Euroleague: Ante Tomic Watch

[Luigi]

Another win. Efes Pilsen - February 17

Tomic played 22:30. 14 points (6/10, 2/2 ft); 6 boards; and 1 steal. He had 3 tos and 4 fouls.

That's an upgrade from what we've been seeing in the numbers.

[Luigi]

Top 16 is over (first round stuff---round robin).
Real Madrid made it through their Playoffs (second round stuff--7 game series).
Now they are in the Final Four.

Tomic in the Top 16: 10.2 ppg (51%), 4.3 rebs (1.8 off) in 19:54.
Tomic in the Playoffs: 11.6 ppg (51%), 5 rebs (1.8 off) in 22:26.

I am interested to see how Ante does in the final four against better competition.

[Luigi]

Tomic plays in the final four game tomorrow (single elimination), in case anyone wants to watch.

May 6th at 21:00 CET. That puts the game in the afternoon for the western US.

[gojazzmjsucks]

Hes not coming over this year right?i heard something like he would have to be brought out to come over this year. Has anyone heard if he is still committed to the Jazz?

[Nate505]

Hes not coming over this year right?i heard something like he would have to be brought out to come over this year. Has anyone heard if he is still committed to the Jazz?

I vaguely remember reading an interview that mentions him coming over to play in the NBA, and how he will play for Utah since they drafted him. But the interview could have been in the context of "if I come to the NBA I'll play for Utah" and not "when."

[dingojazz]

Tomic is playing right now in the Euroleague final four. You can go to euroleague.net to see a box score, you can watch the game live but it looks like you have to pay for it.

Hey, Tomic has 4 points on 2 for 2 shooting early in the game!

[carrottop12]

Not to burst anyone's bubble, but JonathanG from DX tweeted that it's unlikely that Tomic ever comes over, at least according to his camp.

[StocktonShorts]

There was also this tweet from him:

Talented. Super tall/skinny. Very skilled. No D or rebounds. No emotion. Soft? RT @diggitbrother: Can you describe Tomic in 120 characters?

Super skinny with no defense or rebounding. Sounds like just what we need!

[Luigi]

Not to burst anyone's bubble, but JonathanG from DX tweeted that it's unlikely that Tomic ever comes over, at least according to his camp.

That's too bad. There seemed to be a lot of hope riding on him panning out on this forum, so I created this thread to track him. He hasn't been at all impressive in Europe, though. It's not like we're the T-wolves trying to get Rubio to come over.

But he did have a good game in Real's loss last game. 17 points, 6 boards (2 offensive), a block and a steal. 1 TO, and he got to the foul line a lot.
http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?clubcode=MAD&gamecode=186&seasoncode=e2010

I think that's Tomic (#4) getting backed down by the Greek Shaq in this video (starting at 0:23):
http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1193040487695/1330056517530/noticia/Cronica/Maccabi_82-63_Real_Madrid.htm



However, this line of tweets has some interesting comments about him:

32-29 Maccabi at halftime. Enjoyable battle between Sofo and Tomic. This one is probably going down to the wire.

Tomic frustrating Sofo with physical play. That's not your typical Tomic.

Jazz draftee Ante Tomic is the most effective player for Real right now. Nothing out of this planet, though. Reyes playing with guts.

Read more: http://hoopshype.com/twitter_hh.html#ixzz1LgIClqgJ

[Luigi]

Bump

Since the draft, there has been a lot of Ante Tomic talk. This thread has a lot of info how he's been doing recently.

[Livno]

Ante Tomic was voted in the All First Team of the ACB League Regular season!

[carrottop12]

I don't get the tomic love. Not trying to be a downer but the kid was a second rounder for a reason. He doesn't have an NBA frame, he's soft, and if he hasn't come over by now, I don't expect him to ever come over.

There are people on this board that are trying to say tomic should influence who we draft at 3, that's insane.

[Luigi]

http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/ ... mecode=103

Dec 14, 2011
Tomic played 9 minutes and had 8 points (4-4), 2 blocks. 0 boards.

So was this guy a waste of a pick? Any news on whether he's coming over anytime soon?

[Soul Patch]

I don't think he'll ever come over. Too bad, I was stoked on him.

[phrizzo]

he was a second round pick. hardly a waste.

[DelaneyRudd]

One day a 2nd Euro will get an all-star or a great trade chip. Ante looks to be neither.

[Luigi]

http://www.euroleague.net/competition/p ... mecode=123

He had a decent game the other day: 12 points (6-8) 7 boards (3 off) 3 blocks, 1 foul. Not bad for a t16 game.

[retiredcoach]

Why is anyone watching Tomic?

He ain't coming to the NBA nor to the Jazz. He's past history.

I guess we're all waiting for D-Will to announce he's resigned with the Jazz.

[Luigi]

Wait a minute, did we lose our draft rights to him? Did he declare he isn't coming over? How is this like predicting Williams will come back?

Edit: He's been ripping up the Euroleague playoffs:


http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/23 ... r-February
Ante Tomic has been named Euroleague MVP for the month of February.

Tomic averaged 22.0 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 2.0 assists in 29.5 minutes over three February games for Barcelona.

[Luigi]

Bump.

People seem to be talking about Tomic this summer. Is he more likely to come over now?