Come on dude, it's just a lot easier if you just help him out. Ya, there are a lot of repetitive threads out there, but sometimes it's damn near impossible to filter through all of them to find out things. Mister- I don't think a final roster has been set, but here is who will most likely be on the roster so far w/ a couple more no-namers to be added: Spanoullis, Badaine, Head, Hayes
A little effort and you would have seen this (currently) in the middle of the GARM page 1... http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=98332
so far Luther Head Maleke Baldine Pat Carroll David Bluthenthal Hayes (no confirmation on V Spanolis) ...and they are talking to John Lucas, Jr.
That really sucks! I really wanted to hear more about him. I guess with the drafting of Head the Rockets felt that perhaps they could wait another year on Vspan.
or perhaps the rumors of him expecting/demanding things the Rockets weren't prepared to give were true? comeon morningcrew, we know you guys are lurking...whats the deal?
Well this sure is disappointing if it's true... I wonder if they knew going into the draft that Vaseline (tm) would not be a part of the summer leagues... I wonder what this bodes for him ever becoming a Rocket?
well they said he will make over a mil overseas right now. Lance said the rockets will have to offer him over a mil to leave europe where he is about to get well payed.
This sucks....I have really been wanting to see this guy play. I guess we'll have to wait until next year.
This crap better not be true about Spanoullis, because that is just a bunch of bull$hit. Question: What kind of rights do the Rockets own on Spanoullis? I know he can sign w/ the Euro team, but does he have any type of committment to us? He has to have some sort of committment since we drafted him.
rocketlaunch is correct. I was listening to 610 this morning and was shocked when I heard that. Basically he can make more playing overseas than the rockets are willing to commit right now. The rockets must not be ready to sign him to much money yet. Lance said we would have to come up with more than 1 million a year to actually get him here. So it looks like we will not see him till the rockets see enough in his game to offer him a decent contract.
Yeah it sucks but I believe draft rights (even for 1st rounders) does not mean any kind of committment other than having to play for the team that drafted you IF or when you join the NBA. You cannot force a foreign player to come play for the NBA obviously but if they do decide they want to play here, then they will have to report to the team that drafted them. Some previous examples were Manu and Peja, who both came over years after they were drafted. Now it seems this Luis Scola guy may join the Spurs and supposedly is the best young PF in Europe (man, I hate to admit but even with Yao and Tmac, I envy the Spurs team sometimes - they have a couple of the best sleeper picks, EVER IMO).
Here's what my Greek contact emailed me: According to Greek press, Spanoulis is trying to get a Euroleague team to sign him, but the ones offering BIG money are not playing there: Pamesa Valencia, Dynamo Moscow, Dynamo St. Petersburg. Panathinaikos, a final-4 team last year is offering more or less around 550,000 euros/year to him but he doesn't wanna go there either, as the team is filled w/ guards and he won't find enough playing time. Right now, Spanoulis is playing w/ his stock, but his environment says he's not goin to the Rockets' summer league
It probably makes more sense for Spanoullis to stay in Europe and take guaranteed money, rather than risking being sent to the NBDL if he comes over. It would be nice if he could at least play in the summer league...though I have no problem with him staying in Europe for another year as long as he gets playing time and polishes his game. John and Lance were also talking about using him as trade bait this summer...it is unlikely, but we might be able to sell some team that is rebuilding on him.
