Former Billikens Updates

[JMM28]

Grandly didn't go lottery. 

[johnbj14]

https://twitter.com/AlexKennedyNBA/status/748308172683771904?s=09

[Band Legend]

Willie's NBA stock has never been higher- he'll end up with a nice contract somewhere.

https://allucanheat.com/2016/07/02/rumor-miami-heat-interested-in-willie-reed/

[RiseAndGrind]

Willie is going to get paid. Nice timing to be a free agent.m

[Bills By 40]

On 6/29/2016 at 7:50 PM, johnbj14 said:

https://twitter.com/AlexKennedyNBA/status/748308172683771904?s=09

If Willie got the chance to play alongside KD, SC, KT, DG, AI, and the gang, I guarantee two rings for Mr. Reed.

[wgstl]

4 minutes ago, abas115 said:

If Willie got the chance to play alongside KD, SC, KT, DG, AI, and the gang, I guarantee two rings for Mr. Reed.

GS is needing a rim protector 

[ucan2]

On 6/17/2016 at 8:38 AM, Pistol said:

Nice. And he's part of the 14-man roster for Olympic qualifying for the Tall Blacks. They have a pretty solid roster despite the absence of Steven Adams, who has never played for his national team.

http://www.australiabasket.com/New-Zealand/news/452122/New-Zealand-National-Team-2016

[Box and Won]

On 6/23/2016 at 8:15 PM, JMM28 said:

Grandly didn't go lottery. 

This cracks me up every time I click on this thread.

[Cowboy]

5 hours ago, ucan2 said:

http://www.australiabasket.com/New-Zealand/news/452122/New-Zealand-National-Team-2016

 

-good for Rob

[Bills By 40]

On 4/6/2016 at 8:39 AM, aj_arete said:

I see in that article that Lisch became an Australian citizen. Sounds like he's really enjoying it down there. Who knows? If Trump is our next president, I might join him...

Cool guy. Really, cool. Well said, well done. 

[thetorch]

Marque Perry has his own clothing line Marq by Marque

 

https://marq-by-marque.myshopify.com/

4 hours ago

[MusicCityBilliken]

5 hours ago, thetorch said:

Marque Perry has his own clothing line Marq by Marque

 

https://marq-by-marque.myshopify.com/

4 hours ago

Good for Marque.

Website is very well done.

Nice to see our basketball player alums become entrepreneurs. 

Best of luck Marque, wish you success.

[Littlebill]

Danny Brown named HC at STLCOP

[Cowboy]

-I think this is cool about The Legend's oldest daughter......Lauryn, who is averaging a 10.1, will attend St. Louis U. but does not plan on playing basketball. 

[majerus mojo]

Four years ago yesterday. Pretty amazing to see how loaded we once were 

 

[White Pelican]

Damn that was fun to watch. Can't wait to get back to those kind of seasons.

[thetorch]

Finally got make some updates today on our pro players.  Most of their seasons are over or close to it.

Ian Vougioukas - Spent the year with Panathinaikos, coached by Rick Pitino and winners of the Greek Cup.  Ian played in 20 regular season games and also 21 games in the Euroleague which Panathinaikos is currently in 9th place.  Vougioukas averaged about 5 points a game with a couple rebounds in 10 minutes a game and had 2 starts over the course of the season.  Ian is still going strong in his 11th season abroad going on 34 years old.

Kevin Lisch - Helped lead his team to the best regular season record in the NBL playing alongside league MVP Andrew Bogut.  Kings lost in the semis as they were swept by Melbourne. Lisch was 2nd in scoring on his team at 14 points game, 3rd in the league in steals at 1.3 a game and was among the league leaders in 3 points made and shooting pct at 39%.

Rob Loe - Came off the bench for the last Cairns Taipans in the NBL.  Rob averaged 7 points and 5 rebounds in 28 games with 14 starts. He is currently playing in the New Zealand Pro League in the offseason for the first place Wellington Saints averaging 12 points and 8 rebounds as their starting big man.

Brian Conklin - Starred for the Illawara Hawks who went 12-16 in the NBL this past season.  Conlin averaged a team high 15 points with 5 boards and 2 assists. In the offseason he is now playing Puerto Rico, which is typically a staging ground for a move back to Europe.  He has played for two teams in the Puerto Rico league, he was leading the best team in the league and was traded to the worst, I think to help the league parity. So far he’s averaged nearly 16 points and over 8 rebounds through 30 games.

Jordair Jett - Had a nice return to high level competition after experiencing some injury problems the past 2 years.  Played alongside Conklin for the Hawks and was mainly their 6th man. 2nd on the team in scoring at nearly 12 a game and had the 2nd highest steals average in the league at 1.5 a game.  In the offseason he is now playing in the New Zealand league for the Nelson Giants averaging 20 points a game and is 3rd in the league in assists at just over 5 a game.

Kwamain Mitchell - Another successful season, this time in the Russian Superleague playing for Vostok.  Mitchell was a top 20 scorer in the league with over 15 ppg, 3rd in assists with over 5, and 2nd in steals with over 2.  Mitchell led Vostok to the regular season title but lost in the 2nd round of the playoffs ultimately finishing 4th in the league.

Cody Ellis - Started the year in camp with a couple NBL teams but didn’t make a roster.  Ellis is currently playing again in the State League, Australia’s vast network of about 50 minor league teams.  His team the Warwick Senators are currently 8-2 and 2nd in their division. Cody is averaging 14 ppg, 5 boards, 3 steals, 3 assists, and shooting 37% from 3.

Willie Reed - Played about half the season with the Salt Lake City Stars before suffering a major injury.  Through 20 games he was averaging 20 and 11 and was one of the best big men in the G League. Reed still carries and 7 game NBA suspension which makes it hard for him to get a 10 day contract look from a team in the NBA.

Cory Remuken - Playing in the ProB French league for Lille Metropole which has almost completed their season.  They sit in the middle of the pack with a 13-19 record. Remuken is the starting center and averages 10 ppg, 4 boards, and almost 2 blocks.

Mike McCall - Starred in the BBL for the Manchester Giants who finished 9th in the league.  McCall was among the league leaders in ppg at just under 16, 7th in assists with over 5, and shot 39% from 3 for the season.

Dwayne Evans - Playing still for Ratiopharm in the Bundesliga where he has been his whole pro career.  This past season he led Ratiopharm in scoring at 15 a game and was 5th in the league in rebounding with over 6 boards.  Ratiopharm will be starting the playoffs this week where they are 6th seed and are also currently participating the Eurocup where they are now 3-3 in their division.

Ash Yacoubou - Plays for Skriljevo in the Croatian League.  Ash started as PG for 10-14 skriljevo team averaging 11.5 points and 4 rebounds.  Currently Skriljevo is playing in teh Alpe Adria Cup which is a champioship tournament for the Balkan leagues.  They are atop their group in seed play at 4-2 and Ash has upped his averages across the board.

Davell Roby - Finishing up his 2nd season with BRNO in the Czech Republic League.  He averaged 12 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists for the 11-25 BRNO. His team was the last squad to make the playoffs, but lost in the play in game.  League playoffs will end this week and play will begin again the Alpe Adria Cup. Roby’s team is once again the same group as Ash’s. BRNO is 2-4 in seed play which begins again shortly.

Reggie Agbeko - Looks he did not play overseas this past year.  

A couple of our other guys who never really suited up for us are also playing overseas.  Henriquez and Santos both play in the top Argentinian league are 6th men on their respective teams.  Ingvi has gone back to Iceland and is playing pro again averaging 10 points a game for 9-13 Grindavik in the top Icelandic league.

Grandy Glaze and believe it or not Darren Clarke both appear to play in some sort of minor league Canadian barnstorming league.  I can't get any stats for it.  This was the first time I'd seen Clarke's name ever come up.

 

 

[Quality Is Job 1]

How is Roby in his second season?  He just finished up a year ago.  Do they have short seasons, or something?

[thetorch]

Long seasons. Their end of season tourney goes into the fall and then regular season starts at the beginning of the year. He was playing against Ash last season.

[Quality Is Job 1]

8 minutes ago, thetorch said:

Long seasons. Their end of season tourney goes into the fall and then regular season starts at the beginning of the year. He was playing against Ash last season.

Oh.  Thanks.

Anything about Tommie Liddell III?  Is he still playing?

Are any of SLU's (more) recent grads getting into coaching?

[thetorch]

1 hour ago, Quality Is Job 1 said:

Oh.  Thanks.

Anything about Tommie Liddell III?  Is he still playing?

Are any of SLU's (more) recent grads getting into coaching?

Liddell didn't even make it one year abroad.  He bounced out of the Argentinian league after a few weeks.  Thomas Crone had a writeup on him last year or the year before in the RFT.  He's finishing up his degree and rapping while working in the parking garage last I heard.

We have a decent amount coaching locally.  Tatum, Frazier, Love, I think Luke Meyer is still out in Borgia.

[HoosierPal]

2 hours ago, Quality Is Job 1 said:

Oh.  Thanks.

Anything about Tommie Liddell III?  Is he still playing?

Are any of SLU's (more) recent grads getting into coaching?

There was an article last year about Liddell returning to SLU to finish his degree.  Does anyone know if he completed his course work or is still at it?

[willie]

20 minutes ago, HoosierPal said:

There was an article last year about Liddell returning to SLU to finish his degree.  Does anyone know if he completed his course work or is still at it?

I believe he was talking only 1 or 2 courses a semester . It was going to take a couple of years. 

[David King]

So, which of the above players has the highest salary?

[thetorch]

52 minutes ago, David King said:

So, which of the above players has the highest salary?

I bet Ian despite being a bench guy makes 80-100k easy, maybe more, maybe much more.

Cory, Roby, Ash, might only 3k-4k a month, maybe less.  Its tax free and room and board is taken care of so.  Their teams can almost play year round or have 3-4 months off.  So they are making a middle class salary.  Again that is if they get paid, which sometimes it is hard.

Evans and Mitchell probably make much more.  I bet Evans makes 60k a season in Bundesliga and they usually pay all your money.  Mitchell plays for a rich owner and the Russian usually pay well.  He has an international star rep so he should be upwards of 80k, possibly more.

Conklin hustles real hard playing multiple leagues.  He may get 80-120k in Australia, another 30 in Puerto Rico and then may make slightly more when he plays in Europe.

Jett and Loe make less than Conklin I would imagine.  NBL has strange cap rules.  1.1 million soft cap, natives can make a great deal if you are a star and only count 150k against the cap, but your cap numbers cannot be more in salary than 400k for any 5 players on the team.  Loe could be 45-60k and more in the NZ league.  Jett makes more than that probably 60 and another 20 in NZ.

Lisch is an Australian citizen so he can make more than most players.  He's a top guy, all star, former MVP.  With perks he could pull in 250k, maybe not that much.

Reed makes 35k.

McCall in the British league probably pulls in 40-50k, maybe less.

No idea on Ellis.  Can't be that much 2-4k a month but I think his family owns the team so he may get paid more and do other jobs.