Re: hicks update

From: Aike Detelder
Date: 08 Nov 2006 - 10:41 AM EST

Probably a clash in cultures. Our coach is a Serb and there it is a custum
to break a player mentaly and then rebuild them sort of speak. So a lot of
negativity is quite normal with those guys, the thougest survive and thge
others break. It's the way Divac and co got their eductation. In the
pregames he started and then he had apently an aurgument, since then het
doesn't start anymore and when hecan play and he makes some bad screens or
fail in defence he's getting replaced while the coach ignored him a bit.
Eric is getting aparently good mates with the other players.

2006/11/8, Jonathan Breiner <address@hidden>:

Aike,

Do you know what the problem is between Eric and the coach?

Jon

----- Original Message -----
From: "Aike Detelder" <address@hidden>
To: "UC Basketball Forum" <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 2:24 AM
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] hicks update

> Well another 4 games playes, 2 in the Belgium competition and 2 in
> the European competition.
> Belgium competition:
>
> -close win away against the last after 1 extra time, Hicks hardly played
> and
> it was obvious that Hicks and the coach had some issues.
> -loss in Bulgaria 89-77, but until a couple of minutes before the end we
> trailed 7. was away
>
> HICKS, ERIC CORY 25:00min 8points 2/5 2FG 4/6 FT 5 2 rebounds OD 1
> assinst 3 steals 3 blocks
>
> The report from the Uleb site
>
> Lukoil Academic showed its power right at the start of the ULEB Cup
> regular
> season in Group C by downing visiting Telindus Oostende 91-77 in Sofia,
> Bulgaria on Tuesday night. As such, Lukoil opens Group C with a big home
> win
> which makes the perennial Bulgarian League champion tie atop the
standings
> with a 1-0 record, while Oostende dropped to 0-1. Todor Stoykov led the
> winners with 22 points on 7-for-11 shooting and 6 of 7 free throws, but
> Lamont Jones was the man of the game with a double-double of 20 points
and
> 10 assists. Lamont Jones also posted a double-double of 14 points and 10
> rebounds, Riste Stefanov had 12 points and Thomas Mobley added 11 for
> Lukoil. Rashad Wright had 18 points for Oostende, Vanja Plisnic added
17,
> Lavor Postell 13 and Elvir Ovcina 12. Lukoil already led 23-19 at the
end
> of
> the first quarter, while Jones had 11 points in the second period to
make
> the hosts boost their margin to 46-37 at halftime. Ovcina and Plisnic
> brought Oostende within 53-48 midway through the third quarter, but
> Mobley,
> Stoykov and an outstanding Jones allowed Lukoil to keep a safe lead all
> the
> way and seal a well-deserved win long before the final buzzer.
>
> Stoykov opened the score with a driving basket which Ovcina erased with
a
> reverse layup. Gjorgji Cekovski and Plisnic exchanged baskets, while
> Postell
> buried a long jumper to give Oostende its first lead, 4-6. Barnes scored
> in
> the paint, as Lukoil entered the foul bonus in just 3 minutes. Stefanov
> and
> Plisnic exchanged triples, but Cekovski also hit from downtown to give
> Lukoil a 14-11 edge. Barnes dunked it in a 7-0 run which Stoykov with a
> fast
> break layup and forced Oostende to call timeout at 18-11. Wright stepped
> up
> for Oostende with consecutive baskets, but Barnes dunked it while
Stoykov
> nailed his first basket for a 23-15 Lukoil lead. Plisnic answered from
> downtown and Eric Hicks added a free throw for a 23-19 Oostende deficit
> after 10 minutes. Hicks kept pacing Oostende with 2 foul shots early in
> the
> second quarter, but Stoykov and Jones each had points in a 8-0 run which
> gave Lukoil a double-digit lead, 31-21. Ovcina tried to change things
with
> a
> fast break layup which Jones quickly erased in the other end. Wright
fired
> in one from downtown and Toby Bailey dunked it to force a Lukoil timeout
> at
> 33-28, midway through the second quarter. Mobley, Jones and Cekovski
> nailed
> consecutive triples to make Lukoil stay out of trouble at 42-32. Wright
> shined with an acrobatic layup, igniting a 0-5 Oostende run which he
> capped
> with free throws, but Brown scored in penetration while Jones beat the
> buzzer with a jumper which gave Lukoil a 46-37 lead at halftime.
>
> Mobley made a three-pointer from the top of the key and Barnes added a
> put-back layup to give Lukoil a 51-37 lead right after the break. Ovcina
> stepped up with 4 points in a 0-6 Oostende run which Plisnic capped with
> foul shots for a 51-45 deficit. Barnes hit a turnaround jumper which
Denis
> Wucherer erased with free throws. Stoykov rescued Lukoil with a put-back
> layup but Ovcina answered from downtown to make it a five-point game,
> 53-48.
> Brown scored in transition and Stefanov fired in a corner triple for a
> double-digit Lukoil lead, 58-48. Hicks came off the bench to score
inside,
> Jones and Plisnic exchanged triples while Postell hit a baseline jumper
to
> get Oostende within 61-55. Stefanov canned a five-meter jumper, Wucherer
> hit
> free throws and Mobley scored in penetration for a 65-57 Lukoil lead
after
> 30 minutes. Hicks tried to ignit the Oostende back with a layup but
Mobley
> stayed on fire with a triple which gave the hosts a 68-59 lead. Stoykov
> stepped up with consecutive layups to force an Oostende timeout at
72-60.
> Plisnic hit 3 free throws while Postell fired in a big triple to give
> Oostende some hope at 74-67. Stefanov answered from downtown while Jones
> hit
> a stop-and-pop jumper to make Lukoil keep a safe lead, 79-69. Stoykov
> sealed
> the outcome with a corner three-pointer, as Oostende never recovered
while
> Jones hit an acrobatic layup to seal his big game in style.
>
> -very easy home win against the second last in Belgium, and
> again Eric hardly played. the oponent was nowhere.
> -very intense match in
> Ostend aginst the vice champion of Russia that we won. Normaly they are
> the
> best team in our group. This is what they say of our group "This group
> could
> easily be one of the toughest, most experienced ever seen in the ULEB
Cup,
> with Khimki,Montepaschi, Lukoil, Hapoel, Alba and Oostende."
> Postell scored 30 points, our pg was showing for the first time what he
> can,
> but more importently Eric got a lot of minutes and was doing great, his
> screens were good, defence great and got his 14 points, his stats:
>
> 23:15min 14 points 6/7:2FG 2/3:FT 1 2 3:Rebounds ODT 1ST 1TO
> 1BL
>
> Hopefully this is getting lots of other episodes in our normal
competition
> and in Europe
>
> Here is the report from the Uleb site
> Telindus Oostende brought the ULEB Cup back to its home fans in style on
> Tuesday, by grabbing a first Group C victory by 93-88 over dangerous
> Khimki
> of Russia. The result meant that all six teams in Group C are tied with
> 1-1
> records after two games played. Lavor Postell hit 4 of 5 three-pointers
> and
> 10 of 11 free throws on his way to 30 points to lead Oostende, which had
> to
> comeback from 7 points behind in the second half and outlast a late
Khimki
> rush. Elvir Ovcina was huge inside, scoring 17 points and pulling 11
> rebounds for the winners, who also got 17 points from Rashard Wright and
> 14,
> including key fourth-quarter baskets, from Eric Hicks. Khimki had five
> scorers between 18 and 14 points, led by Oscar Torres. Kelly McCarty
added
> 15, Vitaly Fridzon 14, Maceij Lampe and Melvin Booker 13 each.
Oostende's
> 32-23 rebounding edge, 12-8 on the offensive boards, proved a key edge
in
> a
> close game.
>
> Booker and McCarty got Khimki on the board quickly, but Guy Muya scored
a
> layup and a triple - his only points of the game - to post Oostende's
> first
> lead at 4-7. Khimki quickly tied, but Oostende stayed a step ahead until
> Booker's triple grabbed an 11-12 advantage for the guests. Postell's
first
> points got the lead back for Oostende, and he followed witha triple to
> extend it. He then ended a scoreless 2 minutes with another from the arc
> to
> complete an 8-0 run with Oostende leading 19-12. Vitaly replied from
> downtown for the guests, but Postell, Vanja Plisnic and Rashar Wright
rode
> the quarter out for Oostende holding a 26-21 edge. With a triple to
start
> the second quarter and 3 more points soon after, Elvir Ovcina upped the
> Oostende lead to 32-23. Torres and Ademola Okulaja shot Khimki back with
> three-pointers, but Postell made one in between them and Eric Hicks
helped
> him keep the hosts up 37-31. Torres was hot however, and a pair of his
> baskets now ignited a 0-9 Khimki blast that put the guests ahead, 37-40.
> Soon, Fridzon was adding a triple to that, but Postell took over for the
> hosts with 5 points in a row, including a dunk that restored the
Oostende
> lead, 44-43. Both sides traded points at the line until Plisnic returned
> with a layup to keep Oostende up by the minimum, 48-47, at the half.
>
> Another lead change began the third quarter, and by the time Torres,
> Booker
> and Fridzon got involved, Khimki had a 3-9 run and a 51-56 advantage.
> Oostende fought back point by point, with Rashad Wright canning a key
> triple
> and Postell hitting free throws that cut the difference to 56-58. But
> Fridzon was back with a triple to go with buckets by Ruben Wolkowysky
and
> Torres that gave Khimki its biggest lead, 58-65. Postell, Ovcina and
> Plisnic
> rescued Oostende with the next 7 points, but before the hosts could tie
or
> go ahead, McCarty appeared with a triple and a layup to make it 64-70.
It
> was Oostende's turn now, and with an 11-5 closing run in which four
> players
> scored, Wright hit a go-ahead layup to finish the third quarter 75-73.
> When
> Ovcina and Postell tried to lengthen the advantage, Lampe matched their
5
> points to keep Khimki close, at 80-78. The Oostende defense worked well
as
> Hicks and Ovcina got 4 points back, but neither team was giving up on
this
> game. Hicks kept the hosts going with a dunk and layup as McCarty and
> Booker
> hit jumpers for Khimki. McCarty stepped up another pair of swishes that,
> together with Vladimer Veremeenko's layup, had Khimki as close as 91-88
> heading into the final minute. No more shots fell for the visitors,
> however,
> and when they had to foul near the end, Postell was perfect from the
line
> to
> sew up Oostende's first victory of the new season.
>
>
> 2006/10/26, Jonathan Breiner <address@hidden>:
>>
>> yes it is probably tough to come to a new country and not necessarily
be
>> the
>> man, and have to adjust to the coach.
>>
>> I hope he does remember it is a long season and makes the adjustments!
>>
>> Thanks again for the continued updates!
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Aike Detelder" <address@hidden>
>> To: "UC Basketball Forum" <address@hidden>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 2:18 PM
>> Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] hicks update
>>
>>
>> > OK, we won another 2 games, our PG starts to play gpood from Q3 until
>> the
>> > end of Q4. Sadly enough we have another player who is injured for at
>> least
>> > 6
>> > weaks (broken bone in the wrist) They already hired another player,
>> > Toby
>> > Baily for 2 months with an option for another month. He already
played
>> > with
>> > us in the end of last season to replace an injured player. Sadly
enough
>> he
>> > got injured in the last game so he didn't find a team yet. Normaly
that
>> > guy
>> > is way to expensive for us but since he knows most players and the
>> > European
>> > cup starts next wendsday so he will be able to show himself to a lot
of
>> > teams who can fork the money he's playing for a small wage(for him at
>> > least). And we have a pretty good
>> > injurypolicy. So this means 3 ex NBA-ers in our team (1 ex knicks,
>> > 1ex Sunsand 1 ex Pacers) !
>> > Eric is playing one good game and then a game not so good. I think
he's
>> > having dificulty with a game every 3 days and he's aparently having
>> > some
>> > problems with the style of the coach.Hopefully he remembers the
season
>> is
>> > very
>> > long.
>> >
>> > 2006/10/18, Aike Detelder <address@hidden>:
>> >>
>> >> OK, we won our game, you can see for yourself because the whole game
>> >> is
>> >> on
>> >> internet until saterday www.sporza.be
>> >> The click on "andere sporten" and then you'll see a piece on
Oostende,
>> >> click on meer and then you'll see the links. at this moment were
>> playing
>> >> another match, Eric is<at 10 point and 1 sdteal after 27 min. So it
>> >> can
>> >> be
>> >> that when you see this message that after "andere sporten" first
>> >> you'll
>> >> have
>> >> to click on "Zaalsporten" and the see the link about our game
against
>> >> Bree
>> >>
>> >> Here's a pic where you should get
>> >>
>> >> http://i11.tinypic.com/47sp3lz.jpg
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>

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