Ante Tomic was drafted by the Jazz with the 14th pick in the 2nd round in 2008.
All-Euroleague 1st Team
Rudy Fernandez - Real Madrid
Keith Langford - EA7 Emporio
Sergio Rodriguez - Real Madrid
Ante Tomic - FC Barcelona Regal
Sonny Weems - CSKA Moscow
Ante Tomic was also the MVP for the months of February and March.
Also, Ante Tomic was the Euroleague Last 16, Week 7 and 8 MVP.
Two of Ettore Messina's players made the 1st and 2nd teams (Sonny Weems 1st team, Viktor Khryapa 2nd team)
From an article in 2010, here is an excerpt from an interview with Tomic about Messina;
How did playing under Ettore Messina help you so far?
"It helped a lot. He is an excellent and a very demanding coach. The very first time we spoke to each other he immediately told me that my playing time would depend on how much I deserve it during practices, with my attitude and everything else a coach looks at. With Coach Messina you have to be hundred percent focused just to be in his considerations to play. On the court, he is a great professional, but off the court he is a lot less demanding."
Fact of the matter is we need to get Messina to be our coach and it would increase the chances of Tomic coming over. Tomic is 27 and Tiago Splitter came over to play for the Spurs at age 25, so the window of opportunity is coming up quick.
*Side note for PointGod_AlecBurks, Bogdan Bogdanovic was given the Euroleague Rising Star Award. Bogdanovic is in play for the Jazz at #23 and possibly #35.
All-Euroleague 1st Team
Rudy Fernandez - Real Madrid
Keith Langford - EA7 Emporio
Sergio Rodriguez - Real Madrid
Ante Tomic - FC Barcelona Regal
Sonny Weems - CSKA Moscow
Ante Tomic was also the MVP for the months of February and March.
Also, Ante Tomic was the Euroleague Last 16, Week 7 and 8 MVP.
Two of Ettore Messina's players made the 1st and 2nd teams (Sonny Weems 1st team, Viktor Khryapa 2nd team)
From an article in 2010, here is an excerpt from an interview with Tomic about Messina;
How did playing under Ettore Messina help you so far?
"It helped a lot. He is an excellent and a very demanding coach. The very first time we spoke to each other he immediately told me that my playing time would depend on how much I deserve it during practices, with my attitude and everything else a coach looks at. With Coach Messina you have to be hundred percent focused just to be in his considerations to play. On the court, he is a great professional, but off the court he is a lot less demanding."
Fact of the matter is we need to get Messina to be our coach and it would increase the chances of Tomic coming over. Tomic is 27 and Tiago Splitter came over to play for the Spurs at age 25, so the window of opportunity is coming up quick.
*Side note for PointGod_AlecBurks, Bogdan Bogdanovic was given the Euroleague Rising Star Award. Bogdanovic is in play for the Jazz at #23 and possibly #35.
