Summer League: Rockets vs. Hornets 7/15/2007

asmith8266 · Jul 16, 2007

is this game worth watching? just watched the Von Wafer 42 point game. twas very very nice.

kingkow · Jul 16, 2007

ROFL @ Novak's dunk

uchlha · Jul 16, 2007

kingkow said:

ROFL @ Novak's dunk
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youtube it?

uchlha · Jul 16, 2007

scratch that saw it on the previous page. atleast he tried and would have amde it if he wasnt fouled

right1 · Jul 16, 2007

asmith8266 said:

just watched the Von Wafer 42 point game. twas very very nice.
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His nickname is Nilla. Too funny

FFz · Jul 16, 2007

NBA's giving rockets no respect at all... they have 54 games on nba video summer league archive.. guess which game is missing?

hooroo · Jul 16, 2007

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1184613676632&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

Lior Eliyahu returned to Israel Monday morning after spending the last three weeks in the US training with the Houston Rockets coaching staff and playing with the team in the NBA summer league.

The 21-year-old forward joined the national team on Monday evening, ahead of the EuroBasket 2007 last-chance tournament. Israel coach Tzvika Sherf allowed Eliyahu to miss the team's first week of preparations for the crucial tournament. Sherf, however, insisted that the Maccabi Tel Aviv forward return home before the conclusion of the summer league to begin training with the blue-and-white.

Eliyahu had initially hoped to remain with the Rockets until the final summer league game on Sunday night against the New Orleans Hornets, but instead had to fly back earlier Sunday to report for Israel training at Hadar Yosef.

"I don't know if I'm ready for the NBA and if the Rockets are interested in signing me," Eliyahu said Monday. "My agent will have to speak to them. As things stand, it looks like I'll be staying at Maccabi.

"I trained with the very best," he added. "My first training session was with Yao Ming and that was very exciting. I had a tough time with practice in the first few days and barely managed to end the sessions."

Eliyahu, who was selected 44th in the 2006 NBA draft, averaged 4.8 points and 1.8 rebounds in 12 minutes of play in the summer league. His best game of the league was his first, in which he scored 10 points and grabbed four rebounds in 17 minutes of playing time. In the three following games he only scored a combined 9 points in 31 minutes.

"I could have done better in the games, especially when considering I only played 10 minutes in each of the last two games," Eliyahu said. "But the first game showed that I can play at this level.

"The coach told me that it's a pity I won't be able to take part in the final game of the league," he said. "The coaching staff didn't even know I was leaving early. I was extremely excited during each of the games, but managed to relax after a few minutes and played my regular game."
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FFz · Jul 16, 2007

i like the guy's attitude. He's not demanding manditory playing time or saying how basketball is basketball. He sounded very humble. I love the guy's play in the clippers game, but he kind of fell off the map int he other 3. I think he lacks a good outside shot, but he's just 21 and all he needs to improve is his shot to really get in the NBA i think. I'll be looking foward to his success in EuroBasket 2007 and also the 2008-9 season where he'll hopefully be our backup SF!

batkins · Jul 17, 2007

uchlha said:

youtube it?
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Hayesfan · Jul 17, 2007

here's a picture of Aaron receiving his trophy. (better than the other one I saw posted somewhere on here)

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