Carney or Jawad Williams. IMO (hopefully)
i think he plays for the bulls or at least riding the pineThank god, Udoka is terrible. Absolutely terrible. No words to describe how terrible he is.
What's downtown Devin Brown up to? His best years in the league were here in SA, Ive always liked him. Plus he's a UTSA alumn
At least we know that he won't be preventing Anderson from getting a little PT when he gets back
Maybe you can get him on where you work.
i hope it is jawad, coz i saw him play and is a hard worker....i think he scored 15 and grabbed couple rebounds in a game when lebron was inactive for that game......
Thank the lord. As you can see on my sig, I have been patiently awaiting this day..
See you in 2 years for your 3rd tour of duty, Ime. I'm sure with your OUTSTANDING contribution this season, Pop will request your one of a kind services yet again.
Bring up Cousins from the D league.
I'm not sure if it is actually going to be Jawad Williams. Hes been a free agent for a while now and the Spurs haven't made a move. This waiving is likely simply a reaction to preventing Ime's contract from becoming guaranteed. He could very well be resigned eventually on a non-guaranteed deal.
Rodney Carney might be a target. Have the Spurs had interest in him previously? He seems like the kind of guy that they might give a try-out to.
Marcus Cousin is still an serious option too...especially on 10 day contracts. Do they start on Jan 10th again this year?
Just because Anderson is returning doesn't mean anything. Somebody will be signed to fill out the roster to at least 13 per league rules. Ime might be a stop gap choice, but the Spurs likely comb the league (or D-League) for some sort of developmental target.
48MoH's take.
Spurs waive Ime Udoka
by Andrew A. McNeill
48 Minutes of
On Wednesday, the San Antonio Spurs announced they waived forward Ime Udoka. From the press release:
The San Antonio Spurs announced today that they have waived guard/forward Ime Udoka. Udoka was signed by San Antonio on November 24, 2010, and appeared in 20 games totaling 14 points and 19 rebounds in 130 minutes.
The Spurs roster now stands at 12.
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And send Splitter down?
I wouldn't mind seeing Lance Thomas get a shot. He's been playing solid ball for the Toros, he's from the Duke program and . . . he's 6'8"!
Dominique Archie, a So. Carolina 6'7" F who plays both forward positions and All-SEC Second Team and the All-Defensive Team, sounds really intriguing.
Last edited by xmas1997; 01-05-2011 at 03:11 PM.
6'8'' sounds good. He plays SF right? It will be great if Spurs have a SF /w that size.
Probably the right thing to do for the team, but I'll always be an Ime fan, not because of anything he did with the Spurs, but beacuse of this story Gabe Muoneke tells about playing with Ime in Africa. I'll just say it: The man is a badass.
THE IME UDOKA STORY
It’s a trip when you get to know people. Ime was so quiet and I figured he was just some guy who could play with a Nigerian father. Well, folks in S.A., don’t be fooled. That dude in an Afr-I-CAN! I mean damn! The only thing non-African about him is his accent. We went to Nigeria, man… When they brought out the food I figured uh oh… He aint eatin’ th… What the?! Ime was tearing that Fu-fu (thank Jay-Z for everyone knowing what that is now) to shreads. I asked him about his adornment of the vittles. He said that’s all he ate growing up. Imagine my surprise when I saw he must have grown up doing the African ju-jitsu too.
When the National Team went to Algeria for the African Championships in Algiers, every team was on edge because the Top 3 squads got the invite to the World Championships. So after we lost to Angola in the semis and had to play Algeria for the third spot, they knew, we knew, everyone knew they had no shot. First quarter… Tactics. African ball, man. Trust me: as corrupt as can be. Despite all the cheating from the three-man (North African) refereeing crew they just couldn’t beat us. So the coach sent in their best player, who was injured but came in with a purpose. I think his name was Ali Bidane or something. We had the ball out of bounce under. He guarded me. As the ref handed us the ball, he turned, looked at me as if there was not a game going on. And pop! Not an elbow, not even a signature yours truly gutter. He decked me right in the jaw. I couldn’t believe it. And come on. I freely admit when I throw cheap shots. I wouldn’t hide it if I started to. I mean, I’m in the middle of basically middle eastern country playing the local team. I know better (read on to see my contradiction). He nailed me, we turned it over, and yes, my Rodman 101 class did well. I looked up court, saw both refs back and calmly asked him in by most polite French, “Pardon me sir, I object to you striking me.” Next thing you know… Both teams on the court going at it. Wow.
Imagine my surprise! (My cheeks hurt). That wasn’t the real brawl. After we won was the real issue. After the game, they were waiting for us to come out of the locker room. And seriously, I didn’t start it. Kingsley Ogwudire was in front of our team in an all-out tirade in his best Arabic. The next thing you know, there were three Algerian players on him. Everyone was engaged in combat save me, if you can believe it. And lo and ehold… Ime! He was taking people out like in Mortal Kombat. Finish him! Incredible. I was so out of it as I had five guys I was fighting (oh yeah, the crowd jumped in as the fight spilled over to the court of the championship game of Senegal and Angola).
In the middle of the whole thing I heard Ime, literally in mid-swing of another opponent say,”Watch back, Gabe” and he calmly, I mean calmly, smeared a guy who, as I turned to see his warning, jumped from the stands with a chair to probably kill me or knock me out to where the crowd would have. I mean, Ime caught the guy in mid air with a fist and calmly continued his dispacthing of oncoming people. He and other guys (yes, me too) were whoopin’ so many people the crowd backed up. True to the letter! But Ime had the most notches by far. As we retreated to the locker room to kind chants of, “You cudly blackies! We highly doubt your ability to leave this gym with lives intact” in French, (it might have been a bad translation) all I could do was marvel at Ime. This guy, I thought, was a quiet American guy was standing there – all his stuff gone (gym bag, wallet, shoes, jersey) – with a stick in his hand we tore off the walls of the locker room in the middle of North Africa quite literally with our lives on the line… laughing. All the while I was texting my wife that I loved her and might have a hard time seeing her again while she was watching the whole incident on BBC News. And Ime… laughing. He is and always will be my 9ja broda. Ime… Wetin happen bros? Abi na notin. Notin dey happen. To this day I don’t know how we got out of there. But that night we ate like kings at the Nigerian Embassy. And Ime was with us… Killing his Fu-fu.
Tell me how I could have seen a thing like that if I had made the NBA out of college! You just can’t make this stuff up.
Shalom.
Thank God
Notwithstanding the fact that I'm glad he's gone---
Nice story about Ime there
This was long overdue. Good luck to Ime. He's a good guy.
Now perhaps the Spurs can turn their attention to getting a "real" backup SF. Corey Brewer could possibly be had. After seeing Wilson Chandler torch their defense for 31 pts last night, perhaps RC and Pop have a new level of desire for him.
:-) All wishful thinking on my part.
brewer is available?
Udoka was pretty useless, from a business standpoint, Im glad they waived him so they dont have to pay him at all.
I think he's still with Minn, but available to get via trade.
I seriously doubt the Spurs will do a trade, but Brewer would be a great player to pick up if Minn. had waived him.
I read a blurb the other day that the Wolves are trying to pry Mayo and Randolph away from the Grizz. Brewer's name was mentioned as part of a package. However, the Grizz are already loaded with wings and really don't need Brewer. He could possibly be had for the right price.
i liked his defense when the spurs played with them last time....he just needs the right coach to become good and expose his talent
YESSSSSSS udoka is finally "done done" with the spurs in any way
Whats the price? 1st rounder?
why was he signed again????
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