Where Are They Now, 2009; Part 7
January 8th, 2009
– Cedric Bozeman is playing for the Anaheim Arsenal in the D-League, where he averages 17.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists, where he plays the off-guard to Tierre Brown’s point. (Brown averages 14.4 points and 4.6 assists.) But the best Cedric Bozeman news of all is that he is 22-51 from behind the three-point line, for a 43% average. This isn’t exactly a massive sample size to be working off, and it does come from the man who shot 21% on three-pointers in Poland last season, but it may be a sign that Bozeman’s jump shot might not be too big of a weakness any more. With a decent jump shot, Bozeman has a chance to be vaguely interesting to NBA teams. His first go-around with the Atlanta Hawks wasn’t pretty, as he shot 28% in 23 games and had a 1:1 assist/turnover ratio. But teams love their tall point guards, and even though Bozeman isn’t playing full-time point guard right now, he could. Any evidence of his development as a scorer can only help his case.
– Michael Bradley opted not to play this season. And maybe never again. Here’s why.
– Shawn Bradley retired ages ago and, at last count, now works in a school.
– Torraye Braggs has played basically everywhere, and, until last week, was playing in Mexico with Pioneros de Quintana Roo-Cancun. Apparently he only plays on teams with awesome names, because before Pioneros de Quintana Roo-Cancun, Braggs was playing for a team in Jordan called, simply, “Orthodox”. Before that, he played in Iran for Petrochimi Imam Harbour. Before that, it was ASK Riga in Latvia (less awesome, but a suitably random country), and before that came Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan in Israel and the Qingdao Double Stars in China. If there’s a basketball league featuring teams with great names, and where the money isn’t too bad, Torraye Braggs will find it.
– J.R. Bremer is playing for Triumph in Russia (them of the Nenad Krstic thing), where he averages 12.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.8 assists. He also is now a Bosnian passport holder, something that he seemingly managed to obtain on the basis of the five games that he played for Bosna Sarajevo last season. Does that seem a bit odd to you? Yes, me too. But, crucially for Bremer, that passport makes it easier for him to be signed in Europe, as it allows him to be technically a European, thus facilitating his move into any league with a maximum number of Americans policy. And Bremer at least actually plays for the Bosnian national team.
– Last time we checked in with Jamison Rudy Van Brewer, he was out of basketball. Guess what? He still is.
– Primoz Brezec averages 9.9 points and 3.5 rebounds for Lottomatica Roma. More importantly, he has got rid of the curtains.
– I’ve already spoilt any suspense that you may have been looking for regarding the whereabouts of Tierre Brown. Sorry about that.
– P.J. Brown says he has retired. Again. Do you believe him? This time, yes I do.
– Kedrick Brown started this season with a brief stint in China, before returning to the D-League. Like basically everyone else in this post, Brown plays for the Arsenal, where he averages 9.6 points and 4.8 rebounds in only five games.
– Damone Brown is back in the D-League, still trying to make the NBA once again. Playing for a poor Reno Bighorns team, Brown averages 16.6 points, 8.0 rebounds, and a rather high 4.3 fouls per game.
– Finally, Denham Brown started this season by not showing up for Canada’s training camp, before joining Dakota in the D-League. Brown was then waived in December due to injury. No, Toronto Raptors fans, you are not about to sign him.
