Oh totally...but the thing is in some markets the basketball players are basically freak show gods and a lot of the seasons are short so they can come back to the US and run some camps and get paid here too.
My son's basketball coach this past season played in Europe for around 10 years. I guess he was a decent player at CSU, and then make a good living bouncing around Europe. Now, he's in his mid 30s, back in the U.S. and is a realtor.