Is It All About The Benjamins?

Brandon Jennings decided to go overseas to play for Pallacanestro Virtus Roma in the Italian league instead of going to Arizona. Apparently he did not have the scores to play for U of A and additionally wanted to start making cash now instead of waiting a year. Let's make one thing clear, though: Jennings did not choose to go overseas instead of playing in the NBA. On the other hand, Carlos Arroyo chose to go to Israel. Other former NBA players who have elected to go overseas this year are Serbia's Nenad Krstic, Spain's Juan Carlos Navarro and Jorge Garbajosa, Argentina's Carlos Delfino and Slovenia's Bostjan Nachbar and Primoz Brezec. Notice a common thread? These players are not American born, and have ties to foreign countries. Kobe Bryant and LeBron James were born in the United States, have lived in America for the majority of their lives, and are living like rockstars in the U.S. of A. Would they really leave to play in another country just because ...