Zarko

[panfolk]

Looks like Zarko made the cut to 15. Will they be cutting it to 12 I wonder?

http://www.eurobasket.com/events/ol/04/ol04.asp

 

[Chris_Sanders]

That team really isn't that bad. The Olympics will hopefully showcase Vujanic.

 

[NJYAJ09]

yeah so we can trade him...


chris do you have insomnia like me? I cant go to sleep!

 

[Chris_Sanders]

yeah so we can trade him...


chris do you have insomnia like me? I cant go to sleep!

I actually work nights normally. However, I just had a 4 hour nap so now my sleep schedule is really screwed!

 

[NJYAJ09]

oh... good thing to pass the time is listen to AM 1060, I call in to the Kevin Wheeler show about 2-3 times a week his show goes from like 11 to 4 am here in phoenix. Wheeler is only on turing weekdays, so right now chris russell is on, hes ok, i called in earlier, but I prefer Wheeler. Since I have insomnia, this gives me something to do. I like when wheeler gives out games too, he gave out ESPN NFL Football and NCAA Football out last night.


Um, happy 200th post for me.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

oh... good thing to pass the time is listen to AM 1060, I call in to the Kevin Wheeler show about 2-3 times a week his show goes from like 11 to 4 am here in phoenix. Wheeler is only on turing weekdays, so right now chris russell is on, hes ok, i called in earlier, but I prefer Wheeler. Since I have insomnia, this gives me something to do. I like when wheeler gives out games too, he gave out ESPN NFL Football and NCAA Football out last night.


Um, happy 200th post for me.

ESPN 2k5

 

[NJYAJ09]

yeah thats it, I cant belive they made it twenty bucks, what a deal... I'm still getting madden though.

 

[panfolk]

peja, vlade and marko are conspicuously absent. Radmanovic and Zarko will be competing for the SF spot (at least that's what they both prefer to play). I don't know if any of the other names are good enough to keep him on the bench. I work swings and am up nights myself.

 

[George O'Brien]

I tried to read their roster aloud and gave up half way through.

Circle the date Friday, August 6th when the US vs Serbia exhitibition game will be on ESPN at 4:00 pm tape delay per Suns.com.

 

[NJYAJ09]

Zarko's the 12th man, he'll probably get little if no playing time over there.

 

[George O'Brien]

Zarko's the 12th man, he'll probably get little if no playing time over there.

That was our concern from the beginning that he would not get much out of being on their team other than a chance to get a medal. I would have preferred he stayed here and played in the summer leagues. It would have given them a nice starting five.

 

[panfolk]

Zarko's the 12th man, he'll probably get little if no playing time over there.

how do you know that? do you know what positions the other people are playing and what experience they've had?

 

[George O'Brien]

Milos Vujanic, Vule Avdalovic, Goran Jeretin, Igor Rakocevic, Aleksandar Pavlovic, Dejan Bodiroga, Vladimir Radmanovic, Milan Gurovic, Zarko Cabarkapa, Vlado Scepanovic, Predrag Drobnjak, Dejan Tomasevic, Petar Popovic, Nenad Krstic, Djuro Ostojic.

Obviously we all know who Vujanic is.

Aleksandar Pavlovic 6'8" 210 was traded to Cleveland. Struggled last year with the Jazz but is considered a very good prospect none the less. Great shooter in Europe.

Predrag Drobnjak 6'11" 272 was a backup center with the Clippers last year. Went to the Bobcats in the expansion draft as part of the draft pick trade deal.

Vladimir Radmanovic 6'10 240 power forward with the Sonics, but was really out of position SF. Averaged 12 ppg in 30 minutes. 42.5% shooting but 37.1% for three and had 5.3 rpg.

Nenad Krstic 6'11" 210 (two year old listing) was drafted by the Nets in 2002 and is expected to be on the team this year.

Somebody with Euro background would have to cover the other guys, but the Serbs are likely to have a very strong team.

 

[panfolk]

cool, I just was saying that unless we know who all the players were and all the details we can't just assume that Zarko is going to be a bench warmer. He could be in the rotation. My guess is behind Radmanovic. At least he'll be practicing steady and working on his shooting and whatnot. He already added 10 or 15 pounds before leaving so if he regains his shooting composure before he gets back then we're set What else in terms of experience do you all think we can expect Z to gain from his Euro ball. Will playing Euro rules again be detrimental and have him backsliding a bit on defense or would that be worst case scenario? I'm excited for him more than Amare and Marion for some reason. I guess because he's a nobody going to the Olympics for his country (a country that is insane for his sport). Cool stuff. practicing against radman will be good for him.
Does anyone know what the status of Zarko's outside shot was pre-accident? I only got to see 10 games last year and the only Zarko demonstration I ever saw was him throwing up 5 straight bricks from the three point line one game before getting pulled in like a 5 minute span (I was baffled as to how a rookie would get it into their head to do such a thing) otherwise I didn't get to see him play much. The box scores didn't show much. I remember the first televised Sacramento game when Zarko embarassed himself by getting chummy with Peja and not playing D on him after the game Vlade and Peja glowed about Z but said he was a "good" shooter but needed to be better. I did see his slasher moves though. He will be getting to the basket with gusto next season.

 

[George O'Brien]

cool, I just was saying that unless we know who all the players were and all the details we can't just assume that Zarko is going to be a bench warmer. He could be in the rotation. My guess is behind Radmanovic. At least he'll be practicing steady and working on his shooting and whatnot. He already added 10 or 15 pounds before leaving so if he regains his shooting composure before he gets back then we're set What else in terms of experience do you all think we can expect Z to gain from his Euro ball. Will playing Euro rules again be detrimental and have him backsliding a bit on defense or would that be worst case scenario? I'm excited for him more than Amare and Marion for some reason. I guess because he's a nobody going to the Olympics for his country (a country that is insane for his sport). Cool stuff. practicing against radman will be good for him.
Does anyone know what the status of Zarko's outside shot was pre-accident? I only got to see 10 games last year and the only Zarko demonstration I ever saw was him throwing up 5 straight bricks from the three point line one game before getting pulled in like a 5 minute span (I was baffled as to how a rookie would get it into their head to do such a thing) otherwise I didn't get to see him play much. The box scores didn't show much. I remember the first televised Sacramento game when Zarko embarassed himself by getting chummy with Peja and not playing D on him after the game Vlade and Peja glowed about Z but said he was a "good" shooter but needed to be better. I did see his slasher moves though. He will be getting to the basket with gusto next season.

Last summer he shot very well, but did not seem to find his range following hernia surgery until right before he was mugged. After he came back, it was clear his wrist bothered him. Supposedly he had regained his stroke in practice, but we'll see if he found it for game situations.