Breaking: Jamine Peterson Will Turn Pro, Dismissed From Team
by Franklyn Calle
Providence’s Jamine Peterson has informed SLAM that he will not return to Providence for his junior year and instead follow Brandon Jenning’s footsteps and play professional basketball overseas. The 6-6 forward led the Friars in scoring this year as a sophomore, averaging 19.6 points and 10.2 rebounds. “I sat down with my family and my coach and we thought it was best thing to do,” said the New York City native. “I spoke with some of Brandon Jennings’s people. I consulted with them and they told me it’s not going to be easy. I like the way it worked out for Jennings. I feel like I can go out there and contribute in rebounding and attacking the rim.”
After his season finished, he began to hear from scouts and decided to look into where he could make his next step forward. He holds offers from teams in France, Italy, Greece and Spain. He made it clear to us that he plans to test the NBA Draft waters next year.
UPDATE: After we got word from Jamine, Providence released a statement from Coach Keno Davis that Peterson “has been dismissed from the men’s basketball team for a violation of team rules.” Projo.com has more on the news and the impact on the PC program here. So maybe he had no choice.
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If I was a player, I’d risk those odds.
I got the TWolves for this mock draft, so I got to prepare my War Room.
There’s a difference between being a focused gym rat w/ mom and brother with you at all times to help get adjusted to the overseas life…compared to a lazy doofus simply waiting for a pay day that can’t show up to anything on time.
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This guy hit it on the nail.
Adapting a pf to a different kind of game is way easier than adapting a pg (here we do not ha pg’s we have “playmakers”).
He’s the skills and athletism to get enough rebounds (and to dunk on offensive ones) in order to earn 15-20 minutes in most of the leagues here in europe.
If he shows some extra ability and will he will become a starter in a good league (Spain,Italy,Greece,Turkey).
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