Frank Bartley to the Pels.....Summer League Roster

Good luck to former Cajun Frank Bartley who is on the New Orleans Pelicans Summer League Roster.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Former Ragin Cajun Frank Bartley on the Pelicans summer league roster! <a href="https://t.co/IvBUYXEb6m">https://t.co/IvBUYXEb6m</a> <a href="https://t.co/iQqK7zPlzc">pic.twitter.com/iQqK7zPlzc</a></p>&mdash; ⚜️MrRaginCajun⚜️ (@lMrRaginCajunl) <a href="https://twitter.com/lMrRaginCajunl/status/1675900092698570759?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Make the most of it young man!

Ragin' Cajuns fans who also enjoy Pelicans basketball will get to see a familiar face suiting up in the Summer League this year. Continue reading&hellip;

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What do we have to do to get to the point where someone is either referred to as Cajun or not, in other words once a Cajun always a Cajun... i.e. the Marines say no such thing as a former marine

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Originally Posted by RougaWhite&Blue

What do we have to do to get to the point where someone is either referred to as Cajun or not, in other words once a Cajun always a Cajun... i.e. the Marines say no such thing as a former marine

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I like Cajun4Life's nickname.

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Originally Posted by RougaWhite&Blue

What do we have to do to get to the point where someone is either referred to as Cajun or not, in other words once a Cajun always a Cajun... i.e. the Marines say no such thing as a former marine

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Must bother you...that's great!

"Once a Cajun always a Cajun unless you call rcaf a money grab and drive membership numbers down"- anonymous

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Originally Posted by Turbine

I like Cajun4Life's nickname.

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What is it?

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Originally Posted by CajunVic

What is it?

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Great question

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Originally Posted by CajunVic

What is it?

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I like the nickname Cajun4Life

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Originally Posted by Turbine

I like the nickname Cajun4Life

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So he is the only one?

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Originally Posted by RougaWhite&Blue

So he is the only one?

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Really?

With that exact nickname, yes.

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"Once a Cajun always a Cajun unless you call rcaf a money grab and drive membership numbers down"- anonymous

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RCAF does a good enough job of running donors off all by themselves...

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RCAF does a good enough job of running donors off all by themselves...

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Great take

I'm not convinced cajun4life is a nickname...

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Nickname
A familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name.

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What do we have to do to get to the point where someone is either referred to as Cajun or not, in other words once a Cajun always a Cajun... i.e. the Marines say no such thing as a former marine

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Huh?

Congratulations to Frank, hope he gets to a NBA roster.

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I'm not convinced cajun4life is a nickname...

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Nickname
A familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name.

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Such a chump..

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Such a chump..

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Such an exhilarating fact filled point you make as always

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Originally Posted by CajunEXPRESS

Congratulations to Frank, hope he gets to a NBA roster.

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Frank has made lots of money playing overseas the last 5 years. He may want to come back to the States. A good summer league performance may get him a G League spot. Note, you don’t have to sign with the summer league team you play for once that team is done. Any team can sign you. You basically are auditioning for all 30 teams and their G league affiliates when you participate in summer league. Another former Cajun doing well professionally is Jonathan Stove. It took him a couple of years to garner an overseas opportunity. However he recently garnered a spot for a team in Germany. I believe Germany has the highest level of play in Europe.

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Frank has made lots of money playing overseas the last 5 years. He may want to come back to the States. A good summer league performance may get him a G League spot. Note, you don’t have to sign with the summer league team you play for once that team is done. Any team can sign you. You basically are auditioning for all 30 teams and their G league affiliates when you participate in summer league. Another former Cajun doing well professionally is Jonathan Stove. It took him a couple of years to garner an overseas opportunity. However he recently garnered a spot for a team in Germany. I believe Germany has the highest level of play in Europe.

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……Man, Franks dad was one hell of a LBer!

Nice to hear some positive . . . THANKS MIKE

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Originally Posted by Cajunsmike

Frank has made lots of money playing overseas the last 5 years. He may want to come back to the States. A good summer league performance may get him a G League spot. Note, you don’t have to sign with the summer league team you play for once that team is done. Any team can sign you. You basically are auditioning for all 30 teams and their G league affiliates when you participate in summer league. Another former Cajun doing well professionally is Jonathan Stove. It took him a couple of years to garner an overseas opportunity. However he recently garnered a spot for a team in Germany. I believe Germany has the highest level of play in Europe.

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I think any domestic guy is hoping to play in the NBA. This could be his stepping stone.

Pretty cool. Not sure why more don't take that route.... great experience, don't the European teams take care of most of your expenses. Also I notices one of his previous teams was st johns, new Brunswick, canada. Sounds like a cool place, maybe we could explore their proximity to the original Cajun connection and do some kind of exhibition exchange with them

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Originally Posted by Cajunsmike

Frank has made lots of money playing overseas the last 5 years. He may want to come back to the States. A good summer league performance may get him a G League spot. Note, you don’t have to sign with the summer league team you play for once that team is done. Any team can sign you. You basically are auditioning for all 30 teams and their G league affiliates when you participate in summer league. Another former Cajun doing well professionally is Jonathan Stove. It took him a couple of years to garner an overseas opportunity. However he recently garnered a spot for a team in Germany. I believe Germany has the highest level of play in Europe.

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Frank and Stove were two of my favorite players with Louisiana MBB during my time at UL. Great men. With Frank on the Pelicans' Summer League roster, it gives me a reason to tune-in to the action. Congrats to him! I'm excited to watch him play.

Germany does have one of the highest levels of play in Europe and you could make a case that top-to-bottom it is more well-rounded and competitive compared to other countries' domestic leagues, top-to-bottom. I wouldn't say it's the highest level, however. The top division in France just produced 2 NBA lottery picks (Victor Wembanyama #1 - Spurs & Bilal Coulibaly #7 - Pacers).
Luka Doncic came from Spain's top division with Real Madrid (#3 pick overall). FC Barcelona in Spain produced the #31 pick this past NBA draft (James Nnaji - Pistons).

The EuroLeague (basketball equivalent to the Champions League for you soccer fans) is a 34 game regular season/playoff (aside from domestic league-play) to determine "the best team in Europe" and happens yearly. Its past 4 champions were Real Madrid (Spain), Anadolu Efes (Turkey), Anadolu Efes (Turkey), and CSKA Moscow (Russia).

The Top 8 leagues in Europe are Spain, Turkey, Italy, Germany, France, Greece, Serbia, and Israel.

This isn't to diminish Stove's signing... having Cajun alums playing in any of the top-leagues of the countries listed above is a huge deal.

If you're a basketball fan, I encourage you to watch some of those Euro League games, they're fun to watch.