I know for a fact that Giannis and Markkanen, to name a few (it’s like a month old, but Doncic was indicating he’d play to defend Slovenia’s title too), are playing in Eurobasket, so my assumption is that if the Wagners are playing tune-up games with Germany, they will be playing as well.
There’s a month between the end of Eurobasket (9/18) and NBA opening night (10/19), so I think we’ll see a fair number of NBA guys there.
I love the announcer starting to get into it later in the clip and rolling the Rs on Wag-nerrrrrr
Cool stat - although I don’t really think Poole was an under-the-radar guy. I guess he wasn’t quite top 25?
Pretty sure JP was closer to 90-100 than top 25. Same with Nik, I think
I think in the 90s
Wasn’t he LaLu’s 6th man as a senior
He was, but if memory serves, it was a similar scenario to Zeb Jackson and Montverde. Transferred out of Wisconsin, for coaching and to play with the best. I believe that team was stacked that year.
Yeah it definitely was. Had JJJ and the kid who got Louisville in all sorts of trouble.
Looks like JJJ, Brian Bowen, Tyger Campbell.
Poole was #93
Livers #133
Burke #93
Hardaway #161
Stauskas #110
Levert #239
DJ Wilson #123
Franz and Mo - unranked internationals
Duncan - unranked
And if it’s going by the end of the year when he was on a NBA roster, Iggy was #40
THJ is in this pic so I’m sticking it here
Wow looks like most of the crew made the wedding party
Nik and THJ are repped by Josh’s dad, and I’m assuming Josh is the future of that agency
Josh is the current assistant GM of the Pistons. He could be headed down the path to being a future GM too (especially if these young pieces turn into something). Definitely has a bright future.
Totally forgot about that
Yeah, I believe he has been consistently rising with the Pistons and is a big part of what they are doing.
I wore a Michigan sweatshirt on a flight home from Vegas last September, and Bartlestein talked to me for a good 20 minutes pre-takeoff (we were aisle buddies that talked mostly about football - we beat UW, Oregon beat OSU).
I had no idea it was him until the baggage claim area when there was a driver with a sign for him. I regret not talking to him more about basketball. He’s clearly trending upwards and his reputation as a good dude was reaffirmed by a 20 minute conversation.
Plus, Beilein and J-Bart are with the Pistons.
Plus President Arn Tellum is a Michigan (law) grad.
Franz Wagner and Germany about to play France. No Mo though. He hurt his ankle and was ruled out of Euro Basket unfortunately.
Game is on ESPN+
Looks like the games are behind. They (FIBA? Germany) retired Dirk’s jersey
EDIT: Tipping off now