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Post by Aaron2344 on Jan 13, 2008 16:46:49 GMT -5
so aaron are you basically his agent? yeah
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Post by Aaron2344 on Jan 13, 2008 21:11:35 GMT -5
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Post by James on Jan 14, 2008 22:24:00 GMT -5
Thanks mate, he looks the goods! I'll be sure to catch one of his games this season and send you across a couple of snaps etc...
Do you know how much $$ he is getting, a house, car, job etc...?
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Post by Aaron2344 on Jan 14, 2008 22:47:53 GMT -5
Thanks mate, he looks the goods! I'll be sure to catch one of his games this season and send you across a couple of snaps etc... Do you know how much $$ he is getting, a house, car, job etc...? yeah man. i don't want to go into specifics since i don't know if he wants me throwing around his dollar amounts, but he's making roughly double what the avg. guy makes, plus a lot of incentives. and he's got the works with his car, house, etc. he'll also find some part time work i'm sure just to make some extra cash. supposedly ballarat has some very good connections. obviously the seabl isn't a huge league, so the money isn't great, but like i said earlier, it's a stepping stone for the nbl (hopefully). we already got some nbl coaches ready to look at him. the president of ballarat just sent out his biography to a number of former ballarat coaches/players, and have had some positive feedback. once their season winds down, they want to bring him in for some workouts. let's hope he lives up to the expectations, lol.
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Post by James on Jan 15, 2008 0:07:20 GMT -5
SEABL is probably the second best league in the country so it's not to bad....
They play in/out of 3 different States which no other league besides the national one does.
He'd be able to get a job up there EASILY.
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Post by Aaron2344 on Jan 15, 2008 0:14:11 GMT -5
SEABL is probably the second best league in the country so it's not to bad.... They play in/out of 3 different States which no other league besides the national one does. He'd be able to get a job up there EASILY. i sure hope so...that's a salary of $10-25k a month...that'd be a nice commission, lol
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Post by Aaron2344 on Jan 15, 2008 0:14:34 GMT -5
and what's your e-mail addres...nice tv spot on him, i'd like to send it to you
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Post by James on Jan 15, 2008 17:09:23 GMT -5
james23wcr@hotmail.com
But yeah, he would get a job up there so easily it's nto funny. Coutry towns need people for jobs desperatly. If the guys a star for the Miners, someone within the association would make room for him anyway at their business. No problem, he'd get a job easily.
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Post by Sheryl Yoast on Jan 15, 2008 17:20:06 GMT -5
Aaron is Ballarat a step up from Saitama?
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Post by James on Jan 15, 2008 18:17:25 GMT -5
Ballarat... Oh, and I gurantee you that he will be the only black person for 150 miles minimum.
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Post by Funky George! on Jan 15, 2008 18:21:26 GMT -5
Ballarat... Oh, and I gurantee you that he will be the only black person for 150 miles minimum. This is America, we only know kilometres.
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Post by Aaron2344 on Jan 15, 2008 18:32:42 GMT -5
Pig - I'd say they are similar leagues competition wise, but this is an upgrade since there is a higher league he can potentially enter. In Japan, there was nothing better.
James - that was the first thing I said to him when he signed this deal. It'll be him and Jamal Brown.
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Post by James on Jan 15, 2008 18:46:37 GMT -5
LOL, he will love it IMO.
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Post by Aaron2344 on Jan 15, 2008 18:50:34 GMT -5
The GM told me they treat the basketball players like Gods in the town. People love these guys, and Marcus loves being the center of attention. He should have a good time down there.
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Post by Dave on Jan 15, 2008 18:52:31 GMT -5
All basketball players overseas are treated like gods. Its a great way to go because average guys in D1 can play overseas with ease.
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Post by James on Jan 15, 2008 19:01:39 GMT -5
True, they will have posters of him hanging up in their stadium and stuff. I dislike their stadium btw.
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Post by Aaron2344 on Feb 13, 2008 23:32:20 GMT -5
James, Marcus arrived in Australia today. Going to start training camp with the team, and they'll get going. Let me know when you'll be going to see them play.
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Post by Speed Racer on Feb 13, 2008 23:40:07 GMT -5
Being a Pitt fan I remember watching this kid quite a few times. Hopefully he does well for himself and represents the BEast overseas!
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Post by James on Feb 13, 2008 23:45:50 GMT -5
James, Marcus arrived in Australia today. Going to start training camp with the team, and they'll get going. Let me know when you'll be going to see them play. Okay I will, if your still in touch with him, ask him if he has and if so, when/where he is having practise/pre-season games..
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Post by Aaron2344 on Feb 14, 2008 1:16:25 GMT -5
James, Marcus arrived in Australia today. Going to start training camp with the team, and they'll get going. Let me know when you'll be going to see them play. Okay I will, if your still in touch with him, ask him if he has and if so, when/where he is having practise/pre-season games.. Are you faimilar with the company Nunn Media? And I'm getting the preseason schedule. Here is the regular season schedule. www.ballaratbasketball.com/bbc/miners/fixture.htmAlso, what are you currently doing now? Student, working? The owner of the team was interested.
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Post by James on Feb 14, 2008 16:59:52 GMT -5
I'm a student, work part-time. Played Big V Division 1 last season (he will know what that is).
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Post by James on Mar 18, 2008 22:11:13 GMT -5
Macurs is averaging something like 19, 6 and 2. Highest score of the season thus far is 24.
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Post by Dave on Mar 18, 2008 22:24:36 GMT -5
Macurs is averaging something like 19, 6 and 2. Highest score of the season thus far is 24. Have you gone to a game?
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Post by James on Mar 18, 2008 22:30:01 GMT -5
Nah not yet, they are all out in the country.
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