Where are your pros?

[TheHall]

From an apparently still bitter Charlotte Observer's Tom Talks:

"Vander Blue, haunter of Davidson, will not go away
Vander Blue hit the last-second basket that knocked Davidson out of the NCAA men's basketball tournament last season. Davidson led by nine but Marquette, a three-seed, got hot late. And there was Blue going to the hoop, a dribble-drive for the winning hoop. What goes around comes around. Blue is on the roster of the Philadelphia 76ers, who were hammered in an exhibition by the Charlotte Bobcats last week. He has a chance to stick."

http://blogs.charlotte.com/tom_talks/2013/10/vander-blue-haunter-of-davidson-will-not-go-away.html

Blue proved a lot of doubters (me) wrong last season. I wish him well with his dream.

Vander Blue Cut by the 76ers but it looks like Hollis Thompson will make the 15 person Roster of the 76ers (They're down to 16 now but all sources point to Hollis making it).

Henry Sims has made the Cavs.

So 3 new Hoyas in the NBA including the #3 pick Otto Porter.

Vander:

"Appreciated the opportunity here in Philly! But the grind will never stop! You'll see me shine somewhere! Love my WHOP fam!"

https://twitter.com/Vander13lue/status/393518247037108224

Great news on Sims. Hopefully Hollywood too.

[TheHall]

Malik Wayns - LA Clippers
Kyle Lowry - Toronto
Dante Cunningham - Minn. T-Wolves
Randy Foye - Denver Nuggets

Don't follow coaches or European players but I would imagine we have a handful of those sprinkled around (Scottie Reynolds, Mike Nardi, Allen Ray)

Not sure you can count Vander Blue as a pro or a 76er yet. He was invited to camp; he has yet to make $0.10 in the NBA. He's an undrafted FA at this point and has a lot of work to do to make or stick with the roster this year.

From today:

Brian Ewart ‏@Brian_Ewart: Maalik Wayns is back with the Clippers.

[notkirkcameron]

Ya Blue, Hayward, McNeal, DJO and Lockett all got cut. That leaves MU with Buycks, Novak, Crowder, Matthews, Butler and Wade. And Jim Boylan assistant coach and Doc Rivers head coach.

Updated "Other Leagues" Marquette Warriors

Vander Blue- Maccabi Rishon LeZion (Israel)
Trent Lockett- Reno Bighorns (D-League)
Darius Johnson-Odom- Springfield Armor (D-League)
Dwight Buycks- Bakersfield Jam (D-League)
David Cubillan- Maccabi Haifa (Israel)
Dan Fitzerald- Oveido (Spain)
Jerel McNeal- Zhejiang Chouzhou Golden Bulls (China)
Mo Acker- Denain (French second division)
Lazar Hayward- ???
Dwight Burke- Geneve Lions (Switzerland)
Ousmane Barro- CSU Piteşti (Romania)
Joe Chapman- Bambitious Nara (Japan)
Travis Diener- Dinamo Sassari (Italy)

[Lavinwood]

Moe Harkless: Orlando Magic

He has been a very solid player and routinely goes off for 14-18 points with a handful of 20+ pt games as well…he hits 3's with regularity now too which is so odd because when he was a Freshman at SJ he could not make a shot to save his life…he was a paint guy aka dunks and layups. The second he leaves Lavin and gets good coaches he can shoot from all over at NBA range? Hmm…Lavin you jerk. The funny thing is that Lavin follows me on Instagram so I have to be careful not to offend him by what I post lol.

[fellahmuskie]

Xavier international update:

Justin Doellman (Valencia, Spain)
Romain Sato (Valencia, Spain)
Derrick Brown (Lokomotiv-Kuban, Russia)
Stanley Burrell (Gaziantep, Turkey)
Jason Love (M. Hainaut, Belgium)
Justin Cage (M. Hainaut, Belgium)
Tu Holloway (Leuven, Belgium)
Mark Lyons (Roanne, France)
Kenny Frease (Artland Dragons, Germany)
Lionel Chalmers (Levski Sofia, Bulgaria)
Anthony Myles (Argentino, Argentina)
Brandon Cole (Al Arabi, Kuwait)
Travis Taylor (Gussing, Austria)
Josh Duncan (Hapoel J-M, Israel)
B.J. Raymond (Pyrinto Tampere, Finland)
Jamel McLean (Telekom Baskets, Germany)

[billyfa]

Moe Harkless: Orlando Magic

He has been a very solid player and routinely goes off for 14-18 points with a handful of 20+ pt games as well…he hits 3's with regularity now too which is so odd because when he was a Freshman at SJ he could not make a shot to save his life…he was a paint guy aka dunks and layups. The second he leaves Lavin and gets good coaches he can shoot from all over at NBA range? Hmm…Lavin you jerk. The funny thing is that Lavin follows me on Instagram so I have to be careful not to offend him by what I post lol.

Harkless has developed a better outside game. They worked on that a lot at St John's with Rico Hines during practices. He has always has had good form and is still growing into his body (still very young). If you remember though, he was required to play the 4/5 in college during games because St.John's had no big men. Some of the recruits failed to qualify, and Norm left Lavin with no players from the prior year. Because he had to play in the post, he was not able to "work on" his shooting much during in game situations. He can really be a good pro. He isn't great at anything but he VERY solid at a lot of things. He is a good passer, is a GREAT rebounder for his size, has good hands, and hit shooting form is good. He need to work on handle, but otherwise he will be in the league for awhile.

[ljay]

Isn't listing your ex-players playing overseas sort of like listing your NIT et al appearances as post-season appearances? I would think the Big-East-Internet-Police would be howling about this by now.

[fellahmuskie]

Very good point, ljay. Trust me, though, it's very annoying to me that Xavier has only two guys in the NBA right now.

[MUBoxer]

Isn't listing your ex-players playing overseas sort of like listing your NIT et al appearances as post-season appearances? I would think the Big-East-Internet-Police would be howling about this by now.

Some yes some no. Jerel McNeal Travis Deiner and Darius Johnson Odom are playing over seas because they were offered considerably more money to do so. But the majority of over sea players are there because they have to be though.

[TrueBlueJay]

Isn't listing your ex-players playing overseas sort of like listing your NIT et al appearances as post-season appearances? I would think the Big-East-Internet-Police would be howling about this by now.

Some yes some no. Jerel McNeal Travis Deiner and Darius Johnson Odom are playing over seas because they were offered considerably more money to do so. But the majority of over sea players are there because they have to be though.

So wait, you are saying these players chose to go over seas to play basketball and said NO the the NBA?