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RacerX
1/2/2007, 04:48 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2717155

CHICAGO -- Chicago Bulls (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=chi) prospect Martynas Andriuskevicius (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3970), knocked unconscious during a practice fight Dec. 21 while playing for the Dakota Wizards of the NBA Development League, is slowly recovering but his future remains in doubt.

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Storey



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Andriuskevicius

"I've heard a lot of things [from doctors]," Andriuskevicius was quoted as saying in the Chicago Tribune. "They say I'm not going to play at all. Then they say I'm not going to play this year. Then they say I'm not going to speak for two months. But everything is changing. I hope in two months I'll be back playing basketball."
Andriuskevicius was injured in a fight with Awvee Storey (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3903). Storey was suspended indefinitely and replaced on the roster after reportedly punching Andriuskevicius in the head. Storey is 6-6; the 20-year-old Andriuskevicius is 7-2. The NBA and D-League are investigating.
"It was a heated situation," Andriuskevicius said, according to the Tribune. "We were playing basketball. I didn't say anything bad, but we were talking. I turned my head and I didn't expect a punch. He hit me. That's how it happened. But everything is better now. I'm just waiting to come back to basketball."
Andriuskevicius said that he isn't going to press charges against Storey.
"It's not going to help me anyway," Andriuskevicius said, according to the Tribune. "God is going to take care of it."
Andriuskevicius' recovery is still up in the air. "I just started to speak three days ago," Andriuskevicius said, according to the Tribune. "And I'm still speaking badly. I'm about 80 percent right now. I wasn't able to talk for a while. But now I feel a lot better. My headache is gone. I'm not taking medicine anymore. My hearing is just off."
"He's still having difficult moments," Bulls coach Scott Skiles said, according ot the Tribune. "But he's getting better. We just want to be around him a little bit. He's a great guy."
"He's such a good guy to be around," guard Ben Gordon said after Andriuskevicius showed up at the Bulls' training center on Monday. "He's a big kid, a likable guy. Everybody was saddened by what happened to him. It made everybody's day to see him."
Herb Rudoy, Andriuskevicius' agent, said legal action remains a possibility.
"We're monitoring his recovery," Rudoy said, according to the Tribune. "All I can say is we haven't ruled out anything."

birddog
1/3/2007, 11:52 AM
twig boy's lucky his neck wasn't snapped in half.

do people go to the d league games? just curious.

RacerX
1/3/2007, 11:56 AM
do people go to the d league games? just curious.

Tens of people go.

I caught part of one on the NBA channel. Keleena Azibuike was playing. Nobody was there.

bluedogok
1/3/2007, 09:19 PM
Austin has a team, they play in the convention center downtown. I think the average attendance is something like 1,800 with a low of 1,596 and a high of 2,059. It is their second year here, I haven't been to a game but I did got to a Hornets game while I was in OKC over Christmas. I would go to San Antonio before I would go to a Toros game.