Wednesday, October 21, 2009
The Lakers released Thomas Kelati, one of their other players whithout a guaranteed contract.
This may not actually help Gaffney at all, but few people thought they'd keep Gaffney and Kelati so this can't hurt his chances of making the Lakers.
My question is: What happens if the Lakers offer to sign him with the intention of allocating Gaffney to their D-League team, which is also in Los Angeles. Does he take that deal or go to Israel, where he has a fallback contract?
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Gaffney checked in with a text saying the Israel deal is in case Lakers doesn't work out.
This is pretty common for American players without a guaranteed NBA contract.
...10 hours til Rescue Me...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
According to an Israeli web site, former Minuteman big man Tony Gaffney has signed to play in Israel:
Gaffney Lands in Gilboa
Safsal
,08/11/2009
Tony Gaffney, who was ranked third in the NCAA last season with 3.8 blocks
per evening, signed today with Hapoel Galil/Gilboa for next season.
Tony Gaffney (24, 2.04 m), who just graduated from the University of
Massachusetts, signed today with Hapoel Galil/Gilboa for next season.
He joins Gonzaga's Jeremy Pargo who signed during the weekend and Isiah
Swann and Dion Dowell who continue from last year.
Gaffney transferred to Umass from the University of Boston, and
played for the Minutemen in the last two years. As a senior he averaged
11.5 points, 10.2 rebounds (17th in the NCAA), 1.7 assists, 2.0 steals
and 3.8 blocks, which ranked him third in the nation!
The Boston-born forward had 12 double-doubles and 30 games, and was
one block short (15 pts, 18 rebs) from setting a rare triple double
against Boston College. He was named Atlantic-10 defensive player of
the year.
After going undrafted, Gaffney played for the world champions LA
Lakers in the NBA's summer league, where he averaged 3.8 points and 2.8
boards in 16 minutes per game.
I'm not sure if this deal is in case he doesn't make the Lakers or if it knocks him out of Lakers camp. I have a few calls out. Updates here when I get them.
...11 hours til Rescue Me...
Friday, June 26, 2009
I think Gary Forbes and Tony Gaffney might talk tonight as Forbes, who went undrafted last year can relate to what I'm sure is frustration for Gaffney tonight.
Friday, June 26, 2009
All right I'm back from my honeymoon and ready to blog.
While I was out of the country Tony Gaffney's draft stock seemed to take off considerably and he seems to have a decent shot of getting selected.
I spoke to Tony briefly this afternoon and he seemed excited and content. He felt like he'd done all he could do to help himself and was proud of his effort, but at the same time he was ready for the draft to start to end the suspense.
I have to say it would be an amazing story if he was taken and truly an inspirtational one. When Gaffney arrived at UMass, I looked at his BU numbers and never thought he'd be anything more than a role player and I think Travis Ford may have felt the same way. Instead he shined.
It would finish the story on a fun note if he got drafted.
Here's the link to IMG's blog on his pre-draft progress.
...53 picks left...
