Ebi inks deal with Minnesota......

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  1. VinsanityMK

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    <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Timberwolves signed first-round draft choice Ndudi Ebi on Saturday.

    Ebi, a 6-foot-9, 195-pound forward from Westbury Christian high school in Houston, was chosen 26th overall. He received a three-year deal with an option for a fourth, a standard package as part of the league's sliding scale for rookie contracts.

    The team did not disclose terms, but according to the sliding scale, Ebi would earn about $2.25 million during his three-year contract.

    Born in Nigeria, Ebi is the second player drafted out of high school by the Timberwolves under Kevin McHale, the team's vice president of basketball operations. All-star Kevin Garnett was taken fifth in the 1995 draft. The team is hoping Ebi will follow a similar gradual ascension to Garnett, beginning with the team's summer league in Orlando.

    "He's got great potential, but you make yourself a great player with hard work," McHale said. "You can give a lot of parameters and guidance, but he's the one that's got to do it. We'll give him direction, but as it is in life, it's up to you."
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    the next Garnett... hah
     
    VinsanityMK, Jul 6, 2003
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    twolvefan11 JBB Banned Member

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    He doesn't have to be the second coming of Garnett, he can just score 10 points a game and I'm a happy man.
     
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    he is a blocker man... i think he will become like a mutombo...
    he must be more stronger...
     
    t_wolves_6thman, Jul 6, 2003
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    they showed a higlight of him on draft night and he looked like he is a great defender.
     
    Truemaster14, Jul 6, 2003
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    i posted this in the offseason player movement forum yesterday.

    i should reread that article Slam wrote about Ebi. i don't think he'll be as great a shot blocker as mutombo.. mutombo had a couple inches on him
     
    slamduncan21, Jul 6, 2003
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  6. VinsanityMK

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    yea, i noticed that after i made this one... sorry about that.
     
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    next garnett [​IMG]
     
    olskoolfunktitude, Jul 10, 2003
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    he will be a solid role player in the form of maybe umm.....Al Harrington but wont be a star
     
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    what is so funny... hes has the KG like frame... KG like game... you dont know... i doubt he will be the next KG but I think in 2-3 years he will be a legit player in the L... why dont you guys laugh more at Lebron compare to Magic... thats more of an impossibility than Ebi becoming the next KG...
     
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    ^true. Ebi just doesn't have as much height
     
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    <div class="quote_poster">Quoting "purehoops":</div><div class="quote_post">what is so funny... hes has the KG like frame... KG like game... you dont know... i doubt he will be the next KG but I think in 2-3 years he will be a legit player in the L... why dont you guys laugh more at Lebron compare to Magic... thats more of an impossibility than Ebi becoming the next KG...</div>

    look at it, its almost freaky

    [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
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    whoa. that's realllllllly scary
     
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