  Throw in the embarassingly open secret that Olson was unhappy with his replacement, Kevin O’Neill, in addition to the loss of several key players either in or coming into the program (Jerryd Bayless, Brandon Jennings, Emmanuel Negedu) and it’s safe to say that the ...

Lute’s Plot Thickens
Published 7 days ago by rtmsf at Rush the Court
... There’s been no word whether Ms Pugnea intends to honor her verbal commitment if a better offer arises, as if, for example, she were offered a six-figure deal by some hunky European suitor.  ...