someone linked on the comments in the first page to a more recent article that says he is on GB’s roster and that his rehab is going well, and while it does say that it looks like he’ll be available, it doesn’t make any guarantees.

And Bum Ben Wallace.

they would find ways to make life for his relatives very unpleasant.

basketball is probably on the bottom of most people’s sporting interests there, even when it comes to the Olympics.

I wonder who will play Deng in the British basketball version of “Cool Runnings”?

click. Otherwise, what he said in March still stands and still pisses a lot of people off. Who cares if he said it in March. He hasn’t retracted it, and what Thorpe says about him needing to stay off it through the summer stays true. With such an invisible fracture like he has I don’t know why it should be up to Deng to say if it is healed or not. No one can see it. He can’t see it. He can only tell us if it hurts or not and it hurting or not also doesn’t indicate if it is actually 100% either.

It is like when you are kid and have a tummy ache and your parents let you stay home from school. By 11 AM you can’t suddenly decide you feel better and should be allowed to go play outside. You still have to go through the motions of being sick the rest of the day just to be sure you don’t set yourself off again. And the last thing you want is your parents wondering if you even had pains in the first place. He pretty much blew off the entire season. The consequences of that should be to take it easy during the off season and be 100% when the NBA starts up again.

I remember saying multiple times last summer that I thought it would be good for Deng to be the top guy on a team, be the leader, etc etc but nothing materialized from it. He showed up as the same old Deng. The competition and teammates he has there are just not that good. Iron sharpens iron. Fooling around in a lesser league doesn’t seem to help him. With that philosophy you’d assume Tyrus would benefit from a stint with the d-league. Not really. We did this song and dance last year and Deng did not add any alpha player traits from playing summer ball. I’d prefer he spend time improving on some offensive skills in the gym, but that is likely too much to ask unless the Queen gives him leave or something.

need more manly ankles!

we don’t base our offense around getting Deng some open long jumpers. Since that is the best shot in the game of basketball and Deng’s specialty.

Have the ability to move, catch and shoot.

Deng showed he could catch, dribble a little and then shoot over a smaller non physical defender.

Are you overrating? Deng’s ability in a “real offense”?

If anything he’s shown he’s a spot up shooter within the 3pt line..