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Shawn Kemp is back
« on: July 30, 2008, 01:12:04 AM »

Offline ederson

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From an italian site
http://sport.alice.it/basket/montegranaro-sogna-in-arrivo-shawn-kemp.html

It says that Montegranaro (first division team) is about to sign Kemp who (as the article say) is in top form.
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Re: Shawn Kemp is back
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2008, 02:06:00 AM »

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He reportedly worked Spencer Hawes over in a charity game earlier this summer. It was in Seattle, from the video, he had a few nice blocks getting up around the rim. But he's lost a lot of elevation (no longer an above the rim player), you could see how hard he was working to get good shot attempts up around the rim. He couldn't just power it down like he used to. Showed good intelligence and timing though.
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« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2008, 10:28:41 AM »

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The women of Italy must be forewarned.  In 20 years we're gonna get hit with an influx of half-Italian rim rockers with weight problems.  Chad Ford's head will explode.
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« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2008, 10:54:37 AM »

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Quote from: ChampKind on July 30, 2008, 10:28:41 AM
The women of Italy must be forewarned.  In 20 years we're gonna get hit with an influx of half-Italian rim rockers with weight problems.  Chad Ford's head will explode.

Time to invest into Trojan stocks.
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Re: Shawn Kemp is back
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2008, 11:04:52 AM »

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Quote from: ChampKind on July 30, 2008, 10:28:41 AM
The women of Italy must be forewarned.  In 20 years we're gonna get hit with an influx of half-Italian rim rockers with weight problems.  Chad Ford's head will explode.

Italian women and pasta is an explosive combination for Kemp.

Montegranaro is a nice story. In proportion, they are like the Green Bay Packers of italian baskebtall (without the titles). A very small village - a 10.000 population - where everybody loves baketball. Often they have more people in the stands than Milano or Roma clubs.
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Re: Shawn Kemp is back
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2008, 11:26:46 AM »

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Good for Kemp. He's had his issues, of course, but he's worked hard to get back into shape and he's willing to go overseas for it. Hope he does well.
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« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2008, 03:07:39 AM »

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he's worked hard to get back into shape and he's willing to go overseas

It seems that neither has happened.
He is more out off shape than in and travels to US frequently. As you can imagine the club is not happy and 99% Kemp won`t stay in Italy.

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Re: Shawn Kemp is back
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2008, 04:19:33 AM »

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I think he was playing for Seattle in 3ba.

I had no idea what 3ba before I read about Kemp playing in it, so I assume it's a pretty new league. If I'm not the only one who didn't know about it, I think it's a bit like the And1 MixTape Tour, except with a few different teams from differenct cities. It's 3 on 3 basketball full court (smaller court-and proper rules I think) professional game.
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« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2008, 08:25:28 AM »

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I'd like to see a picture of this guy to see what kind of shape he's in... anything out there?
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« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2008, 08:42:23 AM »

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I like to remember Kemp
like this:



But I'll probably think
back and remember him
like this (because of all the kids):

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« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2008, 08:46:46 AM »

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Quote from: Jsaad on September 25, 2008, 08:25:28 AM
I'd like to see a picture of this guy to see what kind of shape he's in... anything out there?

Yea got a picture of him playing in the 3ba:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sonics/2008133344_3ba23.html

And it says he's slimmed down to 262lbs.
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« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2008, 09:02:16 AM »

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Quote from: kw10 on September 25, 2008, 08:46:46 AM
Quote from: Jsaad on September 25, 2008, 08:25:28 AM
I'd like to see a picture of this guy to see what kind of shape he's in... anything out there?

Yea got a picture of him playing in the 3ba:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sonics/2008133344_3ba23.html

And it says he's slimmed down to 262lbs.

Thanks KW,
He doesn't look too bad but he's got to be at least 36 now...
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« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2008, 09:04:11 AM »

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« Reply #13 on: September 25, 2008, 09:12:50 AM »

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAgjjGkrmHY


Here`s a video of him in italy but he is not in the court
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« Reply #14 on: September 26, 2008, 11:41:18 PM »

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Always nice to look at some old Reighnman highlights.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKz8ACUAApQ
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