Famutimi signs with Storm

[HawgWild]

Saw this headline in the Charlottetown (PEI)  Guardian today.

[yraciv]

To clarify:
Island Storm - Canadian Basketball Association
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Sports/2014-10-07/article-3895546/Famutimi-signs-with-Storm/1

And if you want to know what I find found the most interesting part of this story?  The one and only Renardo Sidney has resurfaced.  He has been all but invisible after a brief stint in which he never played with L.A's D League teams.

[sickboy]

I thought he had a sex change for second. Or was attempting to recreate the movie Juwanna Man.

[HawgWild]

I took a photo of the article but couldn't upload it from my phone. They were excited to get him.

[yraciv]

I thought he had a sex change for second. Or was attempting to recreate the movie Juwanna Man.

His tits are certainly big enough, but that whole 6'9 thing screwed up that dream for him.

[Big Nasty 34]

6-9? Did he grow after college??

[yraciv]

6-9? Did he grow after college??

He is about 6'9. He measured 6'8.5 without shoes at predraft workouts, but he also came in 300+ w/ 22.4% body fat.

[razordank42]

nickname for him at arkansas...olu "turnitover" famutimi

[Boarcephus]

I remember all the hype that came with him and I was excited to finally get a MAA but he was basically a bust here, if I recall correctly.  I think he tore a knee up prior to coming here and was never as good as advertised and I'm sure that due to the fact it was too soon after the surgery.   Wish the guy well.

[Amityvillehogger]

I remember all the hype that came with him and I was excited to finally get a MAA but he was basically a bust here, if I recall correctly.  I think he tore a knee up prior to coming here and was never as good as advertised and I'm sure that due to the fact it was too soon after the surgery.   Wish the guy well.

Me too. Thought that guy was going to be a stud. Never recovered from knee mentally or physically I don't think.

[Hawg Red]

6-9? Did he grow after college??

To be clear, he's talking about Renardo Sidney, not Olu Famitimi.

[immahog]

wait he is 300 lbs now??

[Hawg Red]

wait he is 300 lbs now??

Renardo Sidney, yes.

[Big Nasty 34]

Ok, the guy who had the original quote was off. The first quote was talking about olu and a sex change, not Sydney. It makes sense now lol.

[yraciv]

Renardo Sidney, yes.

Ha, yes I meant Sidney! It's a story when he isn't 300 pounds.

[yraciv]

nickname for him at arkansas...olu "turnitover" famutimi

You must be mistaken Famutimi for someone else. The guy averaged 1 turnover a game his last season here.  Modica, Jefferson, Ferguson, all turned over the ball at a much higher rate.

I know by and large Famutimi was a disappointment due to the hype, but after a rough FR season, he really rebounded as a SO.  9 pts, 4 reb, 1 stl, 1 ast, and 1 to per game at 21 minutes is efficient, and he shot a respectable 44% from the field and 39% from 3.  And he always brought it on the defensive end!

[Polecat]

Olu's injury seemed to affect him a great deal. Hopefully he can have a decent pro career

[TheRazorbackGuy]

Olu's injury seemed to affect him a great deal. Hopefully he can have a decent pro career

Talk about a name I haven't heard in years. Former McDonald's All American 5 star that wasnt all he was hyped up. Injury maybe hurt him but good luck to him in the pros.

[WarPig88]

Olu's injury seemed to affect him a great deal. Hopefully he can have a decent pro career

I think he just lacked a winner's mentality more than he was feeling the effects of an injury. He had plenty of recovery time.

I always thought Stan Heath really lost his job when he played that loser over Modica who was a real competitor. Could have made the tourney a year earlier and then Olutard declared for the draft as gratitude.

[DOGALUM]

I think he just lacked a winner's mentality more than he was feeling the effects of an injury. He had plenty of recovery time.

I always thought Stan Heath really lost his job when he played that loser over Modica who was a real competitor. Could have made the tourney a year earlier and then Olutard declared for the draft as gratitude.

"loser"?   Feel free to lace them up against the loser you bum.

What a dorkhead.

[Hogimus Prime]

I really thought Olu, Brewer and Modica rotating at the 2/3 was going to be something.  Olu scoring and slashing. Brewer playing the passing lanes and Modica as a gunner off the bench.

[WarPig88]

"loser"?   Feel free to lace them up against the loser you bum.

What a dorkhead.

The guy never played a minute of collegiate post season play and the Hogs broke through after he left with the same players.

Sorry you can't see the obvious. The guy had NO heart. It was one of the rare occasions where there was an addition by subtraction.

[HawgWild]

Wasn't Olu a favorite target for Brewer to pass  to for a back door slam?