Scottie sent home

Just several months removed from an illustrious Villanova career in which he became the school's second alltime leading scorer, was named a first team All-American, and led to the Cats to four NCAA tournament appearances and a Final Four, Scottie Reynolds' future in basketball is at a crossroads.  After becoming the first first team All-American in the modern era to not be selected in the NBA draft, Scottie played for the Phoenix Suns summer league team before signing a contract with Prima Veroli of Italy's Serie A2 (the second highest league in the country).  Now, a mere four games into the season, Scottie has left the team.  Veroli was unhappy with Scottie's performance in relation to the lucrative contract they had given him, and were likely to cut him anyway.  According to an article in the Italian newspaper La Provincia, "In short, Reynolds gave up, threw in the towel after less than four league games, from "All American" which was to astonish Italy will be remembered as one of the biggest hoaxes of all time, a personal failure, and technical character, because if decide to do a professional player at the highest levels must deal with any difficulties of adaptation or at least longer engage in trying to do it." 

At this point, Scottie's future in basketball looks bleak.  He is likely to land a spot in the NBA's developmental league, but given his small stature, lack of speed, and defensive liabilities, the prospects of an NBA career are slim.  After the experience in Veroli, offers from European clubs will also be hard to come by, but could happen again down the road.  Despite these setbacks, Scottie continues to be an outstanding representative of Villanova, and we wish him the best.