Temple's Brooks, La Salle's Green to play pro basketball overseas

Temple's Ryan Brooks, who helped the Owls reach last season's NCAA Tournament, has signed with the LTi Giessen 46ers, a pro team in Germany.

La Salle's Rodney Green signed with Galil Gilboa, the Israeli Premier League champion. By winning the Israeli league, the team will play in the Euroleague next season.

The 6-4 Brooks, who came to Temple via Lower Merion High, averaged 14.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists as a senior, all career highs.

He was a member of the Sixers' team in the Orlando Summer League. He averaged 4.8 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 20 minutes per game. His best game was in the finale against Utah, when he scored 12 points and had three assists.

Brooks was a first team All-State selection as a high school senior, helping Lower Merion to the 2006 PIAA Class AAAA championship.

The 6-5 Green, from Prep Charter, finished his career at La Salle with 1,914 points (ninth in school history), 618 rebounds, 390 assists and 185 steals and was a two-time All-Big 5 first team and two-time Atlantic 10 second-team.

Green averaged 5.8 points, 0.8 assists and 1.0 rebounds per game for the Boston Celtics in the Orlando Summer League.

The news of their signings comes on the heels of Saturday's report that Villanova's Scottie Reynolds has signed a 1-year contract that includes some financial guarantees with Prima Veroli, a second-division pro team in Italy.

- Phil Jasner