Alex Tyus 100%

[OhyeahIC]

Alex Tyus has produced in every league and continues to do so. Found a nice article on him. http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/54271/arti.html

Hope he gets his shot at the NBA.

[A100]

WOW, shooting 33 for 37 from the field (89%).

Way to go Alex.

[tupacbiff]

Problem is with an Israeli citizenship he is much more valuable to a euro team then an MBA team.

[MJGator8104]

Problem is with an Israeli citizenship he is much more valuable to a euro team then an MBA team.

I wouldn't think he'd be worth anything on a Masters of Business Admin team...j/k :joecool:

[GatorPlanet]

Doesn't Israeli citizenship come with a mandatory stint in the armed forces?

[tupacbiff]

Doesn't Israeli citizenship come with a mandatory stint in the armed forces?

I think so. However he prob got an exemption or was overage already because I believe mandatory ends at 22. Not sure how it works with dual nationals either.

[StrangeGator]

Doubt his dual citizenship affects his NBA chances as much as his talent does. FWIW, he'll be better off heading into the sunset as an Israeli citizen than as a US citizen, plus his long term professional potential is better in Israel.

[mastoidbone]

No---IDF duty goes until 45. He probably has a sports exemption and will make up the time after career ends----but if he chooses to live in US he does not have to serve. Only if he lives in Israel.

[tupacbiff]

Doubt his dual citizenship affects his NBA chances as much as his talent does. FWIW, he'll be better off heading into the sunset as an Israeli citizen than as a US citizen, plus his long term professional potential is better in Israel.

Read my post. I never said it affects his nba chances. I said it affects his relative value to a euro team thus making him much more valuable than an American player. Therefore one could extrapolate that he will likely have a better financial career overseas as opposed to an nba bench warmer.

[your_perfect_enemy]

Is he playing the 3 like he thought he shoud be for the first few years he was here or is he still playing the 4?

[tupacbiff]

Is he playing the 3 like he thought he shoud be for the first few years he was here or is he still playing the 4?

I'm fairly certain he plays the 5 for the Israeli national team and the 4 for his club team.

[gtr2x]

I'm fairly certain he plays the 5 for the Israeli[/B[B]] national team and the 4 for his club team.

The 5?? :huh: WTH, there are no tall Israelis?

[tupacbiff]

The 5?? :huh: WTH, there are no tall Israelis?

He played the 5 in their last tourney and to be fair I don't think they had their full roster.

[ThePlayer]

Problem is with an Israeli citizenship he is much more valuable to a euro team then an MBA team.

It's all academic with those MBA teams.

[Bullis33]

Alex is never, ever playing in the NBA...appreciate all he did as a Gator, but even while here he was so up and down...shame really, as he could have been a much better player if he would have bought in to BD and the team more....oh well, super glad he is doing well and making a good living overseas

[Gator_Tom66]

Doubt his dual citizenship affects his NBA chances as much as his talent does. FWIW, he'll be better off heading into the sunset as an Israeli citizen than as a US citizen, plus his long term professional potential is better in Israel.

Why?

[OhyeahIC]

Alex is never, ever playing in the NBA...appreciate all he did as a Gator, but even while here he was so up and down...shame really, as he could have been a much better player if he would have bought in to BD and the team more....oh well, super glad he is doing well and making a good living overseas

You might be right but it won't be because he does not have the ability. He wouldn't be the first player capable of playing in the NBA that never gets a chance and won't be the last. There are only so many spots. There are also spots reserved for players like Luke Walton who average 4pts and 2rebs a game for a 9 year career and make 6 Million a year.

[Bullis33]

Walton has a name though....helps him...

You might be right but it won't be because he does not have the ability. He wouldn't be the first player capable of playing in the NBA that never gets a chance and won't be the last. There are only so many spots. There are also spots reserved for players like Luke Walton who average 4pts and 2rebs a game for a 9 year career and make 6 Million a year.

[GatorLurker]

Walton has a name though....helps him...

But he played for Duke and everybody knows that if you have a former Dukie on your roster your chances of an NBA ring are greatly diminished.

And if you have a black friend (assuming that "you" are white and clueless), ask them what "dukie" means to them.

[tampajack1]

But he played for Duke and everybody knows that if you have a former Dukie on your roster your chances of an NBA ring are greatly diminished.

And if you have a black friend (assuming that "you" are white and clueless), ask them what "dukie" means to them.

Luke played for Arizona.

[GatorLurker]

Luke played for Arizona.

Brain fart. My mistake.

[bakaduin]

Alex is never, ever playing in the NBA...appreciate all he did as a Gator, but even while here he was so up and down...shame really, as he could have been a much better player if he would have bought in to BD and the team more....oh well, super glad he is doing well and making a good living overseas

I don't disagree with you but I would point out that one flaw in your logic is that there is always the possibility he finally reaches that potential. The Alex Tyus who played in our Elite 8 run is an NBA player. I firmly believe to this day that if we had gone more to Tyus in the Butler game we would have won. He was absolutely dominant. Now I agree with you that he has yet to fully buy in and is very up and down but if it ever finally clicks I think he could find himself a nice bench player in the NBA.