dakast Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Thought this may interest some of you..... MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The Milwaukee Bucks signed guard Royal Ivey to a one-year contract on Tuesday, the day after backup point guard Charlie Bell signed an offer sheet with the Miami Heat. "Royal has shown that he can play both the point and off-guard positions," general manager Larry Harris said in a statement. "He has good size and athleticism, and brings a defensive mentality to our roster." The Bucks have a week to match Bell's five-year, $18.5 million offer, and have not ruled out re-signing Bell even though he said Monday he did not want to return to Milwaukee. "The Bucks said they didn't have this kind of money and didn't want to give me a long-term deal, so I would hope they stick to what they said and let me go," Bell said. The 6-foot-4 Ivey was drafted in the second round by Atlanta in 2004 and appeared in 53 games last season, averaging 3 points and a rebound in 10 minutes a game. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/bask...y.ap/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexmethylphenidate Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Hopefully he doesn't turn around and go Boris Diaw on us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Man Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Quote: Hopefully he doesn't turn around and go Boris Diaw on us. I wouldn't be shocked if he did. Did anyone else think Ivey's outside shot really improved over the last year? I know he didn't shoot alot but I remember him hitting some tough shots in his 3 minutes per game this past season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Diesel Posted September 19, 2007 Premium Member Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Me either. Ivey was a very steady PG. He rarely turned it over and he played decent defense. I think the whole 10 minutes was a joke. Milwaukee is going to give him more PT and he's going to turn out to be a Chauncey Billups minus the scoring story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AHF Posted September 19, 2007 Moderators Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Put me on the list of Ivey doubters. I expect more of a post-Atlanta career from him on the order of Ira Newble's than anything resembling Chauncy Billups-lite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Diesel Posted September 19, 2007 Premium Member Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Well, I think I saw a lot of growth from him. I remember him at Texas.. He was an OG. When he came here, he bcame a PG and he lowered his TOs.. For one stretch, it was several games that he had gone without committing a turnover. I think it will take some work to go from being a PG who doesn't turn the ball over to a PG who makes things happen, but just like Billups, that change can come when he gets into a system with an offensive gameplan. I don't think Ivey will ever be a great scorer... However, I think he will have more of an impact than Newble. Newble left Atlanta and was a BUST. I think you can expect some Brian Shaw like play out of him. Not the best PG on your team, but a guy who is steady and can do what needs to be done while playing a good grade of defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk88 Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Chancey Billups like? Um, Chauncey Billups minus the scoring is pretty much nothing. Royal Ivey is a stiff, period. Put him with Steve Nash and he is average at best, but they play the same position so that doesn't make much sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AHF Posted September 19, 2007 Moderators Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 What I am seeing for Ivey is a best case scenario of a limited role player who contributes to a winning team. I don't see him ever being starter quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJlaysitup Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Yeah...congrats to Ivey. He gets paid for one more year at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLJA316 Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Quote: Hopefully he doesn't turn around and go Boris Diaw on us. I hope it does -- Ivey should flourish in Milwaukee. Best of luck to him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swatguy Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Quote: Quote: Hopefully he doesn't turn around and go Boris Diaw on us. I hope it does -- Ivey should flourish in Milwaukee. Best of luck to him! Ditto. He was positive. I hope he plays well and gets a 4/year contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlien Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Wow I never knew Ivey was 6-4... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurider05 Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Quote: Did anyone else think Ivey's outside shot really improved over the last year? I know he didn't shoot alot but I remember him hitting some tough shots in his 3 minutes per game this past season. Man I thought that I was the only one that noticed that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrReality Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 He is not that athletic and I don't see him doing that much more. His game is more grit and hard work. I wish him well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJlaysitup Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Quote: He is not that athletic and I don't see him doing that much more. His game is more grit and hard work. I wish him well. I bet he's not taking classes or playing Wii in the offseason...he's probably working on his game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member AtLaS Posted September 20, 2007 Premium Member Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Quote: He is not that athletic and I don't see him doing that much more. His game is more grit and hard work. I wish him well. Actually Ivey is much more athletic than given credit for. I know he can jump like hell, I've seen him do it a bunch of times, just not on dunks. I've actually always thought that to myself, he really is athletic, he just doesn't have a skillset or the fire to really use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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