Blazers waive Sarr, sign Ibou Badji

[BassPlaya]

This is not Bol Bol? This kid is quite a bit bigger and stronger.

 

[Pinwheel1]

I remember having similar success at that age against Darrall Imhoff and Dale Schlueter one afternoon.
Probably should not have trashed talked Darrall about giving up 100 to Wilt

 

[e_blazer]

I’d love to learn that in Ibou Badji‘s native Senegal “ji” is a slang word for “ass”.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Not in my house!

 

[handiman]

I’d love to learn that in Ibou Badji‘s native Senegal “ji” is a slang word for “ass”.

Just tweet it, along with a picture of him and some quotation marks, and it'll become fact soon enough.

 

[SharpeScooterShooter]

already better than nurk in my book

What is up? You have been the biggest Nurk homer around. Is this some reverse psychology to get all the nonurk believers to buy in?

I’d love to learn that in Ibou Badji‘s native Senegal “ji” is a slang word for “ass”.

be careful what you wish for! If were going to translate that part then the whole name must be translated and what it bad means pimple? Or sloppy? Or Soft???

walking a slippery slope my friend!

 

[Wizard Mentor]

I’d love to learn that in Ibou Badji‘s native Senegal “ji” is a slang word for “ass”.

 

[Voodoo]

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In English that word is CJ. Fortunately that is now the Pelicans problem.

 

[Mr. Robot]

What is up? You have been the biggest Nurk homer around. Is this some reverse psychology to get all the nonurk believers to buy in?

im double agent

 

[SIeepwalker]

I like the signing - but I think Sarr has a LOT more potential than Butler does. They are waiving the wrong guy...

Yeah, I thought Sarr had potential. Maybe the injury is severe...

 

[SharpeScooterShooter]

im double agent

Must be a good peyote smoke in your lips.

 

[MickZagger]

When is this guy going to get some burn?

 

[THE HCP]

When is this guy going to get some burn?

Watched him working out. REALLY long! REALLY raw! But the coaches said he works hard and wants it. Great attitude.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Watched him working out. REALLY long! REALLY raw! But the coaches said he works hard and wants it. Great attitude.

Obviously, he will be a superstar like all our project big men. He has to be with that kind of name, chock full of nicknames......The Badger.......Badjiass......et al.

 

[MickZagger]

Obviously, he will be a superstar like all our project big men. He has to be with that kind of name, chock full of nicknames......The Badger.......Badjiass......et al.

Lay off the kool aid, Homer

 

[TBpup]

Watched him working out. REALLY long! REALLY raw! But the coaches said he works hard and wants it. Great attitude.

Incredibly raw, but with that size and length, could he really be worse than nights when Nurk is sleeping? Or for brief segments when they have gone with someone like Nas at center? They play so much zone, have him just hang out near the rim and play volleyball with opponent shots. He'll likely gets some fouls called on him, but what rookie doesn't?

 

[twobullz]

Looks like he had a knee procedure and out for at least 8 weeks.

http://www.insidehoops.com/blog/?p=29989

 

[Chris Craig]

Looks like he had a knee procedure and out for at least 8 weeks.

http://www.insidehoops.com/blog/?p=29989

That's a Blazer center for you. So, why not just waive him?

 

[twobullz]

That's a Blazer center for you. So, why not just waive him?

Don't know, never seen the guy play, but they must think he has a lot of promise.

 

[Blazinaway]

Looks like he had a knee procedure and out for at least 8 weeks.

http://www.insidehoops.com/blog/?p=29989

He's had a sore knee for months, we signed him mid Nov and he has not played at all, it took them this friggin long to figure this out? WTF, he could have had the procedure done months ago and be playing now, shakes head

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Looks like he had a knee procedure and out for at least 8 weeks.

http://www.insidehoops.com/blog/?p=29989

Awesome--he'll be back in time to represent us at the lottery. He and VW have about the same odds of ever playing for the Blazers.

 

[PCmor7]

To me, this is a sign that they really think Badji can turn into something good. There's no reason for the Blazers to keep him on the roster right now unless they think down the road he's going to help this team be better.

 

[Strenuus]

Looks like he had a knee procedure and out for at least 8 weeks.

http://www.insidehoops.com/blog/?p=29989

Man if we had the training staff GPII tried to say we had, just give them tordoal and force them out there. Guess not.

 

[Chris Craig]

To me, this is a sign that they really think Badji can turn into something good. There's no reason for the Blazers to keep him on the roster right now unless they think down the road he's going to help this team be better.

History dictates that a Blazer center with knee issues can never turn into something good.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

To me, this is a sign that they really think Badji can turn into something good. There's no reason for the Blazers to keep him on the roster right now unless they think down the road he's going to help this team be better.

Hope so.

 

[andalusian]

History dictates that a Blazer center with knee issues can never turn into something good.

That's not true. They can turn into the best color commentator in the history of the western civilization.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

If Wemby's aware of all this he's rooting for us to make the playoffs.

 

[Samuel]

History dictates that a Blazer center with knee issues can never turn into something good.

Unless they're planning on rostering him next season I believe they remain limited to the 2-year limit on a 2-way player deal. I'm guessing we'll see him at summer league alongside Wemby, which should be a fun pairing.

 

[Quatro44]

Plenty of time to heal and help us defend that summer league title.

 

[riverman]

Chauncey said initially that his biggest problem was language so far...not much English comprehension. Senegal, he probably speaks French as a second language to his tribal tongue. Language cna really slow down the coaching process for a young raw talent..he looks like he's a strong guy...hopefully we can get him going here.