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    Default Los Angels Lakers Sign Thomas Kelati: First Eritrean NBA Player


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    Default Re: Los Angels Lakers Sign Thomas Kelati: First Eritrean NBA Player

    They are just signing him because he looks like Kobe.

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    Default Re: Los Angels Lakers Sign Thomas Kelati: First Eritrean NBA Player

    how dare he take the great gary payton's number!

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    Default Re: Los Angels Lakers Sign Thomas Kelati: First Eritrean NBA Player

    Quote Originally Posted by Maniak
    They are just signing him because he looks like Kobe.
    he has a body frame of ariza..

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    Default Re: Los Angels Lakers Sign Thomas Kelati: First Eritrean NBA Player

    Quote Originally Posted by dr8ked
    he has a body frame of ariza..
    Its kinda like if you dated a girl, and she broke up with you, but you liked her....then you went out with a girl that looked similar but was a total ***** and really ****ed up in the head.

    The Lakers miss Ariza, and they want to see another Kobe-esque face.

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    Default Re: Los Angels Lakers Sign Thomas Kelati: First Eritrean NBA Player

    eritrea? where the f*** is that?

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    Default Re: Los Angels Lakers Sign Thomas Kelati: First Eritrean NBA Player

    Quote Originally Posted by goldenryan
    eritrea? where the f*** is that?
    Africa, near Ethiopia....as McLovin says, "read a fcking book or something"

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    Default Re: Los Angels Lakers Sign Thomas Kelati: First Eritrean NBA Player

    Quote Originally Posted by Maniak
    Its kinda like if you dated a girl, and she broke up with you, but you liked her....then you went out with a girl that looked similar but was a total ***** and really ****ed up in the head.

    The Lakers miss Ariza, and they want to see another Kobe-esque face.
    Or maybe they need another body for camp hmmm...

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    Default Re: Los Angels Lakers Sign Thomas Kelati: First Eritrean NBA Player

    Quote Originally Posted by All Net
    Or maybe they need another body for camp hmmm...
    Pssshhhhh

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    Default Re: Los Angels Lakers Sign Thomas Kelati: First Eritrean NBA Player

    He will be cut before the season ends anyway...then back to europe he goes.

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    Default Re: Los Angels Lakers Sign Thomas Kelati: First Eritrean NBA Player

    He does look like Kobe.

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    Default Re: Los Angels Lakers Sign Thomas Kelati: First Eritrean NBA Player

    Anyone know any legit info on this kid?

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    Default Re: Los Angels Lakers Sign Thomas Kelati: First Eritrean NBA Player

    He is one of the best 3 point shooters in Europe.

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    Default Re: Los Angels Lakers Sign Thomas Kelati: First Eritrean NBA Player

    Thomas Kelati (born on September 27, 1982, in Walla Walla, Washington, USA) is an Eritrean-American professional basketball player. He is a 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) tall shooting guard-small forward.

    Euroleague Stats

    2008-2009

    PPG: 11.8
    RPG: 1.9
    APG: 1.3
    SPG: 1.2
    2P%: 50%
    3P%: 39.4%
    FT%: 82.1%


    Career Notes
    played college basketball at Washington State University (2001-05)...moved to Belgium for the 2005-06 season, signed by Dexia Mons-Hainaut...moved to Poland for the 2006-07 season, signed by BOT Turow Zgorzelec...played there also the 2007-08 championship...moved to Spain for the 2008-09 season, signed by CB Malaga.

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    Default Re: Los Angels Lakers Sign Thomas Kelati: First Eritrean NBA Player

    Purely a shooter looking at those stats, does nothing apart from shoot well.

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