So you hope the team that gave Giorgi a chance loses every game to all the teams that didn't give him a chance.
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Oh...well, why'd they give them that contract if they couldn't use it? That's bizarre.
If he chooses to play in the G League that is. He might rather play overseas and be closer to his family.
Someone mentioned that Denver doesn't have a G League affiliate, so...yeah, I don't see any incentive for Giorgi to stay. He can make more in Europe. I am totally not getting why he signed an Exhibit 10, much less his agent haggled over it. I'm totally confused.
Ayo can outplay Dotson and Thomas, maybe Green...and make Coby White expendable for more frontcourt depth. There's room to move up and get minutes, hopefully.
Denver has a G League team now, that article is old.
I think Dotson is going to be on the G league team. Thomas is only going to play in blowouts and Coby is hurt. They started Green in the front court and had him guarding power forwards even though he is 6' 4". Ayo has made an impression in practice. They say that he asks all the right questions as a rookie.
Yeah, Green is going to be used as a 3/4
I agree he’ll be with the big club initially. If he’s not getting at least a few minutes most nights, they might send him to G league for a bit to get regular minutes. But I think he’ll spend most of year with Bulls.
Denver didn't just decide to have their G League affiliation, yesterday. This is something that they knew they wanted to do months ago.
Ayo may not become a regular in the rotation that Billy Donovan establishes to start the season, but he has one thing going for him that none of the other back-up guards on the roster do: his extraordinary Chicago back story and strong family connection to the Chicago community. The Bulls Marketing, Community Outreach and Charities Directors all must be salivating at what a great Ambassador Ayo will be for the Bulls speaking at local high schools, community groups, hospitals etc. He is just so darn likeable, motivational and impressive! When you add that to his being such a hardworking and humble practice player, good teammate and hungry and talented high floor rookie role player, there is no way that it makes sense for the Bulls Organization as a whole to have him playing in meaningless G league games in Fort Wayne, IN rather than sitting on the bench mostly watching a young, hungry and improving Bulls team at the United Center while learning to become an NBA rotation player from LaVine, Ball and Caruso et al. in practice.
Edit: Yes, that should have said Hoffman Estates, not Fort Wayne, IN. Practically just as far away.
One minute of playing time into his career and he's the Bulls season leader in +/-!
Can someone explain how pls/minus is calculated? I haven’t a clue.
Ayo's +6 means that while he was on the court, his team scored six more points than their opponents. Caruso's -7 mean that while he was on the court, they were outscored by seven.. Easy peasy.
So that means that Ayo obviously should have gotten the 4 year $37 million dollar deal rather than Caruso, who originally came into the league as an undrafted free agent . . . What were the Bulls thinking? /s
How AWESOME that Ayo got minutes in the first half of his first NBA game!
Ayo 4 pts in a few seconds and rimmed out a 3. So close to 7 points in a row in less than 30 seconds.
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Ayo’s first points of many in the NBA!
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Love it!Ayo’s first points of many in the NBA!
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-N-I! And now his first 3 in the NBA!Ayo for 3!
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