Unfortunately we can’t take credit for this one, that would have to go to mom and dad at VCUAthletics.com who put together a great video of some of our all-time favorite Rams (MASSIVE shout to the mysterious B.A. WALKER!) who returned to Richmond this summer to work out with some of our young guys while they stay fit for their professional careers both overseas and in the NBA.

VCUAthletics.com is reporting senior forward Jamie Skeen has just signed a professional contract to play with ASVEL Basketball Club in Lyon, France — a club partially owned by San Antonio Spurs star Tony Parker who is also the team’s Director of Basketball Operations.

A good number of Ram fans (myself included) expected to hear Skeen’s name called in the previous week’s NBA Draft after breaking out in this year’s NCAA tournament, landing on this year’s First Team All-Tournament team (the only Ram to ever do so). But 60 picks later (many of which were real head scratchers) and with no summer league due to the looming NBA lockout, Skeen will have to blaze a different path to the NBA, where I expect him to land sooner rather than later.

ASVEL is one of the best teams in French basketball history. Known as the “French Celtics”, they have won 17 French National Championships, most recently in 2009.

VCUAthletics.com quoted Skeen on the signing, “”I can’t put into words how I feel right now. I’ve worked my whole life to get a profesional opportunity and can’t wait to get over there and give it all I have. I feel so blessed to have such a great support system from my family to my teammates to my coaches.”

No contract details have been released.

A word of advice for Jamie’s new French fans from a Ram fan who knows what he’s capable of: enjoy Monsieur Skeen while you can, because he has NBA talent written all over him.

We’re just a day away from finding out whether or not Jamie Skeen becomes VCU’s third consecutive player to be drafted by an NBA team.

The senior from Charlotte has popped up on all kinds of mock drafts, and looks to follow Eric Maynor (2009 20th overall pick) and Larry Sanders (15th pick in 2010) into what is becoming an increasingly more CAA sprinkled National Basketball Association.

Skeen peeked at around the middle of the second round following VCU’s dramatic run to the Final 4 in which he landed on this year’s NCAA All-Tournament team, but has also seemed to slide down numerous draft boards after a rough athletic testing at this year’s NBA combine.

After working out for close to half of the league however (15 teams total), Skeen seems to like his chances, telling the Washington Times, “I’m getting good reactions from [NBA coaches]…I gradually got better at each workout on that road trip”.

As far as his mock draft status, Skeen seemed brush off the importance and accuracy of them telling the Times, “They are not accurate at all. People that do the mock drafts are guys that just sit at home on their computers”.

I’ll try not to take offense to anything Jamie said about people who sit at home on their computers (still love you Skeen), and wish him luck tomorrow night in the draft, which can be seen at 7PM on ESPN and ESPN3.com.