Since everyone has been keeping an eye on Marcus Landry's attempt to stick on an NBA roster, it seemed like a pretty good time to review which ex-Badgers are still playing professionally:
Marcus Landry
- After finishing up the preseason schedule, Landry will find out Monday if he will be staying with the New York Knicks. The Knicks currently have 13 players with guaranteed contracts and Landry is up against two other players with partially guaranteed contracts -- Joe Crawford and Chris Hunter -- for the final roster spot. Keep your fingers crossed. [edit: He made it!]
Greg Stiemsma
- Stiemsma played in South Korea, Turkey and the D-League last year and has been in Sioux Falls, SD, and the Madison area this month. According to reader Stephen Chung, however, Stiemsma was the #2 overall pick in the Korean Professional Basketball League's international player draft this summer. If you have a Korean character set installed on your 'puter and speak Korean, here's an article!
Brian Butch
- Butch landed in Athens, Greece and got off to a decent start the other day. His coach with the Ilysiakos club has instructed him to only shoot 3-pointers! You can follow the Polar Bear's adjustment to Greek living on his Jump Around blog for the Big Ten Network.
Michael Flowers
- Flowers is ballin' in Holland with Matrixx Magix Nijmegen. He's teammates with the Great White Flight, Henry Bekkering. Brother Jonte is doing well in France's top league. [stats]
Alando Tucker
- Tucker is struggling to find his stroke and playing time in the preseason. [stats]
Kam Taylor
- Kam is killin' it in France with STB Le Havre, which I believe is in the top French league also. After three games, Taylor is one of the league's scoring leaders. [stats]
Mike Wilkinson
- Wilkinson is back in Turkey after a year in Russia.
Devin Harris
- Harris is injured (strained groin) ... again. But you can buy a personal appearance -- and Nets tickets -- for $25,000!
Kirk Penney
- In case you had not heard, Penney was the Australian National Basketball League MVP last season. He is playing with the New Zealand Breakers again this season.
Michael Finley
- Meanwhile, Finley scored 20 points the other night to lead San Antonio to victory. His game has aged quite nicely.
Others
- Jason Chappell (Austria), Ray Nixon (France), Zach Morley (Spain), Rashard Griffith (Romania)
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Does anybody else find it annoying that Landry was obviosuly dogging it the last 4 years and waited until now to get in prime shape and give all-out hustle 100% of the time?
ReplyDeleteI don't think that outlook is fair to Landry.
ReplyDeleteYou raise an interesting point though. I believe Landry gave all he could to the program, but there is no question that he had a lot more on his plate than a normal college basketball player.
Prior to running into trouble academically in his freshman year, he looked like he would be a force for years to come. Despite earning more minutes as a sophomore, his averages actually went down in a few categories. If he didn't have a wife and kids to visit in Milwaukee (and later Madison) and didn't have to rededicate himself in the classroom, would he have had "more" to give?
Any way you slice it, Badger fans can be very proud of Marcus.