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Next game is Sunday 1/31. Really hope Ryan explodes. Watching him in the D-League I thought he had a chance. Nice mid range jumper, fast break, great passing. He worked hard on his game but the one thing he couldn't work on was his size.
 
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Bezzz said:
Next game is Sunday 1/31. Really hope Ryan explodes. Watching him in the D-League I thought he had a chance. Nice mid range jumper, fast break, great passing. He worked hard on his game but the one thing he couldn't work on was his size.
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They televise those D-league games?
 
nomar said:
This is all true but IMO, Boatright's PG skills >>>>>>>> Nate's.

Nate couldn't bring the ball across half-court if someone was guarding him. Boat's got his limitations, but ball-handling isn't one of them. If Nate wasn't hitting his shots, he was pretty terrible.
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Just different body types and different players, that was my point. I didn't see the Nate comparison being that accurate just because they're the same height. I think Boat can play in the league at some point and would be thrilled if he could have a 10 year career like Nate did.
 
Bezzz said:
Yup. Every game is live streamed on Youtube. Throw it to my TV with Amazon fire. Next up is Deandre Daniels on Friday with the Raptors 905.
D League TV
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That is pretty fantastic information, thanks for this!
 
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Wait, Eurobasket internet info is unreliable? Whodda thunk.

Nice job TCF.
 
David 76 said:
Can we get these announcers? They sound great. I don't care if I don't know what they are saying.
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Foreign announcers are so superior to American ones its absurd. Have you heard the Germans or South Americans do NFL? It's awesome. English or Latin soccer announcers? Amazing.

I don't know how our guys get selected, but it's frankly the result is woeful. Joe Buck? Twit. Troy Aikman? Door knob. Phil Simms? Probably has CTE. Mike Patrick? Worst. etc, etc, etc.

We have to cringe through broadcasts, while foreigners get to soar with the eagles. It's a national travesty.
 
So I found a pretty nice worry-free live stream of the game and watched about 3/4 of it. Ryan had around 17 pts, couldn't tell because it's all in Italian and the graphics suck. He hit a couple beautiful shots --a 3 ball late in the 4th where he ran the base line caught a pass in the corner and sank a deep 3. His team which is not very good at 5-12 won by 27 against an equally bad team. The level of play looks like a couple notches below the D-League.

The home arena is small, seats maybe 2-3 thousand, but it was packed and the fans love their team. Lots of loud cheering, banner waving and the crowd stayed at the end of the game to cheer madly. Also, the cameraman loved Boatright and focused on him during all the action breaks. I think they're all curious about this little guy who won the National Championship. He could be a star on the island of Sicily.
 
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I just think this is noteworthy as I'm pulling for the kid. Boat had 31 pts today as his team won 82-81. I watched the entire game until about 1:30 left when the game was tied and the video feed ended...grrr.:mad: Don't know if Boat hit a game winner or what.

Anywho, he was the best player on the floor, not even close. Got his shot off whenever he wanted, 7 for 11 from 2, 5 for 7 from 3. Scored everywhere from lay-up to deep three ball. Fun to watch.
Box score
Youtube replay game starts around the 34 minute mark.
 
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David 76 said:
Can we get these announcers? They sound great. I don't care if I don't know what they are saying.
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upstater said:
"Over to the wing, he looks for a pass, goes up for a shot. Not an easy one. Welcome Ryan Boatright!"
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Hahaha - nice guess!

Seriously? We don't have any native Italian speakers in on this board???

This is based on my untrained Italian from having spent 3 years in Rome 30 years ago...

molto molto mentalita si cosi si puo dire...
Very mental, if it can be said that way...
...veramente a prima parte per lui non e facile encuadrarlo cui...
...truly, to begin with, it is not easy for him to frame it [or maybe 'to corner him'] which...
...fai folletto.
do elf/leprechaun (boh!)
...se presente cosi.
...if any such thing. (?)
[RB makes the shot]
benvenuto boatright!
Welcome Boatright!
benvenuto! benvenuto!
Welcome! Welcome!

The announcer was probably talking about something else during the game leading up to the shot by Boatright. Anyway it definitely wasn't simple calling of the plays.
 
mdkhusky said:
does anyone know his salary over there
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I wish they were still on the Lira
I hope their paying him in Euro's the Dollar doesn't go far in Italy.
Maybe in Sicily it's better but Rome north the COL is worse than CT.
 
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