(German League All-Star)Rising guard Je'Kel Foster started alongside his Oldenburg teammates Rickey Paulding and Ruben Boumtje Boumtje for Team North at the 2010 German League All-Star game. Foster, wearing a #7 jersey, scored 13 points, 9 of which from long range, to go with 4 assists. (led both teams with a game high 31 minutes played)
Some other names in this game who you might be familiar with. Toby Bailey (UCLA), Casey Jacobsen (Stanford), Brendan Winters (Davidson), Jeff Gibbs (Otterbein)
-Highlights of All-Star game later in the week-
With Euroleague play over, Oldenburg is now fully locked in on defending their championship title. They are currently tied for 2nd in the League Standings. The Blue, White & Yellow will need Foster (who remains in the BBL Top Ten rankings in steals & assists) to continue his January tear in next week's clash of the titans match vs league leader Alba Berlin. Oldenburg fell at Berlin 69-67 on October 18, 2009.
Some other names in this game who you might be familiar with. Toby Bailey (UCLA), Casey Jacobsen (Stanford), Brendan Winters (Davidson), Jeff Gibbs (Otterbein)
-Highlights of All-Star game later in the week-
With Euroleague play over, Oldenburg is now fully locked in on defending their championship title. They are currently tied for 2nd in the League Standings. The Blue, White & Yellow will need Foster (who remains in the BBL Top Ten rankings in steals & assists) to continue his January tear in next week's clash of the titans match vs league leader Alba Berlin. Oldenburg fell at Berlin 69-67 on October 18, 2009.
(Scoonie Penn, Josh Childress, Jamar Butler)
(Point Guard U??)
-1/16/2010-
Olympiakos 87 Olympia Larissa 59
Two former Ohio State guards competed against each other on the 16th when Jamar Butler's (2004-2008) Larissa team hosted power Olympiakos & James 'Scoonie' Penn (1998-2000) in the Greek League.
Olympiakos (12-1) along with rival PAO share the prestige of being the two most dominant teams in Greece, as well as key contenders to win the Euroleague title. The former boasts a stacked lineup led by former NBA hoopster Josh Childress. Inside they have two formidable Greeks in Bourousis & Schortsanitis. Lithuanian Linas Kleiza is another tough player to contend with as is starting point guard Milos Teodosic. Scoonie re-joined Olympiakos in early January 2010 as a result of Andre Collins' return to Virtus Bologna. Penn, a guy who has seen it all & just about done it all, provides back up support to Teodosic for legendary Greek coach Giannakis.
3rd year Pro Jamar Butler starts for Olympia Larissa (3-10), a new team in the league struggling to find wins. In addition to Butler, Larissa has another outside threat Demond Green, the versatile Devin Green, & post man Christopher Massie.
The Reds jumped out to an early 17-6 lead and would not look back against an undermanned Larissa team. Jamar Butler & Scoonie Penn matched up with each other for a couple stretches in this contest. No it was not a big one on one battle like we would like :) ..but it was still cool seeing two former Bucks d-ing each other up.
The 33 year old veteran Penn played pretty good D on Butler, but the former Ohio Mr. Basketball did get Scoonie once off a pump fake that allowed him to step into a baseline jumper. (pictured to the left, Butler moves past an air born Penn to knock down the J) Butler finished with 8 points & 2 assists, Penn 4 points, 3 steals, 1 dime.
-clips of this game later in the week- (finally getting the Butler highlights with Larissa playing the big squads)
#5 Penn will play in some awfully big games in the remainder of the season as he helps Olympiakos try to win the Greek & Euroleague titles.
Week 14 of the Greek League Regular season will not get any easier for Butler & Larissa. A road test against the other best team Panathinaikos awaits. (January 30th)
(2nd D-League Stint)
-Quickies - Ken Johnson returned to BC Kalev/Cramo on January 20 following a one game suspension after the incident in Rakvere. Cramo went on the road and defeated Tallinna 93-86. Johnson came back in style with 12 point off 6-10 shooting, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, & 2 blocks. Kalev/Cramo is now 10-5 in the Estonian National League.
And finally, a belated Happy Birthday to one Greg Oden who celebrated his big day on Friday, January 22!
Olympiakos 87 Olympia Larissa 59
Two former Ohio State guards competed against each other on the 16th when Jamar Butler's (2004-2008) Larissa team hosted power Olympiakos & James 'Scoonie' Penn (1998-2000) in the Greek League.
Olympiakos (12-1) along with rival PAO share the prestige of being the two most dominant teams in Greece, as well as key contenders to win the Euroleague title. The former boasts a stacked lineup led by former NBA hoopster Josh Childress. Inside they have two formidable Greeks in Bourousis & Schortsanitis. Lithuanian Linas Kleiza is another tough player to contend with as is starting point guard Milos Teodosic. Scoonie re-joined Olympiakos in early January 2010 as a result of Andre Collins' return to Virtus Bologna. Penn, a guy who has seen it all & just about done it all, provides back up support to Teodosic for legendary Greek coach Giannakis.
3rd year Pro Jamar Butler starts for Olympia Larissa (3-10), a new team in the league struggling to find wins. In addition to Butler, Larissa has another outside threat Demond Green, the versatile Devin Green, & post man Christopher Massie.The Reds jumped out to an early 17-6 lead and would not look back against an undermanned Larissa team. Jamar Butler & Scoonie Penn matched up with each other for a couple stretches in this contest. No it was not a big one on one battle like we would like :) ..but it was still cool seeing two former Bucks d-ing each other up.
The 33 year old veteran Penn played pretty good D on Butler, but the former Ohio Mr. Basketball did get Scoonie once off a pump fake that allowed him to step into a baseline jumper. (pictured to the left, Butler moves past an air born Penn to knock down the J) Butler finished with 8 points & 2 assists, Penn 4 points, 3 steals, 1 dime.
-clips of this game later in the week- (finally getting the Butler highlights with Larissa playing the big squads)
#5 Penn will play in some awfully big games in the remainder of the season as he helps Olympiakos try to win the Greek & Euroleague titles.
Week 14 of the Greek League Regular season will not get any easier for Butler & Larissa. A road test against the other best team Panathinaikos awaits. (January 30th)
(2nd D-League Stint)It was reported Sunday that the Utah Jazz have sent big man Kosta Koufos down to the D-League on assignment with their affiliate Utah Flash club, effective on Monday January 25. This is Koufos' first stint in the D-League this season, and 2nd in his short pro career. The center out of Canton will attempt to grab some confidence back following a disappointing first part of the season filled with DNPs A not so good pre-season seemingly set the tone for the whole season as Koufos has yet to return to what he even displayed last season ( a decent young big with potential).
In our opinions Kosta would have been sent down earlier. But he was caught in a torcherous pickel where Utah needed him activated as an emergency big man, but he was not going to get any meaningful minutes anyway. The result was little if any real on court playing time. Kosta got into 4 January games for a total of 17 minutes resulting in 2 points, a left-handed hook shot over Miami's Michael Beasley in a late game blowout (January 11th). We think part of the problem is a lack of identity relative to how Utah wants him to fit on their team. His strengths always seemed to be more on the skilled offensive side rather than a tough defender/rebounder that the Jazz want him to be. We still see potential there in another situation. Utah recently signed former D-League player Sundiata Gaines for the remainder of the season, paving the way for Koufos to be sent down. It will certainly be interesting to see how Kosta responds..
In our opinions Kosta would have been sent down earlier. But he was caught in a torcherous pickel where Utah needed him activated as an emergency big man, but he was not going to get any meaningful minutes anyway. The result was little if any real on court playing time. Kosta got into 4 January games for a total of 17 minutes resulting in 2 points, a left-handed hook shot over Miami's Michael Beasley in a late game blowout (January 11th). We think part of the problem is a lack of identity relative to how Utah wants him to fit on their team. His strengths always seemed to be more on the skilled offensive side rather than a tough defender/rebounder that the Jazz want him to be. We still see potential there in another situation. Utah recently signed former D-League player Sundiata Gaines for the remainder of the season, paving the way for Koufos to be sent down. It will certainly be interesting to see how Kosta responds..
Maybe he can get some of the mojo back that he had last season.
-Quickies - Ken Johnson returned to BC Kalev/Cramo on January 20 following a one game suspension after the incident in Rakvere. Cramo went on the road and defeated Tallinna 93-86. Johnson came back in style with 12 point off 6-10 shooting, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, & 2 blocks. Kalev/Cramo is now 10-5 in the Estonian National League.
And finally, a belated Happy Birthday to one Greg Oden who celebrated his big day on Friday, January 22!
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