Lior Eliyahu

[highrangeslang]

I saw the headline on wiretap about how this guy was named a C-MVP for top 16 round in the Euroleage (Is this kind of like player of the week or Finals MVP?)

I remember several years ago that Eliyahu was affiliated in some way with the Rockets. Is this still the case? This was back when he played in a league in Israel or something. It was kind of like with V-Span, whom we were able to bring him over to the NBA when we felt he was ready (though that didn't pan out).

Sorry if there's already been discussion about this, I haven't followed the boards or the league very closely lately.

[LookingAround]

I uploaded his recap yesterday:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-3Nc48J-zY[/youtube]

[Kal El]

from the video he looks pretty good. 6'9, good height for a powerforward BUT he look small in frame. he has some athleticism, good post moves, good rebounder, good footwork... his small frame would be a concern if he plans to play power forward in the NBA. he would get bodied on defense.

[MilitaryBigfoot]

Rockets own his draft rights so it wil probably be pretty easy to get him over here if we wanted to

[LookingAround]

Rockets own his draft rights so it wil probably be pretty easy to get him over here if we wanted to

He has a contract with Maccabi for 5 years (this is the first year)

[MaxRider]

i check his profile page his height is list 6'9.5"
i thought he was 6'8" when we drafted him
grow 1.5" so fast?
i wish all of our players can do that overnight
anyway
only watch him play in summerleague one
to me he's an undersized pf and a sf with no range
i don't think we will see him in this league
you can almost get someone as good as him in the first round pick every year

[LookingAround]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw_Z0UbNzy0[/youtube]

[Guy986]

Sorry i can't see him ever making the NBA. Too weak for the 4, too slow for the 3. He has no position in the NBA.

But i haven't seen him in like 2 years maybe he is much better than before. I'm not holding my breath tho.

[IvgenyIAS]

His chances of making the NBA aren't good due to a lack of position - he's too weak for PF and not good enough of a shooter to be a SF (although people who watch him during pre-game warm-ups say that he's actually quite good at shooting set 3's, but he almost never does it during games).

That being said, he's still a very skilled basketball player and sometimes that's good enough to be in the NBA.