릭키 폴딩? 그리고 쿨가이들

[#4 Mr.Time Out]

지난 월요일 디트로이트가 04드래프트 54번 릭키 폴딩에 대한 권리는 포기했습니다. 그리고 폴딩의 에이젼트가 새크라멘토에 합류할수 있다고 말했습니다. 물론 정규로스터가 아니라 트래이닝 캠프에 참가한다는 뜻입니다.

82년생인 이 가드는 Mizzou대학때부터 뛰어난 운동능력으로 주목받았던 선수인데 키가 6-4이기에 킹스에서 크게 매력적인 선수는 아닌것 같습니다.(지금 필요한선수는 PG나 SF지 SG는 아니라고 보기에^^;)

 볼을 잡지 않았을때 움직임이 좋고 픽앤롤에 능하고 뛰어난 운동능력 덕분에 포지션비 리바운드 능력이 뛰어나긴 한데 여전히 슛에 대해서는 의문점이 많이 따르고 수비도 운동능력을 크게 살리진 못하는 선수라 크게 기대되진 않습니다. 디트로이트 출신이고 디트에 뽑혀서 좋다고 말한 기억이 나는데 이렇게 쫒겨나게 되어서 상당히 아쉽겠습니다. 작년에는 이스라엘 리그에서 Hapoel Jerusalem라는 팀에서 12.5 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.2 steals 을 기록했었습니다.

킹스 로스터 한자리를 두고 여러 선수들이 언급되네요. 맷 반스,루이스 플로레스,릭키 폴딩까지. 과연 누가 살아남을지 궁금합니다. 더 좋은선수는 언급 안되나..(먼산-_-) 개인적으론 차라리 지역스타에다가 킹스에서 뛰고 싶다고 수싶번도 더 밝힌 자밀 퓨즈를 초청했으면 하지만 섬머리그 로스터에도 집어넣지 않았기에 기대를 접어야 겠지요 (섬머리그 로스터에 퓨즈 대신 집어넣은 선수가 랩퍼 P이니 퓨즈 입장에서도 무지 서운했을듯..)

BY DAVID HEIN
FREE PRESS SPECIAL WRITER






Former Pistons second-round draft pick Rickey Paulding -- a onetime Detroit Renaissance High standout -- will head west next month to try and make the Sacramento Kings' roster, his agent said.



"Sacramento has some room on its roster for a player who does well in vet camp," Doug Neustadt said Tuesday.



Asked if he was disappointed he wouldn't be playing with the hometown Pistons, Paulding said: "It's definitely something I wanted to do. Whatever reason, it didn't work out."



"Rickey would have obviously liked to play for Detroit," Neustadt said, "but given the makeup of their roster, it would have been extremely difficult."



Paulding, who was drafted No. 54 of the 2004 draft, played with the Pistons this summer in Las Vegas. But he wasn't invited to their training camp next month. The Pistons renounced his rights Monday, vice president of basketball operations John Hammond said.



"We simply classified it as a numbers game," Hammond said. "Rickey is a quality player and has the skills to play in the NBA. For Rickey, it just wasn't the right time or right place for him in Detroit."



"I don't know exactly what they're looking for me to do, but there's definitely a spot available," said Paulding, who played college ball at Missouri. "I'm just looking forward to playing and experiencing my first training camp."



Paulding, who will be 23 when the season starts, played last season in Israel with Hapoel Jerusalem, averaging 12.5 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.2 steals per game.

"My experience in Jerusalem will help me in Sacramento," Paulding said. "I experienced basketball on a professional level from guys who were playing the game as their job. That's my approach now. Basketball is my job."

http://www.freep.com/sports/pistons...5e_20050915.htm

http://nbadraft.net/profiles/rickeypaulding.asp

쿨가이~ 쿨가이~

바로 브래드 밀러와 크리스 웨버가 카트리나 피해를 입은 지역에서 선행을 배풀고 있습니다. 밀러에 대한 팬 포럼의 칭찬은 참 보기 좋군요. 둘다 잘생긴 얼굴만큼 성격도 좋아보입니다. (밀러의 샬럿,시카고 시절엔 이렇게 절대 생각안했지만요;;)

Notebook: 76ers forward Chris Webber has set up two donation drives to help children displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

The first will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Cecilia's Church in Detroit, Webber's hometown. The other will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at Birmingham Detroit Country Day School in Beverly Hills, where he attended high school.

Webber is encouraging the public to donate books for children from 1 to 17, school supplies such as spiral notepads and markers, and baby supplies such as formula and baby wipes.

"So many people ask me, 'How can I help?' so I'm hoping people come out to help out the 370,000 displaced students get some of the supplies they really need," Webber said. "My mother has been a teacher for 30 years, so this need really hits close to home with me."

Free Press sports writer Chris Silva and Free Press news services contributed

www.wane.com/Global/story.asp?S=3847137&nav=0RYbeUxt

NBA Star Helps Hurricane Victims Rebound

Sep 13, 2005, 09:43 PM


(Garrett, IN WANE)- A hometown hero is helping a Louisiana family start over. Three weeks ago, Denise and Billy St. Amant, their two daughters, and Denise's sister Dawn all lived on the same street in St. Bernard's Parish. That was before Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana. The family evacuated, but Billy stayed behind to watch the houses. After the storm hit, Billy wasn't able to talk to his family, until a television crew found him, 9 days later. Good friends of the family live in Garrett that's how the St. Amant's ended up in Indiana.
Garrett's not to far from N.B.A. star Brad Miller's hometown of Kendallville. It didn't take long for a friend of a friend to tell Brad's uncle Phil about the St. Amant's turmoil. Heitz informed his nephew and they rushed to help the family rebound. Heitz helped find the family a house to rent in Garrett. Miller will be paying the rent and utilities until the family is financially secure.

The family plans to live in Garrett permanently. They say the community is very caring and generous. The children are already enrolled in school, and the adults have job prospects lined up. Miller is also in the process of helping 3 other families who have been displaced by the Hurricane.

[다크프린세스]

Bring Barnes back!!

[폭렬농구광]

타임아웃님 소식 감사합니다.^^언제나 눈팅만 하네요~그래서 미안하고요. 글을 쓰면 쓸수록 여기계신분들이 대단하다고 느끼는 요즘 입니다.(영어 극복 좀 해야할텐데요.^^;;)

[이희범]

저 또한 함께 감사를 드립니다.

[#4 Mr.Time Out]

^^;; 저도 영어 극복좀 해야하는데;; 마음같아서는 번역을 해드리고 싶은데 실력이 부족한 관계로 읽고 요약(이것도 오역이지만;)만 해드리는데 송구스럽습니다. 영어 공부의 길은 너무 멀군요.^^;;

[To my PEJA]

얼핏 루키에서 리키폴딩을 2라운드54번으로 디트로이트가 폴딩을 뽑은건 드래프트 최고의 스틸이 될수있다라는 소리를 들은것 같습니다..그만큼 잠재능력이 뛰어난 선수라는거겠죠..근데 갠적으로 그가 킹스에 와봤자 역시 가비지타임밖에 소화할수없을것 같은데...구지 그보다는 맷반스를 데려와 활용도를 높이는게나을듯.