Darius Rice

[Duncanoypi]

STers, any info on ths guy, i thought he played in our summer league before, but i'm not sure. He will play on my favorite team in the Philippines as an import.

I know that google is just on my side, but i wanna know how he played in summer league and D-League? (Champ, please?)

Thanks! :elephant

[hsxvvd]

The guy was awesome in high school. KG comparisons I think were too much of a burden and he hasn't turned out to be much. I don't think he was drafted and I think he's played a little in New Jersey, I thought he might actually pan out to be ok, I was very impressed when he played in the MacDonald's All-American game with Darius Miles, but then again he hasn't done much either.

[ChumpDumper]

He is a D-League legend for his insane performance in the championship game last season when he scored 52 points and drained 11 three pointers in the overtime win. His play in the Vegas summer league for Cleveland was very inconsistent, but good enough to get him a training camp invite. From what I can gather, camp didn't go too well for him so he went overseas for a time. He played four games in the Puerto Rican league this spring before signing with the Philippine team I guess.

06-07 D-League stats: http://www.nba.com/dleague/playerfile/darius_rice/

Vegas Summer League stats: http://www.nba.com/summerleague2007/players/index.jsp?player=darius_rice

BSN stats (no direct link): http://www.bsnpr.com/

Highlights of the 06-07 D-League Championship are on this page: http://www.nba.com/dleague/news/video_archive_0708.html

Basically he's a three point specialist who is a little slight to play his natural position of PF in the NBA. He can do quite well at the lower level, as he has shown.

[Kori Ellis]

He was banged up (knee or ankle, I forgot) when he got to Cavs training camp this past fall and he played pretty horribly. But he's a very good shooter. He can't really do much else though. He is also pretty mentally weak and doesn't react well to criticism at all.

[Duncanoypi]

thanks a lot guys, yeah i know he played in Puerto Rico averaging 25 points and 9 rebounds.

Is he a legitimate 4 or he's comfortable in 3 position?

[Kori Ellis]

thanks a lot guys, yeah i know he played in Puerto Rico averaging 25 points and 9 rebounds.

Is he a legitimate 4 or he's comfortable in 3 position?

He's very thin. He's not a legit 4.

[JMarkJohns]

How the hell did he, James Jones and John Salmon all end up at the University of Miami at the same time? Eah were very good college players. How the hell didn't Miami ever make a Final Four with that trio?