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i think he wont come..but never say never

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RhettO

I was having my doubts until I read this post by arenas.

That's all there is to it, I suppose.

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arenas809

Excellent, glad someone is listening.

I stated my reasons which were beyond valid, there's more benefit to bringing him over now than there is to leaving him over there, and no one has given a valid reason as to why he should be left over there. On another board someone gave some inside information about Korolev that suggested pretty strongly he'd be staying over here and that info gave credence to my belief that he will.

yamaneko

well, its not a matter of if arenas says so, or that arenas has an insight into the thought process of dunleavvy and baylor. Truth is we do not know that they are considering the whole fran vasquez situation and others on if/when they should bring him over. They probably arent comparing him neither to situations like sergei monia, someone a lot older than korolev. We dont even know if they are comparing him to kirlinko, who was benefited by staying in russia before coming here.

What we do know is what has been reported.
1. Right after the draft, it seemed certain they would leave him over, from the quotes taken from baylor and dunleavvy. This was also at the same time they thought certain they were going to get bonzi or sar.

2. After they did not get those guys, and after korolev played well in the tournament as well as excellent in private workouts, they said it was not 50-50 that they would bring him over.

3. Supposedly on a radio interview after that, baylor said that it was likely they WOULD bring him over this year.

So, we dont know for sure yet, korolev doesnt even know for sure yet what is going to happen, so we shouldnt say absolutely yes or absolutely no. However, according to what the clipper brass are saying, its now more likely that he WILL come over here than not, compared to right after he was drafted.

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leidout

Either way, he should wear the number 2, then we can call him Y2K!

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DaFranchise

They need to bring him over or everyone will forget about him. SOFO?

Quasi-Quasar

It's my understanding that Sofo can't get a visa or a release from his team, so I doubt he'll come over this year. Yuri will come over if the Clipps don't sign another 2 FAs since the new CBA requires 14 roster players. Count the current squad: Livingston, Mobley, Cassell, Maggette, Brand, Kaman, Rebraca, Ewing, Ross, Wilcox, Singleton (that's 11 so far), and then Mikki is a FA (I haven't been paying any attention to him, so if he's been signed by the Clipps or otherwise include/exclude him). So even if Mikki gets resigned, the Clipps need to sign 2 more players to meet the requirement. If they are going to give guaranteed contracts to two guys, you'd think Yuri would be one of them.

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arenas809

Who is Yuri?

That sounds like a hockey player, he goes by Yarik for short.

No one's given a valid reason as to why he shouldn't be here, Ukic and Vazquez have made this whole Euro to the NBA thing about money now as opposed to just being about the dream of playing in the NBA, which a lot of people have blindly believed for the longest.

That being said, there's no reason to risk leaving this kid overseas and having him potentially sign with a Euroleague powerhouse that can beat the contract he would have in the NBA.

As I said from the beginning leaving him over there would have been like drafting Shaun last year and said ok Shaun we want you to go to Europe for a year.

DaFranchise

I hope you are right!

Weasel

Great point here. Clippers won't be getting Sofo anytime soon because of this.

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Quasi-Quasar

Arenas, who the heck said he goes by Yarik? I know a few Yaroslavs (which they tell me is a fairly common name), and they go by Yuri for short...I'd be interested to know if someone just decided to call him Yarik.

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Weasel

Korolev said that his friends call him Yarik in an int