[2014 Summer] Papanikolaou and the Greek National Team

Expect Greece to win by a blowout margin.

 

flopper gets less respect

k pap is 6'9" and reacts like he got hit by shaq when in reality he apparently got hit ever so slightly by a guy 5'10" at the most

man up k pap

 

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Papa just killed it with the block leading to the assist before halftime.

 

maybe I'm watching a different tournament than you. The Philippines has played against Croatia, Greece, and argentina, aside from that 1 play where a Filipino player retaliated against Kpap for clothes lining one of the Filipino guards early in the first quarter, what other dirty plays have you seen?

Also I guess you hate the Spanish national team as well...

 

I can just hear Worrell when I see Kosta play saying:

"He just knows how to play the game"

Kostas isn't going to wow anyone with dominant offense, athleticism, or physicality. But the guy just always seems to be in the right spot, and always seems to make the right basketball play all the time. Constantly moving the ball sharply to the right spots, and finding shooters. Rarely gambles or falls asleep on defense, and knows exactly where to be.

I know most folks here are very unimpressed, but just give this guy a chance to show that during the season he can make an impact even if it doesn't show up in the stats. And off the court everything you hear is that this guy really is a great locker room professional & a great teammate.

Give the guy a chance, and please stop comparing him to Casspi.

 

He doesn't seem to be somebody who looks for his own shot.

Everything he does is to set up others to get their shots.

He will spot up sometimes, but he's mainly looking to pass it seems.

Pure role-player. And I'm not saying that in a bad way.

 

Surprised anybody still knows who he is, I remember New York was talking so highly of him when they had him on his team for some reason when he really never did anything.

 

So that's the narrative now? At first you were denying that it ever happened. Now you admit it happened, but because he was just retaliating.

Funny how stories change over time until one reality is finally settled on as acceptable after it was shaped to your liking.

 

lol This reads like something about Shane Battier's character and basketball skills.

 

Agreed. He just does the right things.

It will be even more apparent when he's playing with more talented players on the Rockets.

 

Do we do one of these for Francisco Garcia's FIBA performances also?

He was shooting lights out his last game. Just getting an old self Garcia is a major plus for our depth. Hopefully he's over whatever injury had him funky all last year...

 

Earlier i said i didn't see it clearly and maybe kpap just did a euroflop.

I condone what he did. Happy?

 

Sounds like rookie Parsons...Morey was not joking about finding the Parsons...

 

Well, people are interested in Papanikolaou because many have never seen him play.

And people are interested in Motiejunas because they want to see if he has improved since he's still a young player.

People here pretty much know what kind of a player Garcia is. So that's why not many are interested in watching him play in this tournament. He's not really going to improve at this point in his career. He is who he is. We can just hope that during the regular season he is healthy and plays at the highest level that he is capable of playing.

 

True, I agree. I've been watching Papa and D-Mo games, and will probably just check on Garcia's line for his games. It was a back injury. Old guys getting back from a back or knee issue usually doesn't end well. If he's back then we got a tough, wily 2-way veteran again.