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Wrapping Up the 2008 Draft and Looking Forward to 2009
Published 6/27/2008 by Nate Jones (noreply@blogger.com) at JONES ON THE NBA
Honestly, this was the first draft in years that I wasn't that excited to watch. In fact, I left my house half way through the first round to go play basketball with some friends for a few hours. I love Russell Westbrook, Kevin Love, OJ Mayo, Derrick Rose and Michael Beasley. But for some reason, Rose is the only guy that gets me really excited for next ...

Brandon Jennings, Heading To Europe
Published 7/9/2008 by Stop Mike Lupica at Stop Mike Lupica
This NY Times article 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: "That's a moot point now," [Jenning's lawyer] Valle said. "He's not going to the University of Arizona. Brandon plans on going to Europe." One of the big issues in play here is that Jennings is from Compton.  He's not rich.  He's not even middle class.  He's poor.  His family is poor, unless you count his cousin, also from LA, Marcus ...