By Paul Shirley Professional Basketball In Europe: Thrown Chairs, Missed Payments, And A Plane Called The Mosquito This summer and fall, as threats of an NBA lockout changed to confirmation of an NBA lockout, players and agents began casting their eyes toward Europe. There was talk of this season as an opportunity for the amalgamate that is the European leagues to chip away at the NBA’s stranglehold on the world’s top basketball talent. This didn’t happen quite as expected, in part because Europe