Get Andrew Albicy!!

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  1. Rastapopoulos

    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    He's available...

    Yes, I know, we have a bunch of young guards. But Albicy won Defensive Player of the Year in the French League. He was starting PG of the team that finished top of the league. He was defensive player of the year. He was MVP of the 2010 World U-20 Championships (France won Gold). He's "the player to watch in Basketball right now".

    Downside: he's short (like Isaiah Thomas short) but not athletic. Not a great scorer.
    Upside: great at two things we lack at the PG spot: actually being a PG (he's pass first) and defense. Plus, he's Nic's buddy!
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    If it came down to it, I'd probably rather just have Patty-cakes back.
     
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    1. The Spurs picked up his option.
    2. We have players who shoot the three and are ineffective on defense.
     
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    There's also this:
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    Free Throw Attempts Per Possession

Name Team League FTA/Pos
Jared Cunningham Oregon State NCAA 0.47
Tu Holloway Xavier NCAA 0.47
Tony Wroten Washington NCAA 0.44
Kostas Sloukas Olympiakos GREECE 0.43
Damian Lillard Weber State NCAA 0.42
Austin Rivers Duke NCAA 0.38
[B]Andrew Albicy[/B] Gravelines FRANCE 0.36
Bradley Beal Florida NCAA 0.36
     
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    Winning a defensive player of the year award in a European national league is akin to winning the Tallest Little Person (female division) award.

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    being short, i question his ability to keep his high level of defense in the nba

    and thats the only thing he is good at
     
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  7. Rastapopoulos

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    Oh Ed. I thought you were above the cheap humor.
     
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    Makes you wonder how he was MVP of the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS for his age group two years ago. All they must care about is defense.
     
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    I'm on board with this. He's a pest!
     
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    Albicy (#4) and Nic beat Spain (2010) [check out the hand-slapping at the end]:

    [video=youtube;9MXzpBiRC7A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MXzpBiRC7A&feature=related[/video]

    Albicy vs. Tony Parker this year:

    [video=youtube;HoJBlH0v-pU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoJBlH0v-pU[/video]
     
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    Plus: he's a film star!

    [video=youtube;NsCAfDzYK6E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsCAfDzYK6E[/video]
     
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    1998 Igor Rakočević
    2000 Sani Bečirovič
    2002 Nikos Zisis
    2004 Erazem Lorbek
    2005 Nikita Kurbanov
    2006 Ersan İlyasova
    2007 Miloš Teodosić
    2008 Miroslav Raduljica
    2009 Kostas Papanikolaou
    2010 Andrew Albicy
     
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    all im saying is that at 5'10", his defense will not play quite as well in the nba, and that apparently is his calling card
     
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    [video=youtube;88Pt1U5MNtY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Pt1U5MNtY[/video]
     
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    All good players! (Lorbek will be a Spur this year.)
     
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    Believe it or not, they have tall people in France.
     
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    Seems like signing Tu Holloway is the better undrafted option? Plus, he isn't tied to a contract in Europe yet.
     
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    Tall people not even close to as good or athletic as PGs in the NBA.
     
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    If he wasn't a gunner, like all our other guards, yes. Albicy does things the others don't, doesn't shoot much, and yet STILL draws fouls.

    Neither is Albicy. As I made clear in the first post in this thread.

    Oh, and don't forget this little nugget about Holloway:
     
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    Good, true. Athletic? Probably not true. The French League is one of the more athletic in the world. And there are a ton of athletes in college who can't make it in the NBA, yet go to Europe. James "Flight" White, for one. A lot of the PGs in France are American.
     
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