I had the privilige to take Lior out to lunch one day when he was in houston a few summers ago, he is a real classy guy, very funny, and I wish the Rockets will give him another chance.
I'm from israel, i watch Maccabi's games every week. He is great with his front to the basket, but i don't think i ever saw him try a post up. Oh, and he is a lame defender.
wow..i should have watched that video at home.. i just scared a bunch of ppl at work with that video... "count the basket...! LEE ELI-AHHHHHH-OOOOOOO!!" lol
After seeing this, so do I (or maybe it's the music in this video that makes him rock more, IDK): <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/M6R3MyygwAo?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/M6R3MyygwAo?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>
How was it a waste pick? He was taken in the middle of the second round. It's very rare for those guys to ever make it in the league. There are only two guys who were taken after him in that draft that have really done anything in the league (Paul Millsap and Leon Powe).
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Macc TLV forward Lior Eliyahu to hold summer workouts w/HOU <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523Rockets">#Rockets</a>. Despite remaining 2-year deal w/MTA, Eliyahu owns <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523NBA">#NBA</a> out. @<a href="https://twitter.com/one_co_il">one_co_il</a></p>— David Pick (@IAmDPick) <a href="https://twitter.com/IAmDPick/status/217249044685266944" data-datetime="2012-06-25T13:33:03+00:00">June 25, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Wow that's pretty cool. Glad to see them keeping tabs. I wonder if they just like Brad Newley walk off into the sunset.