The California teen who dropped out of high school after his junior year in order to chase his dream of NBA fame and millions has found Europe not quite what he expected. Whether the one-time UL commit will see the error of his ways and accept the advice of his coach and his agent is an ongoing question. A larger question is what effect Tyler's early experience will have on other, pardon the expression, scholastic stars.

 “The question is whether he’ll take responsibility of his career,” Haifa Coach Avi Ashkenazi said. “If he thinks he’s going to be in the N.B.A. because his name is Jeremy Tyler and he was a very good high school player, he will not be.”