Lighty signs in Italy

niffoc4 · Post #1 » by **niffoc4** » Wed Jul 6, 2011 7:47 pm

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1875/david-lighty

It looks he won't be the Hawks backup SG.

evildallas · Post #2 » by **evildallas** » Wed Jul 6, 2011 7:58 pm

It's to be expected. Good international jobs are in limited supply. Undrafted free agents have to make decisions quick and the lockout doesn't look promising.

Ruhiel · Post #3 » by **Ruhiel** » Wed Jul 6, 2011 8:08 pm

According to Draft Express, in light of the NBA lockout, Thomas now may be the highest paid rookie in the world after signing to play for Mobis Phoebus in South Korea for a salary of $350,000. The transaction was first reported by Asia Basket.

Thomas averaged 11.4 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.0 blocks alongside San Antonio Spurs rookie forward Kawhi Leonard at SDSU, leading the Aztecs to the Sweet Sixteen in March.

Geaux_Hawks · Post #4 » by **Geaux_Hawks** » Wed Jul 6, 2011 8:50 pm

They aren't staying, just getting a pay day for one year. Just smart moves as they will still be playing ball and getting paid. Hawks can still sign them. They may even tune up their games more..

drmaryb · Post #5 » by **drmaryb** » Thu Jul 7, 2011 4:01 pm

Too Much Good Stuff!

Co-Sign Geaux re: Lighty & Thomas signing to play over seas. This will definitely help tune up their games and enhance fundamental basketball skills needed to play well in the NBA.

Hopefully, The Hawks will sign these two players as soon as possible!
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drmaryb · Post #6 » by **drmaryb** » Thu Jul 7, 2011 4:14 pm

For Sale!

Anyone hear any updates on who the new owner of the Hawks may be and, when the sale may be finalized? That's the only news that interest me, right now.

Other than that, this roster requires a talent upgrade at most every position and the head coach needs to step up his game too! Hold these players accountable on defense and offense. Use the bench as a deterrent for bad play.
No effort on defense = Da B!tch Bench!

One thing you know - drmaryb is gonna' always keep it real!

Post #7 » by **dms269** » Thu Jul 7, 2011 4:35 pm

drmaryb wrote:For Sale!

Anyone hear any updates on who the new owner of the Hawks may be and, when the sale may be finalized? That's the only news that interest me, right now.

Other than that, this roster requires a talent upgrade at most every position and the head coach needs to step up his game too! Hold these players accountable on defense and offense. Use the bench as a deterrent for bad play.
No effort on defense = Da B!tch Bench!

One thing you know - drmaryb is gonna' always keep it real!

Just a hint...

look at the other topic on the board. There are usually topics about certain issues. Just don't hijack threads.

drmaryb · Post #8 » by **drmaryb** » Thu Jul 7, 2011 5:17 pm

Oops! My bad (I didn't know the board etiquette) (*_*)

td00 · Post #9 » by **td00** » Thu Jul 7, 2011 7:01 pm

If the Hawks were sold on Lighty, perhaps they should have gone outside the norm and paid the guy some bucks before the lockout! Now, he's open to anyone who has gotten the word on him.

Don't expect Sund to bring this guy in now....he had his chance IMO. If Sund has to compete for a legit player, does he usually have the best package? I go against Sund in any competitive situation, even though he kept Joe for us...lucky us!

Geaux_Hawks · Post #10 » by **Geaux_Hawks** » Thu Jul 7, 2011 7:44 pm

drmaryb, they really shutdown the AJC blogs?!?!

drmaryb · Post #11 » by **drmaryb** » Sat Jul 9, 2011 4:29 pm

Geaux_Hawks!

Yeah man, they closed the Hawks Fans Nest for the Summer. The beat blog with MC closes every week for weeks at a time. Looks like MC posted a new blog yesterday re: ZaZa playing in Italy, which is old news at this point!

The thing is MC gives no explanation as to why his blog was closed for 2 weeks. We get no respect!
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