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08:11 AM ET 05.05 | If there is a lockout, Rick Pitino expects there to be a flood of players headed to Europe. "I do think there are a lot of guys in the NBA who have made a lot of money, but have not invested wisely," Pitino said Wednesday by phone. ... Pitino said he advised Louisville junior power forward Terrence Jennings, a borderline second-round NBA draft pick, to take the first European deal he is offered. "I gave him all the information and said to him, 'You're probably, if you have good workouts, going to get drafted in the second round,'" Pitino said. "That being said, you must understand that the first deal that comes across from Europe, you need to take because a lot of these pro guys are very good and they're going to need money and they're going to have to go to Europe because of the lockout."

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May 5, 2011 08:13 AM ET

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Talk about sending jobs abroad!

P-Dubya

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May 5, 2011 08:16 AM ET

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Note to Artest - stay out of Turkey.

Mug someone over there and you'll end up in one of those prisons...

Otis B. Driftwood

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May 5, 2011 08:22 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:21 AM ET 05.05 by jgb

The scrubs and fringe players might...But let me forewarn them- these replacable commodities may never get a shot back in the nba if they go over as the owners and gms wont forget

Hey... everybody needs to feed their family (and/or their "habit").

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May 5, 2011 08:34 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:21 AM ET 05.05 by jgb

The scrubs and fringe players might...But let me forewarn them- these replacable commodities may never get a shot back in the nba if they go over as the owners and gms wont forget

I can't believe the NBA owners would hold that against a guy coming out of college and finding themselves locked out.

That would be like cutting off your nose to spite your face

Epoch1

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May 5, 2011 08:44 AM ET

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LOL! Well Most of these guys got what they want out of the NBA which is MONEY!!! so they should just retire anyway....

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May 5, 2011 08:45 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:21 AM ET 05.05 by jgb

The scrubs and fringe players might...But let me forewarn them- these replacable commodities may never get a shot back in the nba if they go over as the owners and gms wont forget

D Williams openly said he will play in Europe if there is a lockout. He's a scrub??

ESPN

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May 5, 2011 08:53 AM ET

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Get your passports out, Bros.

I Love LA

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May 5, 2011 09:15 AM ET

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I can see a boatload of fringe players headed overseas but hopefully these players from both the NBA & NFL wake up and smell the coffee and realize they need to keep better care of their money & investments! You dont need 5 cars, 4 houses, 3 baby mommas and to support your entire entourage!

StevenMYoung

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May 5, 2011 09:23 AM ET

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the FIBA honors NBA contacts ...... so the only NBA players would be FA's ....

do not think a NBA player under contact, say Kobe could go to Italy to play.... till the Lockout was over

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May 5, 2011 10:51 AM ET

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Originally posted 09:15 AM ET 05.05 by StevenMYoung

3 baby mommas ???

Well at least they earn their money you ignorant fool.

Don't come in here with this racist crap.

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May 5, 2011 01:52 PM ET

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Originally posted 08:43 AM ET 05.05 by Docmadinejad

...............I don't care who goes where to play. Once the lockout is over if a player can produce enough to earn a team, owner, and the league money...........you can bet he'll have a job.

Ummmmm......yep!

Gotta agree with the 'mad' one on this.

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May 5, 2011 02:10 PM ET

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If a lockout were to happen it wouldn't be an entire season worth of games lost. A deal will get done and the money will flow. Too much to be lost by not playing.