Jump to content

The official update thread for former Longhorns

Goo Punch

By Goo Punch
in Basketball

 Share

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 611
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Popular Posts

shadow_operative
shadow_operative
shadow_operative
shadow_operative
Radical Larry
Radical Larry

Posted Images

Make em eat Taco Bell

Make em eat Taco Bell 1548

Posted
Posted

saw J'Covan Brown play at Rucker Park NYC a couple days ago with this team:

https://cbbreview.com/2022/07/06/tbt-americana-for-autism-team-profile/

Pure scorer AJ English will try and lead Americana for Autism to a TBT championship.

Americana for Autism returns for their second attempt at winning The Basketball Tournament. Last year they won their first two games before losing in the third round. Americana for Autism returns five players from 2021’s team, and they will look to make a run at it with some key additions to the squad that features multiple players with NBA and G League experience.

For more TBT team profiles, click here.

Current Roster:

  • AJ English (Iona)
  • Chris Wright (Georgetown)
  • Darryl Monroe (George Mason, Central Florida CC)
  • Delroy James (Rhode Island)
  • Isaiah Swann (Florida State)
  • J’Covan Brown (Texas)
  • Kasey Shepherd (Louisiana)
  • Ronald March (Philander Smith)
  • Ryan Pearson (George Mason)
  • Talib Zanna (Pittsburgh)
Link to comment
Share on other sites
ztejas

ztejas 42819

Posted
Posted
1 minute ago, shadow_operative said:

ive actually caught a little of this already, and i'm definitely rooting for JB. wish things had gone differently during his time here, but no hard feelings. 

I loved him when he was here, and yeah, that Zona game was brutal. Then again I have a type (see profile pic). 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
ztejas

ztejas 42819

Posted
Posted

Crazy that one of the dudes on his team played in that St. V St. M game that got televised on ESPN back in 02. 

Also some good backstory:

Even with a $1 million prize at stake, J'Covan Brown and his teammates are playing for a greater cause in a nationally-televised basketball tournament. 

Brown, a Port Arthur native with a decade worth of professional experience, is competing for Autism Army in The Basketball Tournament. It's an open-application, single-elimination event played each summer in cites throughout the country and broadcast on ESPN.

For Autism Army, the tournament takes on a special meaning. Three players on the team, including Brown, have a child diagnosed with autism. Brown said its important to show those children, and others on the spectrum, that they're not alone. 

"It means a lot that a group of guys can come together and help fight something like autism," Brown said. "It's good to get out here and show people that we're fighting with them every step of the way."

Link to comment
Share on other sites
ztejas

ztejas 42819

Posted
Posted

Americana for Autism to the final!

Next game will determine who they play - Red Scare - former Dayton players - is the crowd favorite as they're playing in Dayton.

BTW - that was a fantastic basketball game. I'd recommend y'all try and tune in for the championship game. The Elam ending is intense. 

  • Hook 'Em 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 3 weeks later...
  • 2 months later...
  • 3 weeks later...
  • 2 weeks later...
  • 2 weeks later...
  • 1 month later...
  • 3 weeks later...
Blotto

Blotto 23293

Posted
Posted
Quote

The Pacers have signed center Myles Turner to a two-year, $60 million contract with $17.1 million added to his 2022-23 salary bringing it to approximately $35.1 million according to a report from The Athletic.on Saturday afternoon. A league source confirmed to the IndyStar that an agreement was reached.

According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, Turner will be paid approximately $20.9 million in 2023-24 and $19.9 million in 2024-25, but the additional money he will make this year brings up the total average. Renegotiations such as the one the Pacers did with Turner are extremely rare but was possible because the Pacers were so far under the salary cap.

Turner has been the source of trade speculation as his four-year contract worth approximately $18 million per year was set to run out at the end of the season. This deal may not fully quell trade rumors. He's still eligible to be traded before the deadline on Feb. 9. However, it at least assures that if the Pacers don't trade him, they cannot lose him for nothing at the end of this season.

The deal is team friendly for the Pacers because Turner won't take up an exorbitant amount of cap space the next two seasons. If he is paid $20.9 million as reported in 2023-24, that would take up less than 16% of a salary cap projected to be at $134 million. He will take up even less space of the cap in 2024-25 by which time the Pacers will be looking at an extension for Haliburton, who would be at the end of his four-year rookie deal.

And if Turner and the Pacers decide to pursue a trade, his new contract makes him a more attractive asset and easier to move to a desired location for a better return.

Turner is in the midst of his most productive season as a professional, averaging 17.5 points and 7.9 rebounds per game, both career highs. He also has career bests in field goal percentage (.544), 3-point field goal percentage (.391) and effective field goal percentage (.611).

Part of the reason he has been so effective is for the first time in years he's been able to focus solely on the center position. Before the Pacers traded Domantas Sabonis to the Kings for Tyrese Haliburton and Buddy Hield last February, Sabonis was playing the 5 while Turner was frequently playing power forward along side him.

"He's been itching to play the five," Pacers lead assistant coach Lloyd Pierce said Saturday. "What that means and what it does is it puts him into the action in terms of setting screens, being in trail, reversing the ball through him. Any player knows when they get to touch the basketball, whether they're shooting it, passing it or just reversing it, it just engages their mind a little bit. We're seeing him finish at the rim. We're seeing him get more shots at the rim this year. We're seeing him make a concerted effort to get offensive rebounds, especially against teams that switch and he's got a smaller guy on him. But I think he's embracing the role. I think he's embracing the physical nature that we need from him."

Its hard to believe the dude is still only 26. I read somewhere else recently that he is now the longest tenured player on the pacers roster. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 2 weeks later...
shadow_operative

shadow_operative 15931

Posted
Posted (edited)
On 2/15/2023 at 10:25 AM, Tylerocks said:

Greg Brown III waived by Portland.

https://www.si.com/college/texas/mens-basketball/texas-longhorns-greg-brown-iii-cut-waived-portland-trail-blazers-nba-trade-deadline

 

 

so strange to me that his dad was a high level athlete and yet he steered his son in the wrong direction every step of the way. from how he coddled him (greg was so soft growing up hooping in ATX), to how he was his handler, to how he ran his son's recruitment, to how he insisted that greg only play for shaka (how'd that work out??), to how he just straight up didn't teach his son how to be a young professional. such a shame. so many less-gifted players from this area who are having better careers than than GB III.

Edited by shadow_operative
  • Hook 'Em 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing


Football ... Basketball ... Baseball ... Other Sports ... Futbol ... 🤫995🤫 ... Gambling ... Movies & TV ... Music ... Hobbies ... Lulz ... Food & Travel ... Daily Texan ... Business and Markets ... Cloak Room ... Help ... For Sale ... Board Discussion ... Subscribe!... Donate!... Advertise... COOKIE MONSTER!

×
×
  • Create New...