Jamont Gordon signs with......
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Stay in school kids. I haven't made my mind up if I am happy he left or not.</p>
I will be interested in how his Italian comes along.......or not.</p>
I will be interested in how his Italian comes along.......or not.</p>
He could have stayed another year and potentially raised his stock if he could develop a 3 point shot. You can't play basketball forever.
I'm sure Jamont loves being in a foreign country he knows nothing about playing in a unknown league. I know this because every kid says they want to play basketball in Italy not the NBA.
If he could have stuck around and shot the 3 at a better clip, not hired a fool for an agent and maybe just maybe played his correct position he would in all likelihood have a better shot with a NBA team.
What does one more year of school matter anyway? He gets his degree and could still have the opportunity to play in Europe. I doubt the window for his European adventure is closing fast.
Mama mia your an idiot.
I'm sure Jamont loves being in a foreign country he knows nothing about playing in a unknown league. I know this because every kid says they want to play basketball in Italy not the NBA.
If he could have stuck around and shot the 3 at a better clip, not hired a fool for an agent and maybe just maybe played his correct position he would in all likelihood have a better shot with a NBA team.
What does one more year of school matter anyway? He gets his degree and could still have the opportunity to play in Europe. I doubt the window for his European adventure is closing fast.
Mama mia your an idiot.
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He fits right in in Italy. Im sure he will develop loads of Italian Basketball fans.
dumb bastard
dumb bastard
First off he has stated several times that he wants to play pro basketball, forget about the NBA or Itlay. I'm sure he can always go back to school plus he'll have some money to pay for his "P.E. degree". Second, he want develop a 3 point shot, you either have it or you don't at his age. Third, coming back would do no good for Gordon, one he isn't a natural point and two like I said he want get much better as for as his outside shot. He is a physical player who goes to the rim for his points. Fourth what if he tears his knee up?
JG is the most un-appreciated basketball player in Msu's history. I don't understand as he never got in to trouble and seemed to love Msu and the fans. He played out of position to make the team better and he gave it 100%, what else could he have done besides making all SEC?
He did more good than bad.
JG is the most un-appreciated basketball player in Msu's history. I don't understand as he never got in to trouble and seemed to love Msu and the fans. He played out of position to make the team better and he gave it 100%, what else could he have done besides making all SEC?
He did more good than bad.
You raise some good points and then your argument falls apart.
I wasn't calling Jamont an idiot, I was calling oem an idiot.
JG is the most un-appreciated player in MSU history? Then why dont you care that he jumped ship early for europe?
An finally, what else could he have done besides making All-SEC? I don't know, stayed for his senior year and tried to win more games in a MSU uniform instead of taking the money and runnning?
I get why he left don't get me wrong, I just think for Jamont Gordon another year at MSU would have been better for him. For MSU I don't know, but for Jamont I don't see how it could have hurt.
There aren't a whole lot of players who go from projected mid-secound round pick to first round pick by staying their senior years. Usually, you're either talented enough to be a first round pick or you're not. Jamont wasn't, and there's a very small chance he would be 10 months from now either. So, he gets paid a shitload of money to play a sport he loves to play anyway. How is that a bad thing?
I would think JG is far far from being an idiot. I mean, going to Europe should be fun for a 22 year old plus he'll make some money and he should be a decent player in Italy. As for as Jamont being underappreciated, he has been dogged by more fans at Msu than any other I ever remember. I think he is doing the right thing, I hope he plays for 10 years or more, the thing about playing overseas is they are starting to pay good money and after all his nickname is Jamoney, right?
I am guessing you havent noticed the handful of NBA players that are heading overseas to play for more money?bonedaddy401 said:
22, getting paid a **** load of cash, living in Italy with Europe/Mediterranean as your playground. I'd say J-Money is just living the dream.</p>
Good for him...Just as I predicted, Italy...
He would never had made it in the NBA, he was just too small to play forward.
I expect him to do well other there and make a good living...
Great food, wine & women...
I wish him and his momma the best..
I guess his new agent got a little $$$ too.
He would never had made it in the NBA, he was just too small to play forward.
I expect him to do well other there and make a good living...
Great food, wine & women...
I wish him and his momma the best..
I guess his new agent got a little $$$ too.
I cannot understand why anyone would think this is a bad deal for J$. If you guys haven't noticed, European bball is becoming pretty big. Have we forgotten already that our precious dream team had last two straight olympics before sunday? Has noone heard the rumors about Lebron leaving the NBA <span style="font-weight: bold;">FOR EUROPE</span> in 2010? Did noone catch during the olympics that Kobe can speak both Italian and Spanish (coincidence?). The only way that i see this could be a bad thing is that Jamont is not a strong shooter, and in europe even the big guys can shoot threes. I think that he will have to learn to be a role player and assist guru (ala Jason Kidd) to succeed at the next level.
I think the first 75k is tax free and then you must pay taxes on the rest unless some sort of special deal (contractors in Iraq). If you do not enter the U.S. for a period of over one year, then you are not responsible for U.S. taxes.
bonedaddy401 said:
that is a lot of 'ifs' that need to happen for him to turn out in a better position next season.
how many seniors move up in the draft versus their junior year???...i really cant think of many(any). but i can list off dozens over the last 5 years whose stock dropped or stayed the same.
the things you listed are the very things he had to do b/w his soph and junior years. he didnt do em then, so why now?
He probably couldn't and I see your point. I just seriously doubt when he declared for the draft he was intending to end up in a country halfway around the world playing in a league far from NBA standards. I am glad it worked out for him to get to play somewhere nice and apparently with a good team.
I just don't see where a fourth year would have hurt him. European basketball is not going to disappear in the next calender year. Whats wrong with me wanting him to get a degree in something, whether it be PE or whatever it's still something, and going next year?
Now if he signs for 7 figures I don't blame him a bit. Hell, if he signs for $250,000 I don't blame him. But any pay below that was going to be there for him next year also.
Good for Jamont, I'm glad it all "worked out" for him. The best players in the world play in the NBA. Period. That's a whole other debate for people that want to throw Josh Childress in with the best players in the world category. (Who, even if it is totally against my point, signed an unprecedented 3 year $20 million deal with a team in Greece.)</p>
I just don't see where a fourth year would have hurt him. European basketball is not going to disappear in the next calender year. Whats wrong with me wanting him to get a degree in something, whether it be PE or whatever it's still something, and going next year?
Now if he signs for 7 figures I don't blame him a bit. Hell, if he signs for $250,000 I don't blame him. But any pay below that was going to be there for him next year also.
Good for Jamont, I'm glad it all "worked out" for him. The best players in the world play in the NBA. Period. That's a whole other debate for people that want to throw Josh Childress in with the best players in the world category. (Who, even if it is totally against my point, signed an unprecedented 3 year $20 million deal with a team in Greece.)</p>
First of all, we won the Olympics in 2000.
Second, Kobe can speak Italian and Spanish because he grew up in Italy, not because of the growth of basketball in Europe.
Second, Kobe can speak Italian and Spanish because he grew up in Italy, not because of the growth of basketball in Europe.
He'd be throwing away a year of income. He can't play basketball forever. Sure he could probably get a comparable deal in Europe next year, but there would still be a year of lost income on the other end of his career. I guarantee he won't be making as much doing whatever it is he would do with his PE degree after he retires from basketball as he will be making while playing basketball.
Then of course there's also the possibilty that he could injure himself next year, reducing that money he's getting paid in Italy.
Jamont made the best decision for himself by leaving school early.
Then of course there's also the possibilty that he could injure himself next year, reducing that money he's getting paid in Italy.
Jamont made the best decision for himself by leaving school early.
bonedaddy401 said:
So you really thing Jmoney was on track to get a degree in four years??
Think again, he quit going to classes in the spring, would have probably took him six years...
It's a bad thing because bonedaddy is afraid he won't be able to wear his Rick's Rowdy tee shirt to work on jean's day this season nearly as much as he would if Jamont had come back.VegasDawg13 said:
It's pretty clear this clown doesn't know anything about basketball outside of the Golden Triangle.
Yea I am in Ricks Rowdies........doubt it bub. Everyone else here can have an intelligent debate, why can't you oem? (I type that tentatively) I know I am in the minority on this issue but that's why places like SixPack exist, so they can be debated. Don't take it personally because I think someone should do something you think they shouldn't. Its not that big a deal.
Who knows if he would have gotten his degree if he had stayed? Technically he would have had to per NCAA progress rules but we all know how that goes.
Who knows if he would have gotten his degree if he had stayed? Technically he would have had to per NCAA progress rules but we all know how that goes.
Like you give a **** if he got a degree or not. And why take a chance of getting hurt during his senoir season when he can go make money in the pros now?bonedaddy401 said:
he can always come back and get a degree. Or hell, finish up at a university in Italy. Credits transfer
If I had a friend that had a chance to make a good bit of money overseas, I can assure you that I wouldnt give a **** if he stuck around and got a degree. As a matter of fact i would tell him he is a dumbass for sticking around to get a degree in PEbonedaddy401 said:
Wow I had no idea that we had so many Italian league basketball fans here. Learn something new everyday I guess.</p>
So whenever someone is in the minority they don't know WTF they are talking about? Your an idiot.....
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