Chris Silva - Portsmouth Invitational Tournament

[doublea1971]

Chris Silva began play yesterday at the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament in Portsmouth, Va.

Chris is on team Portsmouth Partnership, which won their first round game against the Mike Duman Auto Sales team Thursday evening.  Silva's box score in the game: 3-7 FG, 0-1 3PT, 2-2FT, 6 Defensive Rebounds, 1 PF, 8 Total Points.  0 AST, 1 TO, 3 BLK, 0 STL.  21 total minutes of play.  And for those wondering, Silva's numbers were roughly equivalent to the best on the squad last evening.  No one really stood out, but Chris had some highlight blocks in the 2nd half.

Team Portsmouth Partnership plays again this evening vs. the winner of last evening's Game 4 (Portsmouth Sports Club) at 9PM EST.

All games of the PTI will be livestreamed on NetCastSports.com, and live stats will be available via Statbroadcast.com.

 

[Dell]

Good luck to him

 

[doublea1971]

UPDATE:

Box score for Chris Silva in last evening's game (3/19 - Portsmouth Partnership vs. Portsmouth Sports Club): 4-8FG, 0-0 3PT, 3-4FT, 1 Offensive/4 Defensive Rebounds, 3 PF, 11 Total Points. 0 AST, 2 TO, 4 BLK, 2 STL. 23 total minutes of play (lowest amount of play on squad last evening).

Chris's team - Portsmouth Partnership - plays again this evening (in the Championship game) vs. team Sales System,Ltd. at 7PM EST.

The PTI will be livestreamed on NetCastSports.com, and live stats are available via Statbroadcast.com.

 

[Senior Rooster]

Silva wins PIT title, fills stat columns


ByJOHN DEL BIANCO 9 hours ago
 
It was a good start to the NBA Draft process for Chris Silva as his team won the Portsmouth Invitational on Saturday evening. 
The two-time All-SEC South Carolina forward played in three games in the college senior showcase and showed off his ability to impact the game in many ways. He combined to score 23 points with 19 rebounds, eight blocks, two assists and two steals. 
Game 1: 8 points (3-of-7), 6 rebounds, 3 blocks Game 2: 11 points (4-of-8), 5 rebounds, 4 blocks, 2 stealsGame 3: 4 points (1-of-2), 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block 
Prior to going up to Virginia to play in the event, Silva said it would be an opportunity to impress the NBA scouts that would be on hand. 
Every time I have an opportunity to showcase myself in front of scouts it’s big. I have to come ready physically and mentally to do what I have to do,” Silva said. “My personal motivation is my family back home and knowing I came from Gabon to here and to accomplish this dream it’s right in front of my nose. I have to take it.”

Silva will now prepare for NBA workouts and awaits news on whether he will be invited to the NBA Combine from May 14-19 in Chicago.

 

[doublea1971]

Unfortunately, Chris didn't get the greatest of opportunity to showcase his full skillset.  He was playing on a team which had some pretty big scorers: Chris Clemons (Campbell University), who is the third all-time leading scorer in D-1 history; Garison Matthews (Lipscomb), the Atlantic Sun player of the year; Jarrell Brantley (College of Charleston), who was a prolific scorer at CofC; and C.J Massinburg (Buffalo), who was the Mid-American Conference Player of the Year.

I watched a number of the games, and Chris quite simply didn't get a chance to shoot very often.  It reminded me a great deal of NBA all-star games - pretty much whoever has the ball off of the inbound or the rebound takes the ball to the other end of the court and shoots.  Not much in the way of true "team" play, but a good chance to get exposure to NBA scouts.

Overall, I think Chris did a nice job, given the hand he was dealt (the team he was playing on).  In the championship game, for instance, Chris has 5 rebounds in 6 minutes of play late in the 1st half.  Hopefully, Chris did enough to get invited to work out with some NBA teams in the near future.