dailybasketball.com - 6/27/2008
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Kosta Koufos, Ante Tomic, and Tadija Dragicevic. I sure am glad I'm not a Jazz talk show host or play-by-play man. Post your nicknames for these guys in the comments. At least the Jazz fans will have some more players to follow in the Olympics...
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Daily Dump: Busted Coverage Vacation Time
Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football —
... desert Southwest is our idea of a quality time. Yeah, being whiter than the Mac computer this is being typed on probably won’t bode well for this blogger.
But we’ll survive.
Don’t expect too many early morning updates. We’ve given that up for a few days.
Today’s Dump:
If you lift weights, don’t do it like this [AfroJacks]
Jazz draft bowl of alphabet soup [Daily Basketball]
Audrina’s implants are a mess [Holy Taco] ...
Related: tadija dragicevic, ante tomic
Top Undrafted Players List —
College Basketball by Collegehoops.net
Some unforunate prospects never got the call on Draft night, but they shouldn't worry too much. It can be positive for a rookie to have a say in what NBA training camp he ends up. The following are CHN's Top 30 Undrafted prospects according to our Pre-Draft rankings. With the exception of Tadija Dragicevic, who I had never even heard of, most of the 2nd rounders were expected so ...
From the Former Yugoslavia with Love —
The Cowhide Globe
The second round isn't worth watching on TV because it lacks (A) a smug David Stern, (B) eight button suits, and (C) pronounceable names. But it looks like the Jazz got a couple of real winners in the second round.
Ante Tomic , C, Croatia: According to scouts, this guy is a 7"2' giant (2.18 metres for TCG's european fans) with long arms. That is a good sign. He also "has serious ...
NBA Draft 2008: 1986 born automatically eligibles —
European Prospects
Tomorrow is the big day, the NBA Draft 2008 is going on in the Madison Square Garden, New York. Besides the 5 early entrants, there is a long list of 1986 born automatically eligible players that can be drafted. I took a short look at the most promising of these guys.
Uros Tripkovic is a nice shooter that also can play Point Guard. He saw limited minutes with Partizan Belgrade this ...
Blazers Get Hornets Pick #27 In Thursday’s NBA Draft —
Slam Dunk Central
“ ESPN.com ” reported Tuesday night that the Portland Trail Blazers, have made a deal with the New Orleans Hornets. The Blazers will acquire the Hornets pick number 27, in exchange for cash considerations. The name that seems to pop up most often as the player they will take with the pick is Ante Tomic the big man from Croatia. Portland has made no secret that they like what ...
The NBA Draft for Euros begins in the 2nd round —
Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog
With the NBA Draft only two days from now, I made some more reflections about this annual ceremony that is the hope for the NBA fans to get additional talent for their team.
The trend to draft Europeans has slowed down a bit these years after some casting errors or refusals to join the big league. And except if you are an extraordinary talent which goes to the lottery, it is not worth ...
NBA Draft Live Chat Today 1PM EST —
FanHouse
Will it be Derrick Rose or Michael Beasley that goes number one? What will the Heat do with that number two pick? And just who the heck is Ante Tomic ? We may not know the answers to any of these questions until Thursday night, but it doesn't mean we can't take our guesses. So have your questions and comments ready, as we talk NBA Draft today, beginning at 1PM EST. Permalink ...
The European Prospects Mock Draft Review —
European Prospects
A few days before the NBA Draft on Thursday, I will take a look at the latest editions of the Mock Draft and calculate the positions for the different Europeans that are still in the process.
Danilo Gallinari (10th)
The consensus is that Gallinari will fall at the 10th place to the New Jersey Nets. But the rumors of him being drafted by the Knicks are still there and he may move up ...