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“Honestly, I wanted Giannis to succeed …

“Honestly, I wanted Giannis to succeed in the NBA Playoffs. We were convinced from our trip to Milwaukee that he really wanted to play for the national team in the summer. His playing status wouldn’t be affected by extending the campaign further in the postseason. Even if he was crowned champion, he would gladly play for us,” noted Zisis, “Missing [Khris] Middleton in a best-of-seven series was a huge blow. Giannis was amazing, gave it his all, and that was apparent.”

Yogi Ferrell to leave Panathinaikos

Yogi Ferrell and Jehyve Floyd are leaving the team. Both of them are not active on the Greek league roster, however there’s no limit on foreign players for the EuroLeague games. And in both cases, so far they have a very limited role. That’s why …

Yogi Ferrell and Jehyve Floyd are leaving the team. Both of them are not active on the Greek league roster, however there’s no limit on foreign players for the EuroLeague games. And in both cases, so far they have a very limited role. That’s why Ferrell himself asked from the team to be released in order to find elsewhere more minutes and a different role.

Source: EuroHoops.net

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Yogi Ferrell to leave Panathinaikos

Yogi Ferrell and Jehyve Floyd are leaving the team. Both of them are not active on the Greek league roster, however there’s no limit on foreign players for the EuroLeague games. And in both cases, so far they have a very limited role. That’s why Ferrell himself asked from the team to be released in order to find elsewhere more minutes and a different role.

Yogi Ferrell nearing deal with Euroleague team

GeorgeZakkas: Panathinaikos BC and Yogi Ferrell are closing in on an agreement, according to @SdnaGr sources. Full story here: bit.ly/3uUP2zY. #paobc Source: Twitter @ZakkasGeorge What’s the buzz on Twitter? GeorgeZakkas @ ZakkasGeorge Panathinaikos …

GeorgeZakkas: Panathinaikos BC and Yogi Ferrell are closing in on an agreement, according to @SdnaGr sources. Full story here: bit.ly/3uUP2zY. #paobc

Source: Twitter @ZakkasGeorge

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Panathinaikos BC and Yogi Ferrell are closing in on an agreement, according to @SdnaGr sources.
Full story here: bit.ly/3uUP2zY. #paobc – 1:10 PM

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Shams Charania: The Clippers have waived guard Yogi Ferrell. -via Twitter @ShamsCharania / September 6, 2021

Former Notre Dame players in the 2021 NBA Summer League

The Summer League has a slight Irish flavor to it.

After a one-year absence, the NBA Summer League has returned. Players entering their first and second years in the league along with G League players have a chance to prove themselves in front of coaches and other folks who watch NBA talent year round. That also goes for undrafted players who either are just coming out of college or have continued their careers overseas. For fans, it’s both a chance to watch future NBA stars and a chance to watch more basketball.

This year, three players who have gone through Notre Dame in recent years are in the league. While there obviously are no guarantees, one of them could play well enough to at least merit a spot on a training camp roster. If you’re up for watching some former Irish players this month, here they are:

Rare sighting involves dolphin eating an octopus; no easy meal

A research team from Portugal on Wednesday watched in amazement as a Risso’s dolphin emerged with an octopus in its mouth.

A research team from Portugal on Wednesday watched in amazement as a Risso’s dolphin emerged with an octopus in its mouth (top photo).

“Sightings like this are very rare so everyone aboard in Ketos were very excited!” the group, AIMM, wrote on Facebook. “It was a good day for AIMM researchers and interns.”

While dolphins will attack an octopus, the feeding events are rarely witnessed. When they are witnessed, at the surface, it’s sometimes because the dolphins are experiencing issues with their clever and sticky adversaries.

Bottlenose dolphin with ‘naughty octopus.’ Photo: Joan Gonzalvo/Ionian Dolphin Project

The AIMM sighting brings to mind an event documented off Greece in 2012, involving a bottlenose dolphin that was jumping with an octopus clinging to its belly – more precisely, its private region.

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Joan Gonzalvo, a researcher with the Ionian Dolphin Project, used the term “naughty octopus” in a blog post describing the encounter. The dolphin eventually shook off – and presumably devoured – the pesky octopus.

Grandma the river dolphin. Photos: Jodie Lowe/Port Macquarie Cruise Adventures

In 2017 in Australia, photographer Jodie Lowe of Port Macquarie Cruise Adventures captured images showing a dolphin leaping from the Hastings River with an octopus clinging to its belly.

The company wrote on Facebook: “Awesome encounter with our local river dolphins on our National Park Eco Cruise today. We got to witness one of our local river dolphins, Grandma, with an octopus stuck to her and she was getting into midair trying to take it off.

“In the end she got it off and ate it.”

At the time, Grandma, matriarch of the Hastings River pod, was estimated to be 25-30 years old.

–Risso’s dolphin image atop this Post is courtesy of Michal Topczewski/AIMM