Ballers need to ball or their skill will deteriorate so, many will go to Europe for that reason alone. Hell, this lockout if season ending will have ended a few careers. Can anyone see Roger Mason getting a contract next year?

Nalod wrote:I wanted to see Rubio!

I want to see Gallo in Milan.

DurzoBlint wrote:Can anyone see Roger Mason getting a contract next year?

Not from an NBA team, but he could certainly begin his new career as an actual mason since he has so much experience laying bricks with his "no arc" shooting style.

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/49992/arti.html

FRA - Parker quickly makes mark with ASVEL
VILLEURBANNE (Eurocup) - Anyone wondering what sort of impact Tony Parker would make on the court for ASVEL Basket during the NBA lockout now has the answer.

Parker was every bit as important to ASVEL, the club he serves as vice president and one that he owns shares in, as he was for France this summer in Lithuania when leading Les Bleus into the EuroBasket Final.

The 29-year-old made the All-Tournament Team in Kaunas as France booked a place at the London Games, and on the very first night of the Eurocup, he played so well that he scooped the Week 1 MVP honor.

The San Antonio Spurs playmaker, after Valencia pulled to within two points in the fourth quarter, hit back-to-back three-balls and finished with 34 points as ASVEL won, 87-78.

Parker finished with a valuation of 40.

He hardly put a foot wrong, making three of his four shots from long range and nine of 10 at the free-throw line.

Competing alongside fellow French national team player Ronny Turiaf, against Valencia's Les Bleus Florent Pietrus and Nando de Colo, Parker was awesome.

He also had five assists and five rebounds.

"We weren't able to stop him," Valencia coach Paco Olmos said.

"And when he wanted to dominate the game, he did."

Olmos added that Parker "is potentially the best player of the tournament right now".

Few would disagree with that assessment after Tuesday's display.

Another player looking to break into next year's Olympic team for France is Edwin Jackson of ASVEL.

The 22-year-old hit three of his five shots from long range and finished with 11 points.

The 1.91m shooting guard has been a standout player in France's youth teams.

FIBA

MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:It's tough. It's such a different product. I don't know if anyone would watch.

if enough NBA player go overseas ESPN will manufacture the demand if necessary.

Its different but I like it. I'd watch it.

Its just we are not familiar with the players and thus it has less interest for us. Plus, so many teams in different leagues. But the EuroLeague games tend to be the better matchups.