Where in the world is Slava Medvedenko?

Sashobe · Post #1 » by **Sashobe** » Sat Jul 4, 2009 7:52 am

He was my all time favorite Laker. He was a man that played by his own rules.

We need him on this team to replace Morrison, Yue, and Walton.

LA-LA-Land · Post #2 » by **LA-LA-Land** » Sat Jul 4, 2009 8:00 am

Sashobe · Post #3 » by **Sashobe** » Sat Jul 4, 2009 8:06 am

If we sign him along with Artest, the other teams should just forfeit to our greatness.

DubaLakers · Post #4 » by **DubaLakers** » Sat Jul 4, 2009 11:53 am

Sashobe wrote:If we sign him along with Artest, the other teams should just forfeit to our greatness.

Ha, I like that one. I should look up how many assists that guy had, but I can't sleep and I'm too tired. That ball never came back, he was the definition of a black hole. To fully appreciate Medvedenko you must use his full first name: Stanislav.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9VZ-JrMV5k

All I can think about is Ivan Drago when he said to Rocky, "I must break you."

But the baddest Russian NBA player ever was a Trailblazer unfortunatly and not a Laker, Arvydas Sabonis. He just looked so grumpy and pissed off as he shot up dagger after dagger. At halftime I can see him going to the locker room and rejuvinating with a row of Stolli shots and stare at his broken knees in discust. He was 31 when he finally played his first game for Blaze after suffering through numerous injures. You could see the distain and dissapoinment in his face how dissapointed he was that he wasn't playing in the NBA in his prime. He truly would have "broke us" if Mother Russia (Still the Soviet Union) let him play in the NBA sooner rather than later.

Trifecta7 · Post #5 » by **Trifecta7** » Sat Jul 4, 2009 12:14 pm

Still looking to get a commercial with Snickers.

Rain_Maker · Post #6 » by **Rain_Maker** » Sat Jul 4, 2009 3:56 pm

all i can remember is it was 2004 Finals, Lakers vs Detroit, in one of the games the Lakers couldnt make their shots in the first quarter and Slava started shooting and made all of them, i think he got like first 8 pts

96 Til Infiniti · Post #7 » by **96 Til Infiniti** » Sat Jul 4, 2009 5:48 pm

Rain_Maker wrote:all i can remember is it was 2004 Finals, Lakers vs Detroit, in one of the games the Lakers couldnt make their shots in the first quarter and Slava started

pretty much sums up that series

daddyfivestar · Post #8 » by **daddyfivestar** » Sat Jul 4, 2009 8:48 pm

yep. Mailman goes down and Slava's minutes go up. Ouch.

LAKE_SHOW_GM · Post #9 » by **LAKE_SHOW_GM** » Sun Jul 5, 2009 10:58 am

If you can't find him, bring back Travis Knight! He was a beast not some marshmallow in the paint :lol:

Gek · Post #10 » by **Gek** » Sun Jul 5, 2009 1:33 pm

What happened to Horace Grant?

HunterSThompson · Post #11 » by **HunterSThompson** » Sun Jul 5, 2009 5:33 pm

or mike penberthy, or jr reid, or jr rider, or sven nader, or sedalle, or agatha christie...

Rain_Maker · Post #12 » by **Rain_Maker** » Sun Jul 5, 2009 6:07 pm

are you guys kidding me, dont tell me you guys forgot about the most athletic, versatile, all around player

Mark Madsen!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6BAvBbqPK4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhibi0aSAZk :lol:

those are the only two videos i could find of him

mmyers37 · Post #13 » by **mmyers37** » Mon Jul 6, 2009 2:46 am

Let's not forget Jeff Lamp.

Mamba Venom · Post #14 » by **Mamba Venom** » Mon Jul 6, 2009 3:21 am

My guess is Europe

Rain_Maker · Post #15 » by **Rain_Maker** » Mon Jul 6, 2009 7:48 am

any of the other Eastern European countries, wherever he is from

TonyMontana · Post #16 » by **TonyMontana** » Mon Jul 6, 2009 5:40 pm

Sashobe wrote:If we sign him along with Artest, the other teams should just forfeit to our greatness.

Wait what????
Come on man, he sucked when he was in LA 50 years ago, yet you want to bring him back after all these years. Maybe we should try to resign Bob Macadoo too.