Where Are They Now? Part 30

Apologies for the site disappearing for 48 hours. Truth be told, I have no idea what happened. I went to bed, and it was working. I got up, and it wasn't. Turns out the hosting company kinda broke something on their end, but all is well now.

Also, you may have found that the home page consisted of nothing more than the word "hello" for a few hours. That wasn't me who did that, but the nameless technician mending it. It freaked the shit out of me when I saw it. But never mind, all is now good and that. Call off the search.

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Mark Pope - Legend - always said that he was going to go to medical school once his NBA career had finished, so I guess he's done exactly that.

Vitaly Potapenko fell out of the NBA in the summer of 2007, and wound up in Europe, where he averages a mere 5.3 points and 2.5 rebounds for Estudiantes in Spain, alongside Florent Pietrus, wife of Mickael.

Roger Powell is playing for Teramo in Italy, where he averages 13 points and about half an assist per game.

Carlos Powell was signed by the Warriors for training camp this season, but was an early cut. They may have made a mistake here, though. The Warriors ended up prefering to own such players as Austin Croshere, Troy Hudson and Chris Webber over Powell, all of whom did pretty much nothing for the team. Meanwhile, Powell went to the D-League, played for the Dakota Wizards, and absolutely beasted, averaging 22.5 points, 6.4 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game, on 49% shooting, 40% from three point range. That's some pretty epic numbers right there. The 4 turnovers a game that go with all that are a lot, but if he was perfect he wouldn't be in the D-League. I'd kind of expect a training camp invite after a season like that, and a greatly improved chance of sticking around this time.

Giorgos Printezis, whose rights are owned by the Raptors, is playing for Olympiakos in Greece, alongside the many other players already mentioned as playing there. These include Lynn Greer, Arvydas Macijauskas, Qyntel Woods , Jake Tsakalidis, Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Reinaldas Seibutis and Loukas Mavrokefalidis. Based on that list, I apparently have to rattle off this list 4 more times yet. Ah well. Printezis averages about 9 points and 4.5 rebounds.

Cult hero Laron Profit averaged 11 points and 4 rebounds for Libertad, the Argentinian champions.

Ivan Radenovic is playing for Akasvayu Girona in Spain, where he averages 4.5 points and 2 rebounds. I watched an interview with him the other day, and it turns out that he speaks good English. So that's nice. Somewhat unsurprising given that he went to Arizona, but I didn't know that at the time, hence why it surprised me. Shame about his play, though.

Milovan Rakovic, whose rights are owned by the Magic, plays for Spartak Moscow, alongside Rafael Araujo and Joe Smith. (Not THE Joe Smith, obviously.) As with all Russian teams, I haveth no stats.

Pedro Juan Branches has gone back to Puerto Rico to star. He averages 19.2 points and 10.4 rebounds for a team called Caguas.

Allan Ray spent the season with Lomattica Roma in Italy, where he got paid handsomely for a 13 points 2 assist average. His teammate was Gregor Fucka. I've said it before, and I'll say it as often as I feel like it. Gregor Fucka Gregor Fucka Gregor Fucka Gregor Fucka. Gregor Fucka. Allan Ray. Gregor Fucka.

You, like I, may have thought that Zeljko Rebraca retired. He sure as hell spent a long time out with a chronic back complaint, and the Clippers ate some guaranteed money to get his roster spot. Bit apparently things weren't all that bleak, as the now-35 year old Zelly just poured in a part-season for Valencia (Spain) in which he totalled 8 points in three games. Clearly back to his best there. The lesson, as always - inactive lists can be deceiving.

Justin Reed is a member of the Bakersfield Jam of the D-League, where he averages an impressive 20.3 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists a game. Not bad from a hustle player.