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No! Not my Beno!
I mean, yes if it is best for him.
But no, how sad for me!
I started a new thread because this is NEWS.
Basketball / Udrich could be back for Mac. TA soon
By Vered Cohen
Maccabi Tel Aviv wants its former point guard, Beno Udrich, back at Yad Eliahu, despite having already signed Will Bynum to fill the position. Maccabi has reportedly held talks with the player and his team, the San Antonio Spurs.
Udrich, 24, 1.91 meters, played for Maccabi in the 2002/03 season under then coach David Blatt. After a disappointing year with the Tel Aviv side, however, he left for Italy, before being picked at 28 by San Antonio in the NBA Draft a year later.
After two seasons with the Spurs, the Slovenian's relations with San Antonio coach Greg Popovich have run aground and Udrich could be on the way out. The teams meet in an exhibition game in Paris on Sunday and Maccabi will take advantage of the opportunity to discuss a possible transaction with the Spurs.
Udrih is suffering from a hamstring strain and is not expected to play.
The Slovenian's frequent injuries and his absence from a large number of games have exhausted the patience of his coach. "He's the fourth point guard on our team now," Popovich said after Udrih sat out another practice session on the sidelines this week. "Give me a break."
Popovich said he's now counting on Brent Barry and newcomer Jacque Vaughn to back up Tony Parker. "I'm not going to sit them out just to play Beno because he's healthy again," Popovich said. "The longer he's out, the longer he's going to wait for his shot to show us something... It's very unfortunate for him and for our team, but we have to move on and look at other people because we can't count on him as he's so injury prone."
Meanwhile Maccabi hammered Climamio Bologna 93-67 in its opening game at the Paris tournament last night thanks to a devastating second-half performance.
The teams were locked at 39-39 at the interval, but led by Simas Jasaitis, Maccabi began to run away with the game in the third quarter, and stretched its lead to over 20 points in the final period.
Jasaitis led Maccabi with 22 points and 5 rebounds. Rodney Buford followed with 18 points, Lior Eliyahu added 16 points and 7 rebounds, and Will Bynum scored 5 points, handed out 8 assists and brought down 5 rebounds.
In other games yesterday the Spurs won 115-90 against Belgium's Asvel, while Barcelona downed the Philadelphia 76ers 104-99
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/771186.html
No! Not my Beno!
I mean, yes if it is best for him.
But no, how sad for me!
What is the procedure for a transaction like that? What does the NBA allow? Would the Spurs just be given cash for Beno?
I told you there was a reason for Pop's public comments They ALWAYS serve a purpose. Now fans won't be mad when Beno is gone because the Spurs have trashed his image. It's the way it always works.
who's udrich?
i say yeha for a international transfer market like european soccer.....
I say BS.
There are rumors for every FA that maccabi are after them : Ely, Jumaine Jones, Javtokas ... It's laughable.
I won't be surprise if there is nothing behind that story. I can imagine that the journalist has just write this article about Beno because he has read yesterday article.
True, but Maccabi did have troubles signing FAs during off-season because of Libanon war and they lost several good players. I can imagine them getting desperate, trying to remain compe ive in Euroleague.
I just want Beno to be happily settled with a great team and playing.
It must be awful to have your future in limbo like his is right now.
angel losing them one by one
Maybe they have called Spurs or Beno's agent, nobody really know.
I've just pointed that there has been a lot of rumors about Maccabi and you had to consider that when you read this article. It's not like Beno is gone.
Beno can't be happy when he is far from you.
beno has had multiple shots to make his mark on the team, and hasn't got it done. the spurs don't have to "trash" his image.
Uhm...you can't trade with teams in a different league. How would this work?
Would the Spurs simply release Beno and eat the contract?
I'm all for him going, so long as we get something in return.
Beno can go to Maccabi or any other non-NBA team he pleases at any time. The Spurs would still retain his rights for one season if he came back. That's all. It's easy to say the Spurs are evil, but in this case they if they are trying to be ahead of the story, they can't be that broken up about a borderline draft bust's coming off their payroll of his own free will.
Beno to Maccabi? This sucks.
good, beno is a suck ass
I think, right about now, Pop would take a case of Manischewitz for Beno...
This is just a general question!
Is it possible for an NBA team to make a trade with a non NBA team?
Unless something changed in the new CBA, not that I know of.
I have a hard time believing this.
If that article is right it would mean that Pop knew this when he made his public comments about Beno (these thing don't happen overnight) - and that would put Pop in a whole new category of weasel. Pop has his faults but that's too much.
If a deal is already being discussed, what's to be gained by saying what he did?
pr move by the spurs if the deal was already being discussed
What deal?
There can't be any "transaction" between these teams so that angle makes no sense. The only thing Pop would be laying the groundwork for on the Spurs end is passing on Beno's option or waiving him.
PJ Carlesimo said similar comments regarding their frustration with Beno and his injuries yesterday on the radio pre-game. PJ seemed to have an upset tone to his voice. The coaches may be trying to set a fire under Beno, if they doubt the seriousness of this injury. They do seem genuinely bothered, though.
If the story has any merit and Maccabi has "held talks" with Beno and the Spurs, the talks could very easily have been spawned since training camp started this week. More real-world, Pop is frustrated and he's talked to his buddy Nevin Spahija and it's likely the two will visit in Paris again soon. One inuendo leads to another and then you get a story.
Because as of right now, he's a Spurs player. If nothing were to come of any transaction/backroom deals, etc. with Maccabi or any other team, the Spurs would still have a player that the coach considers a 4th-string PG.
Until the Beno situation is resolved (he's waived, traded or grows a pair and plays), his earning money for wimping it up is still a problem.
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