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7/12/2007 9:28:55 AM

i was wondering why his playing time went down but I guess, like the article says, he played his way into an invite.

"With three games left in Salt Lake City, guards Julius Hodge and Heath, along with power forward Kenny Adeleke, seemed to have played well enough to earn an invite to Seattle’s training camp this fall. "

http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/story/110902.html

7/16/2007 10:28:17 PM

Wow, talk about a career going down the shitter. From 1st round pick to having to "earn" an invite to training camp.

7/17/2007 1:25:26 AM

he needs to either:

1) beef up and get stronger
and/or
2) develope a jump shot

if he wants to have any kind of career in the nba

7/17/2007 1:35:51 AM

he shouldve never been a 1st round pick

7/17/2007 1:42:30 AM

^^^getting shot on the freeway in your car multiple times is a lot more gully than wrecking your bike in a parking lot

^perhaps, but he was acc player of the year...based on summer league numbers it looks like he still has a chance at a deep bench player on somebody's roster

[Edited on July 17, 2007 at 1:43 AM. Reason : .]

7/17/2007 1:42:51 AM

^^
I'm not convinced he wasn't worthy of a first round pick, he has just had bad luck by:

1) being drafted by Denver, a team loaded with SGs and a coach not interested in developing him

2) a bizarre, random shooting incident

7/17/2007 6:15:17 AM

Also, by that point in the first round teams are taking risks on any of the players left.

7/17/2007 6:35:41 AM

On August 10, 2007 he has signed with an Italian Serie A team Cimberio Varese. (via Wikipedia)

http://www.pallacanestrovarese.it/

8/13/2007 10:36:31 AM

shitty translation of that story (i mean shitty)

Quote :

"Basket ball Cimberio Varese communicates to have reached an agreement with the gambler Julius Hodge for the next competitive season. Hodge, before choice of of the Denver Nuggets in the draft 2005 dell' NBA (n° 20 absolute), is an all-around that does dell' aggressiveness in its penetration arm better, united to a' excellent inclination to the rebound. Charisma and leadership allowed to reach him for four consecutive years the the final NCAA with the record assoulto of minutes played in four years to North Separate Carolina, where is also the third marcatore of all of the times. To Varese will find Marcus Melvin, its companion to the times dell' University. "

8/13/2007 10:40:12 AM

lol

Quote :

"the gambler Julius Hodge "

8/13/2007 10:43:33 AM

Quote :

"North Separate Carolina"

hehehhe

8/13/2007 11:18:16 AM

Quote :

"the third marcatore of all of the times."

sounds so epic!

8/13/2007 11:24:14 AM

remember when hodge got the assault record in the final NCAA?

8/13/2007 11:41:19 AM

aw man, i thought he got an invite to camp with the sonics... oh well, good luck in Europe w/Melvin.

8/13/2007 2:29:01 PM

Quote :

"the third marcatore of all of the times"

haha i thought so too.


Lord Julius Hodge, The Gambler..the third marcatore of all the times!

8/13/2007 4:37:34 PM

http://www.freetranslation.com fth*

*the h stands for humor

8/13/2007 4:38:46 PM

Quote :

"aggressiveness in its penetration arm"

hah

8/13/2007 6:10:23 PM

I had to read that previous clip twice to figure out what the hell taht guy was talking about "North Separate Carolina"...I had to think WTF? But it's some European guy sports writing so I shouldnt be surprised...

8/14/2007 1:08:55 PM

wolfood, you are so damn bright

8/14/2007 1:37:11 PM

Oh well, hopefully he will keep getting better and make it back to the L sometime soon.

Good Luck Julius.

8/14/2007 7:14:28 PM

speaking of marcus melvin...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MzdwB5HZZTw

8/14/2007 10:20:13 PM

un tiro impossibile!

8/14/2007 11:11:33 PM

That's a high school gym. Also, fuck europeans

8/14/2007 11:23:35 PM

good lord soccer throw-in style? what the hell

8/14/2007 11:27:30 PM

You can actually get pretty good power and control with that. Better control than the one-armed heave.

8/15/2007 12:00:26 AM

i guess, but why not just do the old nba jam stretch your body diagonally and shoot it style from full court?

8/15/2007 12:12:53 AM

bttt

11/7/2007 10:56:21 PM

why

11/7/2007 11:27:12 PM

cuz when he wins Comeback Player of the Year, we'll need this thread to be active

that's why

11/7/2007 11:33:22 PM

he's not even in the d-league now. . . is he overseas or something?

11/8/2007 12:02:26 AM

yeah in italy

check out this play

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ymw7xGP0-Ek

[Edited on November 8, 2007 at 12:04 AM. Reason : .]

[Edited on November 8, 2007 at 12:24 AM. Reason : \/ IF YOU EVER MENTION DUMB LUCK IN REFERENCE TO JULIUS HODGE AGAIN, I WILL BEAT YOUR ASS]

11/8/2007 12:02:47 AM

looks more like dumb luck than a play

11/8/2007 12:06:43 AM

haha nice 3 steps jules

11/8/2007 12:06:48 AM

he looked pretty fast there, but his vertical was 1 inch

11/8/2007 12:08:15 AM

FIRE HERB

11/8/2007 12:16:57 AM

haha he pulled those kinds of shitty plays all the time here... but he always made them work... except the one time he bricked it off the bottom side of the backboard going in for a game winning basket (I forgot who it was against).

FIRE HERB

11/8/2007 11:18:46 AM

^^^^ it was a jump stop

11/8/2007 1:53:00 PM

^thats a joke right? cause i'm fully aware what a jump stop is and i don't know how anyone could construe that as a jump stop

11/8/2007 3:39:36 PM

it's a jump, roll, and travel stop.

11/8/2007 3:58:58 PM

going to play for a team in Australia now

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,22940195-5006371,00.html

12/17/2007 9:37:21 PM

yuck, sad

12/17/2007 9:38:51 PM

Quote :

"That took the 36ers from Pace to Hodge, 24 and a 200cm off-guard small forward who made his name at North Carolina"

12/17/2007 9:43:18 PM

sigh... the anti-State media bias has spread to Australia!!!

12/17/2007 9:43:57 PM

^^ fucking europeans australians



[Edited on December 17, 2007 at 9:47 PM. Reason : eh, same thing]

12/17/2007 9:47:06 PM

Josh Pace... did he play for Syracuse?

12/17/2007 9:49:04 PM

yup...but he was no preston shumpert

12/18/2007 2:04:23 AM

Quote :

"I had to read that previous clip twice to figure out what the hell taht guy was talking about "North Separate Carolina"...I had to think WTF? But it's some European guy sports writing so I shouldnt be surprised..."

a quote for the ages

12/18/2007 9:02:52 AM

Hodge had a great game over the weekend

39 points on 15/24 shooting, 1/2 3s, 8/15 FTs, 10 boards, 5 assists, 3 steals and 4 turnovers.

He was runner up for Player of the week last week

1/28/2008 10:31:41 AM

Quote :

"39 points on 15/24 shooting, 1/2 3s, 8/15 FTs, 10 boards, 5 assists, 3 steals and 4 turnovers."

damn, that's a pretty good line (except for 8/15 FTs )

1/28/2008 10:33:28 AM