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May 23rd, 2008 Veremeenko On the Way?

According to the Washington Post, Washington’s 2006 second round pick (48th overall) Vladimir Veremeenko may come over from Russia to join the Wizards’ 2008 summer league roster.

Yesterday, I spoke with Marc Cornstein, the agent who represents Vladimir Veremeenko, and it appears that there is a decent chance that Veremeenko could play in summer league. Taken in the second round by the Wiz two years ago, Veremeenko is playing for Khimki in Russia (also have seen it spelled “Khimky”) but could negotiate his way out of the contract all together or simply be cleared to play in summer league.

Ernie Grunfeld has indicated that he would like to see Veremeenko in summer league as well so maybe something can get done. Cornstein declined to detail Veremeenko’s contract situation but it appears that it is nowhere near as restrictive as the one Juan Carlos Navarro had in Barcelona before negotiating his way to the NBA last summer. At the very least, it would be good to get Veremeenko over to Las Vegas for summer league so other teams can see him. You never know, maybe some team falls in love decides to make a move for him.

In 15 minutes per game, Veremeenko held averages of 5.9 points and 3.2 rebounds per game in the ULEB this past season.

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May 5th, 2008 DeShawn Stevenson - Respect

I’m sure most of you know by now, the beef between LeBron James and DeShawn Stevenson that formed before the playoffs.

In case you didn’t know, or just don’t remember, let me refresh your memory:

“He’s overrated,” he told reporter Mike Lee. “And you can say I said that.”
Of course the big bad “KING” James had to retaliate.

“With DeShawn Stevenson, it’s kind of funny,” James told the Cleveland Plains Dealer.” It’s almost like Jay-Z [responding to a negative comment] made by Soulja Boy. It doesn’t make sense.”

OMG LEBRON YOU JUST DISSED HIM OMG DISS!!!!111!!!!

Then Stevenson responded with something like ‘of course he would say that,  he’s always on Jay-Z’s nuts’

The series is over, and LeBron somehow beat the Wizards for the 3rd time, but I just want to give respects to DeShawn Stevenson, my new favorite player. Many people say it was stupid for him to make that comment, but I think he totally read my mind, and I respect that he had the guts to say it without being scared of what other people might say or think. Too bad the Wizards got eliminated, I thought it would be a great series and was hoping the Wizards would finally win with Gilbert back.

Let’s just remember the valuable lesson we learned from this - LeBron “KING” James is a big crybaby :)

DONT HATE APPRECIATE

PEACE

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