http://m.folha.uol.com.br/esporte/2...rockets-pensando-em-crescimento.shtml?mobile# Sources Brazilian.
Via Google Translate: Georginho accepts Houston Rockets offer for growth 6/23/2017 11:32 a.m. Georginho (right) was probed by several clubs SPIEGEL: Georginho, 21, of Paulistano, did not have his name announced on Thursday (22) as one of 60 choices in the NBA draft. But he went to bed knowing he had a proposal from the Houston Rockets to play in the American League. He accepted the offer this morning (23). As the long-running rookie recruitment ceremony ended in New York - for over four hours in length - Texas club officials began negotiating with the agents of the athlete, Eduardo Resende and Alex Saratsis of the United States. Octagon. "We chose to accept the Houston package because it is one of the best teams in the NBA in terms of developing young talents," said Resende. ↕ ↕ ↕ More info in the 'proposal from...' link in the translated article: They then sent a partially guaranteed contract offer to Georginho. Diadema from São Paulo would play the so-called NBA summer leagues for the Rockets and would also play at least the preseason cast of coach Mike D'Antoni. Selection in the league draft would not necessarily result in a better offer to the player.
I got that same queezy feeling in my stomach when Rockets passed on Kwahi Leonard for Marcus Morris back in 2011 when I read Jordan Bell was swiped up for big dollars by the Warriors uggghh. It was a bit of a different situation in that GS leap frogged the rockets to grab Bell instead of passing on him like Leonard but the feeling was the same. GS knows talent and Bell fits that team and also fits the rockets like a glove. Bell and Frank Mason were the two players I really wanted in the second round.
News from a brazilian newspaper in portuguese. He told they, him and his agent, decided to accept Houston's offer because they think the Rockets are one of the best teams in terms of developing young talent in the league. He's still under contract with his brazilian team. http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/esport...houston-rockets-pensando-em-crescimento.shtml
I can't remember the last young guard we developed... unless by stretching the "young" you say Pat or Lowry. Otherwise I am coming up blank...
More on the new PG; also his wingspan is 7'0": http://www.csnmidatlantic.com/washi...ft-prospect-profile-pg-george-de-paula-brazil
Lol how is Bev and Lowry stretching the young? Bev is just 28 yrs old and his devt has been a continuous process since he was a rookie and couldn't even dribble the ball properly. Lowry was the same, had a broken ass shot when we picked him up but was a legit sniper when he left in FA.
My bad, I used the phrase "stretch as young" since I guessed both came to the Rockets a bit older and with more experience than players drafted. Lowry played with MEM a few years and Pat came to HOU after playing overseas a few seasons. I guess I would have been more correct if I would have said young drafted guard however.
Like the cheap look but Jamal Franklin is similar sized but better offensively, defensively and athletically.
Those highlights look sweet. But I found his stats, he's not that good of a 3PT shooter, has only shot over 35% in a season once out of his 6 seasons, and in that one season he only had .7 makes per game. http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Shawn-Dawson/Summary/44521
Thanks for the link! Slight correction: It's 5 seasons. Look at the years again. The .371 "season" was actually his Euro Cup play for Maccabi in one of the years (17 games). So, that's more equivalent to shooting 37% in the playoffs.
