Making Moves-Video

There has been a lot of player movement this past week in the NBA, one of them being a high school rival of mine, Dominic McGuire, whom was traded from The Washington Wizards to the Sacramento Kings.

In overseas professional basketball, to my knowledge there are no trades, but our team has recently experienced some uncommon movement. De Friesland Aris (our team) has a partnership and is sponsored by an opposing team in the league. Its similar to a D-League deal but in this case both teams participate within the same league competition. Four of our players are legally under contract with a team in the city of Den Bosch, the Eiffel Towers. So technically Eiffel has the rights to those players. Recently, the Eiffel Towers point guard Dean Oliver was injured and received word that he would be out for at least 2 months. Since then, they have experienced some tough loses, 1 of them being to us last Saturday the 13th.

Immediately after the game, our management team had received word that they wanted to call up our point guard, Tristan Blackwood, for the remainder of the season to compensate for the player whom they lost due to injury. This issue stirred up a lot of controversy between the two clubs, which took the entire week to settle. According to Eurobasket, there was an emergency rule within Tristan's contract which gave Eiffel the upper hand. Unfortunately for our team Tristan has played his final game with us, but ultimately this is a blessing for him.

Tristan is a phenomenal player who can do it all. His lightning speed, x-ray court vision, and soaking wet jump shot gives him the edge every time he laces up the Jordan 12's. Above all, T-Black is a genuine good guy with a giving heart. I have so much love for that boy, and will miss him dearly. On the bright side, we play Eiffel once more during regular season and I already got dibs on guarding T. To replace Tristan, the organization signed Sam Jones for the remainder of the season. A former Dutch Champion, Dutch national player, and a warm family man. We are looking forward to finishing the season strong.