OT: NIKE Hoop Summit.......

[Boob-No-More]

It used to be Foxsports NW.

I've only had FIOS since December. Before that DirecTV. I've never had Comcast and never will. So, I'm still learning my way around. Of course, my two most watched channels on FIOS are 577 (CSNNW HD) and 589 (NBATV HD), plus a little ESPN HD and Showtime HD for "Shameless". And, of course ESPN, KGW or TNT when they are brodacastsing the Blazers games. That's really all I watch. No time, or interest, for anything else.

BNM

 

[MickZagger]

I've only had FIOS since December. Before that DirecTV. I've never had Comcast and never will. So, I'm still learning my way around. Of course, my two most watched channels on FIOS are 577 (CSNNW HD) and 589 (NBATV HD), plus a little ESPN HD and Showtime HD for "Shameless". And, of course ESPN, KGW or TNT when they are brodacastsing the Blazers games. That's really all I watch. No time, or interest, for anything else.

BNM

I've never had Comcast either. DirectTV all the way.

 

[THE HCP]

BTW, thanks for posting this. We thought about attending the Nike Hoop Summit on Saturday. but my kids voted for a day at the coast instead and then we watched the game on TV Saturday night after we got back. So, we got to do both. I had no idea what ROOT was, or that I even had that channel, until your post. I've got FIOS with about 5 billion channels, most of which I've never heard of and never watch. So, thanks for working the game and posting the info.

BNM

That's why I'm here!

 

[sabas4mvp]

People speculated Mutombo was old, even when he wasn't. I think it's kind of a "them furriners are always up to something". Blame it on those middle-aged Koreans in the Little League World Series.

I spent some time as an intern at Nike a few years ago, and had the opportunity to take a prep school coach to the employee store one day. He happened to be a former Georgetown teammate of Mutombo, and we got to chatting. He said without doubt, he knew that Mutombo was "at least a few years older than he said he was publicly." He made it sound like it was common knowledge among his teammate at Georgetown.

The one thing I will regret for the rest of my life is not asking him if he ever went to parties with Mutombo when he would enter and say "Who wants to sex mutombo?"

 

[handiman]

The problem is, in many African countries they don't issue birth certificates until the child is brought to the hospital. In rural areas, several years often pass, making people a few years older than their documented age. It's not intentionally misleading on the athlete's part, there's just way of knowing the truth.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Draftexpress now has Biyambo at #7 in their latest mock.

Amazing what a good week at the Hoop summit can do. He went from a fringe first-rounder to a top-10 pick in one week.

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

Like I said earlier, he reminds me of a young Shawn Kemp.

His quick leaping ability was similiar to Kemp, but his offense was no where near Shawn's. Shawn was so gifted that in the Indiana state championship game, he got bored and started shooting 3's. It was similiar to watching Ben Wallace shoot a jump shot with Biyombo. Loved watching him though.

Other players that stood out to me were Ponitka, Davis, and Rivers. Not a shocker with Davis and Rivers since they are already slated to be drafted high in 2012. Thought Nogueira, Bertans, and McAdoo were disappointing. Looking forward to seeing how all of them progress.

 

[THE HCP]

His quick leaping ability was similiar to Kemp, but his offense was no where near Shawn's. Shawn was so gifted that in the Indiana state championship game, he got bored and started shooting 3's. It was similiar to watching Ben Wallace shoot a jump shot with Biyombo. Loved watching him though.

Agreed. He is about as raw as Wallace.

 

[BrianFromWA]

I thought you hated overseas basketball players and rookies, HCP? Are you coming around to potentially accepting a Biyambo pick?

 

[THE HCP]

The only Euro I love Nic Batum and that is it........ maybe ZBO!

 

[BrianFromWA]

The only Euro I love Nic Batum and that is it........ maybe ZBO!

I thought Z-bo only imported from Copenhagen...

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

The Biyamo hype train is eerily similar to Sare Sene's back in 2006!

Sene is a 7-footer from Senegal who played in Belgium this year. He's gotten some publicity for his incredible 7-8 wingspan and his dominating, nine-block performance at the Nike Hoop Summit in Memphis in April, but most fans still don't know much else.

On defense, he's already close to being able to contribute in the NBA. On offense, he's got a ways to go, but he has become much more aggressive and is picking up some low-post moves.

Teams see him as a potentially dominating defensive force in the paint.

- Chad Ford, 2006

 

[THE HCP]

^WOW! Nevermind this Binyombo kid is gonna' suck!

 

[andalusian]

The only Euro I love Nic Batum and that is it........ maybe ZBO!

I always knew you hated Rudy and Patty. I knew it.