Tabuse Signs With Suns

by **ATTENTIONWHORE** on Thu Sep 09, 2004 11:52 am

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1876533
I saw this guy play in the Summer League...he was pretty good. Good pick-up?

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Thu Sep 09, 2004 1:48 pm

Perhaps, but his fate is the same one that befalls so many international players. He's signed with a team that can really afford to sign him because there's no risk. The Suns are already set at point guard, so they are not entrusting the success of the team (or a lot of minutes) to him.

by **FanOfAll** on Thu Sep 09, 2004 2:10 pm

...I hope the Suns trade Barbosa and Vujanic. I really like both players and they would get more play time on a team like the Hawks.

by **Rens** on Fri Sep 10, 2004 12:35 am

I thought they were planning on playing Barbosa as a combo backup in the Bobby Jackson mold? He's more suited for SG anyway.
I do agree they should trade the rights to Milos to a team that can use him. They probably will though, what use do they have for him now?

by . on Fri Sep 10, 2004 12:38 am

He looks like a Asian Backstreet Boy

by **Owen** on Fri Sep 10, 2004 12:47 am

i guess he will be waived or traded by the season opener
but if coach move barbosa to sg, things might change

by **DipSetVC** on Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:28 am

David Stern is a genius, he's already making money off China's one billion plus market thanks to Yao Ming. Why not milk the 127 million plus population of Japan. If you guys have heard of baseball players Ichiro Suzuki who plays baseball for the Mariners and Hideki Matsui who plays for the Yankees, you'd know how much the Japanese love their athletes who come to North America. They are idols in their land and have their own photographers at games.

by **J@3** on Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:33 am

I read an article about this guy a few weeks ago, apparentely he's easily the most famous basketballer in Japan so I can see from a marketing point of view why they'd wanna hire him.

by **cklitsie** on Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:40 am

Mr T wrote:He looks like a Asian Backstreet Boy

please dont turn into the new OSF :wink:

by . on Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:54 am

I cant help it, he just looks line one. Or he is gay

by **Jowe** on Fri Sep 10, 2004 4:00 pm

Mr T wrote:I cant help it, he just looks line one. Or he is gay

Its hard not to laugh at that comment from a white guy, calling himself Mr T

by . on Fri Sep 10, 2004 7:31 pm

I cant call people gay because Im white?

by **MaD_hAND1e** on Fri Sep 10, 2004 7:53 pm

They probably just signed him to give Steve Nash some hair tips..... but then again.... Kevin Willis could probably give hair tips to Steve Nash

by **Incubus** on Fri Sep 10, 2004 8:23 pm

MaD_hAND1e wrote:They probably just signed him to give Steve Nash some hair tips..... but then again.... Kevin Willis could probably give hair tips to Steve Nash

I hope he gets traded to Minny, to give some advice for Latrell. :lol:

by **Mikki** on Fri Sep 10, 2004 9:43 pm

Leddy wrote:
MaD_hAND1e wrote:They probably just signed him to give Steve Nash some hair tips..... but then again.... Kevin Willis could probably give hair tips to Steve Nash

I hope he gets traded to Minny, to give some advice for Latrell.

... and T-Hud.

by **Rens** on Fri Sep 10, 2004 9:44 pm

Yeah I'm sure it's all commerce, that's why he got cut by the Nuggets last season :roll:

by **Incubus** on Fri Sep 10, 2004 10:53 pm

That`s right. To make some international commerce. What`s next??? A guy from St. Kitts-Nevis comes to NBA??

by **Nick** on Sat Sep 11, 2004 1:17 am

Yeah, meh. Pure publicity stunt.

by **VlaDiv** on Sat Sep 11, 2004 12:55 pm

WILL HE BE IN LIVE 05????

It's probably too late for roster date.

by **Sauru** on Sat Sep 11, 2004 1:21 pm

Mr T wrote:I cant call people gay because Im white?

lmao. this shit cracked me up good. thanks T i needed a good laugh.

by **Incubus** on Sat Sep 11, 2004 10:24 pm

Jowe wrote:
Mr T wrote:I cant help it, he just looks line one. Or he is gay

Its hard not to laugh at that comment from a white guy, calling himself Mr T

He`s Mr. W

by . on Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:06 am

Leddy wrote:
Jowe wrote:
Mr T wrote:I cant help it, he just looks line one. Or he is gay

Its hard not to laugh at that comment from a white guy, calling himself Mr T

He`s Mr. W

Oh my god---Mr W :lol:

ok, on the serious note...that sucked bigtime (N)

....try again

by **NNpF** on Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:06 am

They won't move Barbosa to SG. They already have Joe Johnson and Casey Jacobsen at SG. And he's too small and he hasn't developed a great jump shot yet. Tabuse is only going to play during garbage time since Nash will play about 30-35 a game and the other 15 or so minutes go to Barbosa. So I agree with whoever said they just signed him to make money off him.

by **Colin** on Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:32 am

-|NN|-[pF]- wrote:They won't move Barbosa to SG. They already have Joe Johnson and Casey Jacobsen at SG. And he's too small and he hasn't developed a great jump shot yet. Tabuse is only going to play during garbage time since Nash will play about 30-35 a game and the other 15 or so minutes go to Barbosa. So I agree with whoever said they just signed him to make money off him.

I would mention Quentin Richardson before I mention Jacobson.

The guard rotation will probably be Nash for 30 minutes with his breaks coming mostly in the 2nd and 3rd. Barbosa will back him up and get 17-18 minutes. I think Joe is starting and he wil get 30-35 minutes and Q will play just about 25. For a little while each game they will probably go with a big backcourt of Q at SG and Joe at point.

Yuta is a scrub. I think David Stern must tell teams this player has been really good overseas but can't do shit in the NBA. Sign him, cut him, he get's a payout, and we get more fans.

by **ATTENTIONWHORE** on Sun Sep 12, 2004 8:15 am

Sorta relevant...
Will Nash make the All-Star team this year?

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