 European basketball records indicate that at least three times he signed with various teams but refused to play with them, ending in August 2001 when he signed a contract with Roseto but did not come to Italy.Askew, according to an undated Euroleague scouting report, "is an NBA veteran that has finally, according to many, reached maturity.Vincent still has a lot of basketball left in him and wants to show the basketball people in Europe that he is indeed a reliable person."