Look in the middle of this ESPN article. AND ONES: Spurs owner Peter Holt sat behind the Team USA bench for the Argentina game and had a hard time muting his excitement over rookie Emmanuel Ginobili. "Wow," he said after Ginobili scored over Wallace. "Boy, are we smart." ... Harbinger: In between quarters, a Yugoslav kid beat an American kid in a shooting contest ... Argentine Andres Noccioni, best remembered for dunking on Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan three years ago in pre-Olympic qualifying, has caught the Houston Rockets' eye ... Anybody wondering about the "B-T B 4 L" headband worn by Germany's Misan Nikagbatse, it stands for B-Town Ballers for Life, a message to those he grew up with in Berlin. Man, those Euros are taking everything from us ... The Yugoslav fans showed they could cut just as sharp and quick as their team. Minutes after the loss, a fan held up a sign that read, "58-2."
Andres Noccioni drawing interest from Rockets... Isn't he a forward, 6'-7", 228 lbs... 17 pts, 3 blocks and a steal last night.
I would love to get Noccioni Look at those arms! Not your average foreign baller. I can't get the link to work!!!!
True, but he would be a great sub. Just get rid of the Taylor/Rice multimillion dollar cripples combo.
Argentina – Group D # NAME POS HGT WGT DOB PRO TEAM/COLLEGE PRONUNCIATION 9 Gabriel Fernàndez Center 2.02m/6-8 117kgs/260lbs 10/23/75 Forum Valladoid (ESP) FAIR-nan-dez 5 Emanuel “Manu” Ginòbili Guard 1.98m/6-6 89kgs/197lbs 7/28/77 San Antonio Spurs (USA) GIN-no-blay 12 Leonardo Gutiérrez Forward 2.01m/6-7 114kgs/250lbs 5/16/78 Mallorca (ESP) GOO-ti-er-ez 6 Alejandro Montecchia Guard 1.86m/6-1 86kgs/190lbs 1/1/72 Pamesa Valencia (ESP) MONT-tech-ee-a 13 Andrés Noccioni Forward 2.01m/6-7 103kgs/228lbs 11/30/79 Tau Ceramica (ESP) NO-key-own-ee 7 Fabricio Oberto Center 2.08m/6-10 116kgs/255lbs 3/21/75 Pamesa Valencia (ESP) OH-bear-toe 14 Leandro Palladino Forward 1.95m/6-5 102kgs/225lbs 1/13/76 Napoli (ITA) PAL-a-dean-o 4 Juan Ignacio Sánchez Guard 1.94m/6-4 92kgs/203lbs 5/8/77 Lucentum (ESP) SAN-chez 11 Luis Scola Forward 2.05m/6-9 114kgs/250lbs 4/30/80 Tau Ceramica (ESP) SKO-la 10 Hugo Sconochini Forward 2.00m/6-7 100kgs/221lbs 4/10/71 Tau Ceramica (ESP) SCONE-o-cheen-ee 8 Lucas Victoriano Guard 1.94m/6-4 92kgs/203lbs 11/5/77 Real Madrid (ESP) VIK-tor-ee-ahno 15 Rubèn Wolkowyski Center 2.08m/6-10 125kgs/275lbs 9/30/73 CSKA Moscow (RUS) WOL-cow-ski I also liked Wolkowyski. He would be a great backup PF/Center in the NBA. He was a great passer and defender. Kept the lane plugged against O'Neal and Brand. Pepe Sanchez (#4) got picked up by the Pistons after the game and he looked great. He shut down Baron Davis. And Luis Scola is going to be I think better than Ginobilli eventually.
I went to school with a guy who's last name was Wolkowyski, We played on the Varsity basketball team together, he left after one year...I wonder if they could be related?
Let me remind everyone here that the Rox will be sending their 1st round pick to Grizzlies for the next draft. So unless they pull some deals, Rox aren't gonna get squat next year.
We really don't need that draft pick anyway. Good lord we are loaded. We don't need any more youth. We could use a veteran defensive minded guard and a veteran banger to protect Ming.
