Just saw this. List of former DU players in Europe seemed light to me, but I'm hard-pressed to remember others.

ElDuque wrote:

Just saw this. List of former DU players in Europe seemed light to me, but I'm hard-pressed to remember others.

Do you know where Saunders is? Hope he isn't still trying to come up through the D-League, I just feel bad for him thinking of the money he could have made over the last however many years in Europe instead of spending the prime years of his career chasing the NBA dream in the D-League and basically making AA minor league baseball money. He's clearly at the talent level of just below good enough for the NBA and could probably play for any of the huge European clubs and those guys are paid very well.

Nice clip from Saunders in 2014. ED you are correct. He could be very well off if he had gone to Europe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI_2XHvFjkII ran into Darren Morningstar the Pitt big a couple of years ago. He was interning at Morgan Stanley. He played in Europe for 10 years before his wife said, "OK time to give up on the dream and get a job". He did say that he was very well off after those 10 years.

ElDuque wrote:

Don't know about Saunders. As you saw, article only talked about guys in Europe.

Damian has struggled since he left Duquesne.  He started out in Germany, was getting some decent playing time and then hurt his leg pretty seriously.  He really disliked being out of the U.S., especially without the structure of basketball.  So he opted to try his luck in the D-League; also taking a big time pay cut.  He knocked around the D-League for 3 years; getting camp tryouts with the Rockets and Jazz, but nothing beyond that.  Two years ago, he played in Japan putting up some decent numbers, but was abruptly released in mid-season. Last year, he went back to the D-League, but only played one game at the beginning of the season (unknown reasons for the short stint). I understand that he is looking for another shot overseas for this coming season.  The big knock on Damian's game is the lack of outside shooting prowess; although he plays bigger, at 6' 6½", he can't just rely on his inside game and quickness at the pro level.