Malick Badiane

I heard from a friend that he saw Patrick Ewing & Malick at some restaurant yesterday evening here in H-town.

 

He just signed a 4 year contract for his German club.....according to reports we read here last week.

 

He might even start for them after four years. One can only hope.

 

He is still just a kid at 20 years old, I really have a heard time thinking that he is ready to seriously challange for a roster spot or playing time.

 

Gosh, I thought that by now the "Basil-us Spinach-oulus" threads would catch up with the "Malick Badain" threads...

 

well... you knew this thread was coming

its been at LEAST five days since the last one

 

Surer than the the T-Mac to houston trade.

 

Malick arrived in Houston on Friday and has been working out with the Rockets and the Patrick. As was posted a few weeks ago, the Rockers are not sending a team to the summer pro league, and therefore Malick will not be getting any "game-time" witht the Rockets this summer.

However, he is going to continue to work-out with the Rockets, bulk up a bit, participate in mini-camps, and at some point the Rockets management will decide if they want to sign him or send him back to Germany (where he did recently sign a four-year deal.)

Please remember, just because he signed the deal in Germany, does not mean he is headed back there. All it does is secure him a place over there if Houston feels he needs more development.

Malick is excited about the opportunity to work-out with the Rockets and have a chance to make the team. I will let you know if anything happens in regards to his contract.

 

sweet! thanks for the update!

 

that sounds like a harry potter spell.

 

The kid couldn't even get playing time in Germany (one of the weaker leagues in Europe). He's not ready.

 

thanks o3gs! I saw Malick at the T-Mac press conference dressed in Rocket's practice garb.

 

Okay. I thought I was the only one that noticed him there. Didn't seem like anyone knew who the heck he was.

 

malick he was at the press conference in workout gear sitting courtside

 

The guy sitting behind me said thyat he looked like KG from a distance.

 

did anyone get any badiane pics?

 

i got a small one that i will post later.

 

Spoke with Malick last night. He is optomisitc about his chances with the Rockets. He will be in Houston, working out with the Rockets until mid-July when he is off to Africa to play for Senegal in the African Championships. He will return to America the first week of August, by which time the Rockets should have made a decision on his status with the team. He played well the past few days at the Rockets mini-camp and is pretty excited to be working with Patrick.

He has been going out to eat with Patrick, so the friend who said they saw them out together was probably correct. I somehow imagine those two would be hard to miss at any restaurant.

 

I think I caught a snippet of him at the press conf last night



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