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“Jeremy Tyler: The Movie” in year three of production, seeks funding
Amidst a recent run of great basketball documentary productions, the story of a hoops maverick continues on to its third country in as many years: A production of Andrew Gallery and Cavelight Films, “My Life: Chasing the Dream” seeks to tell the story of former San Diego High baller Jeremy Tyler. Indeed, now that Tyler […]
Jeremy Tyler to resurface in Japan for 2010-11 season
Jeremy Tyler, the San Diego high-schooler baller who decided to take his talents to Israel as a 17-year-old, now hopes to reemerge as a viable high pick in the NBA draft by way of Japan. Now 19, Tyler will be playing the 2010-11 season with the oddly named Tokyo Apache and former NBA coach Bob […]
Jeremy Tyler watch: Wait 'til next year!
It’s official: 18-year-old American phenom Jeremy Tyler has washed out with Israeli club Maccabi Haifa but will stay in Europe next season to further his career and heighten his currently well-low standing on 2011 NBA Draft boards. Tyler, as you may recall (funny how the early hype machine mysteriously went really silent for a long […]
Jeremy Tyler watch: Some playing time, some international media coverage
With 2009 grinding to a close, it feels like an appropriate time to check in with one of the year’s top stories: namely, Jeremy Tyler’s progress in professional European basketball after foregoing his senior year of high school in San Diego, California. So how are things going for the history-making teen? Slowly. In nine games […]
Khimki win thriller, U.S. gov't looks into Olympiacos, Jeremy Tyler
Another night of great Euroleague action featured a real thrilling victory for debutant Khimki in overtime against Real Madrid. But there was more going on as the U.S. government is looking intensely at Greek powers Olympiacos and an update has been found on American 18-year-old Jeremy Tyler at Maccabi Haifa.
Best of the (basketball) net: The More-than-Jeremy Tyler edition
What was on the mass mind of the interweb this week with regard to basketball this week? Glad you asked! Surfing for seven days resulted in the following finds well worth your time. Within a week of Jeremy Tyler hype and analysis, how about an actual interview with the lad himself? The Maccabi Haifa official […]
Jeremy Tyler coming to Israel! Begin the media feeding frenzy!
Who know who’s happiest about the whole Jeremy Tyler-to-Haifa Heat story? Rick Pitino. After all, the moralizing/speculating tales about Tyler represent the only chance stories of certain excesses in the University of Louisville head coach’s lifestyle will be bumped from the basketball world’s front pages and homepages. Yes, it’s a feeding frenzy for basketball media, […]
Jeremy Tyler to Olympiacos?
We’ve already discussed 17-year-old high school kid Jeremy Tyler, who wants to play in Europe for two years in order to prepare himself for the NBA. Originally, he was put in contact with teams in Spain, Italy and Israel. But today, the New York Times published an article reporting that the man who arranged the […]
Jeremy Tyler, have you ever seen a Euroleague game?
I read the news about the decision made by high school junior Jeremy Tyler last week and was really surprised. A 17-year-old US guy stops his high school career a year before graduation to play in Europe? After the Brandon Jennings door-opener this season, I thought that maybe some other HS seniors would go that […]
Tyler drops agency, agent drops Tyler; spin machine on phenom continues
With a couple of months left to go in most European basketball seasons, 18-year-old Jeremy Tyler is without a team and without defined plans for his future. He’s also now minus two agents. Bernie Lee, one of Tyler’s legal representatives (and in fact the key player in negotiations with Maccabi Haifa, the club who signed […]
To Europe or Not to Europe? Jennings and Tyler headlines enliven debate
With Brandon Jennings ripping things up with the Milwaukee Bucks early in the NBA season, the interweb is alive with proclamations on the relative success of his “European experiment,” i.e. his much ballyhooed year spent playing with Lottomatica Roma in lieu of a year with an NCAA program. John McMullen, NBA specialist over at the […]
Confirmed: High-schooler Tyler with Haifa
From the It Ain’t Official Til It’s On ESPN Department comes the newsflash that Jeremy Tyler, he of San Diego High School and armed with B.J. Armstrong, has signed with Maccabi Haifa for one year at $150,000. The Haifa club itself had reported this news late last week.