Forbes to the pros

theguru · Post by **theguru** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:39 am

he will play for the wizards summer league team....according tro the umassathletics page,

UmAstudent · Post by **UmAstudent** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:05 pm

Im excited because they play out in vegas and I can see any of his games that I want.

Ulan131 · Post by **Ulan131** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:33 pm

if a player plays for a teams summer league does that team have exclusive fights to him or can any team sign him?

UmAstudent · Post by **UmAstudent** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:17 am

Ulan131 wrote:if a player plays for a teams summer league does that team have exclusive fights to him or can any team sign him?

They have the rights for him... A good thing bout summer league also is many international scouts come to the games looking for players as well. So he has many reasons to play hard.

Used to be VOR · Post by **Used to be VOR** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:30 am

Actually I do not think the team a undrafted player plays for has any exclusive rights to the player unless he is signed to a contract before the summer league.

TC @ DC · Post by **TC @ DC** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:56 am

Just as an FYI, the Wizards have only two open spots on their roster that they are hoping to fill with Arenas and Jamison. Because of this, the wizards traded Walker's rights for cash immediately after the draft. It would be awesome if Forbes plays well during the summer league and someone picks him up.

umass21 · Post by **umass21** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 3:26 pm

The NBA notes in today's Herald had a short take on why the C's passed on CDR and the reason was his defense. If they were looking for a strong defender then it's no shock they didn't take Forbes seeing as how that was the biggest knock on him from the workouts.

econalum · Post by **econalum** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:09 pm

Too bad, but not a surprise. Consistent D was not a strength.

delkins · Post by **delkins** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:38 am

snippet from an article the other day in the San Antonio Express News...

One came last season against Massachusetts. Hill had struggled in the first half against Gary Forbes, a future Atlantic-10 Player of the Year and a player at the time rumored to be an NBA prospect.

“If you think you're a pro,” Hunter told Hill in the halftime locker room, “you have to be able to play with this guy.”

To that point, Hill had scored only four points. He finished with 30, leading his team to victory in the second half.

that game was brutal, but in retrospect not that bad...

Chizzle · Post by **Chizzle** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:00 pm

On a Houston Rockets message board they have a posting of the Summer League team and GForbes is on it..... interesting.

http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=820743

This blog talks about how GForbes is going to be on the Wizards and also talks about Stephane Lasme is going to play with the heat.

http://allhiphopsports.blogspot.com/200 ... ummer.html

kdogg8173 · Post by **kdogg8173** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:08 pm

Houston is a good team for him. They are thin in the backcourt, especially with big guards. They dont have a lot of roster spots "locked" down and they might also want to keep him around for the annual 20 games missed from TMac.

BishopMVP · Post by **BishopMVP** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:21 am

Houston and its GM Daryl Morey are renowned for taking a Moneyball-like stats based approach on a lot of their scouting. They also had unheralded players like Carl Landry play fantastic for them last year. It could be that some of Gary's stats like the 9reb/pg are helping him if he's on their radar. I'd also be interested if anywhere had adjusted +/- stats for college teams, I'm sure they do, and it could help narrow down the argument over whether Gary's .... aggressiveness shooting/driving at times helped or hurt the team overall.

basketball101 · Post by **basketball101** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:41 am

Article dated 7/3 talks about the Wizards summer team. Good Luck to Gary on making the team and showing some things in Vegas

Baltimore native and College of Charleston point guard Dontaye Draper, former Indiana standout A.J. Guyton, former Massachusetts and Virginia swingman Gary Forbes and Fairleigh Dickinson forward Mike Peeples also are expected to try out for the team. Other hopefuls include former Wake Forest forward Vytas Danelius from Lithuania, Winthrop forward Taj McCullough and Drexel center Frank Elegar.

http://www.washingtontimes.com

UmAstudent · Post by **UmAstudent** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:30 pm

Im going to see him take on the 76ers a little over a week from now here in vegas. Hopefully he puts on a show.

Ulan131 · Post by **Ulan131** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:34 am

With the celtics missing out on F cory maggette and likely will not see james posey return is it possible the could pick up a combo F/G in Forebes if he performes well in the Summer league?