Comments on: Jonas Jerebko is the Best Swedish-Born Player in NBA History

By: Basketball For Brunch, Dec. 05

Basketball For Brunch, Dec. 05 — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:32:43 +0000

[...] he contributes on both sides of the floor. Always great to see that in a rookie. You have to read Brian Spencer’s piece on him for Empty The Bench and check out this quote from his coach last night: _ “Jonas has emerged as [...]

By: Brian Spencer

Brian Spencer — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:29:39 +0000

Right… aware of Miles (and probably should have mentioned him in passing), but felt like this was somewhat of an apples vs. oranges thing. Thanks for reading Dave.

By: Dave H

Dave H — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:32:43 +0000

Actually, JJ isn’t the only Swedish-born player in NBA history. Miles Simon, who had a great career at Arizona and a very small career with the Orlando Magic, was born in Stockholm.

By: Oskar

Oskar — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:58:55 +0000

I love this article. Honestly when I saw the speculation on the Swedish side during the draft I was worried that the hype was going to be shortlived, as a number of second round picks may struggle to make it into a teams rotation or beyond the first year, but after seeing Prince sit out with injuries and Jonas step up, I’ve seen his potential throughout the stat sheets and its a nice thing to see out of the first Swede in NBA history (not to mention when he went off for 22 points the other game) Great article, and I hope his numbers pick up over the next few months (and those fouls go down, he’s already fouled out 3 times)

By: Brian Spencer

Brian Spencer — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:52:59 +0000

Thanks for the kind words, Johan… and proud you should be. All things considered he’s been fantastic. I was gunning for “Good show” at the end there, but the translation could very well be off.

By: Johan

Johan — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:03:00 +0000

‘God utställning’ . Maybe you mean ‘Bra inställning’ (Good attitude)?
Either way, thanks for a nice post on Jonas. We’re very proud of our lone Swedish NBA player. It makes picking a team this year very easy…