Jeff Adrien Going To Houston

[aceboon]

Adrian Wojnarowski
@WojYahooNBA
Free agent Jeff Adrien has reached a 1-year deal with Houston, league sources tell Yahoo.

 

[UChusky916]

Jeff Adrien will be a modern-day Kevin Ollie, only the PF version... an NBA journeyman going contract to contract who's intangibles and hard work will keep him in the league. Glad to see this is for a year, hope he has a chance to prove himself.

One of my all-time favorite UConn players.

 

[upstater]

Jeff Adrien will be a modern-day Kevin Ollie, only the PF version... an NBA journeyman going contract to contract who's intangibles and hard work will keep him in the league. Glad to see this is for a year, hope he has a chance to prove himself.

One of my all-time favorite UConn players.

Milwaukee loved him last year. They couldn't extend him a 1 year contract?

 

[huskiesnyc]

Good for him. Jeff is a prime example of what UConn basketball is all about.

 

[intlzncster]

Jeff will stick in the league for at least 8 years. It might be a succession of one year or 10day contracts, but he'll stick. He's got the stuff.

One of two guys I can remember whom JC referred to repeatedly as a "warrior". The other was Taliek. Describe those guys in one word, and JC answers "warrior" every time.

 

[CallMeBruce]

Jeff will stick in the league for at least 8 years. It might be a succession of one year or 10day contracts, but he'll. He's got the stuff.

One of two guys I can remember whom JC referred to repeatedly as a "warrior". The other was Taliek. Describe those guys in one word, and JC answers "warrior" every time.

I think that Adrien showed enough last year with the Bucks to get a real contract at some point. I think he could be an above-average regular for the next few years if he finds the right roster.

 

[intlzncster]

I think that Adrien showed enough last year with the Bucks to get a real contract at some point. I think he could be an above-average regular for the next few years if he finds the right roster.

That's often the trick isn't it? Opportunity.

 

[champs99and04]

With all due respect to KO, he was never as productive in the NBA as Jeff has been. He averaged 11 and 8 in only 25 minutes for the Bucks last season (18.4 PER). He's a good player and the Rockets were one of the first teams to give him a shot in the league. I get the feeling he'll play key minutes for them on the second unit.

 

[gruconn]

The previous coach liked him, but they have a new coach now in Jason Kidd who may not know much about him.

 

[jibsey]

wonder how much he got?

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Rooting for Houston to win it all

 

[joober jones]

I haven't followed Houston very closely, but he'll be an upgrade over Chuck Hayes.

 

[BoatShow]

I haven't followed Houston very closely, but he'll be an upgrade over Chuck Hayes.

Mike Hayes would be an upgrade over Chuck Hayes.

 

[Mike Honcho]

Jeff will stick in the league for at least 8 years. It might be a succession of one year or 10day contracts, but he'll stick. He's got the stuff.

One of two guys I can remember whom JC referred to repeatedly as a "warrior". The other was Taliek. Describe those guys in one word, and JC answers "warrior" every time.

He called Kevin Freeman a warrior on multiple occasions as well.

“I am thrilled to have Kevin join our staff here at UConn,” said Calhoun. “Kevin was one of the great warriors we have ever had play for us and is just the type of person that all of our current players should aspire to be like and be around.”

http://soxanddawgs.com/huskies/articles/former-husky-kevin-freeman-joins-uconn-basketball-staff.html

It's one of those compliments coaches love to hand out. When a coach calls someone a warrior, he's saying he would love to have that player on his team.

Sophomore forward Kevin Freeman has been called a warrior repeatedly by coach Jim Calhoun. Pittsburgh coach Ralph Willard dropped the praise on Freeman Saturday after the Huskies defeated the Panthers 92-67 at the Civic Center.

http://articles.courant.com/1998-02-15/sports/9802150235_1_warrior-kevin-freeman-jim-calhoun

 

[intlzncster]

He called Kevin Freeman a warrior on multiple occasions as well.


http://soxanddawgs.com/huskies/articles/former-husky-kevin-freeman-joins-uconn-basketball-staff.html



http://articles.courant.com/1998-02-15/sports/9802150235_1_warrior-kevin-freeman-jim-calhoun

Nice work.

I almost included him, but couldn't remember exactly. Too lazy to look it up.

 

[Karmacop]

wonder how much he got?

News reports say he's getting the veteran minimum:

http://sportzedge.com/2014/07/15/former-uconn-forward-jeff-adrien-signs-with-rockets/

For a four-year vet like him, that's $981,084:

http://basketball.realgm.com/nba/info/minimum_scale

 

[intlzncster]

He called Kevin Freeman a warrior on multiple occasions as well.


http://soxanddawgs.com/huskies/articles/former-husky-kevin-freeman-joins-uconn-basketball-staff.html



http://articles.courant.com/1998-02-15/sports/9802150235_1_warrior-kevin-freeman-jim-calhoun

Oh, and another thing...

That's still great company!

 

[sparky]

That's a great landing spot for him. Just having Jeff I an upgrade...great heart!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jibsey]

News reports say he's getting the veteran minimum:

http://sportzedge.com/2014/07/15/former-uconn-forward-jeff-adrien-signs-with-rockets/

For a four-year vet like him, that's $981,084:

http://basketball.realgm.com/nba/info/minimum_scale

That's great, really happy for him, plus once he continues what he did last year he could maybe get a contract for bigger bucks. He knows that this is his moment.

 

[CallMeBruce]

That's great, really happy for him, plus once he continues what he did last year he could maybe get a contract for bigger bucks. He knows that this is his moment.

His rate stats all season were superb, but he was a much better player off the bench than he was a starter. He was still solid as a starter, but his shooting efficiency and his defense were way down from earlier in the season. If he can avoid that, I don't see why he couldn't play 34mpg and be a 15/10 guy for the next few seasons.

 

[aceboon]

he was waived, I didn't watch any of their preseason games besides the one against the Heat but I'm shocked he got waived. Jeff played well early in the season for the Bobcats last year when they had injury issues and then put up nice numbers on a bad Bucks team, I'm kinda surprised Jeff didn't land in a situation where his spot was more secure than it was. I haven't bothered to look at numbers but did Tarik Black really outplay him in Hou, I thought dude was very underwhelming for Memphis and Kansas. In the one preseason game I saw he was playing Center minutes so maybe it was a position thing.

 

[aceboon]

From reading twitter I guess Black played well in the preseason and that earned him the spot. Oh well, Adrien will get snatched up by someone, I know there's the "looter in a riot" theory, but his numbers for Milwaukee gotta get him a spot somewhere.

 

[James]

From reading twitter I guess Black played well in the preseason and that earned him the spot. Oh well, Adrien will get snatched up by someone, I know there's the "looter in a riot" theory, but his numbers for Milwaukee gotta get him a spot somewhere.

he's better than alot of rotational bigs on a lot of teams, basketball twitter was buzzing last night when he got cut. Lets just hope he gets minutes wherever he goes, maybe even a contender.

 

[mauconnfan]

This happened because he worked out with The Rock this summer!

 

[Palatine]

If he find a home this year I think that gets him his NBA pension which requires three full years. After that the pension is determined by the number of months a player was in the league.

I got to believe he will find a spot somewhere at some point. He is really Ollie 2.0.