Matt Freije to Bucks

FutureBuck2008 · Post #1 » by **FutureBuck2008** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:00 pm

The Bucks have apparently added him to the roster, so solid pickup.

:-?

Post #2 » by **MickeyDavis** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:02 pm

It's not too late to order season tickets.

Post #3 » by **ReasonablySober** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:03 pm

Ok, now THIS was the more to come.

trwi7 · Post #4 » by **trwi7** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:03 pm

May I be the first to say: CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!

fam3381 · Post #5 » by **fam3381** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:14 pm

We already had 15 guys, so this would appear to be a warm body for camp. Freije was solid in Vegas--he'll throw his body around for loose balls and he knows his job is to get open for threes. And on a sidenote, our very own Chuck Deez has said he's a great guy, too. Chuck talked to Freije for a while at the pre-Vegas workouts in Milwaukee.

midranger · Post #6 » by **midranger** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:23 pm

Savior.

Ayt · Post #7 » by **Ayt** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:44 pm

Matt Freije. Great? Or the greatest?

Post #8 » by **MickeyDavis** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:55 pm

Still no announcement when Matt Freije bobblehead night is.

trwi7 · Post #9 » by **trwi7** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:59 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:Still no announcement when Matt Freije bobblehead night is.

I'm hearing it's a week after Herb Kohl appreciation night.

Newz · Post #10 » by **Newz** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:06 pm

This is almost as great as the day we got Jiri Welsch.

EastSideBucksFan · Post #11 » by **EastSideBucksFan** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:34 pm

What is a "Matt Freije"?

Anyone?

Anyone?

Bueller?

trwi7 · Post #12 » by **trwi7** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:47 pm

LukePliska wrote:This is almost as great as the day we got Jiri Welsch.

My greatest memory of Welsch is when he went from the left wing to under the basket, then circling around to the right win and eventually to the left side at the half court line after Mo made that game winning 3 against Indiana.

worthlessBucks · Post #13 » by **worthlessBucks** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:37 pm

Good to see, he outplayed Average Joe during summer league so he earned it.

Post #14 » by **ReasonablySober** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:39 pm

MFScho wrote:Good to see, he outplayed Average Joe during summer league so he earned it.

Oh man......how sad is that.

bucksbrewerspackersfan · Post #15 » by **bucksbrewerspackersfan** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:57 pm

A Freije is a foot fungus like oh man I just stepped in some Freije...

NeedsMoreCheese · Post #16 » by **NeedsMoreCheese** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:43 pm

trwi7 wrote:May I be the first to say: CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!

Idno Twirly, do you really think they could win it without the NBA Legend himself?

trwi7 · Post #17 » by **trwi7** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:49 pm

I definitely think they can. Look at the Celtics, they won it all without Santiago. Of course they did have something we don't. Brian Scalabrine.

WEFFPIM · Post #18 » by **WEFFPIM** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:08 pm

I wish I gave a crap about who this knob actually is.

jeremyd236 · Post #19 » by **jeremyd236** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:35 pm

cp34mvp · Post #20 » by **cp34mvp** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:38 pm

Never heard of him either until the Summer League where he actually played well...
Back in 2005 he was the center of attention regarding the firing of Ashley McElhiney, the first female coach of a men's pro basketball team.

Co-owner fires McElhiney for player conflict

ESPN.com news services
Updated: January 30, 2005, 2:19 PM ET

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Ashley McElhiney, the first female coach of a men's pro basketball team, was fired Saturday after an on-court dispute with the co-owner of the Nashville Rhythm of the ABA.

Co-owner and CEO Sally Anthony was unhappy that McElhiney was playing Matt Freije after Anthony instructed that he be benched.

The argument over the former Vanderbilt star's playing time began during the third quarter and apparently escalated when Anthony attempted to remove McElhiney as coach during the team's 110-109 win over the Kansas City Knights. Anthony was eventually restrained by security guards and taken off the floor.

"I called my coach a couple of hours before the game and said 'I don't want him playing,' " Anthony told The Tennessean after the game. "She ignored me. I walked onto the court and said I'm her boss and she needed to bench him."

McElhiney declined to comment when reached at her home on Sunday by The Associated Press. The team is 17-7 this season under the 23-year-old, a former point guard for Vanderbilt.

“ I called my coach a couple of hours before the game and said 'I don't want him playing.' She ignored me. I walked onto the court and said I'm her boss and she needed to bench him. ”
— Sally Anthony, co-owner of
the ABA's Nashville Rhythm

Anthony, a singer who also has her own record label and a Web site promoting female artists, said she was just trying to protect her players.

"My co-owner and my GM decided to pay Matt Freije to have the name here," she said. "He came in for two games. Our players are struggling financially."

According to Anthony, Freije, Vanderbilt's all-time leading scorer, was paid $10,000 to play two games for the Rhythm.

After the game, Anthony also got into a conflict with Jason Sonn -- the brother of injured Rhythm player Adam Sonn.

Anthony shoved Jason Sonn, used foul language, and directed an inappropriate hand gesture toward him.

"She's delusional and she thinks she's bigger than she really is," Jason Sonn told The Tennessean of Anthony.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=1979675