Spursfans...
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:47 pm
Props on landing Ime Udoka.
It may not seem like a big deal now... but just you wait. You're going to love my Homey.
No one has ever questioned the drive and determination in the locker room or among the Spurs core group. That said -- the intensity level just went up a notch or two.
Comparisons kind of suck, but I'll make one -- picture Bruce Bowen, only... well, there is no "only." Pretty much the same guy. Ime will undoubtedly benefit from learning from "the guy (he) modelled (his) game after." Bowen will probably learn a thing or two, as well, if nothing more than a new intensity level.
I can only imaging the fear that will stike the hearts of opposing 2s and 3s should Pop ever put them on the floor together. That's a tandem worth paying to watch.
When Kobe dinged the Blazers for 65 last season, it was Ime gaurding him one-on-one most of the night. That's not a knock against Ime -- when 8/24 is having "one of those nights," I don't care who's gaurding him -- he's getting his. But did Ime whine to the coaches, officials(he should have), or jake an injury? HELL NO! Not his style. In the face of historic adversity, Ime just played him even tougher, and got in his face a little more. THAT'S the kind of player you just signed.
Again -- the FA signing might be a "oh, that's nice... Ime who?" right now, but trust me... you'll be erecting statues of the guy by playoff time. If Bowen wasn't so well established and accomplished, his starting job would be threatened shortly. Ime started every game for the Blazers that he was healthy for(near the end of the season, he got knocked out, and actually got up and dusted himself off, and tried to D someone up), and there was plenty of competition for that job last year in Lottery City. But that job went to the out-of-the-league walkon hometown boy. Do the math.
You're going to LOVE Ime. He'll be the first one to jump off the bench and cheer when his teammates do well, and he'll be the last one to bitch about minutes, or any other coaching decisions.
It may not seem like a big deal now... but just you wait. You're going to love my Homey.
No one has ever questioned the drive and determination in the locker room or among the Spurs core group. That said -- the intensity level just went up a notch or two.
Comparisons kind of suck, but I'll make one -- picture Bruce Bowen, only... well, there is no "only." Pretty much the same guy. Ime will undoubtedly benefit from learning from "the guy (he) modelled (his) game after." Bowen will probably learn a thing or two, as well, if nothing more than a new intensity level.
I can only imaging the fear that will stike the hearts of opposing 2s and 3s should Pop ever put them on the floor together. That's a tandem worth paying to watch.
When Kobe dinged the Blazers for 65 last season, it was Ime gaurding him one-on-one most of the night. That's not a knock against Ime -- when 8/24 is having "one of those nights," I don't care who's gaurding him -- he's getting his. But did Ime whine to the coaches, officials(he should have), or jake an injury? HELL NO! Not his style. In the face of historic adversity, Ime just played him even tougher, and got in his face a little more. THAT'S the kind of player you just signed.
Again -- the FA signing might be a "oh, that's nice... Ime who?" right now, but trust me... you'll be erecting statues of the guy by playoff time. If Bowen wasn't so well established and accomplished, his starting job would be threatened shortly. Ime started every game for the Blazers that he was healthy for(near the end of the season, he got knocked out, and actually got up and dusted himself off, and tried to D someone up), and there was plenty of competition for that job last year in Lottery City. But that job went to the out-of-the-league walkon hometown boy. Do the math.
You're going to LOVE Ime. He'll be the first one to jump off the bench and cheer when his teammates do well, and he'll be the last one to bitch about minutes, or any other coaching decisions.