NextYearBill Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 50 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said: Willie Reed was selected by Salt Lake City affiliate of the Jazz in the 18 G League draft? Anyone understand this? first overall pick https://gleague.nba.com/news/2018-nba-gleague-draft-time-date-players-101/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 6 minutes ago, NextYearBill said: first overall pick https://gleague.nba.com/news/2018-nba-gleague-draft-time-date-players-101/ I’m just struggling to understand how a player like Willie enters the draft again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Man Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 3 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said: I’m just struggling to understand how a player like Willie enters the draft again Presumably anyone without an NBA contract at the start of the season can re-enter each year. What's his alternative? Play overseas? He's got a lot of factors working against him - the domestic violence arrest, the fact that modern NBA bigs can shoot and pass and there are fewer and fewer traditional centers each year. His best hope is that some team gets decimated by injury and require the athleticism/rebounding that Willie brings to the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusam Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 35 minutes ago, Duff Man said: Presumably anyone without an NBA contract at the start of the season can re-enter each year. What's his alternative? Play overseas? He's got a lot of factors working against him - the domestic violence arrest, the fact that modern NBA bigs can shoot and pass and there are fewer and fewer traditional centers each year. His best hope is that some team gets decimated by injury and require the athleticism/rebounding that Willie brings to the table. Doesn't he have a 5 game suspension pending? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted October 20, 2018 Author Share Posted October 20, 2018 1 hour ago, NextYearBill said: first overall pick https://gleague.nba.com/news/2018-nba-gleague-draft-time-date-players-101/ Is there video of Willie getting the phone call at Applebee’s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliken Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 I was playing around on Youtube and just searched 'Brian Conklin'; and found that Australia's NBL channel posts a ton of great content. Theres a lot of videos featuring Conklin and Jordair. Conklin was featured the last two weeks in their 'Dunks of the Week' videos. (Ignore the one where Bogut posterizes Conklin though.) Cool to see Jordair and Conk still sharing the court. Anyways, if you're bored or feel like reminiscing, just letting you know theres some cool content out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 “Hot Conklin” in Australian accent should be bleeped out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgeldmacher Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Was that Lisch on the other team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliken Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Yes it is. He's 11 on the Kings (Sydney). Good catch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FromDaEastSide Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Here's your Billiken NBL Stats Conklin is in 8th place for PPG avg at 18.0 Lisch in 15th place for PPG avg at 14.7 Jordair - 19th place for PPG avg at 13.8 Rob Loe is avg 8.2 PPGs right now. TheDude likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliken Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Man I hesitated posting this but... Willie Reed was selected #1 overall in the G League Draft. His first game with the Salt Lake Stars, he scored 34 points, 14 boards in only 27 minutes. Tonight, in his second game, he posted 31 points, 16 rebounds in 35 minutes. He still has a 6-game suspension pending should he return to the NBA; but if he keeps producing he MAY get a shot. Willie, you have another shot and could be the lone representative of SLU in the League. Do us proud. But good God, this is probably your last chance. Be smart. Play well. And keep your head down, and be smart. I hope he gets A payday. David King and MusicCityBilliken like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 25 minutes ago, philliken said: Man I hesitated posting this but... Willie Reed was selected #1 overall in the G League Draft. His first game with the Salt Lake Stars, he scored 34 points, 14 boards in only 27 minutes. Tonight, in his second game, he posted 31 points, 16 rebounds in 35 minutes. He still has a 6-game suspension pending should he return to the NBA; but if he keeps producing he MAY get a shot. Willie, you have another shot and could be the lone representative of SLU in the League. Do us proud. But good God, this is probably your last chance. Be smart. Play well. And keep your head down, and be smart. I hope he gets A payday. I hope he doesn't have that same agent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Broadcasting career? https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900040837/an-inside-look-at-slc-stars-center-willie-reeds-chance-to-job-shadow-jazz-broadcast-team.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 16 hours ago, philliken said: Willie, you have another shot and could be the lone representative of SLU in the League. Do us proud. Until the floodgates open in about 3 years. rgbilliken, Tonka and QUAILMAN like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobillsgo Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Zeke Moore started Tulsa's first game, a win vs Alcorn State. Had 4 pts, 3 Reb, 2 Stl, 1 Assist in 13 mins. Miles Reynolds came off the bench and scored 6 pts (All free throws- classic Miles) in Oklahoma's win vs UT Rio Grande. Milik Yarbrough scored 17 and had 9 boards off the bench in Illinois St W over FGCU. Matt Neufeld is averaging 9.5 ppg in 2 losses for UC Davis. Marcus Bartley started for SIUC vs Kentucky- scored 5 and had 4 assists. Brett Jolly coming off the bench for local YMCA team- averaging 3 over the backboard layups per game-- sorry, couldn't help myself. NextYearBill, RIP HUMPS, CBFan and 3 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseAndGrind Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Legitimately forgot about Zeke Moore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 I thought Miles was pegged as a starter for OU? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBFan Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 1 minute ago, slu72 said: I thought Miles was pegged as a starter for OU? OU also got the GT guard from Maine and I believe he starts. When I read about Miles transfer it said would be a good backup player. Miles will be money in the last two minutes holding on to a lead. slu72 likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeSmetBilliken Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 38 minutes ago, RiseAndGrind said: Legitimately forgot about Zeke Moore I did too. I went from being underwhelmed by him as a recruit, thinking he may be serviceable as a player after seeing him at SLU, slightly disappointed that he left, and then completely forgetting about him as Ford built his roster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 On 11/10/2018 at 1:54 PM, gobillsgo said: sorry, couldn't help myself. I appreciated it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thetorch Posted November 13, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 13, 2018 I haven’t done this in a couple years. Davell Roby - Plays for Basket BRNO in the Czech Republic NBL, same league Kwamain Mitchell was MVP in a couple years ago. So far his team is 3-6 in the NBL and 1-3 in the Alpe Adria Cup, a play in for the EuroCup comprised of teams from Czech, Austria, Poland, & Hungary. Roby is a starter and averaging 10 points, 2 assists and 4 rebounds. Brno is the 2nd largest city in the Czech Republic with a population of 377k. Markos Psimitis - Plays for Dafnis BC in the Greek B League, 3rd highest league in Greece. Dafnis is a small suburb of Athens. I couldn’t find any relevant stats although the team is in 2nd place in its group at 5-1. Ash Yacoubou - Plays for KK Skrljevo in the Croatian A1 Liga. Ash is the star of the team, leading in scoring at over 16 ppg while shooting 41% from 3. Ash also plays in the Alpe Adria Cup and his team defeated Roby’s a couple weeks ago. Roby scored 14 in their matchup while Ash had 22 in the win. Skrljevo is just 1-6 in the A1 league but 2-0 in Alpe Adria Cup. Dwayne Evans - Evans continues to play for Ratiopharm in Germany. He has been with the team for 5 seasons. Ratiopharm plays in the Bundesliga and is also participating in the Eurocup currently. Evans is averaging about 9 points and 7 rebounds while starting at SF for the team. Ratiopharm is currently 1-5 in BBL play but 3-3 in the Eurocup. Mike McCall - After jumping from D-League teams and a couple shortlived stints in lower level clubs in the US McCall has found a home in the BBL for the Manchester Giants. The British Basketball League is making a push to be more relevant and paying much higher wages now. McCall’s Giants are 2-4 in league and McCall is 2nd in scoring at 15 ppg, along with 4 boards and 4 assists. The Giants have an active social media accounts and almost post as much video as the Aussies do to follow McCall. Kwamain Mitchell - Has had a varied and successful career in upper level leagues. He’s played in Poland, Latvia, Croatia, Czech, & France. Now he has joined Vostok 65 in the Russian Superleague 1, the 2nd highest league in Russia. He plays in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk which is located on an island above Japan. Mitchell is scoring over 14 ppg, 5 assists, and nearly 3 steals. He is as usual among the league leaders in all those categories and his team is in 2nd place at 6-2 on the season. Ian Voyoukas - Ian continues to toil away as a reserve on very high level teams in Europe. He currently is a backup on Panathinaikos in the Greek A1 league and Euroleague. They are currently 4-0 in A1 play and 4-2 in the Euroleague. His teammates include high level vets like Nick Calathes, Deshaun Thomas, Stephane Lasme, Keith Langford, Sac Kings washout Giorgois Papagiannis, and Greek Freak brother Thanassis. Ian is a deep reserve only getting run time in A1 play, averaging 5 points and 4 boards. It is pretty easy to find stats and keep track game to game of our numerous players in Australia. Rob Loe is a starter on the struggling Taipan Cairns team, he is putting up 8 points and 5 boards on a bad defensive squad that is 1-6 on the season. Jett and Conklin both play for the Illawarra Hawks who are 3-5. Conklin leads the team in scoring and rebounding at 16 and 6. Jett averages 13 ppg and is 3rd in the league in steals. Jett started the season 20-30 LBs overweight and doesn’t appear to have lost any weight yet. Lisch plays for the Sydney Kings, alongside Andrew Bogut. Lisch averages 15 ppg and continues to be the premier perimeter defender in the league for the 5-2 Kings. The NBL has really raised their profile in recent years, and tend to run their league as a more successful basketball version of MLS, attracting some high level players who would have otherwise retired from competition. This has left Lisch, Conklin, and Jett as secondary stars in the league as opposed to a few years ago when they were all MVP winners or candidates. Cody Ellis tried to hook on with an NBL team in the preseason but was unsuccessful. His career in the top Aussie league may be over and it doesn’t appear that he has a desire to leave his family and play in Europe. Reggie Agbeko also appears to have retired from organized play, he was in the top league in Denmark last season but I can’t find that he hooked up with another club this year. SLU_Lax, slufan13, Pistol and 7 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FromDaEastSide Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 To piggy back off of Torch’s work Cory Remekun is with Lille Metropole in the French LNB Pro B league (2nd division) for his 2nd season with the club coming off the bench avg 11 ppg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 1 hour ago, FromDaEastSide said: To piggy back off of Torch’s work Cory Remekun is with Lille Metropole in the French LNB Pro B league (2nd division) for his 2nd season with the club coming off the bench avg 11 ppg. I knew I forgot someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeSmetBilliken Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 2 hours ago, thetorch said: Davell Roby - Plays for Basket BRNO in the Czech Republic NBL, same league Kwamain Mitchell was MVP in a couple years ago. So far his team is 3-6 in the NBL and 1-3 in the Alpe Adria Cup, a play in for the EuroCup comprised of teams from Czech, Austria, Poland, & Hungary. Roby is a starter and averaging 10 points, 2 assists and 4 rebounds. Brno is the 2nd largest city in the Czech Republic with a population of 377k. I’ve been to Brno. Nice city. Obviously it’s not Prague, but i thought that it had a nice city center area. Good for Davell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBL_Bills Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Someone must have better knowledge about this than me, but why is Kwamain in the 2nd tier Russian league out in the middle of nowhere? I have to imagine that playing in Czechia or Poland is better in terms of lifestyle and exposure to the rest of Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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