Tau Ceramica - Olympiacos 84 - 59

Acker - 28 min, 7 pts, 2-7 fg, 3-4 ft, 3 rb, 1 as, 2st, 2to

Looks like it was some woopin.

It looks like Samba Mamba is still injured... wasn't in the latest boxscore

The Black Mamba largest venomous snake in Africa

Sounded so nice... had to post it twice: (from NBA.com)
The Pistons had become intrigued with Samb, a 7-foot-1 “freak,” as Dumars admiringly refers to him.
“That’s what he is – a freak,” Dumars said. “You have to see him play. Seven-foot and the ability to block everything around the basket. A nice jump shot. He can really shoot the ball. Kind of a Jack Sikma. Shoots it from up high, kind of like Rasheed (Wallace). People will like him.”
NBA personnel people sure did this summer when he played with the Pistons’ summer team in Las Vegas. One Western Conference GM asked Dumars if he wanted to talk trade. One Eastern GM was dumbfounded that the Pistons got him with what amounted to a late second-round pick. And another Eastern GM offered a player currently in his starting five for the rights to Samb.
“He is extremely – extremely – long,” Hammond said. “He has great, natural, God-given timing as a shot-blocker and he’s legitimately 7 feet tall with an extremely nice shooting touch. It’s fun when you have a big guy who can pop out and make the 10-, 12-foot jump shot. And he makes his free throws.”

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Big or Bust

Tau Ceramica has eliminated Piraeus Olympiacos and Alex Acker's season is over in the Euroleague.

Olympiacos vs. Tau Ceramica - ShowGame - Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL

Acker led all Olympiacos players with 19 points in 34 minutes going 6/10 from 2, 1/3 from the arc and 4/5 from the line. He also had 4 assists, 3 steals and 3 rebounds.

The big question is, what is next for Alex? A 3rd summer league with the Pistons? Accepting his option with Olympiacos? A return to the NBA and possibly the Pistons?

Stay tuned.

I think this depends on Flip Jr.'s status... there's some duplication there.
I think the Pistons will move Jr.'s expiring deal this summer and make some room for Joe's pet prospect.

Flip Jr has a player option for next year. At what point will Joe know with certainty whether the player executes his option? (Dyess has a player option for next year as well.)

July 1st. By July 1st, everyone has to have taken or declined their options.

our lineup in 2009???

STARTERS PTS REB AST:

F- PRINCE 18.8 5.4 4.0
F- JOHNSON 16.9 10.0 2.1
C- SIAM 8.1 8.5 3.0 BLKS
G- BILLUPS 17.9 3.3 9.1
G- HAMILTON 22.0 4.0 3.5

BENCH:
MAXIEL 10.5 7.0 1.0
ACKER 9.2 2.2 2.0
BLAYLOCK 5.8 1.0 4.8
......ET AL?

Samba Mamba is back on the prowl... puttin' up numbers and adding weight (thanks to sacred orange)

April 14th

23:37
13 pts 3/4 FG - 1/2 3FG - 4/6 FT
10 rbs (2 of)
1 stl
3 blocks
3 TO


April 23rd

25:28 min
19 pts 9/13 FG - 0/1 3FG - 1/2 FT
15 rebs
1 as
2 steals
2 blocks

Samb Pic #1

Samb pic #2

Samb looks to have gotten significantly bigger and stronger. Now he needs some real competition. Hopefully he can spend the next season in Europe playing in the premier league.