OMER ASIK RUMORS & GOSSIP
Scal compares Pittsburgh C Steven Adams to Omer Asik, says Celtics are "best fit" for him
Brian Scalabrine is a bit of a renaissance man. He played 11 years in the NBA, had a coaching offer from Chicago, took CSNNE by storm last season as a commentator, and now he's taken on another role.
NBA draft scout.
Well, kind of.
According to Mark Murphy of the Boston Herald, Scal has been working out with a group of big men getting ready for the draft in Los Angeles,...
Kevin Durant dunks on Omer Asik
With Russell Westbrook out for the rest of the playoffs, it was time for Kevin Durant to take over even more and that he did. Durant scored 41 points and brought down 14 rebounds.
Two of those points came on a monster dunk from Durant. Durant drove right down the lane and dunked it on Houston center Omer Asik. Check it out below.
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Kevin Durant Posterizes Omer Asik (Video)
Oklahoma City forward Kevin Durant has quietly become one of the more explosive dunkers in the the NBA today. So when Durant drove the lane against the Houston Rockets and took flight towards the rim, what happened next shouldn’t be that surprising.
Watch below as Durant made Houston center Omer Asik the newest victim to be put on a poster. Thanks to Beyond the Buzzer for the footage.
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Kevin Durant throws down on Omer Asik
Playing some point-forward in his first game without Russell Westbrook, sidelined with a knee injury, Kevin Durant goes coast-to-coast in the first quarter Saturday night and gets up way high for the dunk over Omer Asik:
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Rockets center scores on his own basket
Houston Rockets center Omer Asik is in his third year after coming to the States from Turkey. It hasn’t taken long for him to recognize that ’tis the season for giving. Asik was kind enough to give to those less fortunate Tuesday night during as the Rockets played the Toronto Raptors. Asik went up for a rebound under his own basket and instead of actually securing it, he...
Asik comes with high praise, limited action
HOUSTON With all due respect to Rockets general manager Daryl Morey and vice president of basketball operations Sam Hinkie, the time had come for an actual professional basketball player to offer analysis on the reputed defensive and rebounding skills of center Omer Asik.
With Morey across the pond attending the London Olympics, the task fell to Hinkie on Thursday to gush over...
Via Fox Sports Houston
July 26, 2012
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Morey's scouting to be tested with Asik
HOUSTON Though not quite a laundry list of names, the Rockets have developed enough unrenowned point guards into solid starters that the scouting and analysis skills of their front office personnel are confirmed.
And now for his next trick, Rockets general manager Daryl Morey will attempt to add 7-foot center Omer Asik to the ledger including Aaron Brooks, Kyle Lowry and Goran...
Via Fox Sports Houston
July 24, 2012
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BREAKING: Bulls Will Match Asik's Offer Sheet From Rockets
According to Rant Sports blogger, Riley Schmitt, the Chicago Bulls will match the offer sheet signed by Omer Asik from the Houston Rockets.This means that the Bulls will retain Asik, therefore he is going nowhere.The Bulls will tag-on Asik's new backloaded 3-year $24.3 million dollar contract.With the removals of C.J. Watson and Ronnie Brewer (and most likely soon-to-be Kyle...
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July 11, 2012
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Asik deal confirms offseason flop for Morey
One time I was going to the airport at lunchtime, and I kept looking for somewhere to stop for grub, but I was in a hurry, so it had to be right there off the highway and convenient or I drove past it, because I did not have time to waste. So I drove and drove, past everything, and before I knew it I was in the terminal, paying 7 for a soggy turkey sandwich on stale bread.
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Via Fox Sports Houston
July 03, 2012
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Asik Offer Modified By Rockets
Yesterday we reported to you that Omer Asik received a 4 year $32 million dollar deal from the Houston Rockets. GM Darryl Morey was tweeting about his meeting with the center. Morey reached out to the Houston faithful asking them to tweet about Omer and urge him to bolt for the team in red and white using the hashtag #asik2houston.Today, however, Houston officials indicated sources...
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July 02, 2012
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