Jamaal Franklin signs with the Zhejiang Guangsha Lions in China

Jamaal Franklin has decided to make some guaranteed cash overseas before returning to the U.S. to chase his NBA dream according to an article from Mark Zeigler of U-T San Diego.

Franklin is currently being paid $163,000 per year over the next 5 years as a result of the Grizzlies using the NBA stretch provision after waiving him back in August. The young man is wisely looking to pad his account without putting too much of a dent into his track back to the big league, something that most people would probably look back and appreciate doing in their early 20's.

Godspeed to Jamaal. He was always a very humble guy who was kind enough to give us a couple of interviews here at GBB during his time with the Grizzlies. He's got some good basketball skills and nice size, but developing more confidence would do him a world of good for his chances in the NBA.