Ante Tomic

[red4hf]

Yeah, the new season is almost here. These last 5 months without Jazz basketball have been brutal.

Anyways, for anyone enterested, you can follow the progress of our second round draft pick here: http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=CRO&Team=82

So far he's doing very well, in a pretty tough league, against good competition.

[carrottop12]

16/10/1.5/2 in 35 mins is pretty good. Hope the Jazz can bring this guy over eventually.

[The Sheik]

Personally I think he replaces Fess. That is unless Fess blows up this yr.

[Charlie_S]

For his stats, also check here. Right now he's leading the league by a good margin in "efficiency" and rebounding, and he's also top 5 in scoring and blocks. That looks pretty promising.
Meanwhile our other draft pick Dragicevic (who incidentally was the league's MVP last season) has yet to play a game, I guess he's injured.

[Pai Gow]

Wowzerz, impressive stuff, can't wait to see him in a Jazz uni.

[loserX]

FWIW, Blazers' GM Kevin Pritchard had his eye on this guy for a long time...and as we know Pritchard seems to be a pretty good prospect evaluator. Whether it's for us or in trade, hopefully we get some good value out of Tomic!

[Ming Kong!]

Those are impressive numbers! It's very hard to get BIG numbers in Europe where it's far more team oriented, and not superstar central.

[Ming Kong!]

FWIW, Blazers' GM Kevin Pritchard had his eye on this guy for a long time...and as we know Pritchard seems to be a pretty good prospect evaluator. Whether it's for us or in trade, hopefully we get some good value out of Tomic!

The Blazer's GM is an animal. He got a damn steal in Fernandez, who's averaging 18ppg in his first two off the bench. Need I say more from the rest of the team? They got a bright future. If he thinks Tomic is very good, then I believe so too.

[J_Ray]

I heard the Adriatic League was a joke compared to the NBA, the NBDL is better than the Adriatic league. But it's good to see he's producing somewhere.....

[jazzfan1971]

I don't expect much. If he ever plays for us it'll be gravy.

[HammerDunk]

His profile pic is pretty awesome. He looks like he would be pretty good at a staring match.

[The Sheik]

The beauty of all of it is he is a great trade chip. He and Almond could get us a late first or good role player.

[carrottop12]

I think he's worth holding onto and getting into camp before we trade him anywhere. He's very long and athletic albeit lean.

From most reports he seems to be a shot blocker, a good low post scorer and a smart passer. If we lose Memo this off season I'd love to have another big guy tot bring in down the line.

[The Sheik]

but you forget he has an AK body. I think he has a great skill set, but is tooth pick thin.

[Livno]

I heard the Adriatic League was a joke compared to the NBA, the NBDL is better than the Adriatic league. But it's good to see he's producing somewhere.....

Cibona Zagreb for example is 3-3 in the Adriatic League, but 3-0 in the Euroleague, beating Maccabi and Olympiacos! No way the D-League is better than the Adriatic League!

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KK Zagreb is also playing FIBA EuroChallange:

after 3 games:
17.3 PPG
13.3 RPG
3.0 APG

[Livno]

Ante Tomic today vs. Hemofarm:

20 PTS
13 RBS
4 AST
2 BLK