Anonymous
Years ago
Deng Adel - could he land in Melbourne?
Could the United sign Lamar Patterson *and* Deng Adel? If they do, hard to see anyone beating them this year.
Coach Vickerman sounds like he's recruiting him hard:
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Melbourne United NBL coach Dean Vickerman said he'd done some work recently with 201cm Adel and rated him highly.
"I love Deng Adel," he said.
"Watching him play for Houston you could see (coach) Mike D'Antoni's excitement about the kid.
"I don't think they had a roster spot for him this year."
Vickerman said if Adel decided to return to Australia, he was welcome in Melbourne.
"He came and practiced with us for three weeks and if he was available we would have loved to have had a crack at him," he said.
"We told him if something doesn't work out for him in the NBA we'd love the opportunity to recruit him."
http://www.espn.com.au/nbl/story/_/id/24498394/deng-adel-latest-aussie-crack-nba
