“Just enough education to perform.” It’s an ode to title of an album by Rooney’s favorite band, Stereophonics, but it could double as an explanation for Jennings’ reason to skip college and ball in Europe for a year, right?

A reader who has spent some time in the sports agent business felt compelled to write in regarding Jennings’ chances of landing a one-year deal in Europe. Apparently, things are looking up for Young Money:

brandon jennings will get a contract that is Net (unless he plays in france) and a tax certificate proving taxes were paid on that money so he gets a tax credit in the US. so not only is he benefitting from the weak dollar but saying he gets a “300000 contract” is the equivalent of a much higher amt in american currency.

multil year deals are extremely rare for american players. for one, most americans in major european markets still dream of the nba and getting a big summer league job/opportunity in the offseason (whether they actually do or not is another story), so getting them to sign on for more htan one year rarely happnes until they are older and have a reputation as a winner/hardworker and you dont rub people over there the wrong way; if it does happen theres typically tons of options for both the team and player. two, european contracts hold little weight. while fiba is trying to regulate the business as of this year, teams simply pay buy-outs and terminate contracts whenever they want as long as they can get the player to agree to it (in some shadier countries they just dont pay players and force their hands….thats where Fiba is starting to come in–they are not even close to having the capacity to deal w/ guarenteeing contracts yet).

Other interesting Jennings reads can be found here, here, and here.

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