The Official Ante Zizic Cibona-ABA 2016/17 Season Highlight Thread

[Rick Robeys Return]

Tomek Kordylewski @Timi_093

.@ante_zizic didn't play in today's Cibona game in Basketball Champions League because of a knee bruise. Cibona lost by one point, 83-84.

4:00 PM - 1 Nov 2016

[The One]

Great news!

Ante has been named the MVP of the Month!

"Zizic has also become the league’s top rebounder (9.29 rebounds per game), second scorer (21 points per game) and third shot blocker (1.71 blocks per game) in October."

http://www.aba-liga.com/news.php?id=37217

And for your viewing pleasure...check out his greatest hits of October!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvNHLKF35Tc&feature=youtu.be

[trickybilly]

If a multi player trade goes down, can we bring him or yab over mid season?

[hwangjini_1]

If a multi player trade goes down, can we bring him or yab over mid season?

i believe neither has signed a contract with the celtics, so the celtics cannot simply decide to bring them over.

i also believe that they are both signed to contracts with other teams. would these teams and the nba allow yabusele and zizic out of their contracts and into the nba? would the celtics be willing to pay the cost even if they were allowed to do so? i dont know, but i see a number of hurdles.

[apc]

Cant wait for the Zizic-Zubac rivalry !

[Csfan1984]

Cant wait for the Zizic-Zubac rivalry !

Zizic-Embid

[The One]

Doesn't it seem like Ante is a perfect pairing with Horford?

Straight up energy, great rebounder, and good shot blocker.

I could see Horford feeding this kid all game long for dunk after dunk. 

[Yenohb]

Beastin..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3C8tA2bwlc

[colincb]

nm

[The One]

Beastin..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3C8tA2bwlc

Yes he is.  28 pts 7 rebs 2 stls

[rollie mass]

hope he is shooting 15-18ft and threes at practice--

[alldaboston]

As long as he can come in, rebound, and be physical for us, and not play like "finesse" Zeller, I'm fine.

[footey]

He should be able to average 15 ppg in the NBA by drawing contact and hitting free throws.

He runs just like Perk, jumps just like Perk (little lift), plays D like Perk, but has more moves around the hoop than Perk.

I wonder if Danny regrets not finding a space for him on this roster. He certainly would have gotten some minutes, and would be nice to get NBA development a year early so that he could really contribute next year.

[saltlover]

He should be able to average 15 ppg by drawing contact and hitting free throws.

He runs just like Perk, jumps just like Perk (little lift), plays D like Perk, but has more moves around the hoop than Perk.

I wonder if Danny regrets not finding a space for him on this roster. He certainly would have gotten some minutes, and would be nice to get NBA development a year early so that he could really contribute next year.

I don't think he regrets not finding space.  He kept the cap hold on the roster, so that he can be brought over at any time should the conditions warrant it.  The day Ainge feels regret is the day the Celtics writes Zizic' team a $650k check and calls the State Department for a visa.  Unless and until that happens, you can safely assume Ainge has no regrets about not bringing Zizic over this year.

[Roy H.]

As long as he can come in, rebound, and be physical for us, and not play like "finesse" Zeller, I'm fine.

From the little I've seen I'd like to see him finish better when there's contact. It's a relatively small criticism, but he won't always get foul calls in the NBA.