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Top High School Junior Skips Senior HS year and Goes to Play in Europe

I agree with your analysis of Jennings but I wonder how the Italian club feels about the investment? From Jennings perspective it was great no doubt.
 
Sonny Vaccaro should have been banned from the AAU circuit a long time ago because of the bad influence he is on all these young players.
 
SFP said:
I agree with your analysis of Jennings but I wonder how the Italian club feels about the investment? From Jennings perspective it was great no doubt.
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I know about them now, I wouldn't have otherwise... Not to mention good American players can really help European teams(there's a limit to how many they can have, so those with the best usually do well). So I'd say it worked.
 
amckillip said:
I know about them now, I wouldn't have otherwise... Not to mention good American players can really help European teams(there's a limit to how many they can have, so those with the best usually do well). So I'd say it worked.
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Jennings did not start for them. There was probably an uptick in tickets at first that may have paid for his stay but a real difference maker?
 
SFP said:
Jennings did not start for them. There was probably an uptick in tickets at first that may have paid for his stay but a real difference maker?
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Freddy Adu didn't start(for any length of time) went he went and played overseas, made tons more, and EASILY paid for himself... Remember, sports is a business ;)
 
amckillip said:
Freddy Adu didn't start(for any length of time) went he went and played overseas, made tons more, and EASILY paid for himself... Remember, sports is a business ;)
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I'm not talking about the player but the club. It's the clubs that will make the decision to bring over the young inexperience players or not! I bet the Israeli club probably wish they did not spend the time and effort on Tyler. I could be wrong but I just do not see how the math worked out for the club.
 
SFP said:
I bet the Israeli club probably wish they did not spend the time and effort on Tyler. I could be wrong but I just do not see how the math worked out for the club.
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I don't know SFP. Is $140,000 really a lot of money to these teams? I would think that's a drop in the bucket for these teams.
 
SFP said:
I'm not talking about the player but the club. It's the clubs that will make the decision to bring over the young inexperience players or not! I bet the Israeli club probably wish they did not spend the time and effort on Tyler. I could be wrong but I just do not see how the math worked out for the club.
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No, I'm talking about the club too. Adu got EUFA games televised here in the states when that was unheard of except at 3 AM. He was definitely a financial boon to his club for a while. And I think you're overestimating the investment needed to bring a Brandon Jennings overseas.
 
Braves4Life said:
I don't know SFP. Is $140,000 really a lot of money to these teams? I would think that's a drop in the bucket for these teams.
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Time spent on him plus other benefits were greater then the $140 plus the whole team chemistry. Adu is a who different equation then these young HS basketball players IMO. Adu went to Europe to play the best.
 
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