Yan Madar to play in the Summer league.

https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2021/07/yam-madar-expected-to-play-for-celtics-summer-league-team-in-las-vegas-report.html

EXCELLENT!!!

I've been watching his highlight films all year.  I cannot wait to see how he competes at this level of competition.

Thanks, International.


Bob


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bobheckler wrote:EXCELLENT!!!

I've been watching his highlight films all year.  I cannot wait to see how he competes at this level of competition.

Thanks, International.


Bob


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+1

That is good news.  I did expect that he would participate.  Our summer league team should be very interesting.

Let's hope he's up to snuff, we certainly could use him if he is. Can't wait for summer league play.

Berlin-T

Berlin-T wrote:Let's hope he's up to snuff, we certainly could use him if he is. Can't wait for summer league play.

Berlin-T

+1

But I am holding my hopes in check. 47th picks from Europe are not known for making an impact... or even being able to stay in the league for more than a couple of years. I guess this is true for 47th picks in general

I've been posting Yam Madar's game highlight films throughout this past year.  If you didn't watch them, here's a primer.





Bob


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Vankisa wrote:

Berlin-T wrote:Let's hope he's up to snuff, we certainly could use him if he is. Can't wait for summer league play.

Berlin-T

+1

But I am holding my hopes in check. 47th picks from Europe are not known for making an impact... or even being able to stay in the league for more than a couple of years. I guess this is true for 47th picks in general

                                                                 Holding hopes in check is always a good idea,but there is always the occasional gem. Curiosity got me looking, and I compiled, for whatever it is worth, the following list of international players who  were chosen 40th or later :Drazen Petrovic -60th, 1986, Sarunic Marciolunis-127th,1987, Dino Radja -40TH, 1989, Manu Ginobli-57th,1999, Luis Scola-56th,2002, Marc Gasol-48th, 2007,Goran Drajic-45th, 2008,Jonas Jerebko-39th (I'm cheating listing him because he had a short , but pretty good run with the CS ) ,Davis Bertans-42nd,2011, Nikola Jocik-41st, 2014. There were others who had short, but unremarkable stints in the league, but these guys stood out. Of course , international players are better scouted now, so a lot of them would probably not have lasted as long these days. Not disputing your point; just looking on the bright side.

Chris Grenham @chrisgrenham
about 37 minutes ago
Yam Madar’s trainer, @YogevBerdugo, connected him with strength trainer Paul Fabritz over the last week in Los Angeles. Madar has gotten the chance to work out alongside Semi Ojeleye, who also works with Fabritz in LA.


Bob
MY NOTE:  Yam Madar working with Semi Ojelaye's strength trainer?  Good Gawd!  A week or two isn't enough to transform your body but bigger picture, longer-term that's going to help him a lot.  That, or he's going to watch Semi doing the stuff that has made him a legend in the Celtics' weight room for the past 4 years and get discouraged, LOL.  Seriously, Madar understanding what it takes to make it in the NBA (strength, skills, discipline) can only help him and us.

Summer League begins in exactly 2 weeks, 14 days, from today.  When the schedule is finalized and released I will post it on its own thread.


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