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Sun Yue unlikely to make the final roster?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:16 am
by dockingsched
http://lakers.freedomblogging.com/2009/ ... oor/20493/Ran into Assistant GM Ronnie Lester, who is taking in the Summer League games here in Vegas, mainly to get a good look at Adam Morrison. The rest of the Lakers team, including draft pick Chinemelu Elonu, are little more than prospective training game fodder.
Morrison, though. has a guaranteed contract which means — barring a trade — he is expected to be back with the Lakers next season. And since Mitch Kupchak repeatedly has said the Lakers will carry a maximum of 13 players (yes, that includes Lamar Odom), which could leave Sun Yue out.
Lester agreed.
Sun missed last year’s Summer League because of his commitment to the Chinese National Team. He again skipped this summer’s play in favor of playing overseas.
Lester said Sun’s apparent lack of commitment to the Lakers and the fact he missed all of training camp last season because of an injury, doesn’t help his chances of keeping his roster spot.
“It does seem he is the odd-man out,” Lester said.
fisher/brown/farmar
bryant/vujacic
artest/walton/morrison
gasol/odom/powell
bynum/mbenga
out: yue
Re: Sun Yue unlikely to make the final roster?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:21 am
by Dr Aki
wow, club vs country debate rears its ugly head in the wierdest places...
Re: Sun Yue unlikely to make the final roster?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 5:25 pm
by snaquille oatmeal
Akiho wrote:wow, club vs country debate rears its ugly head in the wierdest places...
to be honest I think Sasha had the right approach to this dilema. last couple of years he dicided that he needed to prove himself as a player and stayed behind to work on his game to earn the spot on the team. now that there is no doubt that he will be back he will go and play for his country this summer. weather he had a bad season or a good season last year nobody complains about it.
Re: Sun Yue unlikely to make the final roster?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 5:47 pm
by Danny Darko
you know... now that he has a ring he lost all his competitive edge. I just don't think he's hungry anymore.
Re: Sun Yue unlikely to make the final roster?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:22 pm
by DubaLakers
13 only damn, cutting costs lol
Re: Sun Yue unlikely to make the final roster?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:23 pm
by DubaLakers
Danny Darko wrote:you know... now that he has a ring he lost all his competitive edge. I just don't think he's hungry anymore.
if that's meant to funny DD, that's brilliant
Re: Sun Yue unlikely to make the final roster?
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:43 am
by laduane1
We need to keep Sun over seas for a while. He is not NBA ready and he may never be. If he were to be cut free or waived or traded. It would be only a minor blip on the sports wire radar.
Re: Sun Yue unlikely to make the final roster?
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:50 am
by Verbal
Cool.
With Yue out of the way I can hop on the busswagon as a poster boy for affirmative action.
It's my turn now.
Re: Sun Yue unlikely to make the final roster?
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:29 am
by DEEP3CL
Danny Darko wrote:you know... now that he has a ring he lost all his competitive edge. I just don't think he's hungry anymore.
Oh stop it DD !...............easily best punch line of this thread.
Re: Sun Yue unlikely to make the final roster?
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:52 pm
by Dexmor
O.K. now everybody was calling him the Chinese magic and saying he was gonna be good. Now are you guys surprised or were you kidding back then. Cause I never looked at him as an nba player unless you just use him as a practice player or something.
Re: Sun Yue unlikely to make the final roster?
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:21 pm
by hermes
Dexmor wrote:O.K. now everybody was calling him the Chinese magic and saying he was gonna be good. Now are you guys surprised or were you kidding back then. Cause I never looked at him as an nba player unless you just use him as a practice player or something.
oh we were all kidding of course
Re: Sun Yue unlikely to make the final roster?
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:33 pm
by dznutzz
i remembered wang ji ji decided not to go play for his national team but stay in the u.s. to work on his game. the guy was banned from his country until the olympics. it's serious stuff