Comments on: Brandon Jennings Needs Italian Lessons From Kobe

By: coop247

coop247 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:52:19 +0000

Euros are soft and can’t win.

/Kobe

I don’t know enough about college ball to know whether or not Lute is a good coach, but still seemed pretty dick to include that insult when it wasn’t necessary for the story.

By: Nick Papageorgio

Nick Papageorgio — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:49:44 +0000

Don’t call Sasha a bust. D00d balls.

By: August West

August West — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:28:06 +0000

Petro!!! Forgot about him… he could’ve been beastly.

By: RomanWarHelmet

RomanWarHelmet — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:18:42 +0000

I did not see Drazen Petrovic named…he was the best of them all

By: August West

August West — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:18:19 +0000

Hopefully the scouts have learned: any 6-9+ kid who can walk looks good playing against a chair. When they’re on the floor against a high level of competition, that’s when you have a real chance to learn if they can play NBA-style basketball.

By: irishmafia

irishmafia — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:15:24 +0000

@august- i named off first round picks that were Euros who were good. After looking at the numbers, you are right about bust outweighing the good

By: August West

August West — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:12:51 +0000

Yeah, irish you just listed pretty much the entirety of successful European-to-the-NBA players over the past 15 years, but the complete bust list would be a monster comparatively.

By: irishmafia

irishmafia — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:12:28 +0000

@mikey- i just wanted you to make lists for me. thanks

no actually, you said” every year someone takes a terrible european player”. I just pointed out some good euro players that were taken in the first round

By: mikeychx

mikeychx — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:09:40 +0000

ill give you Darko and Andrea Barngani. But who else?

you didnt ask for good euros…you asked for bad euros other than darko and andrea

your good euros outweighing the bad??? ahh nevermind

By: jimmy

jimmy — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:02:12 +0000

Larry Legend
indiana state

larry legend also played for knight one year (that jackass/stiff kent benson basically ran bird off by treating him like a piece of shit; not knight). it also didn’t help that bird’s dad died so he left indiana.