Victor Claver vs. Asefa Estudiantes

by Rafael.Uehara on Apr 30, 2011 3:14 PM PDT

Power Electronics Valência improved its winning streak in ACB play to eight with Saturday’s, April the 30th, win over Asefa Estudiantes, 87-74, on the road, improving its record to 23-9 and remaining at fourth place in the ACB standings.

Portland Trail Blazers’ Victor Claver started and logged 23:30 of playing time. Claver scored nine points on 2-of-7 shooting from the field and 5-for-6 from the foul line, dished an assist and drew six personal fouls.

It was Claver’s first game back after spending two months sidelined due to a broken right foot.

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does this mean we have another injury-prone player?

thanks for the update tho.

put a body on 'em

by RayBourque on May 1, 2011 1:45 AM PDT reply actions

Waste-ed-draft-pick

CLAP! CLAP! CLAP-CLAP-CLAP!

wha??

by Hipster Olympic Team! on May 2, 2011 10:41 AM PDT reply actions

come on.. give it some time. he might be the next Gallinari!

by collectiveshane on May 2, 2011 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions

Gallinari is way better

And he was already impacting his team at 18 (in milano). From what i saw (ok, i did not watch last two seasons, but each time i saw valencia, last year in eurocup and some acb games, this year in EL mostly) I was disappointed by his development, especially on the toughness side. And he seems to be injury prone (at least last two seasons).

Gallinari shared the injury prone tendency till he had surgery for his back. And anyway he is much better on both sides of the court, he is a competitor, clutch, with a lot of moves and a great agressivity. Batum was ranked higher when they started playing their last season in europe before their draft, and there is a reason why gallinari kept moving up during that season. He is less versatile, but he is much more agressive. Not that i want to compare claver and batum, but blazers need toughness from the bench (think about pendergraph before he had his injury, the whole blazer season could have been way different without it).

Like i ’ve already said, i wish the blazer management have an eye on other spanish prospects, mostly homs (maybe sans, another badalona prospect) who could defintely be a “pg of the future”. But lots of teams will be after him if he keeps improving.

Claver’s rights could interest a few franchises though (especially with the new cba). Teams like philly, toronto. At this point i would trade his rights

by raph on May 3, 2011 3:34 AM PDT reply actions