{"id":35093,"date":"2017-07-19T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T08:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.demo.olimpia.iquii.info\/jordan-theodore-straight-out-of-englewodd\/"},"modified":"2017-07-19T10:00:50","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T08:00:50","slug":"jordan-theodore-straight-out-of-englewodd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/jordan-theodore-straight-out-of-englewodd\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Theodore, straight out of Englewodd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bill Parcells, the <\/strong><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"it\"><span title=\"&quot;Penso mi abbia salvato la vita - ha detto Jordan Theodore a ESPN - sono stato alla larga dai problemi, mi sono disciplinato, mi sono rimesso in riga, ho lavorato duro in campo e in classe&quot;.\n\n\"><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><strong><span title=\"Bill Parcells, leggendario coach di football viene da Englewood, New Jersey.\"> legendary football coach, comes from Englewood, New Jersey. <\/span><\/strong><span title=\"John Travolta, lui e la febbre del sabato sera, viene da Englewood.\">John Travolta, he and his Saturday night fever, comes from Englewood. <\/span><span title=\"Anche Jordan Theodore, il nuovo playmaker dell'Olimpia, viene da Englewood, aldil\u00e0 dell'Hudson River, da dove Manhattan puoi vederla, quasi toccarla, ad un tunnel di distanza eppure sembra cos\u00ec irraggiungibile.\">Jordan Theodore, the new Olimpia point-gaurd, comes from Englewood, just across the Hudson River, a city from where Manhattan looks so close you can almost touch the skyline, one tunnel away and yet it seems so unreachable. <\/span><span title=\"Ma ad Englewood, Theodore si stava perdendo.\">But in Englewood, Theodore was losing himself. <\/span><span title=\"Cos\u00ec entr\u00f2 in scena la mamma Carol spedendolo per gli ultimi due anni di liceo a Paterson, in una scuola cattolica.\">Enter Carol, his mom. She sent him away, for the last two years of high school. She sent him to Paterson, to attend a Catholic school. <\/span>&#8220;I think she saved my life,&#8221; said Jordan Theodore at ESPN. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been out of trouble, I&#8217;ve been disciplined, I&#8217;ve been back in line, I have worked hard on the court and in the classroom.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"it\"><span title=\"&quot;Penso mi abbia salvato la vita - ha detto Jordan Theodore a ESPN - sono stato alla larga dai problemi, mi sono disciplinato, mi sono rimesso in riga, ho lavorato duro in campo e in classe&quot;.\n\n\"><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"Jordan Theodore ha frequentato la Paterson per due anni ed \u00e8 diventato un giocatore importante, seguito dai migliori college della zona orientale, Pittsburgh, Rutgers fino a Illinois ma lui scelse Seton Hall, per restare in zona, &quot;permettere a mia madre e mio nonno di\"><strong>Jordan Theodore attended Paterson<\/strong> for two years and became a relevant player, recruited by the best colleges of the East, \u200b\u200bPittsburgh, Rutgers, Illinois but he chose Seton Hall to stay in the area, &#8220;to allow my mother and grandfather to come and <\/span><span title=\"vedermi giocare sempre&quot;.\">see me play.&#8221; <\/span><span title=\"A reclutarlo fu Bobby Gonzalez, ma prima del suo terzo anno con i Pirates il coach venne sostituito da Kevin Willard.\">He was recruited by Bobby Gonzalez, but before his junior year with the Pirates the coach was replaced by Kevin Willard. <\/span><span title=\"&quot;I primi due anni ho cercato di imparare il sistema&quot;, dice Theodore che poi dal terzo anno \u00e8 esploso stabilendo un legame fortissimo con il suo nuovo allenatore e il suo assistente Shaheen Holloway, un altro dei grandi playmaker prodotti da Seton Hall.\">&#8220;The first two years I&#8217;ve been trying to learn the system,&#8221; says Theodore, who in his junior year has blossomed and established a strong bond with his new coach and his assistant Shaheen Holloway, another great playmaker produced by Seton Hall. Among h<\/span><span title=\"Tra i suoi compagni di squadra c'era anche Jeremy Hazell, poi in Italia a Bologna e Pesaro.\">is teammates there was Jeremy Hazell, who eventually played in Italy, in Bologna and Pesaro. <\/span><span title=\"Theodore ha giocato divinamente le ultime due stagioni di college, \u00e8 stato secondo quintetto di conference, ha stabilito il nuovo record di Seton Hall per assist in una stagione demolendo un primato che durava da circa cinquanta anni.\">Theodore played superbly in the last two seasons, was named in the All-conference team, set the new Seton Hall record for assists in a single season demolishing a record that lasted for about fifty years. <\/span><span title=\"Venne convocato per il predraft camp di Portsmouth dove gioc\u00f2 bene per cui quando nei draft del 2012 non venne chiamato la delusione fu doppia.\">He was invited to the Portsmouth NBA predraft camp where he played well. So when in the 2012 draft he was not selected the disappointment was huge.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/766fJu_VJk4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"Ha finito cos\u00ec per debuttare da professionista in Turchia, ad Antalya, poi \u00e8 transitato da Portorico e Repubblica Dominicana, quando Antalya gli ha bloccato il trasferimento al Cedevita Zagabria.\"><strong>He ended up to make his professional debut in Turkey, Antalya,<\/strong> then moved to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic when Antalya blocked him from transferring to Cedevita Zagreb. <\/span><span title=\"Nel 2013 ha firmato per Mersin in Turchia, due anni, poi il trasfermento a Bourg-en-Bresse in Francia e la svolta con l'approdo in Germania, ai Fraport Skyliners con i quali ha trovato la sua vocazione: quella di playmaker vincente.\">In 2013 he signed for Mersin in Turkey, two years, then moved to Bourg-en-Bresse in France and finlly landed in Germany to play for the Fraport Skyliners with whom he found his vocation: the winning point-guard. <\/span><span title=\"Nel 2016 ha vinto la Fiba Europe Cup battendo in finale Varese, 66-62.\">In 2016 he won the Fiba Europe Cup beating Varese in the championship game, 66-62. <\/span><span title=\"Sotto di tre, \u00e8 stato lui a segnare la tripla del pareggio poi ha subito un fallo sempre su tiro da tre e messo i tre tiri liberi del vantaggio decisivo.\">Under three points, he scored the three that tied the game and then fired another three, was fouled and made all the three free throws. In <\/span><span title=\"In Turchia \u00e8 andata anche meglio: ha vinto la Coppa di Turchia superando con il Banvit tutte le quattro squadre di Istanbul che giocavano l'EuroLeague incluso l'Efes in finale (\u00e8 stato MVP), poi ha portato il Banvit alle Final Four di Fiba\">Turkey he has done even better: it won the Turkey Cup with Banvit edging all four Istanbul teams competing in the EuroLeague including Efes in the final game (he was awarded the MVP trophy), then led Banvit to the Final Four of Fiba <\/span><span title=\"Champions League segnando il canestro della qualificazione contro Ludwisburg.\">Champions League making the qualifying field goal against Ludwisburg. <\/span><span title=\"Banvit aveva perso di cinque in Germania e aveva bisogno di prevalere di sei.\">Banvit had lost by five in Germany and needed to prevail by six. <\/span><span title=\"Ecco il coast-to-coast di Theodore.\">Here is Theodore&#8217;s coast-to-coast.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lkuZLgyQEKQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"\"><strong>Banvit did not win the Champions League,<\/strong> it lost the final game in Gran Canaria against the locals, but Theodore was named the competition MVP.<\/span> <span class=\"\">He was fourth in scoring with 16.2 points on average and was the best in assists with 7.7 per game, numbers that have been duplicated in the Turkish league.<\/span> <span class=\"\">In EuroLeague he will be a rookie for Olimpia but last year in the eight games he played against the EuroLeague four Turkish teams he averaged 20.7 points and 6.2 assists per game finishing with a 5-3 record (only Fenerbahce beat his team twice).<\/span> <span class=\"\">He scored 34 points against Galatasaray and 32 against Darussafaka winning both games.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Parcells, the legendary football coach, comes from Englewood, New Jersey. 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