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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 2460902, member: 1026"] Somewhat agree, except that to most college players 'Europe' isn't even a safety school. If its so attractive why don't any high school kids go to Europe? There are plenty of stories with paycheck issues, and the transition of being so far from friends and family & language issues can be daunting, difficult and flat out untenable for some. I'd take it in a heartbeat, but lots simply don't like it. Do you think Devendorf and McNamara ended up on the Syracuse bench b/c they loved overseas basketball and made a fortune? Read links, these don't sound like stable European careers, both quit numerous teams and kept trying to chase that NBA dream even if it meant less money. Ukraine doesn't sound good to me at all, likewise Israel might be a tense gig, good luck in Venezueal, but big thumbs up on Australia & New Zealand. Bottom line is they all want the NBA most of all which is why they are in college in the first place, name AMERICAN* kid EVER saying he was ending his college career early to go play in Europe? [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_McNamara#Professional_career']Gerry McNamara - Wikipedia[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Devendorf']Eric Devendorf - Wikipedia[/URL] * Thought of Nadav Henefeld after I first posted this, duh! [/QUOTE]