120 Guarantees: the Nic Batum thread

EwingSweatsALot · Post #801 » by **EwingSweatsALot** » Sat Jul 2, 2016 2:23 am

James Gatz wrote:
fatlever wrote:
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"Rich Cho didn't leave the room till they had a deal" @rick_bonnell on the #Hornets agreeing to a deal with Batum

Cho has been far from perfect but he does things like negotiations well. We have yet to give out a bad contract in his tenure.

If he could draft worth a damn he'd be a top 5-7 GM in the league. He negotiates well and trades well. He just can't draft worth a damn.

-Ian- · Post #802 » by **-Ian-** » Sun Jul 3, 2016 11:13 am

On a slightly related news...

France’s Nicolas Batum to miss game vs Philippines

MANILA, Philippines — France Assistant coach Ruddy Nelhomme confirmed to Rappler that NBA player Nicolas Batum will not suit up for their FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament match versus the Philippines on Tuesday, July 5, citing “contract concerns.”

“He’s in our roster but he won’t play. Contract concerns. He also won’t play in our next match versus New Zealand (on July 7),” said Nelhomme, who has been with France head coach Vincent Collet’s staff since 2010.

Batum just completed a contract renegotiation with the Charlotte Hornets that will pay him US $120 million for the next 5 years. Batum won’t be able to sign his new contract until July 7; the date allowed by the NBA.

-Ian- · Post #803 » by **-Ian-** » Thu Jul 7, 2016 7:03 am

[tweet]https://twitter.com/nicolas88batum/status/750947653165416448[/tweet]

bravor · Post #804 » by **bravor** » Thu Jul 7, 2016 10:15 am

Here some site say he signed his contract in Manilla at noon (15mn ago).
I assume the update on Hornet's front page will be added laters

Post #805 » by **yosemiteben** » Thu Jul 7, 2016 11:54 am

-Ian- wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/nicolas88batum/status/750947653165416448[/tweet]

Looks like that tweet got deleted. What did it say?

-Ian- · Post #806 » by **-Ian-** » Thu Jul 7, 2016 12:42 pm

yosemiteben wrote:
-Ian- wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/nicolas88batum/status/750947653165416448[/tweet]

Looks like that tweet got deleted. What did it say?

Awww. Nic deleted his tweet.

It's just a photo of his contract signing with the caption "5 more years! #BuzzCity"

spaceballer · Post #807 » by **spaceballer** » Sat Jul 9, 2016 4:56 pm

Batum interviewed in Manila about JLin

[tweet]https://twitter.com/manu77728/status/751800030734872576[/tweet]
https://twitter.com/manu77728/status/751800030734872576

[tweet]https://twitter.com/manu77728/status/751804221054263296[/tweet]
https://twitter.com/manu77728/status/751804221054263296

[tweet]https://twitter.com/manu77728/status/751815916757798913[/tweet]
https://twitter.com/manu77728/status/751815916757798913

[tweet]https://twitter.com/manu77728/status/751817745017122816[/tweet]
https://twitter.com/manu77728/status/751817745017122816

Post #808 » by **JDR720** » Sun Jul 10, 2016 3:02 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/rick_bonnell/status/752152370923143168[/tweet]

over/under 10% chance he gets zika virus?

bravor · Post #809 » by **bravor** » Sun Jul 10, 2016 5:47 pm

He is only affected by virus innoculated by honey bees.

Seriously speaking, it's gonna be a nice olympic tournament, lots of traditional european powerhouses (and some left at home like Italy and Greece). I hope we will manage nicely our games against USA, Serbia and Australia nicely as we need 2 wins against them. We don't want to face Spain in 1/4 - especially Batum, unless Navarro does not play ^^ - nor do we want to face Brazil at home (in case).

Vanderbilt_Grad · Post #810 » by **Vanderbilt_Grad** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 2:08 am

[tweet]https://twitter.com/nicolas88batum/status/756575715030695936[/tweet]

Flip Murray · Post #811 » by **Flip Murray** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 2:10 am

that god you posted that

BlackOutBuzz · Post #812 » by **BlackOutBuzz** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 3:26 am

Vanderbilt_Grad wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/nicolas88batum/status/756575715030695936[/tweet]

Saw this earlier. My favorite thing is that the French equivalent of "Candy" is apparently "Bonbon."

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Post #813 » by **Diop** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 3:38 am

BlackOutBuzz wrote:
Vanderbilt_Grad wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/nicolas88batum/status/756575715030695936[/tweet]

Saw this earlier. My favorite thing is that the French equivalent of "Candy" is apparently "Bonbon."

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one of the few french words I remembered from first year high school french, our teacher used to have us compete for bonbon's in class which always sent the class into chaos.

Radu_Hornets · Post #814 » by **Radu_Hornets** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 11:45 am

Diop wrote:
BlackOutBuzz wrote:
Vanderbilt_Grad wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/nicolas88batum/status/756575715030695936[/tweet]

Saw this earlier. My favorite thing is that the French equivalent of "Candy" is apparently "Bonbon."

Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

one of the few french words I remembered from first year high school french, our teacher used to have us compete for bonbon's in class which always sent the class into chaos.

Bonbon is the french word in France. I think every french speaking country has its own word for candy haha.

In Belgium, we call them "chique".

BatumtheGlue · Post #815 » by **BatumtheGlue** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 3:56 pm

As long as that game won't hurt his ankle, i'm good and pls stay away from cliffs.

Eoghan · Post #816 » by **Eoghan** » Sun Jul 24, 2016 4:02 am

Thank god we don't have Boris Diaw anymore. You know he's totally chasing Pokemon whilst riding his Segway around Moab right now.

Post #817 » by **yosemiteben** » Fri Aug 5, 2016 2:45 pm

Since Batum is participating in the Olympics, here is the French national team group play schedule:

Saturday, Aug. 6, 1:15 PM - France vs. Australia

Monday, Aug. 8, 9:30 PM - France vs. China

Wednesday, Aug. 10, 1:15 PM - France vs. Serbia

Friday, Aug. 12, 9:30 PM - France vs. Venezuela

Sunday, August 14, 1:15 PM - France vs. USA

Post #818 » by **Diop** » Sat Aug 6, 2016 2:38 am

So boomers play France at 1am tonight, I should be able to stay up for that.

Braggins · Post #819 » by **Braggins** » Sat Aug 6, 2016 2:47 am

I hope France gets eliminated as quickly as possible so Batum plays the least amount of games.

BatumtheGlue · Post #820 » by **BatumtheGlue** » Sat Aug 6, 2016 3:25 am

He seems very enjoying his time. Good for him.