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I know it was mentioned that Rob Loe will be playing with Golden State in the Summer League.

Willie Reed is playing for Indiana with a team of mostly undrafted players and is having a big day today against the Celtics. Thru 3 quarters he is leading the team in scoring with 18 points on 8 of 12 shooting, rebounds with 6, blocks with 4, and assists with 3. He had 6 point on 3 of 5 shooting, 6 rebounds, and 4 blocks in their first game against Brooklyn.

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I hope Willie realizes his idiot dad cost him a lot of money. Thanks Airtime!

Despite his dad, SLU gave WR a second chance, and I heard rumors that he was in trouble prior to the situation, and WR chose to not take it, ie wouldn't hit the books. I'll bet RM demanded he be given this chance, because he knew with more grooming WR could have taken SLU far.

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I'll say it again, if we had WR in the '12 NCAA we could have been a surprise final 4 team.

Willie didn't really get his sh1t together until he went undrafted, and toiled for a year in the D League.

He was a talented but very flawed player in 2009-2010. His FT shooting cost us the Jordan Crawford game. His low post moves were very awkward and seemed to get by more on raw athleticism than basketball skill. That year off would have only made him worse. Kwamain never really got back to his vintage form, and he had a much better work ethic than Willie.

Not to mention what would have WR's presence done to inhibit the development of first team all A10 Brian Conklin.

You can play this what-if game all you want

If Upchurch had been admitted...

If Larry had stayed 2-3 years...

If Jordair hadn't effed up his back on that garbage time alley oop...

If Carter had stuck around...

If Willie had gotten his act together and stayed in school...

I'm sure we'd have 3 or 4 Sweet 16s and at least 2 Final Fours...Go ahead and try to prove otherwise...it's impossible!

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Rob has gotten into 1 of the Warriors games so far. He played 10 minutes on Friday, going 0-3 from the field, 0-1 from 3, 1-2 from the line, 1 point, 2 fouls, 1 blocked shot. Saturday's game they played a short bench and Rob did not see action.

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  • 2 weeks later...

WTF the Tall Blacks?!

New Zealand's rugby team is named the All Blacks, as they have traditionally worn all black uniforms for more than a century. So they call the basketball team the Tall Blacks.

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This is 2 weeks old (following Willie's big game vs the Celtics from the above clip), but here you have the Pacers SB Nation site (i.e. their equivalent of Viva El Birdos) focused on Willie

Who is Willie Reed, Again?

http://www.indycornrows.com/2014/7/8/5881753/indiana-pacers-summer-league-who-is-willie-reed-again

Ultimately they conclude that the roster is too deep at power forward (David West and a bunch of guys better than Willie, including Lavoy Allen), but it's still kind of nuts that there is a thread on the Internet where actual NBA fans were clamoring for their team to retain the services of a former Billiken.

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Must be difficult for Willie. He's certainly one of the 500 best basketball players in the world. If he was just in the top 460 or so he'd be on an NBA roster. Time to suck it up and make some big bucks in Europe.

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