Where did this beast Pekovic come from?!?

[Mr Exlax]

I have seen his name on stat sheets this season and he's putting up some good numbers. Saw him play last night against OKC. Where did they find this guy?

[westsideozzie]

He's one of the three cats from Krypton that fought Superman (Christopher Reeve) back in the day.

[Mr Exlax]

He's one of the three cats from Krypton that fought Superman (Christopher Reeve) back in the day.


Lmao!!!!! I can see that!

[bagelred]

He's one of the three cats from Krypton that fought Superman (Christopher Reeve) back in the day.

Beat me to it. Although I would have just wrote "Krypton" and let everyone figure it out.

[madmax17]

I have seen his name on stat sheets this season and he's putting up some good numbers. Saw him play last night against OKC. Where did they find this guy?Took you only a season and one quarter to notice him.

[Mr Exlax]

Took you only a season and one quarter to notice him.

It was too many games to take in for me last season. No time for Minny. This season I've been all Houston Rockets.

[stallionaire]

I've been calling him a top 3 center since last season. You're late.

[TaLvsCuaL]

Europe, more specifically Montenegro.

[Nick Young]

he finished strong, but mostly he just moved well without the ball and OKC defended him crappily.

He's pretty good and old school and tough on offense, good footwork, but on defense he is not that good at protecting the rim

[kaiteng]

China

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/965180/pek.jpg

[Bandito]

I've been calling him a top 3 center since last season. You're late.
he probably has you on his ignore list, like 3/4 of the members in this site. That's what happens when you're a troll:lol

[Sammyzuko]

"Where did this beast Pekovic come from?!?"

here's a video with a map:D ....
http://vimeo.com/55060227

[Nash]

Euroleague to call him a scrub when he used to play in Europe in 3, 2, 1...

[BlueandGold]

Beat me to it. Although I would have just wrote "Krypton" and let everyone figure it out.
wow screw your avy

[madmax17]

"Where did this beast Pekovic come from?!?"

here's a video with a map:D ....
http://vimeo.com/55060227lmao when they ask Pekovic about his favorite meal :roll: what a manly answer, reminds of Seinfeld and mutton.

[gabepizza]

Euroleague to call him a scrub when he used to play in Europe in 3, 2, 1...

In fact he was even more of a beast is Euroleague being selected to an All-Euroleague 1st and 2nd team and the starting center of a Euroleague champion.

[KG215]

I don'tknow if they were just joking or not, but last night during the game they were talking about favorite holiday meals of some of the players, and said when Pekovic was asked his answer was "meat."

:oldlol:

[Inactive]

Darko went out with injuries, so Pek got minutes. He started putting up 15-20 ppg at roughly the time Linsanity took off, but a lot of people didn't seem to notice.

[Foster5k]

Decent big man but teams haven't really tried shutting him down yet. If his production keeps up, etc, teams will adjust and then we'll see what he can really do.

[Partizan]

Decent big man but teams haven't really tried shutting him down yet. If his production keeps up, etc, teams will adjust and then we'll see what he can really do.

Well, I don't think teams can afford to double team him and leaving likes of Kevin Love open...

He is in a great place to succeed right now, and when he improves his game further he could be a legitimate first option on a non-contender.

[Inactive]

Decent big man but teams haven't really tried shutting him down yet. If his production keeps up, etc, teams will adjust and then we'll see what he can really do.He's been producing at the same level for a while though. He was 16/9 for half of last season, and that carried over into this year. It's not like he just got hot for a few weeks.

[Euroleague]

In fact he was even more of a beast is Euroleague being selected to an All-Euroleague 1st and 2nd team and the starting center of a Euroleague champion.

13 points and 4 rebounds per game for that "Euroleague champion".......

http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=KNN&seasoncode=E2008

Clearly, "more of a beast" in the NBA............since he averages 16 and 8 in the NBA.

http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/3453/nikola-pekovic

Now watch, gabepizza will make about 500 posts that are super long, where he will make up a bunch of stuff, post a bunch of meaningless awards that have nothing to do with this, and then post a bunch of stats that are not even related to this. Then he will say, "I just PROVED I was telling the truth".

Because we all know that guys that average 13 and 4 are clearly "much more of beasts" than guys that average 16 and 8.

Especially considering that according to gabepizza, the NBA is about 100 times a higher level league than the Euroleague.

The delusional, crazy, insane, irrational, illogical mind of gabepizza, where averaging 13 and 4 in the "vastly inferior scrub minor league" is being "much more of a beast", than averaging 16 and 8 in the "vastly superior and super athletic premier elite league".

By the way, those quotes are taken from gabepizza's own words.

So understand this,

1. gabepizza claims the NBA is 100 times a higher level than the Euroleague.

2. gabepizza claims that averaging 13 and 4 in the "scrub minor league" (his own words) is being "much more of a beast" (his own words), than averaging 16 and 8 in the "vastly superior premiere elite league" (his own words).

3. gabepizza has the audacity to call others trolls, and to call himself, "a truth teller".

[La Frescobaldi]

dude is from Montenegro............

http://media.lonelyplanet.com/lpi/22778/22778-3/469x264.jpg

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01800/montenegro-bay_1800860b.jpg

I saw him on a interview somewhere said he likes fishing.... no wonder....

http://www.montenegrovoyage.com/slike/adventuretours/mladjo%20naslovna%20slika.jpg

http://www.travel-attractions-country.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/kotor_montenegro2.jpg

Guess I need to go check this place out sometime soon.

[La Frescobaldi]

Decent big man but teams haven't really tried shutting him down yet. If his production keeps up, etc, teams will adjust and then we'll see what he can really do.

not sure about it my friend. If Shved, Ridnour & Love keep dropping bombs it's going to be mighty difficult collapsing on the dude + I had noticed he finishes in traffic although he could work on his counters to expand his repertoire

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

he probably has you on his ignore list, like 3/4 of the members in this site. That's what happens when you're a troll:lol
:lol

[InspiredLebowski]

I don'tknow if they were just joking or not, but last night during the game they were talking about favorite holiday meals of some of the players, and said when Pekovic was asked his answer was "meat."

:oldlol: http://i.imgur.com/5Ndcj.gif

[DwadeOverLebron]

"Where did this beast Pekovic come from?!?"

here's a video with a map:D ....
http://vimeo.com/55060227

:roll:

[Euroleague]

Guess I need to go check this place out sometime soon.

Montenegro is awesome. It's up there with Croatia, Crete, and Italian riviera.

[Collie]

http://i.imgur.com/5Ndcj.gif

:roll: :roll: :roll:

[hon]

http://www.buzzle.com/img/articleImages/397567-43631-17.jpg

[JerryWest]

He was beasting since last year man, dude is a tank and has a great touch near the rim.

[DMV2]

He just plays off Kevin Love really, really well. When Love was out, Pek wasn't doing much.

[La Frescobaldi]

He just plays off Kevin Love really, really well. When Love was out, Pek wasn't doing much.
?? Lot of double doubles in that run and don't forget Pekovic was DNP himself 2 or 3 games with a turned ankle.

[DMV2]

?? Lot of double doubles in that run and don't forget Pekovic was DNP himself 2 or 3 games with a turned ankle.
He only reached double digit rebounding three times in November- when Love was out most of the games. 3 double double's...not a lot. He's not a good solo rebounder; needs to play off Love because Love get boxed out by multiple players.

Pek's a good player but he's one of those who just plays off their team's star player(s) really really well. Not really a guy who can hold his own.

[bagelred]

"Where did this beast Pekovic come from?!?"

here's a video with a map:D ....
http://vimeo.com/55060227

This political correctness is out of hand.

In that video, they didn't say the word "Christmas" once.

[gabepizza]

13 points and 4 rebounds per game for that "Euroleague champion".......

http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=KNN&seasoncode=E2008

Clearly, "more of a beast" in the NBA............since he averages 16 and 8 in the NBA.

http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/3453/nikola-pekovic

Now watch, gabepizza will make about 500 posts that are super long, where he will make up a bunch of stuff, post a bunch of meaningless awards that have nothing to do with this, and then post a bunch of stats that are not even related to this. Then he will say, "I just PROVED I was telling the truth".

Because we all know that guys that average 13 and 4 are clearly "much more of beasts" than guys that average 16 and 8.

Especially considering that according to gabepizza, the NBA is about 100 times a higher level league than the Euroleague.

The delusional, crazy, insane, irrational, illogical mind of gabepizza, where averaging 13 and 4 in the "vastly inferior scrub minor league" is being "much more of a beast", than averaging 16 and 8 in the "vastly superior and super athletic premier elite league".

By the way, those quotes are taken from gabepizza's own words.

So understand this,

1. gabepizza claims the NBA is 100 times a higher level than the Euroleague.

2. gabepizza claims that averaging 13 and 4 in the "scrub minor league" (his own words) is being "much more of a beast" (his own words), than averaging 16 and 8 in the "vastly superior premiere elite league" (his own words).

3. gabepizza has the audacity to call others trolls, and to call himself, "a truth teller".


Again with lies, lies and more lies. But this time instead of outright lies Euroleague goes more of the twisting of the truth by leaving out the truth. Euroleague does this often, saying so and so only averaged such in such in Euroleague but is now averaging such in such in the NBA and using those stats that to make a point, not ever including the huge asterisk * which goes in front of all Euroleague stats compared to NBA stats in that all stats in Euroleague are a lot lower than NBA stats so to say "see so and so is doing better in the NBA" by comparing NBA stats to Euroleague stats is just straight trolling.

Pekovic's 16 and 8 in the NBA put him 44th in scoring and 37th in rebounding, while his 13 and 4 while playing for the Euroleague champions put him 15 in scoring and, well I can't find his rebounding rank because it was not top 31, but still in the NBA he is 44th in scoring while starting for the Euroleague champions he was 15th in scoring. Therefore I can say without question, even though Pekovic is beasting in the NBA, being 15th in scoring in the whole league while starting on the Euroleague champions, he was more beasting in Euroleague.

[gabepizza]

So by the way Euroleague, wake me up when Pekovic becomes an NBA All-star, since I know will never even be 3rd team All-NBA, considering how he was 1st and 2nd team all-Euroleague.

[La Frescobaldi]

So by the way Euroleague, wake me up when Pekovic becomes an NBA All-star, since I know will never even be 3rd team All-NBA, considering how he was 1st and 2nd team all-Euroleague.

that's using loaded words which is mighty low.

how's he going to be an All-Star when they did away with that?
http://www.nba.com/2012/news/10/23/all-star-centers-ballot/index.html

[Euroleague]

that's using loaded words which is mighty low.

how's he going to be an All-Star when they did away with that?
http://www.nba.com/2012/news/10/23/all-star-centers-ballot/index.html

You just read through the unbelievably ridiculous load of bullshit that gabepizza posts and you don't realize yet that he's a complete troll?

Ignore that moron, he's one of the biggest trolls of all time.

[Euroleague]

Again with lies, lies and more lies. But this time instead of outright lies Euroleague goes more of the twisting of the truth by leaving out the truth. Euroleague does this often, saying so and so only averaged such in such in Euroleague but is now averaging such in such in the NBA and using those stats that to make a point, not ever including the huge asterisk * which goes in front of all Euroleague stats compared to NBA stats in that all stats in Euroleague are a lot lower than NBA stats so to say "see so and so is doing better in the NBA" by comparing NBA stats to Euroleague stats is just straight trolling.

Pekovic's 16 and 8 in the NBA put him 44th in scoring and 37th in rebounding, while his 13 and 4 while playing for the Euroleague champions put him 15 in scoring and, well I can't find his rebounding rank because it was not top 31, but still in the NBA he is 44th in scoring while starting for the Euroleague champions he was 15th in scoring. Therefore I can say without question, even though Pekovic is beasting in the NBA, being 15th in scoring in the whole league while starting on the Euroleague champions, he was more beasting in Euroleague.

This moron did just like I predicted. What an idiot..................

[morbius]

Montenegro is awesome. It's up there with Croatia, Crete, and Italian riviera.

:wtf:
It's is a dump, actually. I went to university there in the 90's and pretty much hated it, the place was full of wild hicks. I lived next to a disco, there was a brawl in front of it every Saturday night, sometimes with shooting.

It's kinda like Arkansas of Europe. :roll:

[Nash]

Again with lies, lies and more lies. But this time instead of outright lies Euroleague goes more of the twisting of the truth by leaving out the truth. Euroleague does this often, saying so and so only averaged such in such in Euroleague but is now averaging such in such in the NBA and using those stats that to make a point, not ever including the huge asterisk * which goes in front of all Euroleague stats compared to NBA stats in that all stats in Euroleague are a lot lower than NBA stats so to say "see so and so is doing better in the NBA" by comparing NBA stats to Euroleague stats is just straight trolling.

Pekovic's 16 and 8 in the NBA put him 44th in scoring and 37th in rebounding, while his 13 and 4 while playing for the Euroleague champions put him 15 in scoring and, well I can't find his rebounding rank because it was not top 31, but still in the NBA he is 44th in scoring while starting for the Euroleague champions he was 15th in scoring. Therefore I can say without question, even though Pekovic is beasting in the NBA, being 15th in scoring in the whole league while starting on the Euroleague champions, he was more beasting in Euroleague.
:applause: :applause:

Also they play shorter games in Euroleague.

[gabepizza]

:applause: :applause:

Also they play shorter games in Euroleague.

Yes, that's the main reason why Euroleague stats are, on average, a lot less than NBA stats. NBA games are 8 minutes longer so the players have almost a whole extra Euroleague quarter to pad their stats.

[Fiasco]

He used to work in a labyrinth, wearing horns and gutting people who got lost in the maze.

[madmax]

He used to work in a labyrinth, wearing horns and gutting people who got lost in the maze.

:biggums: :lol

[La Frescobaldi]

He only reached double digit rebounding three times in November- when Love was out most of the games. 3 double double's...not a lot. He's not a good solo rebounder; needs to play off Love because Love get boxed out by multiple players.

Pek's a good player but he's one of those who just plays off their team's star player(s) really really well. Not really a guy who can hold his own.

21 points & 17 rebounds tonight against one of the great defensive centers, T Chandler. Without Kevin Love.

You sure about this?

[Euroleague]

Yes, that's the main reason why Euroleague stats are, on average, a lot less than NBA stats. NBA games are 8 minutes longer so the players have almost a whole extra Euroleague quarter to pad their stats.

You are the biggest ****ing moron in the history of this site.

[Euroleague]

21 points & 17 rebounds tonight against one of the great defensive centers, T Chandler. Without Kevin Love.

You sure about this?

Tyson Chandler has never been a great defensive player. His defense is almost all hype and imaginary. He's a good team defender, and good at blocking shots from the weak side off the ball.

His man post defense has always been absolutely atrocious. He probably could not have even played in the NBA back when a lot of teams had good offensive centers.

[GreatGreg]

Ignore that moron, he's one of the biggest trolls of all time.

You are the biggest ****ing moron in the history of this site.
http://www.reactiongifs.com/lol/mouths1.gif

[La Frescobaldi]

Tyson Chandler has never been a great defensive player. His defense is almost all hype and imaginary. He's a good team defender, and good at blocking shots from the weak side off the ball.

His man post defense has always been absolutely atrocious. He probably could not have even played in the NBA back when a lot of teams had good offensive centers.

Granted.

Today's league, in the main, plays a 2/3 game with no center at all. What I said about Chandler stands, within that context.

This is exactly why I love Nikola's game. He is a true center, one of the very best I have seen in so many years.

My little circle of hoops friends goes way back, to the days of Willis Reed and Wilt Chamberlain, Russell and Lew Alcindor and Wes Unseld. We all have been very unhappy to see the direction of the NBA in the last 10 or 12 years. The real game is in the paint. All these three point shooters, these pathetic little guards who drive the lane with perfect impunity and can't be touched, the arrogance of the NBA making that idiotic little defense-free zone around the basket - it makes a mockery of what basketball is supposed to be. A centerless league is like a ship without a rudder. It's like a cartoon league.

Book it as one of Fresco's rules: The center is the soul of basketball.

I feel extremely grateful to have been the first of our little group to have seen the ability of Pekovic's game. When I pointed him out, every one of my friends recognized him instantly as the real thing. I hope to watch him for many years and wish him every success.

[Droid101]

I have seen his name on stat sheets this season and he's putting up some good numbers. Saw him play last night against OKC. Where did they find this guy?
I picked him two rounds too high in my Fantasy league. Never regretted it for a second! He is a monster.

[DMV2]

21 points & 17 rebounds tonight against one of the great defensive centers, T Chandler. Without Kevin Love.

You sure about this?
That's one great game without Love. Still doesn't make up for the previous 9 games where he wasn't so good without Love.

Let's see if he can put up more of 16+ and 12+ type games.

[La Frescobaldi]

That's one great game without Love. Still doesn't make up for the previous 9 games where he wasn't so good without Love.

Let's see if he can put up more of 16+ and 12+ type games.
yeah - I can't wait bring em on!!! :cheers:

[La Frescobaldi]

That's one great game without Love. Still doesn't make up for the previous 9 games where he wasn't so good without Love.

Let's see if he can put up more of 16+ and 12+ type games.

vs. Orlando 19-12
vs. Heat 18-12
vs. Knicks 21-17
vs. Thunder 24-10
vs. Houston - sick that game (very obvious) and played just 23 minutes
vs. Phoenix tonight 28-11
shooting right at 50%

Doesn't matter if it's elite teams or dogs, he is putting them up.

By the way, when did they bring enforcers back to the NBA?

That clown Tucker on the Suns tonight tried to bulldog Pekovic when he was up in the air. Pekovic just shrugged him off, and Tucker crashed to the floor looking stunned. Pek looked at him like you would look at a used kleenex and went to the line.

It kinda looks like the Wolves figured out that they should use paint ball late in the 4th Q because Nikola had 4 points in just a few seconds and that totally destroyed Phoenix rally

His defense is improving almost every game, his problem earlier in the season with rotation is gone. This guy is for real, one of the best centers in the NBA and if he gets any kind of roll on he's going to be great.

[andremiller07]

Dudes a beast no question I wonder how he would have faired if the C spot in the ASG voting was still in, maybe a back up for Dwight (woulda been voted in)

"after his career in the NBA is done maybe he can go on and fight one of the Kiltchsko brothers'' - Jerry Reynolds talking about big Pek