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Jeremy Tyler Heads to Isreal

Jeremy Tyler, the high school phenom basketball player who is skipping not only his first year in college but also his last year in high school, will likely begin his professional basketball career in Israel. The New York Times is reporting that Tyler is very close to an agreement with Maccabi Haifa, runners up in the Israeli top division last season to perpetual power Maccabi Tel Aviv. Unlike Brandon Jennings, who became the first player to skip college to play in Europe to meet the NBA's draft age requirement and went in the first round this year to Minnesota, Tyler will have to play two years before he will be eligible for the draft, as he is only 17.

Full post as published by Sports Biz on August 11, 2009 (boomark / email).