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Originally Posted by Scipio
Oh this is good and hopefully trend for the future. But as you have stated a lot has to do how Jennings succees and finding the right situation is important. In Europe, one year deals are quite common. Especially for foreign players because a player from Croatia could have problems to play in Italy and teams want to keep their option open. I'm quite confident that some team in Greece, Italy, Spain or perhaps France will give Jennings a shot and playing time. None of the top teams won't but some middle to bottom team with a need for PG will. And anyway the only thing he has to worry in Europe is to get used to practice a lot more than he has in US or would in College. If his work ethic is good this move will help his development a lot.
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Yeah, I mentioned this several times already, those deals especially for American players aren't rare at all. The teams are looking for quality players and the players to make money. Of course they can still be with the same team for a lot of years, but the first deal is usually not a three or four year contract.