http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2717155<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>CHICAGO -- Chicago Bulls prospect Martynas Andriuskevicius, knocked unconscious during a practice fight Dec. 21 while playing for the Dakota Wizards of the NBDL, is slowly recovering but his future remains in doubt."I've heard a lot of things [from doctors]," Andriuskevicius was quoted as saying in the Chicago Tribune. "They say I'm not going to play at all. Then they say I'm not going to play this year. Then they say I'm not going to speak for two months. But everything is changing. I hope in two months I'll be back playing basketball."Andriuskevicius was injured in a fight with Awvee Storey. Storey was suspended indefinitely and replaced on the roster after reportedly punching Andriuskevicius in the head. Storey is 6-6; the 20-year-old Andriuskevicius is 7-2. The NBA and NBDL are investigating."It was a heated situation," Andriuskevicius said, according to the Tribune. "We were playing basketball. I didn't say anything bad, but we were talking. I turned my head and I didn't expect a punch. He hit me. That's how it happened. But everything is better now. I'm just waiting to come back to basketball."Andriuskevicius said that he isn't going to press charges against Storey."It's not going to help me anyway," Andriuskevicius said, according to the Tribune. "God is going to take care of it."Andriuskevicius' recovery is still up in the air. "I just started to speak three days ago," Andriuskevicius said, according to the Tribune. "And I'm still speaking badly. I'm about 80 percent right now. I wasn't able to talk for a while. But now I feel a lot better. My headache is gone. I'm not taking medicine anymore. My hearing is just off.""He's still having difficult moments," Bulls coach Scott Skiles said, according ot the Tribune. "But he's getting better. We just want to be around him a little bit. He's a great guy.""He's such a good guy to be around," guard Ben Gordon said after Andriuskevicius showed up at the Bulls' training center on Monday. "He's a big kid, a likable guy. Everybody was saddened by what happened to him. It made everybody's day to see him."Herb Rudoy, Andriuskevicius' agent, said legal action remains a possibility. "We're monitoring his recovery," Rudoy said, according to the Tribune. "All I can say is we haven't ruled out anything."</div> Awvee Storey = :thumbdn1: I have a feeling no :dribble: for Andri... for a long time
"It was a heated situation," Andriuskevicius said, according to the Tribune. "We were playing basketball. I didn't say anything bad, but we were talking. I turned my head and I didn't expect a punch. He hit me. That's how it happened. But everything is better now. I'm just waiting to come back to basketball."This is complete bullsh**. Storey wouldn't just hit some random 20 year old right on the noggin for no reason. He played for us, I know him. Andriuskevicius is lying here, he must have said SOMETHING to get Storey really pissed off. I'm not saying Storey did the right thing, but Andriuskevicius isn't completely innocent here. There's always that one guy that gets blamed for doing the thing that EVERYONE notices, but the other guy doesn't get blamed when he probably started it and persuaded him to do what he was going to do. (Zidane/Materazzi)
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>This is complete bullsh**. Storey wouldn't just hit some random 20 year old right on the noggin for no reason. He played for us, I know him. Andriuskevicius is lying here, he must have said SOMETHING to get Storey really pissed off.</div>This is a guy who resisted arrest by police, I would say he is someone who would overreact and punch someone for exchanging words in a heated basketball game.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Zards @ Jan 2 2007, 12:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>"It was a heated situation," Andriuskevicius said, according to the Tribune. "We were playing basketball. I didn't say anything bad, but we were talking. I turned my head and I didn't expect a punch. He hit me. That's how it happened. But everything is better now. I'm just waiting to come back to basketball."This is complete bullsh**. Storey wouldn't just hit some random 20 year old right on the noggin for no reason. He played for us, I know him. Andriuskevicius is lying here, he must have said SOMETHING to get Storey really pissed off. I'm not saying Storey did the right thing, but Andriuskevicius isn't completely innocent here. There's always that one guy that gets blamed for doing the thing that EVERYONE notices, but the other guy doesn't get blamed when he probably started it and persuaded him to do what he was going to do. (Zidane/Materazzi)</div> Maybe thats why he didnt press charges.....
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rok @ Jan 2 2007, 03:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>This is a guy who resisted arrest by police, I would say he is someone who would overreact and punch someone for exchanging words in a heated basketball game.</div>You have it all wrong. That whole situation was Gil's fault. He was simply sticking up for Storey (it wasn't the smartest thing to do against the police, but whatever). It was Gil who was supposedly the one who said the ever so famous quote: <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>You can't arrest me. I'm a basketball player.</div>What most disappoints me about this situation is that Storey hit someone badly on his own team. I've never seen someone do something that brutal to their own teamate in any professional basketball league. If you do that to the opposing team's player, ok - you're a punk. But when you do it to a guy who plays alongside of you - you're an ***hole. I always knew that Storey had a bad temper..
Awvee Storey is obviously a turd, but stuff happens. I shouldn't even care about this, neither player has a future in the NBA.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>(it wasn't the smartest thing to do against the police, but whatever).</div>All that needs to be said.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Zards @ Jan 2 2007, 09:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>"It was a heated situation," Andriuskevicius said, according to the Tribune. "We were playing basketball. I didn't say anything bad, but we were talking. I turned my head and I didn't expect a punch. He hit me. That's how it happened. But everything is better now. I'm just waiting to come back to basketball."This is complete bullsh**. Storey wouldn't just hit some random 20 year old right on the noggin for no reason. He played for us, I know him. Andriuskevicius is lying here, he must have said SOMETHING to get Storey really pissed off. I'm not saying Storey did the right thing, but Andriuskevicius isn't completely innocent here. There's always that one guy that gets blamed for doing the thing that EVERYONE notices, but the other guy doesn't get blamed when he probably started it and persuaded him to do what he was going to do. (Zidane/Materazzi)</div>oh, I wasn't aware that you personally knew every member of the washington wizards I'm just wondering what evidence you are going on to postulate that a guy who barely speaks english is in the wrong because "storey...played for us"
Oh c'mon, you know what I mean. It's easy to tell an NBA player's personality by their actions on the court. And when Storey was with us he was the guy you really did not want to piss off. He always had a serious facial expression.
Wow, all I can say is Storey must be damned proud your not his lawyer Zards.I thought you were defending him but everything you say is not helping his case at all.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Zards @ Jan 2 2007, 07:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Oh c'mon, you know what I mean. It's easy to tell an NBA player's personality by their actions on the court. And when Storey was with us he was the guy you really did not want to piss off. He always had a serious facial expression.</div>there are players who are really unselfish players on the court, set screens, always have a smile, and are assholes off the court (MDJ is an example). You can't always tell people's personality from their game
