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Post#1 » by HornetJail » Fri Feb 6, 2026 8:19 pm

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Post#2 » by HornetJail » Fri Feb 6, 2026 8:19 pm

pronounced "Eewoma" btw
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Post#3 » by JDR720 » Fri Feb 6, 2026 8:26 pm

6'8 SF, another player from the Maine Celtics too like Drew Peterson was. He's played NBA games for the Grizzlies, Pistons, Nets and Knicks.

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Post#4 » by JMAC3 » Fri Feb 6, 2026 8:27 pm

Nickname for this guy: Scrabble
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Post#5 » by fatlever » Fri Feb 6, 2026 8:31 pm

damn, we waived kj instead of reeves
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Post#6 » by JDR720 » Fri Feb 6, 2026 8:32 pm

He's British. So he's our first British player, right?
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Post#7 » by HornetJail » Fri Feb 6, 2026 8:34 pm

JDR720 wrote:He's British. So he's our first British player, right?

Byron Mullens and Ben Gordon

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Post#8 » by EmpireFalls » Fri Feb 6, 2026 8:42 pm

fatlever wrote:damn, we waived kj instead of reeves

That's the weird part to me, especially bc KJ can drive real PG play and help develop Salaun/McNeeley down in the G League and we invested real draft assets in him.

I don't really care about two-ways strongly but it's bizarre that now all our two-ways are to guys 24 years or older. I would like to see us use them for some development...
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Post#9 » by fatlever » Fri Feb 6, 2026 8:44 pm

kj has been injured last 3 weeks. im guessing that played a role.
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Post#10 » by MPM » Fri Feb 6, 2026 9:01 pm

Princeton guy. Take seems to be high-IQ, versatile. I've never seen him play.
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Post#11 » by Walt Cronkite » Fri Feb 6, 2026 11:22 pm

Still have to double check the spelling on Knueppel. Welcome to Charlotte new guy!
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Post#12 » by JDR720 » Fri Feb 6, 2026 11:58 pm

Tosan Evbuomwan sounds like a good jedi name.
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Post#13 » by JDR720 » Sat Feb 7, 2026 12:02 am

Looking at his draft report https://mavsdraft.com/tosan-evbuomwan-scouting-report/

He seems to be a point-forward type. So he should fit in well with our offense if he can shoot decently. Gives a little bit of defensive versatility too.
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Post#14 » by Diop » Sat Feb 7, 2026 2:22 am

The final piece to win it all!
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Post#15 » by Diop » Sat Feb 7, 2026 5:55 am

My only complaint is that he sounds similar to Aussie Luke Travers who was recently waived from Cleveland to complete there trades and who I wanted. Travers plays a bit of point forward as well with good defensive and rebounding instincts. He needs to improve his 3pt consistency like Tosan does
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