Aminu not playing in Olympics

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It looks fishy and coerced that the statement was released on the Blazer twitter. They obviously worded it for him. It would have been more respectable to have released it on HCP's twitter, worded by HCP.
 
"Continued and unresolved organizational challenges with the Nigerian Basketball Federation"

WTF does that mean?

This latest news means I won't be watching much of the Olympics again. Especially considering the dumbass tape delay thing NBC insists on doing.
 
yuyuza1 said:
"Continued and unresolved organizational challenges with the Nigerian Basketball Federation"

WTF does that mean?

This latest news means I won't be watching much of the Olympics again. Especially considering the dumbass time delay thing NBC insists on doing.
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Sounds like Aminu thinks they have zero leadership, no organization and are a misfit team slapped together with no real cohesiveness , goal or agenda in mind, other than to "Appear"

I think Aminu is starting to really like the Blazers office and staff compared to his homeland.

That's what I think it means... or will tell myself it means. :)
 
yuyuza1 said:
"Continued and unresolved organizational challenges with the Nigerian Basketball Federation"

WTF does that mean?

This latest news means I won't be watching much of the Olympics again. Especially considering the dumbass tape delay thing NBC insists on doing.
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It means that he wanted the Nigeria Basketball to insure his NBA contract in case of potential injury, and they were unwilling to do so.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
It means that he wanted the Nigeria Basketball to insure his NBA contract in case of potential injury, and they were unwilling to do so.
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So the same thing that happened to Festus?

Hmm. I had no idea about this insurance thing. Didn't realize Olympic National teams did that.
 
Orion Bailey said:
Sounds like Aminu thinks they have zero leadership, no organization and are a misfit team slapped together with no real cohesiveness , goal or agenda in mind, other than to "Appear"

I think Aminu is starting to really like the Blazers office and staff compared to his homeland.

That's what I think it means... or will tell myself it means. :)
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I think it means he thinks they have shitty insurance, and that the disease risk is WAY too high to play in such a meaningless tournament.
 
Another reason why aminu is better than Batum.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
His national basketball organization is in disarray?
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Some fun stats:
Nic in the playoffs this year: 11.4 pts, 3.6 rebs, 2.0 asts in 29 mpg for 5 games. 38% FG, 27% 3pt. He also missed 2 games because he got hurt.

Aminu in the playoffs this year: 14.6 pts, 8.6 rebs, 1.9 asts in 34 mpg for 11 games. 44% FG, 48% 3pt.

I didn't want to lose Nic, but Rouq seems to step his game up for the playoffs while Nic keeps on nursing injuries. Something to be said about durability here.
 
yuyuza1 said:
Some fun stats:
Nic in the playoffs this year: 11.4 pts, 3.6 rebs, 2.0 asts in 29 mpg for 5 games. 38% FG, 27% 3pt. He also missed 2 games because he got hurt.

Aminu in the playoffs this year: 14.6 pts, 8.6 rebs, 1.9 asts in 34 mpg for 11 games. 44% FG, 48% 3pt.

I didn't want to lose Nic, but Rouq seems to step his game up for the playoffs while Nic keeps on nursing injuries. Something to be said about durability here.
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Also Nic's team played better in the playoffs when he was out with injuries.
 
yuyuza1 said:
So the same thing that happened to Festus?

Hmm. I had no idea about this insurance thing. Didn't realize Olympic National teams did that.
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Happens with national teams all the time, not just for the Olympics. Dellavedova missed an Olympic warmup game for Australia because his insurance hadn't been processed yet. Bogut has missed whole series before because Basketball Australia couldn't afford the insurance; they save their money for big tournaments like the Olympics, and World Cup/Championships.
 
DUB said:
Happens with national teams all the time, not just for the Olympics. Dellavedova missed an Olympic warmup game for Australia because his insurance hadn't been processed yet. Bogut has missed whole series before because Basketball Australia couldn't afford the insurance; they save their money for big tournaments like the Olympics, and World Cup/Championships.
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So Aminu can't play in the Olympics because his country of origin is saving their money for a big tournament, like the Olympics.
 
theprunetang said:
So Aminu can't play in the Olympics because his country of origin is saving their money for a big tournament, like the Olympics.
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Basketball Australia doesn't spend their money on buying insurance for minor tournaments (or sometimes even Olympic qualifiers); they save their money for big tournaments like the Olympics.

I don't know, but I would guess that Nigeria just can't afford the insurance at all.
 
DUB said:
Basketball Australia doesn't spend their money on buying insurance for minor tournaments (or sometimes even Olympic qualifiers); they save their money for big tournaments like the Olympics.

I don't know, but I would guess that Nigeria just can't afford the insurance at all.
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Fair point. I was just trying to be sarcastic/ annoying anyways.
 
Eastoff said:
Another reason why aminu is better than Batum.
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Don't let facts get in the way of this tired argument. Just because you like him better doesn't mean he is. He is not better than Batum. I'm not even sure he's better than Batum for this team. Moneywise yes. Talentwise no.
 
So the Blazers will be represented in Rio by HCP and Daniel Diez?
 
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