Height: 5′7″ (1.52 m)
Weight: 157 lbs. (71.2 kg)
Hometown: Madison, New Hampshire (USA)
Contact: Slam@EuroleagueAdventures.com
New Hampshire legend has it that Slam was born into this world with his hands up and his feet set, ready to shoot. Only seconds old, Slam looked at his parents and shouted his first words with urgency: “Pass me the rock!” Slam was born two months premature with a twin brother, and he explains this phenomenon very matter of factly: “The shot clock was running down and there was no time to waste.” And about his twin? “I needed somebody to set me a pick so I could get a shot off.” Since then, he has used his killer instinct to critique every pass, shot, steal or block that comes his way. He speaks with conviction and writes with such fervor that he frequently forgets to punctuate. He sometimes uses his distinct, high-pitched laughter to mask the mispronunciations of difficult Eastern European names. Players like Novica Velickovic and Sarunas Jasikevicius can sometimes be his tongue’s nemesis, but he has shown the type of work ethic necessary to overcome long strings of consonants.
Slam
- Chemistry is an Art for Madrid
- Madrid vs. Barcelona in Copa Del Rey Final
- 2011 Final Four to be held in Turin, Italy
- When the Winter Olympics come to the Euroleague
- Study Abroad: University of Michigan
- Week 3 Preview: Go Up and Grab a Win
- My First Taste(s) of Palacio Vistalegre
- Fantasy Stock Market
- 2010 New Year's Eurolutions
- Is Marko Jaric the Difference Maker?
- Study Abroad Opening Edition: University of Kansas
- Come Get Your EuroCup Update
- What We've Learned with Professor Slam
- Freaknick in SLAM: NBA Players that should be in Europe
- Everyone can learn something from Theo Papaloukas
- Slam's Diary From Cavaliers vs. Olympiacos Game
- Euroleague Qualifying Round: Over Already?
- Qualifying Round Death Match
- Hello there, Euroleague. Nice to see you again.
- I Survived EuroBasket 2009
- How Spain Turned Their Swag On
- Out For Blood: EuroBasket 2009
- Say Nimrod Tishman five times fast
- Get Ready for EuroBasket 2009: Video Special
- It's a Turkish Thing. You Wouldn't Understand.
- Houston Enters the European Exchange
- Linas Kleiza Decides to Go Back to Europe and Signs With Olympiacos
- Jamont Gordon and Antonio Graves Go Sightseeing in Zagreb
- Israel: I Believe, You Believe, We Believe!
- For EWE Baskets Oldenburg the best things come in threes, including Americans
- The French try and look Forward not Back
- The Casey Jacobsen Hypothesis
- A little less talk and a lot more action: Euroleague vs. NBA
- Latavious Williams says no to Memphis and looks to China and Europe
- What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas...until I feel like blogging about it
- Back to the NBA, Back to the NBA, Ersan Ilyasova is Going Back to the NBA!
- Vegas Summer League Update (Euro Style)
- Where in the World will Ricky Rubio be Playing?
- Group D is The Place to be
- The Wild, Wild, Group C
- In Group B It's Boom or Bust
- The Draw is Upon us as Group A Looks to Be A One Horse Race
- Orlando Summer League: European Preview
- A Letter to Drafted or soon to be Drafted Young Euroleaguers
- Free Agent Frenzy
- Slam's Draft Diary Part 4 (2nd Round)
- Slam's Draft Diary Part 3 (The Euro's Get Picked)
- Slam's NBA Draft Diary Part 2 (1st Round)
- Slam's Draft Diary: Part 1 (The Lottery)
Nice post. euroleagueadvenjtures.com is the shit.
[Translate]
Well, he did shoot 10/16 overall from the field (along with 8/10 at the line) and they kept it within 3 against Olympiacos. I’d call that success, but different schools of though of course. Thanks for your comment though. Hope it’s not your last.
[Translate]
Gordon 32 points were wasted because he played to selfish and forgot what PG should actualy do
[Translate]
May 2011 will be a good month!
[Translate]
“But even if they held the F4 in a toxic wasteland, I’d grab a gas mask and and my Mac and be on my way.*
*Just to be clear, I am not comparing Torino to a toxic wasteland. From what I’ve seen and heard, it’s astonishingly beautiful.”
That’s a blast! How are you doing with the Olympics? See you soon!
Luca
[Translate]
Hey Sam. Muy bueno. Donde esta la playa. Freaknick Sr.
[Translate]
Baltic leagu is nothing for Zalgiris, 12-2 means nothing good, its just how it is supposed to be (or better).
Zalgiris lost 2 games to ventspils and perlas (who are junior team of BC Lietuvos and should be banned from LKL – its against rules) – these were completeley unacceptable. Also Zalgiris almost lost to nevezis and sakalai.
The game was a disaster.
As for top 16 – cibona at home was clear win with butautas or not and fenerbachche, as it is said in Lithuania its because of the good vibe (you know when you change coach first few games are always good). Not much of butautas help.
Just some clarifications
[Translate]
Thanks both of you for your thoughts. I’ve read certain comments from Romanov on http://www.LithuaniaBasketball.com saying that “It’s not his job to win games” but to advance the club. And firing two coaches in one season does that? And Rob, I agree with your assessment that the youngsters have been getting plenty of burn. Delas has taken on a huge role and he’s only been with the club for 3 weeks. Also, all of the names I listed above are taking on roles usually reserved for more seasoned veterans. We’ll keep monitoring this situation. Down early in Malaga too…
[Translate]
At this point,pretty much everyone is confused as to what the hell is going on with Zalgiris.I’ve tried looking at this situation from many different angles and the firing of coach Butautas still doesnt make any sense to me.Zalgiris had a few very tough games in the domestic league,almost losing to Sakalai and Nevezis and then suffered a shocking loss to Perlas team which consists of 18-19 year olds mainly.But come on,you cant fire someone over that,right? With the brutal schedule we got this year its perfectly understandable why the team sometimes underperforms.Playing in 4 leagues was never a good idea,most players cant handle the physical toll.Coach Butautas did a lot of good things for this team,its mind boggling why club owner let him go,how will this improve the team? All the basketball experts in the Lithuania are saying this was a bad decision.We havent heard the official statement from Coach Butautas yet but it sure will be very interesting to see what he has to say.
Club owner Romanov said in an interview that he fired most of management staff,not only Butautas for not giving young players enough playing time…If we look at box scores from the games this year though its clear they played plenty,assistant coach Maskoliunas said the same thing.
Romanov wants to make business,develop young talents then sell them to european powerhouses,however,at the same time he also says he wants to win all the domestic championships.Not very realistic imo,the young guns on this team arent ready to do this by themselves yet.
I gotta go watch the game now but if i got time ill come back later and elaborate on this subject a bit.Got a feeling its not gonna be a pretty game in Malaga tonight..
[Translate]
Hi there! I’m from Lithuania, Kaunas, and believe me.. I HAVE NO IDEA why Butautas was fired!! Yes they lost to youngster team (Perlas) at LKL, but that doesn’t mean you must fire the head coach.. Everybody here is in a shock! Even SABAS said to Lithuania media that he is in shock!!! Damn it that’s not cool.. After few hours we have a Euroleague game, but.. But we’re playing Unicaja away, everybody knows, that Žalgiris plays very badly away.. Every player is in shock.. I believe my team and I hope we’ll win.. I hope..
[Translate]
really good insight on the euroleague. thanks man
[Translate]
I won’t feign impartiality. Partizan.
)))))))
[Translate]
The best fans in the World!!!!! A.M.A.Z.I.N.G
Go Partizan . . .
[Translate]