Until a friend mentioned his name to me a couple of weeks ago, I hadn't heard of Brandon Jennings or his unique situation. He is the top point guard of the high school class of 2008, and he recently announced that he would be signing with Pallacanestro Virtus Roma (in Italy) instead of going to play for Lute Olson at Arizona. Jennings has had trouble with the SAT; he failed to become eligible after taking it once, and when his second score was suspiciously higher, the NCAA flagged it and made him take it a third time. It was then (with advice from hoops marketer Sonny Vaccaro) that he started to contemplate the possibility of playing in Europe for a season as an alternative to playing in college. Even before his third test score became public, Jennings announced that he would indeed play overseas next season.
So now, the basketball punditry is predictably on fire debating the merits of the NBA's age-limit rule...
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So now, the basketball punditry is predictably on fire debating the merits of the NBA's age-limit rule...
(Read the rest after the jump.)
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