ukrainik wrote:I really hope Yi Jianlian opens up in NBA (which doesn't happen too often with over the seas player). He's tall, quick, got a nice shoot and very athletic but he'll need to adjust a lot for the bigger NBA players, especially in the D-department.
ukrainik wrote:I wouldn't put Nocioni in there and definitely wouldn't put in Wang, Zhizhi is a good player but made no impact in NBA.
If you just look at top 15 picks for every Ginobili, Nowitzki, Raja, Gasol or Kirilenko there are Abdul-Wahad, Yinka Dare, Moïso, Foyle, Frédéric Weis, Sefolosha, Sene, Potapenko, Vázquez, Araújo, Radojevic, Olowokandi etc. The list keeps going as you can expect.
I just think its much harder for euro players to morph into NBA then US college players.
Look how disappointing Delfino was for Detroit
ukrainik wrote:I wouldn't put Nocioni in there and definitely wouldn't put in Wang, Zhizhi is a good player but made no impact in NBA.
If you just look at top 15 picks for every Ginobili, Nowitzki, Raja, Gasol or Kirilenko there are Abdul-Wahad, Yinka Dare, Moïso, Foyle, Frédéric Weis, Sefolosha, Sene, Potapenko, Vázquez, Araújo, Radojevic, Olowokandi etc. The list keeps going as you can expect.
I just think its much harder for euro players to morph into NBA then US college players.
Look how disappointing Delfino was for Detroit
Sauru wrote:i think that statement is a popular one to make but not true. for every kobe there is a ed o'bannon, and so on and so on
maes wrote:Sauru wrote:i think that statement is a popular one to make but not true. for every kobe there is a ed o'bannon, and so on and so on
Agreed, the big Euro busts are Skita and Darko? The list of college/HS busts goes on & on...
Dennis Hopson, #3. Chris Washburn, #3. Pervis Ellison, #1. Tractor Trayler, #6. Dajuan Wagner, #6. Billy Owens, #3. Jonathan Bender, #5. Danny Ferry, #2. And it's too early to tell, but Adam Morrison doesn't look like Larry Bird to me at all.
And i'm not even listing the obvious ones like Joe Smith, Kandiman, etc..
Qballer wrote:Anthony15 wrote:Since your name has Ukrain in it, I can agree, no1 from Ukraine played well in NBA.
sorry but are you retarded? two words: SLAVA MEDVEDENKO!!!
that guy is amazing.
The X wrote:how could you include Sefolosha in that list....he had a good rookie season & has potential to be a good NBA player....
ukrainik wrote:The X wrote:how could you include Sefolosha in that list....he had a good rookie season & has potential to be a good NBA player....
What the hell are you talking about? Sefolosha!? I wouldn't call 3.3 PPG, 2.2 RPG and .8 APG in 71 games an outstanding rookie season and as for Vazquez I personally think that Vazquez's skills are not up to par to even let him play in NBA yet. He says he is ready but somehow hasn't actively gone after that oportunity instead he went with more lucrative deal in Spain and now finishing his contract. Of coarse we'll see what comes out of it when he actually plays. But why would he run off with 4-year Spain contract after confirming that he'll play for Orlando?.. I think he's the next Darko. (although Darko might stage a comeback:) )
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