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Officially Waived: The Aleksej Pokusevski Thread

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Re: Pokusevski to Hornets per Woj 

Post#61 » by Liver_Pooty » Sat Jul 6, 2024 7:31 pm

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Why?


Well, that's interesting
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Re: Pokusevski to Hornets per Woj 

Post#62 » by Bassman » Sat Jul 6, 2024 7:33 pm

Liver_Pooty wrote:
yosemiteben wrote:
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Why?


Well, that's interesting


What the hell? Why would we do that? We must be creating space for some type of signing beyond Miles. Something stinks here….
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Re: Pokusevski to Hornets per Woj 

Post#63 » by MPM » Sat Jul 6, 2024 7:39 pm

Something's up for sure. Poku showed promise.
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Re: Waived: The Aleksej Pokusevski Thread 

Post#64 » by amcoolio » Sat Jul 6, 2024 7:45 pm

I mean the likelyhood of him ever panning out is extremely low, but I would have liked to keep him... maybe they just want to give Salaun all the backup minutes
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Re: Waived: The Aleksej Pokusevski Thread 

Post#65 » by SWedd523 » Sat Jul 6, 2024 8:02 pm

this one doesn't make sense
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Re: Waived: The Aleksej Pokusevski Thread 

Post#66 » by LofJ » Sat Jul 6, 2024 8:07 pm

We have what 13 guaranteed players now? I imagine this means we're signing at least one more player in free agency.
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Re: Waived: The Aleksej Pokusevski Thread 

Post#67 » by Liver_Pooty » Sat Jul 6, 2024 8:10 pm

LofJ wrote:We have what 13 guaranteed players now? I imagine this means we're signing at least one more player in free agency.


We still have the MLE. Need either a backup 3 or 5. I don't trust Cody Martin's health much either.
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Re: Waived: The Aleksej Pokusevski Thread 

Post#68 » by Braggins » Sat Jul 6, 2024 8:41 pm

Yeah, a little surprised by this one. I didn't think he was actually good, but figured theyd want to keep him around to try to develop him for a year.
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Re: Waived: The Aleksej Pokusevski Thread 

Post#69 » by EmpireFalls » Sat Jul 6, 2024 9:23 pm

Nooooooooooooo
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Re: Waived: The Aleksej Pokusevski Thread 

Post#70 » by JDR720 » Sat Jul 6, 2024 9:59 pm

We only have 2 players on the team over 6'8 now. Mark and Richards.
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Re: Waived: The Aleksej Pokusevski Thread 

Post#71 » by CuseMayne » Sat Jul 6, 2024 10:00 pm

Bummed. He showed a lot of promise. Really should've kept him IMO.
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Re: Waived: The Aleksej Pokusevski Thread 

Post#72 » by MasterIchiro » Sat Jul 6, 2024 10:06 pm

JDR720 wrote:We only have 2 players on the team over 6'8 now. Mark and Richards.


Yes, need a big. British Buzz says we need a wing.

Cmon James. Reconsider, please.
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Re: Waived: The Aleksej Pokusevski Thread 

Post#73 » by HornetJail » Sat Jul 6, 2024 10:08 pm

JDR720 wrote:We only have 2 players on the team over 6'8 now. Mark and Richards.

Poku's status there comes with an asterisk anyway because he has the interior game of a 140 pound PG
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Re: Officially Waived: The Aleksej Pokusevski Thread 

Post#74 » by Chapelchilla » Sat Jul 6, 2024 11:13 pm

Ehh, we have 3 PF’s already. Kinda liked him though.
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Re: Officially Waived: The Aleksej Pokusevski Thread 

Post#75 » by luciano-davidwesley » Sun Jul 7, 2024 12:08 am

I'd be surprised if we don't sign a stretch 4 or 5 before free agency concludes
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Re: Officially Waived: The Aleksej Pokusevski Thread 

Post#76 » by Goodecharlotte » Sun Jul 7, 2024 7:06 pm

I'm sad to see Poku go I thought he had potential
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Re: Waived: The Aleksej Pokusevski Thread 

Post#77 » by KembaWalker » Sun Jul 7, 2024 9:50 pm

JDR720 wrote:We only have 2 players on the team over 6'8 now. Mark and Richards.


Salaun makes 3

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