Old-world highlights

The NBA is locked out. Its players are mulling over playing in Europe in the interim. So let's take a look at what goes on in the Euroleagues.

Better yet, let's take a look at some highlights of one dude who made the move from the NBA to Europe way before it was cool -- Jerome Allen.

First, amongst a series of highlights from the 2007-08 Serie A1 season in Italy, is this nifty pass that Allen gets back for a layup (feel free to stop after the selected highlight):

Later on that season we get an even niftier no-look, behind the back pass from Jerome, who finds the cutter for an easy basket (again, feel free to stop the video after the play, unless you enjoy the great music):

Last but not least (or the only other video on youtube), is this nasty crossover, followed by the same no-look behind the back assist (the quality on this one isn't great, but wait for the replay half-way through):

And now you know that Allen wore orange and black while playing in Italy. But he still won't eat frosted flakes.