Summer signings, round 23
- Previously, I had theorised immaturely that Mario Kasun had left Barcelona after a fight with Andre Barrett. This is because I'm not funny. The actual reason, though, was because Kasun had agreed a deal with Efes Pilsen in Turkey, and therefore he and Barcelona terminated the remainder of his contract by mutual consent. ShamSports.com - the home of childish banter that you could definitely do without.
- Horace Jenkins or Alex Scales might sign with Crvena Zvezda in the Adriatic League. It's a tempter, isn't it? Do you want the 30 year old NBA rookie or the man with the 9 second career? Tough choice. Either way, both are able to write "NBA" on their resumé, which guarantees them work for life. Hopefully, one day, I can do the same.
- Daniel Ewing is going to Poland, for a team named Asseco Prokom. You might not have heard of Prokom, despite their chart topping single "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" from a few decades ago, but you might have heard of some of Ewing's new team mates. Ronnie Burrell, Koko Archibong and David Logan? Anybody? Ch'yeah, you've heard. You don't forget names like Koko Archibong and David Logan in a hurry, let me tell you.
- Yuta Tabuse has decided to enhance his NBA dream by leaving America. After three years of barely playing in the D-League, Tabuse has gone home to Japan, to play for a team by the wonderful name of Tochigi Brex. Tabuse will be the highest paid player in Japan, and his contract contains an NBA escape clause, for he believes this move to be an important step in his long-awaited return to the NBA.
- Universitet Surgut signed both Lionel Chalmers and Akin Akingbala, thereby earning themselves some coverage on this, the NBA's most scrub focused website whose URL begins with an S. So here's some Universitet Surgut information, because they earned it:
1 - They're a Russian team.
2 - Kyle Davis used to play for them.
3 - They sucked last year.
That's all I've got.
- Miami signed Jamaal Magloire, apparently blissfully unaware of how staggeringly crap Jamaal was last season.
- Cleveland signed Lorenzen Wright, also apparently blissfully unaware of how staggeringly crap Lorenzen was last season. Speaking of, I've been known to defend former Hawks General Manager Billy Knight in the past, but let's remind ourselves of something - in the summer of 2006, Knight was armed with maximum cap room. He needed a centre and a point guard. He signed Lorenzen Wright and Speedy Claxton. He signed them for a combined six years and $31.14 million. Since then, the two players have combined to play 142 out of a possible 328 games, with combined totals of 394 points on 461 shots, along with 361 fouls. Wright has long since left the team, after one and a half shocking seasons of play led to him being mere salary filler in the Mike Bibby trade. Claxton's been even less helpful, playing a dire first half of his first season, then missing the next year and a half due to injury. In the unlikely event that he returns this year, he'll be fourth on the Hawks depth chart, all while earning over $11 million guaranteed over the next two seasons.
Defend that if you can. Hint - you can't.
- Cleveland also lost a player, sort of, after reserve guard Billy Thomas agreed to sign with a Greek team named Kavala/Panorama. However, the Cavaliers haven't actually waived Thomas at any point, and he remains under contract to them for next year, albeit an unguaranteed minimum salary. This remains true even though the Panoramic news broke a few days before I write you this post. It's unlikely that Cleveland would stiff Kavala over this and refuse to cut him, given that it's only Billy bloody Thomas and that they clearly gave him permission to get other offers, but it would be funny if they did. Let's make it happen.
- Herbert Hill signed with Le Mans a hundred million years ago, but his contract has since been terminated, because Hill still hasn't recovered from the knee surgery that caused him to miss all of last year. A knee injury that prevents him from playing basketball, clearly. But not one that prevents him from driving. Hill was replaced in Le Mans by J.P. Batista, the forward Gonzaga forward once told by Dwayne Bruce that he wasn't cut out for professional wrestling.
- James Thomas has been loaned from Upim Bologna to Erdemir in Turkey. For those American fans unaware of the concept of loaning a player, it's exactly what it sounds like.
- And finally, some amateurism. Somehow, somewhere, I had some news on Trey Johnson. He was going to sign somewhere, and I forgot to write down where it was. So that was clever of me. However, it may work out for the best anyway, because since this booboo occurred, it's been reported that Johnson will go to training camp with the Phoenix Suns, alongside former Heat guard Robert Hite and some tall white guy.
I think I got away with that one.
- Horace Jenkins or Alex Scales might sign with Crvena Zvezda in the Adriatic League. It's a tempter, isn't it? Do you want the 30 year old NBA rookie or the man with the 9 second career? Tough choice. Either way, both are able to write "NBA" on their resumé, which guarantees them work for life. Hopefully, one day, I can do the same.
- Daniel Ewing is going to Poland, for a team named Asseco Prokom. You might not have heard of Prokom, despite their chart topping single "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" from a few decades ago, but you might have heard of some of Ewing's new team mates. Ronnie Burrell, Koko Archibong and David Logan? Anybody? Ch'yeah, you've heard. You don't forget names like Koko Archibong and David Logan in a hurry, let me tell you.
- Yuta Tabuse has decided to enhance his NBA dream by leaving America. After three years of barely playing in the D-League, Tabuse has gone home to Japan, to play for a team by the wonderful name of Tochigi Brex. Tabuse will be the highest paid player in Japan, and his contract contains an NBA escape clause, for he believes this move to be an important step in his long-awaited return to the NBA.
This decision might surprise some people, but there is one thing I can say for certain: I have not changed my mind on taking on the challenge of playing in the NBA,"Yeah. Good luck with that.
- Universitet Surgut signed both Lionel Chalmers and Akin Akingbala, thereby earning themselves some coverage on this, the NBA's most scrub focused website whose URL begins with an S. So here's some Universitet Surgut information, because they earned it:
1 - They're a Russian team.
2 - Kyle Davis used to play for them.
3 - They sucked last year.
That's all I've got.
- Miami signed Jamaal Magloire, apparently blissfully unaware of how staggeringly crap Jamaal was last season.
- Cleveland signed Lorenzen Wright, also apparently blissfully unaware of how staggeringly crap Lorenzen was last season. Speaking of, I've been known to defend former Hawks General Manager Billy Knight in the past, but let's remind ourselves of something - in the summer of 2006, Knight was armed with maximum cap room. He needed a centre and a point guard. He signed Lorenzen Wright and Speedy Claxton. He signed them for a combined six years and $31.14 million. Since then, the two players have combined to play 142 out of a possible 328 games, with combined totals of 394 points on 461 shots, along with 361 fouls. Wright has long since left the team, after one and a half shocking seasons of play led to him being mere salary filler in the Mike Bibby trade. Claxton's been even less helpful, playing a dire first half of his first season, then missing the next year and a half due to injury. In the unlikely event that he returns this year, he'll be fourth on the Hawks depth chart, all while earning over $11 million guaranteed over the next two seasons.
Defend that if you can. Hint - you can't.
- Cleveland also lost a player, sort of, after reserve guard Billy Thomas agreed to sign with a Greek team named Kavala/Panorama. However, the Cavaliers haven't actually waived Thomas at any point, and he remains under contract to them for next year, albeit an unguaranteed minimum salary. This remains true even though the Panoramic news broke a few days before I write you this post. It's unlikely that Cleveland would stiff Kavala over this and refuse to cut him, given that it's only Billy bloody Thomas and that they clearly gave him permission to get other offers, but it would be funny if they did. Let's make it happen.
- Herbert Hill signed with Le Mans a hundred million years ago, but his contract has since been terminated, because Hill still hasn't recovered from the knee surgery that caused him to miss all of last year. A knee injury that prevents him from playing basketball, clearly. But not one that prevents him from driving. Hill was replaced in Le Mans by J.P. Batista, the forward Gonzaga forward once told by Dwayne Bruce that he wasn't cut out for professional wrestling.
- James Thomas has been loaned from Upim Bologna to Erdemir in Turkey. For those American fans unaware of the concept of loaning a player, it's exactly what it sounds like.
- And finally, some amateurism. Somehow, somewhere, I had some news on Trey Johnson. He was going to sign somewhere, and I forgot to write down where it was. So that was clever of me. However, it may work out for the best anyway, because since this booboo occurred, it's been reported that Johnson will go to training camp with the Phoenix Suns, alongside former Heat guard Robert Hite and some tall white guy.
I think I got away with that one.
Labels: Akin Akingbala, Alex Scales, Billy Thomas, Daniel Ewing, Herbert Hill, Horace Jenkins, Jamaal Magloire, James Thomas, Lionel Chalmers, Lorenzen Wright, Mario Kasun, Trey Johnson, Yuta Tabuse
posted by Sham at
11:04 PM
3 Comments:
On a sad and unrelated note...
Patrick Joseph Garrity announced his retirement from the NBA today.
I personally, am crushed.
i played with james thomas in a summer league in upstate ny this summer. he is enormous and is not afraid to use his strength, and at several points i feared for my life while sharing the court with him.
I think Tabuse deserved more than a three game look in the League. Perhaps not much more, since I can't imagine teams putting up with his high risk, low reward style for longer than maybe half a season...but it would have been nice to see him get a real shot.
I mean shit, he's still got a lot more game than Jamaal Magloire right now. You'd also think that a team as anal as Phoenix about finances would have noticed his jersey sales and used that to justify an extended stay.
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