I got this from a post at RealGm... pray its not true


http://www.oregonlive.com/weblogs/blazersoregonian/

Quote:
One local guy who finally did get a break is Ime Udoka, the former Jefferson High and Portland State standout. The last time I saw Udoka, I was in Fort Worth to do a story the NBA Development League in conjuction with the Blazers sending Martell Webster and Sergei Monia to join the Fort Worth Flyers. Udoka was on that team.

He told me then that although he had the opportunity to return to Europe, where he had played, he decided to stick out the NBADL despite its tiny salary -- about $25,000 -- because he knew he wanted to play in the NBA. He'd had a brief stint with the old Shaq/Kobe Lakers.

He got his break toward the end of last season when the Knicks picked him up for the final eight games. Udoka told me Friday that the Knicks had picked up the option on his contract for next season, great news for a guy about to turn 29.

[Edited by - elite on 07-08-2006 4:49 PM]

How is replies -1?

EDIT: It was -1 before I posted.

[Edited by - metra on 07-08-2006 4:42 PM]

Posted by metra:

How is replies -1?

EDIT: It was -1 before I posted.

[Edited by - metra on 07-08-2006 4:42 PM]

Usually the only way you get a -1 is if the topic is deleted. It must be a bug. Martin and Andrew really need to take some programming classes. j/k

Posted by metra:

Budget move?

Can't be. Woods wouldn't get more than LLE money, I don't think. Butler, we kind of had a hint he was going. Woods is a little more shocking. Udoka getting the roster spot is shocking.

Posted by Elite:

woods and butler do suck in my opinion but Udoka sucks more

I would feel more comfortable with Woods getting minutes at SF than Balkman, this year. However, I see where this is going. Anyone think Woods is gone, so Balkman gets extra minutes to justify the pick?

no offense to ime but i'd still rather have heywood jablome.

Rediculous. It's not that I don't want to see this poor kid succeed, but come on dude - he gets the final roster spot over Q2 or Jackie???? Can't be... Q2 has way more game, it's not even funny and Jackie is a beast and good insurance for when JJ flops again. Unbelieveable. Maybe they picked up the contract with the intent on sending him right to the D-league, in which case the final roster spot's still open. Maybe that's it. No way he gets the final roster spot over Q2 or Butler. That's insanity.

it's not that they suck, it's that if they don't want to be here for what we are willing to play, than there is nothing we can do about it.

are you suggesting we over pay for them?

Posted by rvhoss:

it's not that they suck, it's that if they don't want to be here for what we are willing to play, than there is nothing we can do about it.

are you suggesting we over pay for them?

We know Butler is asking a lot and it's reasonable to not resign him if he's getting close to MLE. I don't remember hearing that Q2 was asking for much, though. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Posted by Finestrg:

Rediculous. It's not that I don't want to see this poor kid succeed, but come on dude - he gets the final roster spot over Q2 or Jackie???? Can't be... Q2 has way more game, it's not even funny and Jackie is a beast and good insurance for when JJ flops again. Unbelieveable. Maybe they picked up the contract with the intent on sending him right to the D-league, in which case the final roster spot's still open. Maybe that's it. No way he gets the final roster spot over Q2 or Butler. That's insanity.

Agreed! I want to know why this happened? Sounds like another stupid contract sign, when I thought we were going to be past that kind of stuff already. If Zeke is behind it, I hope he knows what the hell he's doing, because I sure don't. Woods definately should have gotten that spot, I would even taken Jackie.