Ben Uzoh Signs with Italian Team ...But Without an NBA "Out"
by Net Income on Sep 19, 2011 7:42 AM EDT
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PrintBen Uzoh has become the fourth Net point guard ...and the sixth Net... from last year's roster to sign overseas, easily the most of any NBA team. The rookie signed with Fabi Shoes Montegranaro of the Italian League.
Of the 15 players on the Nets roster at season's end, Uzoh, Deron Williams, Mario West, Sasha Vujacic, Jordan Farmar and Sundiata Gaines have now committed to play overseas. All but Vujacic and now Uzoh have NBA "out"s.
Uzoh replaces Edgar Sosa, who broke his leg playing for the Dominican Republic in FIBA Americas earlier this month. Uzoh, who went undrafted in 2010, is a free agent after averaging 3.8 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 42 games for the Nets.
- Ben Uzoh to the Court of Drucker (Google Translate) - Fabi Shoes Montegranaro
- Fabi Shoes Montegranaro announces Ben Uzoh - Sportando
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Go and get 'em, Benny
Show Italy that Nets 4th stringers are better than Euro starters.
Represent.
Brook-Brooks-Brookyln
LET'S DO THIS!
We are indeed a global team
Next stop, Brook Lopez is go to France and visit Disneyland Paris.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
Wow, I've done it
I’ve finally located a picture of Brook Lopez at a gym. Too bad he’s not on the bench press, but should give jerry some calm.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
What you can't see
are his daffy duck slippers.
by NetsKiNG on Sep 19, 2011 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Daffy Duck is Warner Brothers
NOT DISNEY.
MORE LIKELY HE’D BE WEARING NIKES THAN WARNER BROTHERS!!!!
But cleary, he was MOST likely wearing these
Brook-Brooks-Brookyln
LET'S DO THIS!
by OneCGuy on Sep 19, 2011 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Brook always has good fashion sense...
by M I K E on Sep 19, 2011 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Hey...are those cargo shorts?
I think it's fine.
by NetsMets4Life on Sep 19, 2011 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Lol.
I saw this pic the other day when I googled Brook Lopez Disneyworld!
by vincecarter4pres on Sep 20, 2011 2:16 AM EDT up reply actions
So the one picture of Brook in a gym and he's focused on the TV!
Strange, but last night was the first time Brook Lopez was ever in a dream of mine. I can’t remember what he was doing, but I know he was being Goofy.
wow no offense cause you usually seem like a reasonable fan
but i think you need to relax with the Lopez/gym paranoia. you’re starting to sound like jerry. just cause dude isn’t tweeting every time he goes to workout doesn’t mean he hasn’t been keeping himself in shape.
just sayin’
by sheepareevil on Sep 19, 2011 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Does his contract have an NBA opt-out?
I hope not.
I remember when Jerry claimed that if Uzoh developed a jumper, he could be our SG.
he's there for the year
No out
by Net Income on Sep 19, 2011 9:54 AM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
So he is completely out of nets?
This is what I want to know.
1 - D. Williams / J. Farmar / S. Gaines / B. Uzoh
2 - A. Morrow / S. Graham / M. Brooks
3 - T. Outlaw / D.James
4 - K. Humpries / D. Gadzuric / B. Wright / J. Williams
5 - B. Lopez / J. Petro
:)
Chris_Broussard Chris Broussard
I’m starting to think NBA reg season COULD (no guarantee) start on time & only preseason games will be missed…still hard to tell though
Key words to look out for in that quote by Broussard...
I’m starting to think…
by M I K E on Sep 19, 2011 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It looks like the main issue is the hard cap some owners favor...
Of course, the owners also discussed the state of their negotiations with the players. While both sides gave negative descriptions of last Tuesday’s meeting in New York,they also agreed that they had nearly found common ground on the economic issue..
Many owners favor a hard cap and of course players don’t. Once this issue is resolved then we will have a season….
There are three reasons why the owners favor a hard cap, with each owner falling into one of the three camps. Some, such as some big-market owners, want a hard cap because of the increased revenue-sharing plan that’s coming. Some want a hard cap so that they cannot be outspent by their opponents, and others want a hard cap to protect themselves from giving out bad contracts, according to sources.
http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/32025/some-big-market-owners-hawkish-on-hard-cap
Yeah thats the key
Henry Abbott said the same, and he thinks there’ll be a full season. He also said they are very close on the economic issues, but have yet to find a common ground regarding a hard cap
by JerseysFinest. on Sep 19, 2011 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't think the owners are thinking through the hard cap
It seems to me that will only guarantee that there will be a ton of player movement, including star players, because in the process of trying to build a contender and using up all the cap space, how are you then going to resign someone whose contract is up and due more?
Let’s say you have Kobe who is making the max, and they have a stud who is on an expiring rookie contract. Sorry, you can’t have him anymore LA, there is a hard cap, kiss you championship contender goodbye.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
A hard cap would probably reduce salaries longterm...
Players would be being paid less money across the board…
Owners want to make more profit by paying most players less money, especially the lower and middle tier player, plus owners want to insure keeping their own superstar by applying hard cap restrictions. I would assume there would be provisions in place where you could go over the cap when resigning one of your own players.
Owners, especially small and medium market owners, want more profit and more power over controlling their star players movement…
What’s good for the Lakers, Miami, New York, Chicago etc. might not be good for the rest of the league. Maybe Stern wants the NBA to be more like the NFL with more parity throughout the league. Maybe the day of being more concerned with marketing superstars, then having competitive league balance is coming to a close in the NBA…
The “Michael Jordan era” might be coming to an end…
Going over the cap to sign your own players is what they have now
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
Yeah, I know...
I doubt NBA owners would want to adopt a cap so hard and restrictive that it would hurt their own franchise’s. This lockout may be more about a “civil war” of sorts, between big market teams and the rest of the franchises. Players are being caught in the middle of this battle. You never want to be caught in the middle of a battle…
i was excited until i saw this was from Broussard
what the hell, i’ll still take it, i need all the optimism i can get.
by sheepareevil on Sep 19, 2011 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Wish him the best
I just wish he would learn to become more aggressive, and stop dribbling so much.
by JerseysFinest. on Sep 19, 2011 11:12 AM EDT reply actions
agreed
you dont get many chances to go out on top, he should take it!
by sheepareevil on Sep 19, 2011 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
why would graham sign overseas? He already knows a team is going to pick him up in his mind
I mean career minutes, career starts and the coaches praised him
by RandyOreens on Sep 19, 2011 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Graham has a very good reputation with coaches and teammates
and there is always room for players like him as a 13th to 15th man. Problem with the Nets last year was they didn’t have enough talent so he played more than he should have. Not his fault. He is what he is, a journeyman with limited skills.
Two very experienced coaches liked him for his influence with young teams: Larry Brown and Avery Johnson. He will probably play all or part of the next couple of seasons for someone.
I wouldnt go that far.
Outlaw.
Graham was honestly decent for a fourth string SG.
by Gr8tness on Sep 19, 2011 5:44 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
actually that's Larry Johnson
according to Bill Walton at least
by sheepareevil on Sep 19, 2011 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
He is what he is
The worst player in the NBA last year, per Hollinger’s stats. I’m not sure I even want the WORST player as the 13th to 15th man.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
Come on man. He's not that bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXSsWOc8JK8
"This isn’t fantasy or rotisserie basketball. Why would Denver want Outlaw? Would you?" - Al Iannazzone
by strange-brew on Sep 19, 2011 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions
The CBA talks last week remind me of Reagan and Gorbachev at Rejkavik
As the two of them exited the meeting, there were long faces and no prospect for the next summit. Then we learned they ALMOST came to an agreement to ban nuclear weapons!
It was a failure but the key was that at the end of the day, they had developed a trust and more importantly, they had begun to talk of LARGE issues. They never achieved what they talked about that day, but they did start the process.
Hunter, Fischer, Stern and the owners have been very careful not to make this personal…despite the fact that it’s a big, big deal for both of them.
And most important of all, it may have dawned on them that a rising tide lifts all boats…owners and players alike. The NBA is growing so fast and so broadly that if they can come together before the season, that growth will continue. But if they lose the season, the numbers they are arguing over are all going to be smaller…for both sides.
There are issues larger than the contract at hand, just as there were larger issues at hand than a START treaty back in the 1980’s.
"Mr. Stern...Tear down this lockout !"
Nice analogy NI…But I think the serious NBA lockout issue shouldn’t be compared to some Star Wars issue way back when super powers roamed the earth…(LOL)
I believe a majority of NBA owners might be willing to lose the entire season or two if they can eventually get what their after. They might lose short term but 5 years from now they will be reaping windfall profits. Meanwhile most players will be losing money they will never see again and most fans will return, reluctantly, but they will come back…They always do.
It’s up to the players. Either they face reality and give in now, or they call the owners bluff and get burned big time…
there's no guarantee
that in five years they will be recouping what they lost. It’s about momentum. The NBA has it worldwide. I have often wondered that if there is a lockout, the BIG losses will not be in the US, but overseas where they have no experience with lockouts or lost seasons. Totally uncharted waters.
Agreed.
The economy is literally on the verge of a collapse, tomorrow is never promised.
by vincecarter4pres on Sep 20, 2011 2:25 AM EDT up reply actions
interesting point about the rising tide
to me this should have been obvious to them from the beginning (that losing a season would hurt them both way more than compromising and saving the season would), but whatever.
by sheepareevil on Sep 19, 2011 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
There goes another great Net lol
"Most people on this board are like a broken clock, Only right two times a day"
Zing!
Hopefully this signals the end of 12 win 15th men getting 8th man minutes.
by vincecarter4pres on Sep 20, 2011 2:26 AM EDT up reply actions
OT: Anybody else following #NBARank?
It’s interesting seeing how others see players in the league individually. Some “big” players with RIDICULOUS contracts have already been listed. Especially players who were FAs before last season. And considering all Nets except 3 have already been listed ,most above 250, shows how little talent we actually had ( though players like rookies, Travis have the ability to be higher). Yikes.
They’re up to 161 to 170 today. 150 starters in the league+30 sixth men=180 so some of them should start making more sense now. No Deron, Brook, or Hump yet. Hump probably come in today or tomorrow.
This was written last November concerning Greg Oden...
According to BenMaller.com, Portland Trail Blazers center Greg Oden has earned $50,000 for every made basket of his career.
Darren Rovell of CNBC pointed out that Oden’s $24,968 per point is $18,124 more than Kobe Bryant has made per point throughout his career.
Oden will miss the rest of the season due to microfracture surgery on his left knee, reportedly makes.
The 22-year-old played in 82 games over his first two seasons.
Guess people still look at him as having potential to be something greater
Don’t see how though…
Portland last July threw another 9 Million dollars at Oden...
No wonder these owners can’t make a profit, they don’t no how to manage money…
David Aldridge:
There’s no question that there have to be better ways for teams to get out of underperforming contracts. There’s no question that owners shouldn’t have to go bankrupt to keep their teams. But the tried and tested formula of good management — draft the right guys, trade for the right guys, keep the right guys, and pay the right guys the right amount of money — still works. And there is nothing that can — or should — protect a team from its own bad, dumb decisions.
The super rich don't play by the same rules as us mere mortals play by...
If they lose too much money because of bad decision making they will get bailed out one way or another, and us suckers will pick up the tab…
Ben Uzoh---Good Luck!
Seems like a good guy, who could benefit from consistent playing time and a consistent paycheck. There was going to be no place for Ben on the NETS this season anyway.
You know who would also benefit by signing a NO OPT OUT deal in Europe???
OUTLAW!
Paul from Sunny Delray Beach, Florida
PaulErstein wrote:
You know who would also benefit by Outlaw signing NO OPT OUT deal in Europe???
by vincecarter4pres on Sep 20, 2011 2:29 AM EDT up reply actions
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