Rockets Sign Kostas Papanikolaou

I don't see it that way. He's a young upside player that can either be traded for another player or could possibly contribute this year. If he is no good he still can be used for salary matching purposes which is something the Rockets also needed. No team will worry that much about taking him on for half a season.

 

It's not complicated- they overpaid to get a team option for 2015. They get to keep their flexibility to add another star.

 

My bad. Missed the per game part.

 

NBADraft.net says his closest comparison is Bustjan Snackbar. Hopefully he has improved *massively since their analysis. http://www.nbadraft.net/players/kostas-papanikolaou

 

And then in his European career, he's shooting 42.5% on 2.6 3pt attempts per game.

 

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Euroleague page

 

And apparently he's a pretty good defender from what I've read.

 

Nah i think he's right, that's alot of money for a second rounder.

 

I was just about to ask about his defense.

How's his ball handling? Rebounding?

 

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does he have two legs and can he run ?

 

I have Elite eyeball iq. I played that you tube video and voila. Never heard of this guy.

 

Now that I don't know, but if he can play some D then he's going to see some minutes as he won't be a liability.

 

Please research him.

 

Guess what? You pay for good players. Who is the free agent that would have command that much? If we want to say Marion please, don't.

 

A little above average ballhandler

 

We're calling him Papa, right?

 

Pap will play a similar role that Shawn Marion would have, but he's 12 years younger.

I really like this signing. He fits our needs perfectly as a backup 3 and 4.

Now go get Goran Dragic.

 

His defense is his strongest asset from what everything I have read. Good size too