The 24-year-old undrafted late bloomer, whose deal became official yesterday, doesn't have the stats to suggest he's ready for the NBA. But European scout Kevin Wilson scouted him hard, the Knicks worked him out in May and team brass feels he has the skills to succeed, even though he averaged just 7.5 points and 4.8 rebounds in 18.9 minutes in 2009-10 with Khimki Moscow Region.

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It's hard to know how he'll adjust but he looked impressive and clearly has the athletic ability to play for MDA. I expect him to go thru an adjustment period but show some signs and eventually settle in as a solid C off the bench.

Gymkata wrote:My expectations for him are simple: To crush his enemies, see them driven before him, and to hear the lamentation of their women.

How many times have you watched Conan? lol

Cosmic wrote:At least the contract is rumored to only have 1 guaranteed year on it.

When it was first reported to be 3y/10M I was furious because that would have potentially ruined any hope of adding another max player next summer.

Given that I feel a bit better about the signing.

Still say he's just a big unknown that will probably be nothing of note in the end. Maybe we get surprised. It's been a long time since we've been surprised by a random out of the blue addition.

this is weak. you post better when you are drunk

Mozgov once stole the sickle from the cold, bony hands of the grim reaper outside a convenience store, for no apparent reason

Mosgov's birth certificate is being framed in bulletproof glass, to replace The Declaration of Independance on display

Mozgov handed Moses The Ten Commandments and added an Eleventh which said, "Thou Shalt Not Have A Clear Path To The Basket"

"He is the most interesting Knicks player in the world

Pavvy RealGM wrote:heres a video i made cutting out parts of a game of greece vs russia in last years eurobasket (mozgovs breakout performance) - where i put both his strenghths and weaknesses in this video . hes got a great sense for the game- he uses his body efficiently most of the times as hes very long and of course tall therefore being that inside presence that intimidates offensive players when driving in.

he still needs work mostly with his post moves shooting and working with his hands better

dont forget its europe basketball meaning they play mostly zone defense where as most points are scored from the perimeter and averaging 4 rebounds and 1 block a game is considered a little above average in that type of game and especially in playing a limited 20 minutes (of 40 games total minutes

its a nice payback to that huge billboard prokorov and jayz put next to MSG!!!

what ydo ou guys think: "beware visitors"

Gymkata wrote:My expectations for him are simple: To crush his enemies, see them driven before him, and to hear the lamentation of their women.

Yeah...thanks Arnold.

One of the most tortured lines in cinema, by the way. Must have taken him 50 takes to spit it out.

martin wrote:

Paladin55 wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:he started out 22 a week ago and in the post today

The 24-year-old undrafted late bloomer, whose deal became official yesterday, doesn't have the stats to suggest he's ready for the NBA. But European scout Kevin Wilson scouted him hard, the Knicks worked him out in May and team brass feels he has the skills to succeed, even though he averaged just 7.5 points and 4.8 rebounds in 18.9 minutes in 2009-10 with Khimki Moscow Region.

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He is 23 now, and will be 24 by the time the season starts.

If you ever watched those old Dannon yogurt commercials you will know that Russians are regularly living to 120 years old Briggs- this guy eats a lot of yogurt, I hear, and is about 17 in U.S. years.

He's a young'un.

I think he just had his bday and is now 24.

7/16/86- For all intents and purposes, he is 24, although with all the fudged birthdates for Latin Am players in MLB, and what doubt over a guy like Yi, you can never be sure of how old a foreign import is.