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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: Herman Cain on January 23, 2016, 07:25:11 PM

Title: Vander Continues to Do Well
Post by: Herman Cain on January 23, 2016, 07:25:11 PM
Vander continues to do very well in the D League. Just had a 43 point game and having an excellent year. Hope he gets called up soon.

The winning basket he scored at the Garden against the Johnnies was something I will never forget. Great play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGqs_TmxUB8

http://stats.nbadleague.com/player/#!/203505/
Title: Re: Vander Continues to Do Well
Post by: ChicosBailBonds on January 23, 2016, 07:42:10 PM
He certainly took a very long and strange road to achieve his dreams when all he had to do was attend classes for one more semester at MU and he would almost certainly would have been drafted.  Beyond strange.

Hope his altered path gets him there, but no wonder Buzz was beside himself with Vander's choice.
Title: Re: Vander Continues to Do Well
Post by: westcoastwarrior on January 23, 2016, 07:56:06 PM
Matt Carlino is playing for Houston Rocket's D-league team...Rio Grande Vipers
Title: Re: Vander Continues to Do Well
Post by: We R Final Four on January 23, 2016, 08:10:57 PM
Almost certainly.
I'm so glad Chicos is willing to provide his opinion on Vander and the path that he choose. I have never read it before. ::)

5 years from now Chicos will jump on any Vander news he is provided with--good, bad, or otherwise.
Title: Re: Vander Continues to Do Well
Post by: WellsstreetWanderer on January 23, 2016, 08:13:55 PM
Watched a few Defenders games. Vander is touted as the star on the ads for upcoming games.
Title: Re: Vander Continues to Do Well
Post by: GGGG on January 23, 2016, 08:34:12 PM
Quote from: elephantraker on January 23, 2016, 08:13:55 PM
Watched a few Defenders games. Vander is touted as the star on the ads for upcoming games.

If only the guy was 2" taller....
Title: Re: Vander Continues to Do Well
Post by: 4everwarriors on January 23, 2016, 10:19:14 PM
Lotta dudes could use an extra couple inches, ai na?
Title: Re: Vander Continues to Do Well
Post by: muhoops1 on January 23, 2016, 11:34:52 PM
God forbid Mitch calls him up when they have Swaggy P avg 11 pts per
Title: Re: Vander Continues to Do Well
Post by: ChicosBailBonds on January 23, 2016, 11:42:34 PM
Quote from: 4everwarriors on January 23, 2016, 10:19:14 PM
Lotta dudes could use an extra couple inches, ai na?

Not just the dudes

https://www.youtube.com/v/T44WHLhx7Yo
Title: Re: Vander Continues to Do Well
Post by: Jay Bee on January 23, 2016, 11:45:25 PM
Hey... on the real, blessings to Vander and all he does. Hope he achieves and makes tons of money.

I do believe he's worked hard and can/will rep MU in the NBA quite well. Get it, Van!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Vander Continues to Do Well
Post by: jesmu84 on January 24, 2016, 01:45:50 AM
Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on January 23, 2016, 07:42:10 PM
He certainly took a very long and strange road to achieve his dreams when all he had to do was attend classes for one more semester at MU and he would almost certainly would have been drafted.  Beyond strange.

Hope his altered path gets him there, but no wonder Buzz was beside himself with Vander's choice.

I don't understand this stance. I realize that the next mock draft had him going. But wouldn't that be with the caveat that he would he have continued to develop?

Say he stays, but struggles. Then he probably would have fallen off boards, right? Sure, he could have stayed maybe improved and gotten better. But at the same time, he could have stayed and ended up like Dominic James (who likely would have been drafted after his freshman year, but chose to stay and then never got drafted).