Posted by djsunyc:

Tskitishvili Agrees To Deal With Wolves
22nd July, 2005 - 7:12 am

St Paul Pioneer Press - The Timberwolves on Thursday agreed to a contract with free-agent forward Nikoloz Tskitishvili and have made offers to free-agent forwards Eddie Griffin and Mark Madsen.

Tskitishvili had 25 points and 10 rebounds last Friday in his summer league debut with the Wolves. He broke a bone in his right hand in his second game and will be out about four weeks. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.

"However they want to use me, they can use me," Tskitishvili said of his role with the Wolves during a phone interview. "I can do everything. I can be a rebounder. I can be a low post player if I work on my post moves more this summer. I can be a shooter. I'm ready for everything."

The Denver Nuggets picked Tskitishvili fifth overall in the 2002 NBA draft. He averaged three points and 11.9 minutes in his first three seasons. In February, Denver traded him to Golden State in a package that involved Eduardo Najera.

Tskitishvili, 7 feet, 225 pounds, is most well known for his shooting ability. He is only 22 years old, and the Wolves believe he has talent and potential. Rex Kalamian, who helped coach the Wolves' summer league team, spoke highly of Tskitishvili last week but said being consistent has been his biggest challenge.

"I really like all the coaches," Tskitishvili said. "It seemed like they really cared about me. I loved the way the fans were excited about me when I was playing there." [READ]

nice pickup for them.

we should have signed him for the LLE... except we already have sundov on the squad doing nothing. Plus LB would have probably treated this kid like another Darko... but on the Knicks, any 7 footer is gonna get some play.

Posted by Caseloads:

Posted by djsunyc:

Tskitishvili Agrees To Deal With Wolves
22nd July, 2005 - 7:12 am

St Paul Pioneer Press - The Timberwolves on Thursday agreed to a contract with free-agent forward Nikoloz Tskitishvili and have made offers to free-agent forwards Eddie Griffin and Mark Madsen.

Tskitishvili had 25 points and 10 rebounds last Friday in his summer league debut with the Wolves. He broke a bone in his right hand in his second game and will be out about four weeks. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.

"However they want to use me, they can use me," Tskitishvili said of his role with the Wolves during a phone interview. "I can do everything. I can be a rebounder. I can be a low post player if I work on my post moves more this summer. I can be a shooter. I'm ready for everything."

The Denver Nuggets picked Tskitishvili fifth overall in the 2002 NBA draft. He averaged three points and 11.9 minutes in his first three seasons. In February, Denver traded him to Golden State in a package that involved Eduardo Najera.

Tskitishvili, 7 feet, 225 pounds, is most well known for his shooting ability. He is only 22 years old, and the Wolves believe he has talent and potential. Rex Kalamian, who helped coach the Wolves' summer league team, spoke highly of Tskitishvili last week but said being consistent has been his biggest challenge.

"I really like all the coaches," Tskitishvili said. "It seemed like they really cared about me. I loved the way the fans were excited about me when I was playing there." [READ]

nice pickup for them.

we should have signed him for the LLE... except we already have sundov on the squad doing nothing. Plus LB would have probably treated this kid like another Darko... but on the Knicks, any 7 footer is gonna get some play.

Case, that would make contract no. 17 on the team. I am asusming we roster all 3 rooks! He is a good project, maybe they groom him to replace KG after he is traded! We got contracts to trade! HA

Posted by Caseloads:

we should have signed him for the LLE... except we already have sundov on the squad doing nothing. Plus LB would have probably treated this kid like another Darko... but on the Knicks, any 7 footer is gonna get some play.

wow, maybe i missed something, but since when was LB our coach?

CAREER TOTALS
REBOUNDS
YEAR TEAM G GS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF TOT AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
02-03 DEN 81 16 1,320 115-393 37-152 48-65 64 117 181 91 31 29 84 136 315
03-04 DEN 39 0 307 40-122 3-11 23-29 24 39 63 10 6 8 17 50 106
04-05 DEN 23 0 158 15-51 0-7 4-7 11 18 29 4 8 8 14 24 34
04-05 GSW 12 0 62 7-23 2-10 0-0 1 11 12 6 0 3 5 9 16
04-05 -- 35 0 220 22-74 2-17 4-7 12 29 41 10 8 11 19 33 50

Career 155 16 1,847 177-589 42-180 75-101 100 185 285 111 45 48 120 219 471

http://www.nba.com/playerfile/nikoloz_tskitishvili/index.html
Darko could do that in his sleep. Hell Ariza average around 6ppg his rookie year. That is 3.08ppg for his career.
The minimum salary is too much for this bum.