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Tidjan Keita

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 4:00 pm
by Vladimir_Taltos
19 on the roster...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/n ... 106598788/

Len on the way out?

Re: Tidjan Keita

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 4:12 pm
by In2ition
Vladimir_Taltos wrote:19 on the roster...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/n ... 106598788/

Len on the way out?
Wait...What? Why would you say that? I'm pretty sure this guy is heading to Prescott ASAP.

Re: Tidjan Keita

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 4:35 pm
by The Bobster
He's probably nowhere near NBA-ready, so I'm sure they're planning on sending him to Northern AZ.

Re: Tidjan Keita

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 6:15 pm
by O_Gardino
All I want to know is how to pronounce his name.

Re: Tidjan Keita

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 6:26 pm
by ShelC
His jumper is already better than Chriss' and Bender's.

Re: Tidjan Keita

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 7:26 pm
by Cap
O_Gardino wrote:All I want to know is how to pronounce his name.
tid-JON kay-EE-tah

https://www.sportando.com/en/usa/nba/24 ... keita.html

Re: Tidjan Keita

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 7:35 pm
by Mori Chu
Tidja know, we signed a new big man!

Re: Tidjan Keita

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 7:57 pm
by O_Gardino
Cap wrote:
O_Gardino wrote:All I want to know is how to pronounce his name.
tid-JON kay-EE-tah

https://www.sportando.com/en/usa/nba/24 ... keita.html
Thanks.

Re: Tidjan Keita

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2017 2:33 pm
by carey
We waived him already so I think he may be going straight to Prescott.

Re: Tidjan Keita

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 6:08 am
by Vladimir_Taltos

Re: Tidjan Keita

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 8:47 am
by Mori Chu
As others have said, I believe the waiver was not to totally be rid of him, but instead to send him down to our D (G) League team.

Re: Tidjan Keita

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 10:59 am
by djy2j
Since we are so good at player development. He'll never see an NBA minute with the Suns.

Re: Tidjan Keita

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 12:52 pm
by Superbone
djy2j wrote:Since we are so good at player development. He'll never see an NBA minute with the Suns.
Three words: Derrick Jones Jr.

Re: Tidjan Keita

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 7:19 pm
by O_Gardino
Superbone wrote:
djy2j wrote:Since we are so good at player development. He'll never see an NBA minute with the Suns.
Three words: Derrick Jones Jr.
I'll second that and raise you an Alan Williams.

Re: Tidjan Keita

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 7:55 pm
by Superbone
O_Gardino wrote:
Superbone wrote:
djy2j wrote:Since we are so good at player development. He'll never see an NBA minute with the Suns.
Three words: Derrick Jones Jr.
I'll second that and raise you an Alan Williams.
+1

Re: Tidjan Keita

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 12:01 pm
by djy2j
I like both of those players BUT they have done very little other than show flashes of potential. Williams is now out for most of this year. Jones played about 30 total preseason minutes which is odd. They still have a long way to go before becoming success stories.

Re: Tidjan Keita

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 12:17 pm
by O_Gardino
Do you consider Booker a success story? Nobody expected him to knock on the door of stardom.

And I think it's pretty unfair to knock Williams for getting injured this summer. He was much improved last seasoned.

Re: Tidjan Keita

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 12:32 pm
by Indy
O_Gardino wrote:Do you consider Booker a success story? Nobody expected him to knock on the door of stardom.

And I think it's pretty unfair to knock Williams for getting injured this summer. He was much improved last seasoned.
He didn't knock Williams for being out. He is simply saying that he hasn't shown to be a solid rotational player in the NBA yet. Half a year, that doesn't make.

And as for Booker, are you saying that it was our development of him that put him on that road (although he is a long way away from perennial all-star)? I am not sure either way. I would hope our staff did that, but there are a lot of lotto picks from this org that haven't shown that.