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Playing professional basketball is a One In A Million shot, literally: The NBA has 450 positions. There are 10,000 international playing jobs, of which roughly 2,000 are available to Americans. How many Americans *think* they can play professional basketball? If you take only one thing from The Overseas Basketball Blueprint, know that professional basketball is a buyer’s market: There are more candidates than jobs, so the people who do the hiring — the teams themselves — have the power. What this means for you: you need to make yourself stand out. Make these coaches, agents, and managers notice you, remember you and want to know more about you. The Overseas Basketball Blueprint is exactly that -- THE blueprint for turning your basketball talents to a professional basketball career. Questions Answered: How does overseas basketball work? What are the basics?Want to know where to begin? Is it possible to make it to pro basketball from a small school or no school? Exposure camps: How to find and choose one? How to connect with agents? How does the money situation work? And everything you want to know about Overseas Basketball... ---------Reviews: "Most countries ’round the globe have at least one professional basketball league, and the smaller franchises may or may not be organized enough to get the paychecks actually into the players’ hands every two weeks. Owner shenanigans notwithstanding, it is a real living wage, honestly earned, playing basketball and seeing the world.The fact that Dre Baldwin vaulted from a scrub amongst his high school peers to a recipient of some of these real-live basketball paychecks approaches the miraculous." - Miles Wray, McSweeny's