Salim Stoudamire Picked Up By Bighorns

Salim Stoudamire is going to Reno. I first heard about this from Scott Schroeder via my twitter page and

Salim Stoudamire is now a Reno Bighorn. Photo Courtesy of Getty Images

while I’m not too overly excited about it, I’m not too disappointed either. Like a mediocre tie, you’ll wear it if you have to but you would rather not.

Anyway, back to Stoudamire. How did the Reno Bighorns come to acquire the former Arizona product? Well, we have Jermareo Davidson (who lit the Bighorns up for 25 points last Sunday) to thank for this. When the Idaho Stampede acquired the 6’10” Davidson, Stoudamire moved down to the player trade pool. Naturally, the Bighorns felt they could use another guard and it doesn’t hurt that Stoudamire has 2,672 minutes of NBA playing time under his belt.

But, one must look at the big picture with this transaction. With the addition of Stoudamire, the Bighorns now have five guards on the roster. Yes, you can never have too many play making guards on one team but surely there is an alternate reason for the pickup. Possibly Coach Muss heard whispers that point guard Aaron Miles will get a Gatorade Call Up (NBA teams are allowed to offer 10 day contracts starting tomorrow). Or maybe Coach Muss hasn’t heard anything and is fearing the worse. Either way, Aaron Miles is probably going to be called up very soon.

So it is a bit bittersweet. Salim Stoudamire is a somewhat recognizable name to basketball fans and an NBA vet. He averaged 8.0 points in 17 minutes per game during his three year stay with the Atlanta Hawks and was considered one of the better players in the 2010 D-League draft. While many still question Salim’s health (he injured his groin after signing with the San Antonio Spurs), I don’t foresee any problems with that. As reported by the Idaho Statesman, Stoudamire’s body “…is alive. It feels energy.” That’s good enough for me.

While I would take Aaron Miles over Stoudamire 13 times out of 10, Stoudamire should help the team. As long as he doesn’t clash with Coach Muss, the Bighorns will be ok. Go check out the Reno Bighorns take on the Iowa Energy tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. at the Reno Events Center.