#BringBacktheBiz - The Bismack Biyombo Thread

Post #1141 » by **JDR720** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:14 am

Pryftan wrote:Anyone seen any comments from management as to why Biyombo is not on the summer league roster?

If he wasn't doing his camp in Africa he might have been, he could definitely use it

MKGsMotor · Post #1142 » by **MKGsMotor** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:16 am

I actually think Biyombo's age is correct. For a giant African, he looked like a baby coming into the league, and he's physically grown a ton in three years. 21 or 25, hopefully he pulls it together enough to be a shotblocking defensive presence for us for the next ten years.

Liver_Pooty · Post #1143 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:16 am

JDR720 wrote:
Pryftan wrote:Anyone seen any comments from management as to why Biyombo is not on the summer league roster?

If he wasn't doing his camp in Africa he might have been, he could definitely use it

He still doing his camp?

Post #1144 » by **JDR720** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:18 am

Liver_Pooty wrote:
JDR720 wrote:
Pryftan wrote:Anyone seen any comments from management as to why Biyombo is not on the summer league roster?

If he wasn't doing his camp in Africa he might have been, he could definitely use it

He still doing his camp?

I think it ended on the 14th or something and a flight from there back to the US probably takes a day

Liver_Pooty · Post #1145 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:20 am

JDR720 wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:
JDR720 wrote:If he wasn't doing his camp in Africa he might have been, he could definitely use it

He still doing his camp?

I think it ended on the 14th or something and a flight from there back to the US probably takes a day

Thats good. I didn't know if he was going to be back in time for opening night or not

Post #1146 » by **JDR720** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:23 am

Liver_Pooty wrote:
JDR720 wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:He still doing his camp?

I think it ended on the 14th or something and a flight from there back to the US probably takes a day

Thats good. I didn't know if he was going to be back in time for opening night or not

Well he hasn't tweeted about coming back to the US yet, so he could still be there

EwingSweatsALot · Post #1147 » by **EwingSweatsALot** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:37 am

JDR720 wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:
JDR720 wrote:I think it ended on the 14th or something and a flight from there back to the US probably takes a day

Thats good. I didn't know if he was going to be back in time for opening night or not

Well he hasn't hashtagged about coming back to the US yet, so he could still be there

FTFY

Eoghan · Post #1148 » by **Eoghan** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 1:12 am

JDR720 wrote:
Pryftan wrote:Anyone seen any comments from management as to why Biyombo is not on the summer league roster?

If he wasn't doing his camp in Africa he might have been, he could definitely use it

Nah. He can learn how to catch better when it's not Dyson throwing at his feet all game.

catch20two · Post #1149 » by **catch20two** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 1:44 am

Pryftan wrote:Anyone seen any comments from management as to why Biyombo is not on the summer league roster?

He's a shot blocking guru that rebound at a above average rate and he does crossfit. He's above summer league. And I'm not being sarcastic.

vorbis · Post #1150 » by **vorbis** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 1:57 am

biyombo, like kemba walker, is ineligible for summer league. too much service time.

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Liver_Pooty · Post #1151 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:00 am

vorbis wrote:biyombo, like kemba walker, is ineligible for summer league. too much service time.

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Can you post a link about this? I've heard this before, but I've also seen players play in summer league that have been in the NBA for a few years. Last SL an announcer said that once you're in the league for 2 years you're ineligible, but Im not sure.

Liver_Pooty · Post #1152 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:01 am

catch20two wrote:
Pryftan wrote:Anyone seen any comments from management as to why Biyombo is not on the summer league roster?

He's a shot blocking guru that rebound at a above average rate and he does crossfit. He's above summer league. And I'm not being sarcastic.

Hes definitely not above SL. He could have used these games to be force fed the ball and work on his offensive game a little. Not sure if he is eligible though regardless.

BlackOutBuzz · Post #1153 » by **BlackOutBuzz** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:02 am

Don't think either are technically ineligible. Derrick Williams is on his fourth year. Hell, even Josh Howard played.

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Liver_Pooty · Post #1154 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:04 am

BlackOutBobcat wrote:Don't think either are technically ineligible. Derrick Williams is on his fourth year. Hell, even Josh Howard played.

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Yeah I thought about Derrick Williams the other day. Biyombo definitely could have used this. But his camp is important to him, so good for him.

catch20two · Post #1155 » by **catch20two** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:07 am

Liver_Pooty wrote:
catch20two wrote:
Pryftan wrote:Anyone seen any comments from management as to why Biyombo is not on the summer league roster?

He's a shot blocking guru that rebound at a above average rate and he does crossfit. He's above summer league. And I'm not being sarcastic.

Hes definitely not above SL. He could have used these games to be force fed the ball and work on his offensive game a little. Not sure if he is eligible though regardless.

He's above summer league. He was a solid backup last season. He definitely wasn't a detriment to our team. You guys just value points and graceful looking shots too much. Biz rebounded, he blocked shots, he altered shots, he set great screens, and he shot over 50%. He did his job.

Liver_Pooty · Post #1156 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:08 am

catch20two wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:
catch20two wrote:He's a shot blocking guru that rebound at a above average rate and he does crossfit. He's above summer league. And I'm not being sarcastic.

Hes definitely not above SL. He could have used these games to be force fed the ball and work on his offensive game a little. Not sure if he is eligible though regardless.

He's above summer league. He was a solid backup last season. He definitely wasn't a detriment to our team. You guys just value points and graceful looking shots too much. Biz rebounded, he blocked shots, he altered shots, he set great screens, and he shot over 50%. He did his job.

I never said anything that you just stated, so I guess you are responding to other people. He could have definitely have used this summer league to work on his game on the offensive end. Playing in SL doesn't mean you are a terrible basketball player. Means you are either trying to make a team or trying to better yourself. There is nothing degrading about playing in summer league.

Post #1157 » by **yosemiteben** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:10 am

I thought the rule was not necessarily that you can only do SL your first two years in the league, but that you can only do it twice?

catch20two · Post #1158 » by **catch20two** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:11 am

Liver_Pooty wrote:
catch20two wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:
Hes definitely not above SL. He could have used these games to be force fed the ball and work on his offensive game a little. Not sure if he is eligible though regardless.

He's above summer league. He was a solid backup last season. He definitely wasn't a detriment to our team. You guys just value points and graceful looking shots too much. Biz rebounded, he blocked shots, he altered shots, he set great screens, and he shot over 50%. He did his job.

I never said anything that you just stated, so I guess you are responding to other people. He could have definitely have used this summer league to work on his game on the offensive end. Playing in SL doesn't mean you are a terrible basketball player. Means you are either trying to make a team or trying to better yourself. There is nothing degrading about playing in summer league.

I don't see SL as a place to work on scoring in the post. All he could've done was rebound and block shots like every other big in SL and he's already proved that he can do that effectively. Look at Gorgui Dieng, the poor guy can't even get the ball in SL. Biz did the right thing by not participating.

Liver_Pooty · Post #1159 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:13 am

catch20two wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:
catch20two wrote:He's above summer league. He was a solid backup last season. He definitely wasn't a detriment to our team. You guys just value points and graceful looking shots too much. Biz rebounded, he blocked shots, he altered shots, he set great screens, and he shot over 50%. He did his job.

I never said anything that you just stated, so I guess you are responding to other people. He could have definitely have used this summer league to work on his game on the offensive end. Playing in SL doesn't mean you are a terrible basketball player. Means you are either trying to make a team or trying to better yourself. There is nothing degrading about playing in summer league.

I don't see SL as a place to work on scoring in the post. All he could've done was rebound and block shots like every other big in SL. Look at Gorgui Dieng, the poor guy can't even get the ball in SL. Biz did the right thing by not participating.

If you mean the right thing by not participating because he did his camps in Africa sure, but not participating because he thinks he is too good is laughable. At the least he could have been in Vegas along with MKG working on his game. Im betting it had more to do with his camps that he didn't play than him being "too good".

EwingSweatsALot · Post #1160 » by **EwingSweatsALot** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:14 am

Delonte West has played in 432 NBA games and is playing this year. I doubt there is a service time limit