With Brandon Jennings in Roma, the idea of playing professional basketball in Europe became a little more “mainstream” over the past few months. Kobe and LeBron have both floated the idea that they’d play in Europe if the price was right and now another star has admitted as much through written contract.

Shawn Kemp locked a deal with Premiata Montegranaro and will soon loaf around the courts of Italia. As the “Italian Lega” Web site noted, “The reignman” Shawn Kemp ha firmato il contratto con la Premiata!” Precisely.

In all honesty, I’m happy Shawn Kemp is back on the court. If nothing else, he brings to mind great dunks of yore. Thanks to Youtube, we can still revel in his past awesomeness and good-shaped-ness.

For my money, this collection is rivaled only by Dominique’s. Enjoy.