mighty hounds wrote:Gozu wrote:The 36ers have announced the signing of their first import Shannon Shorter a 6'4" guard who played last season in Turkey, France and China's second-tier league also called the NBL. In Turkey he was second in the league in scoring.
http://www.nbl.com.au/featured-news/ade ... n-shorter/
Guessing we won't see Randle again Gozu?
Not for the Sixers this guy Shorter is Randle's replacement.
I was a bit underwhelmed with the signing initially but doing some digging he's a seven year pro who started off in minor leagues in South America that has steadily worked his way up the food chain to play in Turkey's top league last season one of the better leagues in the world, finishing second in the league in scoring. His team there did finish bottom though and then played in France's top league where he struggled and then finished the season back in China's second-tier NBL league putting up numbers with a team he had previously played for there.
He seems to be more of a natural shooting guard and will be playing for point guard for us but that was a bit like the Randle situation anyway one big difference though is the size he's 6'4" to Randle's 5'9".