Where in the world is/was

[valpotx]

He is a Czech legend.  Congrats!

[valpo84]

A few days ago, there was a discussion on Valpo's success in players having professional opportunities overseas.  As a benchmark, I received the December edition of WakeForest's athletic magazine and they have a page summarizing where their student-Athletes are continuing their professional careers across all sports. Wake is a small D1 school in a major conference so a good benchmark.  BTW Aaron, this would be a nice page on the website or in Mark's emails.  It's a nice way to see where players ended up.

For Basketball

6 NBA
1 G League
14 overseas

Valpo (current) (add if I missed some players)
1 NBA/GLeague (Peters)
1 G League (Wood)
9 Overseas (Vash, KVW, Jubril, Huff, Cory, Rowdy, Oppland, Hammink and Lavonte Dority)

[IndyValpo]

http://basketball.usbasket.com/team/NCAA/Valparaiso_University/758?Page=4

[VUSWIM08-12]

Lexus Williams on ESPNU as Boise plays at Fresno. Lexus playing well so far. Boise is a very solid team this year. Top 50 RPI.

[VU2014]

https://twitter.com/SunsNationNBA/status/951916355380498432

[vu72]

He is shooting WAY better in the G-League than at Valpo (his senior year)and, further out! 36.3 versus 41.2.

[valpo84]

Probably facing a lot less double and triple teams and other gimmicky D's.  Plus there's not a lot of D in G-League.

[talksalot]

He's on the Suns active roster... they are on ESPN tonight... game 2 vs. Houston

[VULB#62]

Probably facing a lot less double and triple teams and other gimmicky D's.  Plus there's not a lot of D in G-League.

I understand that when it was the D League they used to play defense,  but when they changed the name to the G League the D went away. 

BBTDS, I know you are gonna run with this one.  . Make us proud.

[VU2014]

A pretty cool poster. I didn't know that 1995-96 team played:
-Russian National Team (are College teams even aloud to play national teams these days?)
-Indiana AAU ( )
-NIT - Vanderbilt (ironically Bryce Drew played against the team he now coaches)
-Indiana-Wesleyan (a team that Greg Tonagel now is coaching)

https://twitter.com/chrisartis5/status/951848429528985600

[VUSWIM08-12]

Just watched Peters vs the Rockets. He got a decent amount of playing time at the end of the 3rd. Suns were down by 20ish when he was in. Chris Paul and Ryan Anderson took him to school a couple times, but he also played decent defense against Capella. 15 minutes, 5 points. 3 assists. I'd grade his defense as a C-,and maybe C+ or B- on the offensive end. Dove to the floor which turned into a lay-up for the suns. Also ran the floor well with a minute left and finished with a dunk. Not sure if he is agile enough for consistent playing time, but hopefully he continues to get opportunities because he'll figure it out eventually!

[valpotx]

I remember the fun exhibition games against really random teams! 

[valpopal]

For those who did not see Alec's game:


[tweet]952060166769336320[/tweet]

[bbtds]

Probably facing a lot less double and triple teams and other gimmicky D's.  Plus there's not a lot of D in G-League.

I understand that when it was the D League they used to play defense,  but when they changed the name to the G League the D went away. 

BBTDS, I know you are gonna run with this one.  . Make us proud.

Sorry, been on the road a lot and in this tough winter/January weather it has not been easy. Only got to watch a bit of that disappointing UNI game where VU was down by 20 the majority of the game on my phone. It has just been a very tough January for me.

[VULB#62]

 . Take your time. .

[VU2014]

https://twitter.com/PickandRollAU/status/952658935885987840
https://twitter.com/ChrisAnstey13/status/948751346265604096

[valpotx]

I truly hope that this next season is his year to get a true shot at the NBA!  How cool would it be to have 2 guys playing in the NBA at the same time?  Who knows, it could be 3 eventually, if BWood keeps it up, even though all of his profile information unfortunately indicates Michigan State.  Hammink has an outside shot at it with a few good seasons in Spain, as that dude has phenomenal athleticism.  If he can get a consistent shot, teams will give him a look.

[wh]

Ryan's "Rim-to-Rim Buzzerbeater"
Posted 11/27/17

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmAJh43pnsI

[valpo64]

Alec Peters was 1-4 , all 3-pointers, totaling 3 points last night vs. the Pacers

[agibson]

https://twitter.com/ChrisAnstey13/status/948751346265604096

Guessing based on
http://euroleagueadventures.com/top-50-salaries-in-the-euroleague/
that he could be making as much as a couple of million $$ playing for Kuban.

[agibson]

Alec Peters was 1-4 , all 3-pointers, totaling 3 points last night vs. the Pacers

In 16 minutes. Serious minutes two games in a row; impressive! They play again tonight at Portland, 9 PM Valpo time.

[talksalot]

Just looked at the roster for the Suns for tonights game...

Marquese Chriss  Inactive - Injury / Illness
Danuel House  Inactive - Injury / Illness
Brandon Knight  Inactive - Injury / Illness
T.J. Warren  Inactive - Injury / Illness
Alan Williams  Inactive - Injury / Illness


I can see why they still have him "called up"...

[agibson]

Alec Peters was 1-4 , all 3-pointers, totaling 3 points last night vs. the Pacers

In 16 minutes. Serious minutes two games in a row; impressive! They play again tonight at Portland, 9 PM Valpo time.

Alec didn't play for the Phoenix Suns Tuesday. They play again tonight. There was some fan chatter on Twitter Tuesday about his cheering from the bench, and about the experiment with him as the backup 4 was apparently over.

We'll see.

Apparently he's still up with the team. The NAZ Suns played last night. Just an eight man roster in the box score, with no mention of Alec.

[valpotx]

What were the fans saying about his cheering?

[agibson]

Alec Peters was 1-4 , all 3-pointers, totaling 3 points last night vs. the Pacers

In 16 minutes. Serious minutes two games in a row; impressive! They play again tonight at Portland, 9 PM Valpo time.

Alec didn't play for the Phoenix Suns Tuesday. They play again tonight. There was some fan chatter on Twitter Tuesday about his cheering from the bench, and about the experiment with him as the backup 4 was apparently over.

We'll see.

Apparently he's still up with the team. The NAZ Suns played last night. Just an eight man roster in the box score, with no mention of Alec.

Alec did not play with Phoenix Friday in Denver - not sure if he was on the bench.

He *did* play with the NAZ Suns on Saturday. Started - listed at center (?). 30 minutes. 5-11, 2-8 from 3, 12 points, 4 offensive rebounds (which may have helped with his 3-3 from inside the arc).

What were the fans saying about his cheering?

I'd have to dig up the tweet. I wasn't entirely sure. It seemed to be contrasting his energy _on_ the bench with the fact that he evidently wasn't going to be coming _off_ the bench much any more.