Omer Asik in competition at Eurobasket 2009

Do we have any other guys overseas?

Does anybody know any other guys drafted that played overseas for a few years then came out and had a decent impact on their respective teams?

I think Ginobli would qualify somewhat, but I thought he was a higher/more prized pick than a lot of these “draft and stash” guys.

by RyPac13 on Sep 8, 2009 4:48 PM CDT reply actions

ginobli was late last round wasnt he?

by sin on Sep 8, 2009 7:31 PM CDT up reply actions

How about Rudy Fernandez?

by Rose Colored Goggles on Sep 9, 2009 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions

he played 15 min...............for TURKEY

5 pts and 1 blocked shot?

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by BigforkBullsFan on Sep 8, 2009 7:54 PM CDT reply actions

he is coming back from a knee injury, so there's that to consider. and don't sleep on Turkey,

Hedo Turkoglu is the man (even if he is overpaid). Asik is a very good player (despite the paltry stats) and Ilyasova is a legitimate NBA player.

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by fundamentallysound on Sep 8, 2009 8:26 PM CDT up reply actions

Oh and Semih Erden, who is another big man prospect for Turkey that the Celtics drafted

recently. He should be a decent player, too.

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by fundamentallysound on Sep 8, 2009 8:31 PM CDT up reply actions

Extrapolating that out, he's a beast!

15 points and 9 rebounds, 6/6 from the field, 3 blocks… He’s basically a double-double machine! Schedule the championship parade…!

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by bullhockey on Sep 8, 2009 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Remember Dragon Tarlic?

or whatever….

I have seen a QB and it was good.

by SoulEater7 on Sep 8, 2009 11:06 PM CDT reply actions

Yes I remember him. Jerry's kid

by Noe_Valley on Sep 8, 2009 11:13 PM CDT up reply actions

Wasn't there also Dalibor Bagaric, or something like that?

by dakoose on Sep 9, 2009 1:03 PM CDT up reply actions

yes, both

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by Jaina on Sep 9, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions

Omer Asik

He still has to prove himself… Euro-league while a competitive league… doesn’t have to talent level close to the NBA.

I like that hes 7’0… He has the skillset to rebound and block shots… Hes only 23 years.

I hope he can come to the Bulls and be a solid defensive big of the bench that could score a little bit too.

OR Maybe will pull a “Dirk” and be like a elite Camby-esqe type.

Whats the situation with him in regards to coming to America???

by 420man! on Sep 9, 2009 2:46 AM CDT reply actions

He's eligible to come after this year

There’s a countdown that’s been up since he was drafted.

http://www.happycountdown.com/omerasik/

by runningman on Sep 9, 2009 9:50 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

416 days!

Hes totally gonna enhance our bench!

by 420man! on Sep 9, 2009 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions

a european player playing solid D?

He might to skinny and get pushed around

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by J Theory on Sep 9, 2009 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions

at least in Euroleague, Josh Childress is an average player.

so it isn’t so bad.

by biolb on Sep 9, 2009 9:01 PM CDT up reply actions

It's nice too see him playing

But his stats from last season are not great. Especially from the FT line…That’s something he needs to improve…

by bull83 on Sep 9, 2009 8:51 AM CDT reply actions

Does anyone really expect more from Omer than what we already get from Aaron Gray?

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by exult463 on Sep 9, 2009 1:26 PM CDT reply actions

Well, he is faster

I support the Tornado Release [See: Joakim Noah]

by Prevenge on Sep 9, 2009 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions

Paxson should

he moved 3 second-round picks for the guy.

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Sep 9, 2009 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions

Did we really need to 'not pick CDR' that badly?

I mean, he hit all of Paxson’s needs too.
WTF Paxson.
Uggggh.

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by Prevenge on Sep 9, 2009 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions

meh, CDR has as much of a resume as Asik

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Sep 9, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions

But I like him better!

And besides, he would be only one pick. :P

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by Prevenge on Sep 9, 2009 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions

CDR is amazing

Don’t you dare knock him.

Things could be worse. We could have kept Boylan.

by stupidgenius on Sep 9, 2009 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions

Well

He definitely runs the floor and finishes better than Gray, is more athletic and is a shot blocker from what I’ve read on him. Gray is just…BIG.

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by bigballa10 on Sep 9, 2009 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions

he is much better

give him some time

by biolb on Sep 9, 2009 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions

Good news!

From Brew Hoop:
http://www.brewhoop.com/2009/9/9/1022104/wednesday-notes-ilyasova-stars-win#comments
Look at the comments. Highlights:
“Poland’s frontline is a bit more familiar—Gortat at center with Lampe and Szewczyk seeing time at PF/C as well. Interestingly, Asik has been taking it to Gortat early on, 10 pts in the first quarter.”

“Meanwhile, Asik looks fantastic—just put a great up and under move on Gortat for his 20th point. He’s stronger than he looks and has shown some really nice footwork.”

Actually, that’s all of the comments about Asik. I assume it’s our Asik. 20 points on Gortat is nothing to sneeze at, though.

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by Prevenge on Sep 9, 2009 2:27 PM CDT reply actions 3 recs

That sounds good

My impression was that he didn’t have much offense yet but that sounds like he’s got a little bit.

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by bigballa10 on Sep 9, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions

Considering Gortat is a decent defender, that sounds impressive.

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by exult463 on Sep 9, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions

I saw some highlights;

Asik was much more athletic than I expected. And he’s big. 7.025 barefoot.

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by MPG on Sep 9, 2009 5:42 PM CDT up reply actions

and here they

are.

Asik averaging 12 ppg, 6rpg, 1.3bpg on 77% shooting in 20mpg.

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by MPG on Sep 9, 2009 5:51 PM CDT up reply actions

thanks for finding that

he looks a bit stiff, but at least he has decent hands and some skill.

by kig on Sep 9, 2009 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions

those are very solid numbers. A Noah-Asik center combo should be very nice

once Brad departs.

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by fundamentallysound on Sep 9, 2009 10:12 PM CDT up reply actions

And comes back as the big man coach (part of Big Randy's staff...)

by hlac on Sep 9, 2009 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions

one of the things that stood out from Omer's highlights is how good his hands are.

He caught passes high, low, off the bounce, and in the air and was able to handle them all pretty seamlessly. He also has more moves around the bucket than I thought he did (I was picturing more of a Biedrins type who gets all his points off of offensive boards).

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3. Make some team open that box

by fundamentallysound on Sep 9, 2009 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions

Gortat's D was pretty weak

I’m guessing he wasn’t prepared to play any of these guys he has to guard.

Asik looks pretty good. Love the interior passing.
His line is ridiculous in the game. 22pts, 8reb, 1bs, 1to, 1foul on 10-11 shooting.

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by NBA Observer on Sep 10, 2009 11:19 PM CDT up reply actions

nice find

love hearing that; after we took him and i heard about him getting hurt i figured we’d never see him over here

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by Calogero on Sep 9, 2009 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions

What if we magically got Wade

And tried this (I’m assuming Salmons opts out):

PG: Rose/Hnrich
SG: Wade/Hinrich
SF: Deng/Johnson
PF: Noah/Random Scrub
C: Asik/Random Scrub

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again; I do not believe in James Johnson at PF.

Things could be worse. We could have kept Boylan.

by stupidgenius on Sep 9, 2009 11:05 PM CDT reply actions

"I do not believe in James Johnson at PF".. I second that motion!

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"Go ahead, make my day"
"We boil at different degrees"
"A good man always knows his limitations"
"You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?"

by exult463 on Sep 10, 2009 4:43 AM CDT up reply actions

I believe in him as a reserve pf. He could cause situational problems

for the other team.

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by MPG on Sep 10, 2009 6:03 AM CDT up reply actions

if you haven't noticed

neither Noah or Asik can hit a shot outside of 10ft, so that would pose a problem. I think Asik as a solid backup C is the most we should expect. We need a legit scoring threat from either the 4 or 5, and with your proposal of Wade joining the team, it would be much better to have at least one big with range on his jumper in order to keep the lane from being too clogged.

by kig on Sep 10, 2009 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions

yeah, by saying we should expect something from Asik

I mean ‘something’ as in ‘replace Taj’

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Sep 10, 2009 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions

Or replace the White Panther.

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by Granny Waiters on Sep 10, 2009 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah, I know that we wouldn't be able to do that at the 4 and 5

I just figured that if we sign Wade to a max contract, we wouldn’t be able to get a starteresque PF with our lack of cap room. If we trade Hinrich away for expirings, then this would work, but who thinks Kurt’s going to be traded? And would this be any better than the one above?:

PG: Rose/Random Scrub
SG: Wade/Random Scrub
SF: Deng/Johnson
PF: Thomas/Random Scrub
C: Noah/Asik

Things could be worse. We could have kept Boylan.

by stupidgenius on Sep 10, 2009 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions

On the other hand

If we got Amare, then we wouldn’t have to trade Kurt (big sigh of relief by Pax):

PG: Rose/Hinrich
SG: MLE (Dahntay Jones role)/Hinrich
SF: Deng/Johnson
PF: Stoudemire/Johnson (only in spot time)
C: Noah/Asik

Things could be worse. We could have kept Boylan.

by stupidgenius on Sep 10, 2009 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions

Stupidgenius, I love it! That’s such a stretch, though when we haven’t seen one guy even play pro ball, the other is in Euroleague and Wade is likely to just resign at this point, provided that Riley does something to bring him some more talent (I think that’s likely given that it is Riley we’re talking about).

I’m always weary of non NBA players and comparisons, but playing well against a backup center in the NBA is a good thing, especially when that backup just got something like 5 million a year and backs up the best NBA center. He also played well when Howard was out and doesn’t seem like a weak defender at all.

by RyPac13 on Sep 10, 2009 2:13 PM CDT reply actions