OT - Olumide Oyedeji Sighting!

Cigamodnalro · Post #1 » by **Cigamodnalro** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:11 pm

Olumide is playing for the Milwaukee Bucks SL team---last night he contributed 10 points and 8 boards with .50 FG% and 1.0 FT% in 20 minutes off of the bench. He also contributed a steal to the winning effort.

drsd · Post #2 » by **drsd** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:16 pm

With the current luxury-tax scare for many teams, more guys like OO will get NBA contracts.

BoricuaBoi · Post #3 » by **BoricuaBoi** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:18 pm

WOW!I havent seen him since since the first Ben Wallace Detroit series. What ever happened to Jeryl Sasser and Reece Gaines where are they playing? I think Gaines is playing for Greece, but Jeryl completely fell off the face of the earth.

theTHIEF · Post #4 » by **theTHIEF** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:20 pm

Olumide is one of those guys that will continue to impress when he plays overseas ball (see Magic vs China last season) and he will always get invites to camps and do well in camps, but somehow he just cannot tailor his game to the NBA...shame too, He's a big fella and actually has some skills...

drsd · Post #5 » by **drsd** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:30 pm

BoricuaBoi wrote:WOW!I havent seen him since since the first Ben Wallace Detroit series. What ever happened to Jeryl Sasser and Reece Gaines where are they playing? I think Gaines is playing for Greece, but Jeryl completely fell off the face of the earth.

Gaines was playing in Italy and Sasser in Israel. Last I heard.

Optimus_Steel · Post #6 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:35 pm

Last I heard, Sasser was cut by some international or minor league team. Sooo his post Magic career is going places.......

theTHIEF · Post #7 » by **theTHIEF** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:36 pm

Reece Gaines is like sliced bread overseas right now believe it or not...I was reading up on something and saw that he was getting a lot of praise for his recent play...go figure...

Post #8 » by **craig01** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:04 pm

Maybe Gaines finally learned how to dribble.

penn24 · Post #9 » by **penn24** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:42 pm

I remember a huge article in one of the sports magazines over the summer when the Magic signed Oyedeji saying that he would be a major contributor off the bench and one of the best off-season pick-ups for any team....and then....not so much. But he does seem to have some sort of staying power in that a lot of teams want a look at him time after time.

Post #10 » by **MagicMadness** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:57 pm

Too bad it wasn't Olumide Oyedeji signing.

Oyedeji > Foyle

UCFknight84 · Post #11 » by **UCFknight84** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:56 am

was this that guy we signed to a 10 day contract a few years back? When we sucked?

Cigamodnalro · Post #12 » by **Cigamodnalro** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:03 am

We had him for a full season, IIRC. He participated in 27 games, and even started a handful.

On the off topic, let's bring back Desmond Pennegar.

UCFknight84 · Post #13 » by **UCFknight84** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:20 am

thats who im thinking of! desmond pennegar

drsd · Post #14 » by **drsd** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:02 am

Desmond Penigar had been in BBL: Basketball Bundesliga for two years. He has played well in Germany.

Post #15 » by **MagicMadness** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:02 pm

I remember when we signed Penigar. I believe someone here had their username changed to "King Penigar" (or at least wanted to change it), lol.

theTHIEF · Post #16 » by **theTHIEF** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:15 pm

Penigar had a lot of promise, lot's of potential...

MoGrAdY · Post #17 » by **MoGrAdY** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:48 pm

Didnt Penigar have a double digit rebounding game in his stint with us? Dude was a scrapper.

Cigamodnalro · Post #18 » by **Cigamodnalro** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:06 am

Yeah, I liked Penigar's game a lot. Third string bench players should all be either a) potential players who are being groomed for bigger roles or b) scrappy, hard-nosed defenders. Desmond fit very well into the second.