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Omer Asik officially becomes a Chicago Bull

July 12, 2010

Though the Chicago Bulls couldn’t sign any of the so-called “Big Three” free agents this summer, they have come to terms with their 2008 second-round draft pick, Team Turkey’s shot-swatting Omer Asik, signing him to an approximately $1 million per year deal.

And the Bulls have also reportedly extended an offer sheet to J.J. Redick.

Asik is the latest in a pack of Turkish big men invading the NBA, chasing new Boston Celtics/former Fenerbahçe Ülker center Semih Erden – that team’s first foreign player on the roster in three seasons. Mehmet Okur of the Utah Jazz paved the way for the Fenerbahçe-bred duo, and just wait until the U.S. gets a load of certain 2011 lottery pick Enes Kanter at Kentucky this season…

In eight games with Fenerbahçe in 2009-10, Asik was good for 11.1 points on 60.7% shooting, 5.9 rebounds and just under two blocks per game; in seven Euroleague games, his line was 8.9 ppg, 6.0 rpg and 1.3 bpg: clearly indicating the main problem with the big guy whom Euroleague press once proclaimed “One of the world’s most promising young big men,” i.e. injuries.

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Jul 12, 2010ballineurope
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Comments: 2
  1. Sgran
    12 years ago

    It would nice to see Asik get a little farther above the rim. Timing is well and good, but he’s going to need more hops to throw back shots in the NBA. The Bulls coaches are talking him up, but us fans are a little reserved after the Dalibor Bagaric era.

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  2. Michael
    12 years ago

    All NBA fans consider any white player “unathletic”. Just the typical NBA fans racism.

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12 years ago 2 Comments EuroLeague, More, NBA/NCAABoston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, Enes Kanter, EuroLeague, Fenerbahce Ülker, J.J. Redick, Mehmet Okur, NBA, Omer Asik, Semih Erden, Team Turkey, Turkey, University of Kentucky, Utah Jazz
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