ESPN reports:
 |
Is Qyntel Woods, at 29, playing his way back to the NBA?
The answer: Yes and no.
Talk to NBA personnel folks about Woods and you get a mixed response. Some are quick to say that Woods’ baggage — after pleading guilty to an animal-abuse charge involving dogs in October 2004 that ended his career with the Blazers — outweighs any potential payoff from giving him another shot.
Said one Western Conference general manager: “Samsonite.”
Yet Woods has also won a few admirers around the league for his willingness to go to Poland and keep refining his game after his own unsuccessful stint with Olympiacos and a stop in Italy with Fortitudo Bologna.
“He’s been playing great for Prokom,” one veteran personnel man said. “He’s been solid overseas. I think someone will take a chance on him.”
Said another GM out West: “He’s an NBA talent for sure. And he’s grown by leaps and bounds as a person.”
