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Emir Preldzic
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:54 am
by likwitdesi
So we got this guy's rights as a part of the Jamison trade. Does anyone know anything about him? From what I understand, he is a decently athletic point forward who was his team's #1 option last year.
Re: Emir Preldzic
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:05 am
by BanndNDC
sounds pretty promising
http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Emir-Preldzic-1106/http://www.euroleague.net/competition/p ... ?pcode=TFHseems like a young (still raw) european jamison (but replace rebounding with passing). phoenix drafted him but he was included in the shaq trade.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Emir-Preldzic/46433630688
Re: Emir Preldzic
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:05 am
by JWizmentality

Boy, them euros sure do take moving your legs on defense to whole new level.
Re: Emir Preldzic
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:14 am
by mohammed10
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new but shorter version of Oleksiy Pecherov!
Re: Emir Preldzic
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:18 am
by InBoobieWeTrust
http://www.realcavsfans.com/showthread.php?t=26912That thread has some detailed info on him if you guys wanna check it out.
Re: Emir Preldzic
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:26 am
by Wizards2Lottery
What's his NBA comparison. You know how Pecherov was supposed to be a Nowitzki/Okur hybrid lol.
Re: Emir Preldzic
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 4:06 am
by Hoopalotta
Wizards2Lottery wrote:What's his NBA comparison. You know how Pecherov was supposed to be a Nowitzki/Okur hybrid lol.
He is sort of like Toni Kuckoc mixed with a touch of Jack Palance. He's that awesome.
Re: Emir Preldzic
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 4:20 am
by likwitdesi
It would be hilarious if this guy became an All-Star while Hickson is a career backup
Re: Emir Preldzic
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 4:26 am
by LyricalRico
Hoopalotta wrote:Wizards2Lottery wrote:What's his NBA comparison. You know how Pecherov was supposed to be a Nowitzki/Okur hybrid lol.
He is sort of like Toni Kuckoc mixed with a touch of Jack Palance. He's that awesome.
"Hoopalotta...you...are my number one...a-guy..."

Re: Emir Preldzic
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:23 am
by jolbin
I am from Slovenija, so i can tell you little bit more about Emir..
He is way above Pecherov, as he is a starter for two years now on very solid euroleaguean team.. He play 1 2 3 4 in Europe, but he would mostly play at 3 for you i guess.,. He has quite a lot of Hedo in himself..A good balhandler, ok shooter, only too skinny for now.. This guy could really surprise you
Re: Emir Preldzic
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:29 am
by Hoopalotta
Well, that sounds good and I definitely appreciate the scouting report there Jolbin, Thanks.
Re: Emir Preldzic
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:50 am
by closg00
He'll never play here is my guess, but Ernie couldn't resist stashing another Euro.
Re: Emir Preldzic
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:10 am
by jolbin
Well, i heard, that his dream is to play in NBA, but his game is more well suited for Europe.. But, i think he could be a very valuable role player in NBA..
Re: Emir Preldzic
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:31 am
by Hoopalotta
Closg00 just hates our general manager, he doesn't actually have anything against Emir.
Re: Emir Preldzic
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 12:20 pm
by ZonkertheBrainless
Sounds like he is a tweener finesse small forward who can pass but can't hit the long jumper, good defensive ability but gambles for steals.
Shooting 25% from euro three, ugh.
Re: Emir Preldzic
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:13 pm
by closg00
Hoopalotta wrote:Closg00 just hates our general manager, he doesn't actually have anything against Emir.

Seriously though, does anyone here actually expect to see this guy ever? It certainly would be worth bringing him over in the future and having him play on our SL team.
Re: Emir Preldzic
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:38 pm
by Hoopalotta
I understand, I just want to make sure we don't get into a land war in Slovenia over 'matters of honor'.
You can imagine that a country with 2,000,000 people is going to feel pretty protective of their guys.
Re: Emir Preldzic
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:18 pm
by nate33
He'll never play in a Wizards' uniform. If he was a promising prospect, he wouldn't have been throw into the trade package.
Re: Emir Preldzic
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:40 pm
by Donkey McDonkerton
Re: Emir Preldzic
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:21 pm
by klemen4
Preldzic is nothing special...has talent and nice all around game and his game is a poor man version of Dejan Bodiroga...the best European player in his time 10 years ago. He has similar game, but will be nothing close when at his peak. Hard to compare him to any player in nba...His biggest deficit is he is not athletic, would have hard time playing defense against opposing sf in NBA. As a poster mentioned is better suited for european game.