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End-of-week rumors

June 20, 2008

RONNY TURIAF WOULD LIKE TO BE A LAKER.
Ronny told the press to write that, so there it is. It’s not really a rumor, but Ronny is a free agent now and didn’t play too well in the NBA Finals … wait, did he play? Right now, everybody wants to be a Laker, since everybody, including Sasha Vujacic, is talking how great the team will be once Andrew Bynum returns. Ronny really deserves to be on a great team like the Lakers, but he has not done much to help them in the Finals.

Not that of a big chance for Ronny to get the NBA championship in 2009: Basketball rumorsBasketball rumorsBasketball rumorsBasketball rumorsBasketball rumors

Tiago Splitter to the San Antonio Spurs
Tiago finally got drafted last year by the San Antonio Spurs, but signed a HUGE contract with Tau Ceramica to stay in Europe. It looks like the bad economy in the US is keeping MANY players from going to the NBA for “pocket money.” Seems like just playing on the top level is not the biggest thing anymore.

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Omar Cook to Unicaja Malaga
Last thing we heard from Omar was that he had gotten a European passport: Not a bad thing for an American professional basketball player, right? This probably doubled his salary as well as his chances to land on a big-time team such as Malaga, who needs improvement on Bojan Popovic, a little bit of a disappointment there.

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DC Collins to leave Zalgiris
In L.A., I was in a car with some of the greatest US bloggers, like Henry Abbott from truehoop. Of course we talked some basketball, and the only thing they mentioned over and over was “chicken and porn.” I guess the chicken got stuck in everyone’s brain … I’m sure fans would NOT love seeing DC leave, especially those who enjoyed his interviews, but after such a season Collins’ salary might be too big for a Lithuanian team. What do we care? As long as he joins a team with good reporters that put up that great stuff on YouTube, we’re all fine right? The only country that may have the money to make DC happy is probably Russia. Not so many Euroleague teams there, though …

DC Collins leaving Zalgiris: Basketball rumorsBasketball rumorsBasketball rumorsBasketball rumorsBasketball rumors

Andre Barrett to join Maccabi Tel Aviv
Never heard that name? Well, get used to it. Look at his career and you’ll agree that this is a guy who wants to play in Europe. He’s played in the NBA … not much so far. On the other hand, he has experience as a point guard whichmany Euroleague teams will be seeking. As some Israeli newspapers just released, Andre is only in negotiations with Maccabi, but this would be a nice fit.

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Marc Jackson to sign with UNICS Kazan
Insiders may ask, “Why is this a rumor?” Well, it’s just because I can’t read Russian, that’s all. According to UNICS’ official website, where we see a picture of Marc Jackson, he has in fact signed there. Russian, anybody…?

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  1. name
    17 years ago

    Well, Zalgiris budget probably will increace, coz now I really believe that new investor will b in the team. According to rumours maciulis will get something like ~800 000 euros in Zalgiris. So I believe we can keep Collins. Besides, he always said, that he likes it in here, that Kaunas reminds him his home in America, he said he would like to stay (ofcourse Zalgiris offer should be good) also Zalgiris will play in Euroleague, and last, but not least – Marcus is also staying and they became very very good friends, while playing in Kaunas.

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  2. name
    17 years ago

    Iam not russian, but yes, Jackson will play in Unics, it’s official:
    http://unics.ru/news/?id=1128

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17 years ago 2 Comments EuroLeague, More, NBA/NCAAAndre Barrett, chicken and porn, DC Collins, EuroLeague, Henry Abbott, Los Angeles Lakers, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Marc Jackson, NBA, Omar Cook, Ronny Turiaf, San Antonio Spurs, Tiago Splitter, TrueHoop.com, Unicaja Malaga, UNICS Kazan, Zalgiris
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