Beno's brother is in Mavericks' training camp

Strickland rejoins Mavericks

10/3/2005 1:20:55 PM

DALLAS (Ticker) - Guard Erick Strickland is back with the Dallas Mavericks.

Strickland, who played with the Mavericks from 1996-2000, signed with the team on Monday.

Dallas also signed forward Kaniel Dickens and guard Samo Udrih to round out its training camp roster.

Strickland, 31, has played in 501 NBA games, 196 of them with Dallas where he averaged 9.8 points and 3.4 assists. Last season, the 6-3 Strickland averaged 4.9 points and 1.9 assists in 62 games with the Milwaukee Bucks.

The nine-year veteran also played with New York, Vancouver, Boston and Indiana.

Dickens played in 11 games with New Jersey last season and averaged 1.2 points.

Udrih is the older brother of San Antonio Spurs guard Beno Udrih. A two-time Slovenian All-Star, Samo Udrih averaged 13.6 points and 2.4 assists while shooting nearly 57 percent from the floor for Hopoel Tel-Aviv of the FIBA Europe League.

Samo Militia time mouse

That's wonderful! How exciting!

cool

Cool, they get a Slovenian Water Boy too!!!!

I bet Momma is happy!

For those who do not know, Samo is in the championship DVD. During Game 7 of the Finals they show the scoreboard- I think at halftime or end of third quarter- and then show a guy in black by the profile. That is Samo!!

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For those who do not know, Samo is in the championship DVD. During Game 7 of the Finals they show the scoreboard- I think at halftime or end of third quarter- and then show a guy in black by the profile. That is Samo!!

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http://tinypic.com/e8tml0.jpg

By any chance do you know who these guys are? They were at Best Buy with Beno the day my friends and I saw him there.

^ No. I recognize a few of Beno's friends, but not them. I thought he had a coach with him in SA but I don't know.

This is Samo.
http://www.safsal.co.il/images/Samo_Udrih.jpg

Samo & Beno....pretty good

who better?

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Originally Posted by inagra

who better?

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Have no idea...but I'd guess, Beno. For the Spurs sake.

Beno is waaay better.

Samo didn't exactly make a name for himself even when he was playing in Slovenia. I am actually very surprised Dallas took him for the training camp...

I agree, Samo is no way near Beno.....I'm surprised too. There's no way he's gonna be in Dallas for more than just training camp. No offense to Samo, but he really isn't good.

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Originally Posted by Kobayagi

I agree, Samo is no way near Beno.....I'm surprised too. There's no way he's gonna be in Dallas for more than just training camp. No offense to Samo, but he really isn't good.

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Agreed!

He just need a chance to prove himself. I liked him when he played in Union Olimpija Ljubljana. He had some god games. He's a bomb waiting to explode (just like Beno)!

btw: Beno wasn't very popular among Slovenians before NBA.

Exactly, i was surprised with beno - spurs signing also, probably because he played in forgoten russia, samo is playing in forgoten izrael :)
Whatever brings you more money...
But he probably wont be picked up

next dog I own I will call him "Samo"


what names!


Beno,Samo....funny!

I'm pretty sure its pronounced: say-mo

like bay-no.

I pronounce Beno as Bean-o
"el frijolero"

Samo is a sweet name.

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Originally Posted by minusplus

next dog I own I will call him "Samo"


what names!


Beno,Samo....funny!

I'm pretty sure its pronounced: say-mo

like bay-no.

I pronounce Beno as Bean-o
"el frijolero"

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What a dumb post :rolleyes

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Originally Posted by Slo spurs fan

What a dumb post :rolleyes

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I aim for "dumb" posts.:depressed


I am still waiting for the Mexican imported NBA stars named:

Guadalupe "Pito" Rodriguez
Horacio "Chacho" Dominguez


If I gave you my name you would freak out!

Samo is pronounced Saamo.

minusplus, I can pronounce your name, well couse spanish is a little bit more spoken than Slovenian.

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Originally Posted by Ozzy

Beno is waaay better.

Samo didn't exactly make a name for himself even when he was playing in Slovenia. I am actually very surprised Dallas took him for the training camp...

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Samo is healthier. They are both good, still Beno was star material for us.
I think they would make a special spice to Dallas-SA games.

This is a big surprise for me. What is he doing there anyway, and when was he drafted?

If he sucks, then he got a good chance to make the Mavs :)

http://sportal.siol.net/default.asp?...10510041858030

I am late posting this, but Samo got waived by Dallas last week. :(

Beno, Samo.....What do they do, pick an american name, and add an "o" to the end,
What happened to Radoslav then? His nickname on the asphalt of Slovenia must have been "The Rash"

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Originally Posted by ploto

I am late posting this, but Samo got waived by Dallas last week. :(

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Ahh that is too bad! I was rooting for him.

What will Samo do now? Play oversees some more?

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Originally Posted by Despot

Beno, Samo.....What do they do, pick an american name, and add an "o" to the end,
What happened to Radoslav then? His nickname on the asphalt of Slovenia must have been "The Rash"

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LOL, actualy American cuts the names in the first place (Benjamin, Samuel)

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LOL, actualy American cuts the names in the first place (Benjamin, Samuel)

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:lol Yeah, what can I say, I'm a typical american, I think the whole world revolves around us, thanks for shattering my world.......

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Ahh that is too bad! I was rooting for him.

What will Samo do now? Play oversees some more?

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The Mavs realized he's not NBA material. I read he already signed somewhere in Europe, but I forgot where. I just know it's not Slovenia. I believe he just lasted a week in mavs training camp before they waived him.

Not surprised though...

He signed with Spanish team Girona witch beat defending champs Real Madrid in first round. Samo scored 5 pts in limited minutes.

Although i was rooting for him to make to that mavs team, i was shoked he was even invited, there are hundreds of better players out there. Their scouts must suck.

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Originally Posted by Dario

Although i was rooting for him to make to that mavs team, i was shoked he was even invited, there are hundreds of better players out there. Their scouts must suck.

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Please stop talking bullshit, you probably haven't even seen him play. At least not for a while... If nothing else and if you look just the stats, beeing a second best PG in the Izraelian league behind Sarunas isn't that bad, don't you think..?!?

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Originally Posted by Dario

Although i was rooting for him to make to that mavs team, i was shoked he was even invited, there are hundreds of better players out there. Their scouts must suck.

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His agent must own

^^i agree :D

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Please stop talking bullshit, you probably haven't even seen him play. At least not for a while... If nothing else and if you look just the stats, beeing a second best PG in the Izraelian league behind Sarunas isn't that bad, don't you think..?!?

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Considering the quality of Israeli league (with the exception of Macabi) it's not that good either...

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Originally Posted by ploto

I am late posting this, but Samo got waived by Dallas last week. :(

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Sambo was waived?

http://www.kiddierekordking.com/The%...%20Paul%20.JPG

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Originally Posted by Slo spurs fan

He signed with Spanish team Girona witch beat defending champs Real Madrid in first round. Samo scored 5 pts in limited minutes.

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Thanks. I had heard he might go back to Tel Aviv.

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Originally Posted by angel_luv

http://tinypic.com/e8tml0.jpg

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:lmao

I got to get a t shirt like that!!!!!

Actually israelie league is quite good, they got atleast couple strong teams that are playing in lower level euro leagues, so if he was really 2nd best pg only behind sarunas is surprise to me, mainly because he played average in slovenian league compared to others. I guess he improved greatly, grats to him then :)