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August 06, 2015
The End of the Hoop Dream: A Journey to the Extreme Fringe of International Basketball. Fueled by desperation and long-shot hopes, a twentysomething huckster agent leads 10 end-of-the-line players on a European exposure tour. It could be their final chance at basketball glory, but will anyone buy what he’s selling?
posted by Ufez Jones to basketball at 01:55 PM - 2 comments
That was a great read. I was surprised the huckster was so bad at making money for himself, even turning down the 10% commission he was owed for one player's deal. He's as much a hopeless dreamer as most of the players he sells on his services.
I didn't realize the market for American basketball players went deep into the tiers of foreign leagues.
posted by rcade at 03:29 PM on August 06, 2015
This is a fairly long but utterly fascinating read.