Amida Brimah Signs Two Way Deal

[Hankster]

Awesome news! Pacers starting center Myles Turner is likely out for the rest of the year so the team needed depth at that position. Could get real minutes for sure.

Amida deserves it. This is great news!!

 

[dennismenace]

Flat fee not a range. $449,000.

That's worth sticking around for.

 

[navery12]

Flat fee not a range. $449,000.

It'll get prorated for the time he's on the roster, but should still end up being around $100K for a month of basketball so a nice payday for him

 

[UofCT]

He got in!

 

[awfuldan]

Tuned in to catch a nice block from Brimah in garbage time. Couple missteps as well, but really great to see one of our alums make his NBA debut. Dude worked really hard to get here. Happy for him!

 

[Storrs South]

 

[UofCT]

So happy for him. He just accomplished something 99.9% of basketball players can’t do. Hopefully he gets a few more chances to earn a longer nba contract

 

[HooperScooper]

“I’m extremely proud and excited for him. He was probably one of the top two or three hardest workers I’ve ever coached in my life, so I’m not surprised at all that he’s gotten to where he’s gotten to,” said Juan Hernandez, Brimah’s coach at Archbishop Coleman Carroll High in Miami. “I think it obviously took him a little bit longer than he thought and than everyone else thought, but now that he’s there I think he’s going to make the best of the opportunity. He’s a tremendous kid and I wish him nothing but the best.”

“He’s definitely the most driven player that I’ve ever coached as far as his goals and his focus,” said Hernandez. “When he came over here from Africa, he only had one thing on his mind. He was going to reach his goals, one way or the other, whether it took five years or 10 years. He’s extremely, extremely driven, so this doesn’t surprise me one bit. At no point would I ever think that he would give up the game or anything like that just because it was taking long.”

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UConn’s Amida Brimah makes NBA debut with Pacers

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[rollskies]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

Had a nice dunk just now too. Happy for him

 

[rollskies]

Had a nice dunk just now too. Happy for him

Love to see it

 

[UofCT]

Finished with 6 points, 3 boards and 2 blocks. Keep it up AB!

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Love to see it

We've seen that play a few other times over the years! Great stuff.

 

[auror]

That was a great pick and great hard roll!

 

[DoctorWho85]

He looks like he's put on some muscle. If consistently gets a few points, rebounds and blocks per game, I think he sticks for awhile. I'm rooting for him.

 

[rollskies]

Brimah 7/4/1 with 2 blocks in 12 minutes. Couldn’t be more happy to see him getting his opportunity.

He as always struck me as someone of very high character and always humble:

 

[rollskies]

Here’s another short interview I saw from him. I think he’s one of the first (if not the first) NBA players born in Ghana

 

[AZHuskiePop]

He was as hard a working Big as we ever had a great kid who always .
seemed to love what he was doing. Very athletic but limited basketball background. He was very raw when he came here the proverbial diamond in the rough.
Coming from not even being rated to winning a NC, to the NBA is a great story.
He had weaknesses which he had apparently improved on.
but I could never understand the nay sayers saying he will never play in the NBA . Like hard working ,athletic , shot blocking 6’11 guys are a dime a dozen . Strength and less than great hands due to limited BB experience are areas you can improve on with work and practice and the guy is a worker.
I hope he sticks he deserves it.

 

[formerlurker]

Is there anything better than seeing someone genuinely smile ear to ear and it making you feel a lot happier inside too?

 

[WrenchFan69]

Here’s another short interview I saw from him. I think he’s one of the first (if not the first) NBA players born in Ghana

Think Ben Bentil was the first

 

[awfuldan]

Pacers box score from yesterday is madness lol. Beat the Thunder 152 - 95, biggest road win in NBA history. They were up 70 at one point and Sabonis had 20-10-10 at the half.

Glad Brimah got some more burn!

 

[6xChamps]

Think Ben Bentil was the first

Yea Amida was first to score in an NBA game. Bentil played but never scored.