Players to invite to camp

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  1. Rastapopoulos

    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    Any suggestions?

    Sidenote: what are the best NBA players whose careers started as a camp invite. John Starks is the only one who springs to mind.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I remember NE Portland's very own and Kansas Jayhawk Aaron Miles was invited to camp a few years back after killing it in pickup games out at the practice facility. Heard he was on his way to making the team..... got hurt or something right before the first preseason game. That would have been a great story.
    But I was thinking Ime Udoka took the same path and played well for us.
     
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    I think Ben Wallace and Brad Miller?

    found this: https://www.si.com/nba/photos/2012/06/21nbas-best-undrafted-players

    not sure if that lists the "camp invites" though.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    No love for my Ime post? Relatable, local and on topic. (and I don't believe this post will make people want to quit the forum) #Tri-fecta
     
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    I like Ime's partner (Nia Long - I don't think they've gotten married but I know they're together and have at least one child together).
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Yes they do and MAN is she hot. Even though he went to Jefferson HS, always root for him.
     
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    He was and continues to be a good local story. I suspect we'll see him in bigger coaching roles in the future after all the time he spent under Pop.
     
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    You know he sits right next to Pop every game. Hoping he is grooming him to take over.
     
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    Brandon Rush wouldn't be a terrible option.
     
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    Anybody who is Greek or has a Greek sounding last name.
     
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    I did see that. Hope so, as far as grooming him. Couldn't happen to a better dude.
     
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    But if we're talking about furriners, I want to see this guy in the NBA:


    He's the next JJ Barea.
     
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    Actually it was green font, so you can probably go ahead and unlike it :ghoti:
     
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    Doubt he'd come to anybody's camp. Players like him and Tony Allen can sit back and wait for offers.
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Wasn't JaVale McGee a training camp invitee last year?

    BNM
     
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    Yup. A lot of people thought he wouldn't even get that and that his NBA career was hanging by a thread.
     
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