Where Are They Now? Part 22

James Lang is averaging 12.4 points and 7.0 rebounds for the Utah Flash of the D-League.

Kris Lang is playing for Ankara in Turkey, alongside Khalid El-Amin. Finding out stats for Turkish teams seems to need more work than I am willing to put forth, so if you really want to know what Kris Lang averages, here's what you've got to work with. I cannot for the life of me figure out how anyone can be interested enough in the career of Kris Lang to do this, but if you do, good luck to you. Lord knows I've wasted time in much worse ways, and on much worse people than Kris "K.D." Lang.

Keith Langford finally got a look-see in the NBA this season, joining up with the Spurs for a few days. This was back when the Spurs were going through that weird phase of signing lots of people for very short periods of time, as emergency injury cover. It wasn't something that was particularly worthwhile - the Spurs had it all calculated so that they could afford to do this while staying under the tax threshold for the season. However, after Tony Parker got injured, the Spurs then had to sign Damon Stoudamire as cover a bit earlier than they wanted to, which put them back into the tax territory by a mere few thousand dollars. This meant that they had to make another move to get back under it, which they did with the Kurt Thomas trade. (Stoudamire's subsequent shitty play made none of it worth it.)

In a roundabout way, I'm saying that Keith Langford cost the Spurs a first round pick. Just saying.

Of course, if (when) Kurt Thomas wins the Spurs an NBA title - not all that farfetched of a theory if you say it without sarcasm and with context - then my stupid Keith Langford rant is shown up for what it is: stupid.

Anyway, still laden with the guilt of sabotaging such a well-oiled machine (maybe), Langford is playing for the deeply attractive Angelico Biella in Italy, averaging 15 points and 6 rebounds. He is playing alongside B.J. Elder, who is a guard that you may have heard of, and which is also a mighty welcome alternative Christmas present for your grandparents than the usual shortbread that you give them.


Dan Langhi is practicing his open-20-foot-jumpshot-shooting trade in Puerto Rico, averaging 15 points and 9 rebounds for a team called Conquistadores de Guaynabo. Here is a picture of Dan Langhi as a boy:



I have no idea why I own this.


Charles Lee - by the way, it is a coincidence that this edition is featuring so many ex-Spurs - i splaying for Verviers Peinster in the Belgian league. He averages 9.4 points and 3.4 rebounds, and may I remind you that this is the frickin' Belgian league we're talking about. I guess what I'm trying to say is that Charles Lee isn't an NBA talent. Write that down. Shout it from the rooftops. Carve it into trees. Brand it on sheep. It hath been decreed.

Don't know what Voshon Lenard is doing. Don't care what Voshon Lenard is doing.

Anthony Lever-Pedroza, who briefly got into the league, probably ont he basis of who he was related to (he is Fat Lever's nephew), won't be getting back into it unless he stops being crap. Lever=Pedroza, now 29, last played for Siroki in Bosnia, and may be still there, but I can't tell because I don't speak Bosnish.

Ron Lewis did not get drafted, and thus he went to Belgium to play alongside Mario Boggan. (It's the classic route to the NBA.) Lewis averages 16.7 points for a team called Leuven.

Sergei Lishouk is now 26 years old, averaging 12 and 6 for Azovmash int he Ukraine, and flat out has not panned out.

Randy Livingston, who stated that he was "99.55 sure" that was was going to retired after the 2006 season, has now spent two seasons in the D-League destroying all comers. Livingston has averaged 10.7 assists this season down there, the league's best, and he also holds the single game record of 22 in a game.

Steve Logan signed in Venezuela for the start of their season, but was waived due to injury. Since not joining the NBA, Logan has played in the ABA, Poland, Turkey, Greece and Portugal, but hasn't played hardly at all since 2006. This analysis is in-depth!

Raul Lopez averages only 7.3 points and 2.3 assists for Real Madrid. Hmm. Could have sworn that he was better than this.