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Sounds more like RC's hope than anything.
Today in l'equipe, Nicolas Batum is looking back at his rookie season. He mentions that at the end of the last game against the spurs RC buford came to see him to say "you will soon be in silver and black"
Here is a rapid translation of the interesting part:
individually it was a good year too, because i played a lot, more than i imagined at the beginning of the year. 18 mn per game, i imagined it only in the D-league. Not in the NBA. I was a starter for 76 games during regular season on a winning team, it s pretty good. I am happy and apparently it was noticed. Blazers were happy and the spurs still follow me. After our last game at San antonio, RC buford came to tell me "you will soon be in black and silver". but i am fine in Portland. I have still a lot of progress to do. I need to be more proactive in offense, more powerfull too. i gained 6kilos (13 pounds) during the season and the club can't believe it. But i was 93 kilos when i got here and finished the season at 99. I still need to gain more without loosing fluidity. But i hold up better. I knew i improved when guys like D west tried to push me and i did not move. I am strong now...
A un niveau personnel, cela a aussi été une bonne année, car j'ai beaucoup joué, ce qui était quand même inespéré en début d'année. 18 minutes par match, je ne l'imaginais qu'en D-League. Pas en NBA. J'ai été 76 fois ulaire durant la saison régulière, dans une équipe qui gagne, c'est bien. Je suis content. Et apparemment, cela a plu. Les Blazers sont contents, et les Spurs(qui le voulaient le soir de la draft) me suivent toujours. Après notre dernier match à San Antonio, RC Buford (le manager des Spurs) est venu me voir pour me dire : 'Tu seras bientôt en noir et argent.' Mais je suis bien à Portland... J'ai encore beaucoup de progrès à faire. Je dois devenir plus présent en attaque. Plus puissant aussi. J'ai pris 6 kilos durant la saison et ils ont du mal à y croire au club. Mais j'étais à 93 kilos en arrivant et j'ai fini la saison à 99 kilos. Je dois encore en prendre, sans perdre ma fluidité. Mais je résiste mieux. J'ai su que j'avais bien progressé lorsqu'un type comme David West a essayé de me bouger et je n'ai pas bronché. Je suis costaud maintenant...»
Sounds more like RC's hope than anything.
ard will NEVER do a deal with us...
Isn't that like tampering against NBA rules since he's not a free agent?
You will be in silver and black, not because you are old, but you are another Euro player that Garnett may try intimidate when he sees the chance.
You bet it is. ard would be well within his rights to pass these comments to the league office.
+1
I cannot imagine a scenario where he would EVER do a trade with the Spurs.
More importantly, it didn't sound like Batum wanted to leave Portland.
Great. So the Spurs are going to trade Tony Parker to Portland?!?!?
Pffft...I bet he said "you should be in silver in black". He probably misunderstood him.
Why would he? Like he said, he's a rookie, playing 18 minutes per game on a playoff team, starting 76 regular season games. I don't think he could have a better situation with the Spurs. Can't really blame him for not wanting to leave Portland.
More like Manu...
This is just a big misunderstanding. RC probably means Batum will be a Raiders fan this year. They finally put it all together over there.
In the same article he talks about how fun the atmosphere is because they are all young
I think Batum only said he likes Portland because its the right thing to say. Not saying he doesn't like it, but he would probably like playing in San Antonio as well, but can't say that because he's a Trailblazer right now.
Nice find JUUOT.
Spurs also called Blazers at the trade deadline so they are obviously still interested in him.
Now, I'm quite skeptical about this. Batum also said in another article that Blazers were really happy with him and that he would still be the starting SF next year. It's possible that all this story come from a misunderstood of what RC said to him. English isn't Batum's mother tongue after all.
If RC has really said that, then I really wonder what kind of trades Spurs have in the work...
I would love to see him in Silver and Black.
We can only hope....
The article in French:
http://www.lequipe.fr/Basket/CHRONIQUE_NBA_110509.html
And
Hey Bruno, can you translate what Noah says about KG?
Maybe R.C. was just reminding Batum that the Blazers were about to start a road trip, so Batum would be wearing Portland's black road uniforms with the silver and red trim.
Or maybe they're going to blow up the team in a year or so, and trade Parker and Duncan to Portland for Nicholas Batum, LaMarcus Aldridge, Rudy Fernandez, some picks, and other players to make the numbers work.
Doesn't sound good, does it? Doesn't matter anyway because Batum has no say as to whether or not he ends up in S.A or remains in Portland. Even though he did nothing in the playoffs, I can't imagine the Blazers giving up on him this soon.
"I don't give a about him. I really don't give a about him. In the past, he was my favorite player. Now, he isn't anymore. He talks all the time. He is clearly passionate for his team, mainly when things go well. He is a great player. But now, I heard stories about him, I see who he is, and I'm not at all a fan of him."
Do share. What specifically have you heard about him that has you turned off?
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