If You Need A Center Big Sofo Is Heading To NBA

[dunleavyjr]

Another Robert "Tractor" Traylor

[TMU]

KSWN-Men you missed my question completely. How's his defense? Could he become a successful defensive anchor on an NBA team?

[Ribalding]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV-I3bvy ... re=related

(Circus freak)

[spolgar]

The only footage of him I've seen is WIBA worlds. He's nimble for his size, got back to the basket moves, some elevation on his jump and seemed to have a super easy time executing the pick and roll. Soft hands. Touch you can't teach. Pretty good foot work. Fundamentally sound within 10 feet of the basket.

Concerns: Needs to go to his left hand more. He's not as ambidextrous as I would like. Well and there's the weight stuff too.

If he lost some weight, I think he'll be better than Oliver Miller. If he can get fit, he'll be at least as good as Duckworth.

[KWSN-Men]

FIBA blocked him from playing in the summer league.

[Mr. E]

FIBA blocked him from playing in the summer league.

What was the reason behind this?

[KWSN-Men]

FIBA blocked him from playing in the summer league.

What was the reason behind this?

FIBA made a new rule that Greek League players that have a contract can't play in the NBA summer league anymore.

[spolgar]

Hey, speaking of big big guys whom are on a path of redemption after losing some weight...

Mike Sweetney (remember him?) apparently lost a bit of weight and is playing in the summer league. Orlando and Houston could both use a big guy with soft hands.

[texasholdem]

let's call thomas hamilton, stanley roberts and john amaechi while we're at it.

[aznkillabeezZz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VR9MqQp ... r_embedded

He's pretty strong. If he can stay fit, he probably can be a good backup in the nba. On that clip he overpowers Scola and his tau teammates lol

[KWSN-Men]

let's call thomas hamilton, stanley roberts and john amaechi while we're at it.

Nothing pertinent to this discussion in that post.

[moocow007]

In Greece the report is he has lost 105 pounds and he now weighs less than he did when he helped Greece beat Team USA. He is in the best shape he's been for about the last 4 years or so. He is coming to play in the NBA summer league and is trying to get an NBA contract.

His agent says he is checking in at 6-10 349 pounds.

There you go Rockets fans.

Sofo in action against Team USA:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0nsUbXDSAg&fmtl=35

So that means he was 454 pounds at some point?

[J~Rush]

In Greece the report is he has lost 105 pounds and he now weighs less than he did when he helped Greece beat Team USA. He is in the best shape he's been for about the last 4 years or so. He is coming to play in the NBA summer league and is trying to get an NBA contract.

His agent says he is checking in at 6-10 349 pounds.

There you go Rockets fans.

Sofo in action against Team USA:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0nsUbXDSAg&fmtl=35

So that means he was 454 pounds at some point?

yes

[KWSN-Men]

In Greece the report is he has lost 105 pounds and he now weighs less than he did when he helped Greece beat Team USA. He is in the best shape he's been for about the last 4 years or so. He is coming to play in the NBA summer league and is trying to get an NBA contract.

His agent says he is checking in at 6-10 349 pounds.

There you go Rockets fans.

Sofo in action against Team USA:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0nsUbXDSAg&fmtl=35

So that means he was 454 pounds at some point?

Yes. Last season.

This is when he weighed 454 pounds last season.

[2fast4u]

more like big MOFO to me!

[KWSN-Men]

Here's a Sofo update:

http://www.clipsnation.com/2009/7/10/94 ... r#comments

During the practice, I was able to speak with Neil Olshey a little bit. I asked him about MBFGC, Sofoklis Schortsianitis. If you'll recall, Olshey stated shortly after the lottery that the Clippers were looking at bringing MBFGC over to play in summer league this year, but obviously he's not here. Citizen xxxxxx found out from Sofo's website that he also was planning to play, but that FIBA had stepped in and blocked it.

Olshey confirmed that story. The Clippers were planning on having MBFGC in Vegas this summer - in fact, they had puchased the plane tickets. In years past, players under contract have played in Vegas as long as they had the permission of their club team. Olympiacos had granted their permission, but for whatever reason FIBA made a blanket ruling this season that no players under contract would be allowed to play. (As you might imagine, this ruling affected plenty of teams beyond the Clippers.) The Clippers' front court is still pretty crowded with some big contracts and some promising youngsters, but with Randolph on his way to Memphis, Skinner opting out and Camby in the last year of his deal, suddenly the idea of taking an extended look at MBFGC doesn't seem quite so crazy. According to Olshey, he's been maintaining a much lower weight each of the times he's seen him recently, which is significant. Sofo was recently named to 17 player preliminary selection for Greece's entry in the European Championships to be held in Poland in August - he may or may not make the final selection as there are SIX centers currently on the list.