May 12, 2010
- Omar Thomas
Former UTEP and Sonics forward Omar Thomas is in the Italian second division with Enel Brindisi. He is averaging 18.3 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game. Earlier this week, Thomas was named as the unanimous Lega Due MVP. His return to Serie A looks inevitable, and it'll probably be with Brindisi, who he led to the Lega Due championship.
April 24, 2010
- Tre Simmons
Simmons has spent the whole season with Hapoel Jerusalem. He has averaged 13.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game in the Israeli league, alongside a basically identical 13.6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game in the Eurocup. Hapoel were knocked out of the Eurocup at the quarter final stages, and are currently only 5th in the Israeli league. By all accounts, their Israeli head coach (with the least Israeli name ever) Guy Goodes is going to be fired this offseason, blamed for the losses because of his refusal to use his depth adequately. It probably didn't help anyone that Simmons' main backup at shooting guard has been the 5'8 Pooh Jeter.