Werdann and Hamilton

[JackofVirginia]

The Portland Trail Blazers have named Rob and Zendon assistant coaches for Idaho in the NBADL.

 

[monte]

The Portland Trail Blazers have named Rob and Zendon assistant coaches for Idaho in the NBADL.

Congrats to both. Is there an SJU connections in the Trail blazers organization?

 

[Andrew]

Hamilton is transitioning from playing to coaching. Werdann has been coaching for a while. Wish only the best for these two local products.

 

[usguard]

Enjoyed watching them many times during their college days. Continued good luck and success

 

[paultzman]

Nice Fran!

“@franfraschilla: Happy to hear about former SJU player, @ZendonHamilton & new spot as Ass't. Coach of D-League's Idaho Stampede. Will be a great role model!”

 

[beast of the east]

Nice Fran!

“@franfraschilla: Happy to hear about former SJU player, @ZendonHamilton & new spot as Ass't. Coach of D-League's Idaho Stampede. Will be a great role model!”

If you think about it, Werdann had pretty refined skills for a big man, and played pretty disciplined. Hamilton had great athleticism for a big man, was lefty and unorthodox, but wasn't as disciplined. You put the best of them together, and you would have had a pretty good starting NBA big man. Both made the NBA, so that's not a knock on either, and both were solid contributors at SJU.

 

[paultzman]

“@rumbleSBN: RT @charliezegers: #SJUBB RT @RidicUpside #NBA Vet Zendon Hamilton Hired As Assistant Coach By Idaho Stampedehttp://sbn.to/1e3SjPp”

 

[monte]

Nice Fran!

“@franfraschilla: Happy to hear about former SJU player, @ZendonHamilton & new spot as Ass't. Coach of D-League's Idaho Stampede. Will be a great role model!”

If you think about it, Werdann had pretty refined skills for a big man, and played pretty disciplined. Hamilton had great athleticism for a big man, was lefty and unorthodox, but wasn't as disciplined. You put the best of them together, and you would have had a pretty good starting NBA big man. Both made the NBA, so that's not a knock on either, and both were solid contributors at SJU.

Was it Werdann, Sealy, Sproling and Buchanan in same recruiting class?

 

[MainMan]

Yes, along with Terrence Mullin.
Sproling was prop 48.

 

[monte]

Nice Fran!

“@franfraschilla: Happy to hear about former SJU player, @ZendonHamilton & new spot as Ass't. Coach of D-League's Idaho Stampede. Will be a great role model!”

If you think about it, Werdann had pretty refined skills for a big man, and played pretty disciplined. Hamilton had great athleticism for a big man, was lefty and unorthodox, but wasn't as disciplined. You put the best of them together, and you would have had a pretty good starting NBA big man. Both made the NBA, so that's not a knock on either, and both were solid contributors at SJU.

Z was fun to watch. Ran the court well. Wish he developed a right hand. David Russell syndrome. Werdann solid all around, but never dominant, even against lesser comp. Good passer for big. Both MCAA I think.

 

[MainMan]

I thought Z was incredibly frustrating to watch. I have not seen a player before or since who was as awkwardly efficient as he was. His double pump shoulder shots were uglier than Lee Green's jumper.

 

[redken]

I thought Z was incredibly frustrating to watch. I have not seen a player before or since who was as awkwardly efficient as he was. His double pump shoulder shots were uglier than Lee Green's jumper.

True, except that, unlike Lee Green's, some of Z's ugly shots actually went in the basket.

 

[Moose]

I thought Z was incredibly frustrating to watch. I have not seen a player before or since who was as awkwardly efficient as he was. His double pump shoulder shots were uglier than Lee Green's jumper.

Lamont Hamilton was awkward but efficient.

 

[L J S A]

Both MCAA I think.

Correct.

And Zendon's game was at Alumni Hall, and he hit the deck about 15 times. I sat behind Lopez's family and they were going nuts.

Best part of the game was Lopez, Hamilton, Reid, Greer, and I believe Foyle in at the same time in the second half. They looked so smooth together.

 

[beast of the east]

I thought Z was incredibly frustrating to watch. I have not seen a player before or since who was as awkwardly efficient as he was. His double pump shoulder shots were uglier than Lee Green's jumper.

He would drive you nuts by putting the ball on the floor 3 feet form the hoop and double pumping and exposing the ball so even a guard could block it or knock it away. But somehow he drew an amazing number of fouls like that. A lot of fans thought he should have been catching the ball, taking off, and throwing it down, instead of all the crazy double pumps as if he were 6'1

 

[Andrew]

I would love to have either on this years team. They were both skilled big men with offensive ability.

 

[L J S A]

Z probably should have transferred to one of the Catholic schools in Queens. Playing in Class C for four years on Long Island made him develop bad habits that he never really broke. The tallest guys he ever had to play were 6'5"/6'6" kids from Garden City and Great Neck North. And they bullied him right out of the playoffs before even reaching a Long Island championship.

 

[beast of the east]

Z probably should have transferred to one of the Catholic schools in Queens. Playing in Class C for four years on Long Island made him develop bad habits that he never really broke. The tallest guys he ever had to play were 6'5"/6'6" kids from Garden City and Great Neck North. And they bullied him right out of the playoffs before even reaching a Long Island championship.

you are 100% correct. He'd play against Carey or NHP, or FP against a 6'2 center. He'd bring the ball upcourt by himself, shoot from 20 if he wanted to, and he never learned how to play against big, tough, city kids. It's a shame - he had everything needed to have a long NBA career.

 

[Moose]

Z probably should have transferred to one of the Catholic schools in Queens. Playing in Class C for four years on Long Island made him develop bad habits that he never really broke. The tallest guys he ever had to play were 6'5"/6'6" kids from Garden City and Great Neck North. And they bullied him right out of the playoffs before even reaching a Long Island championship.

you are 100% correct. He'd play against Carey or NHP, or FP against a 6'2 center. He'd bring the ball upcourt by himself, shoot from 20 if he wanted to, and he never learned how to play against big, tough, city kids. It's a shame - he had everything needed to have a long NBA career.

Who were some city kids he would have went up against?

 

[L J S A]

Z probably should have transferred to one of the Catholic schools in Queens. Playing in Class C for four years on Long Island made him develop bad habits that he never really broke. The tallest guys he ever had to play were 6'5"/6'6" kids from Garden City and Great Neck North. And they bullied him right out of the playoffs before even reaching a Long Island championship.

you are 100% correct. He'd play against Carey or NHP, or FP against a 6'2 center. He'd bring the ball upcourt by himself, shoot from 20 if he wanted to, and he never learned how to play against big, tough, city kids. It's a shame - he had everything needed to have a long NBA career.

Who were some city kids he would have went up against?

Off the top of my head, Ed Elisma would have been at LaSalle at roughly the same time as Z would have been at say Holy Cross, Molloy, or CtK.

Not sure if Catholics played Our Savior Lutheran, but Kebu Stewart would have been around as well. The PSAL probably had big guys. Or at the very least their 6'6" guys would have been better competition than the football players at Garden City moonlighting as basketball players until lacrosse started up. Even going to Long Island Lutheran may have been better for Z.

I guess if Z was willing to ride all the way to Rice very day, the team was traveling everywhere Lopez's senior year.