V-Span might join Spurs after friendship with Parker

I think you are making the wrong comparison.

It isn't Span vs Francis and Scola. Francis was going to be a rocket anyway and has nothing to do w/ Span being here or not.

It's Span and possibly Tiago Splitter or Aaron Brooks and Scola.

I think the Brooks choice was made when the Rockets felt Span would not return.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Rockets agreed not to pick Splitter if the Spurs would trade Scola to them.

 

That's also the wrong comparison, the right comparison was Spanoulis vs. John Lucas III - one that he lost badly, which is why he was such a failure in the NBA. Even a moneyball sports guru should appreciate this.

 

Guess it's true. Vspan to the Spurs talk is now officially over.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasileios_Spanoulis

On August 19th, 2007, Spanoulis was released from his NBA contract by the [[San Antonio Spurs]] basketball club of the [[NBA]] after deciding he wanted to play only in Greece during the 2007-2008 season. This due to his mother being in poor health and Spanoulis' wanting to be near to her. Spanoulis signed a 3 year contract with the [[Panathinaikos BC]] Athens Greens of the Greek basketball league [[A1 Ethniki]], the defending European [[Triple Crown in Basketball]] champions and considered to be the best basketball team in the world outside of the NBA. He was signed to be the team's starting point guard and to team up with fellow [[Greece national basketball team]] star [[Dimitris Diamantidis]] to form the best back-court in the world outside of the NBA.[[http://www.insports.gr/index.php?s=...Fφή]]

The contract Vassilis signed was for 3 years and €5,000,000 (equivalent to $6,742,807 US dollars at the time). Spanoulis' agent set up the contract so that Vassilis could opt out of it after one year. Spanoulis stated that after the first year of his contract he might opt out of it and return to [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]] to play with the Spurs again in the NBA, as the Spurs still would like his services. Spanoulis is interested in returning to play with them for the 2008-2009 season, but could not play with them during the 2007-2008 year because of his mother's poor health.

 

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EE-EYE EE-EYE OH

 

I hope he plays one year in Greece and comes back to the Spurs.

 

A 3-year deal with Panathinaikos, eh? So much for Parker's influence or playing for the Spurs.

 

It's strange that he had such an amazing fg % in the Euroleague and such a horrible fg % in the NBA.

 

It's been said over and over in Euroleague he was allowed to run pick and roll.

He was not asked to play a spot up shooter role.

This is what has been mainly pointed out and the Van Gundy defenders simply refuse to grasp this issue.

 

If you look at the top % stats from Euroleague, (from what I can tell at least), they appear to be way above NBA stats.

So you could say they're better shooters in general, or you could say the defense is a little more "chill" or you could say a little of both.

Personally, I believe Van Gundy single-handedly makes all FG% stats in the NBA lower than Euroleague.

 

Perhaps you are programmed beyond this concept, but most of us who think V-Span is a scrub NBA player are not "Van Gundy defenders". Like I mentioned earlier, saying that is a good smokescreen. But if your brain automatically equates anyone who doubts V-Span as a JVG "defender", then you need a visit to the brain surgeon. If surgery is successful, you will understand A <> B.

 

Spanoulis will be remembered as the guy who dismantled team USA in the olympics.

It's no surprise that so many people hate him here.

 

no nobody cares about that, in fact people were happy about that when it happend - go back and read the threads.

The problem is that he sucked donkey nuts as a player for the Rockets, then cried and quit, and his man-love academy, even in its weakened state, would not (and sadly, it appears, will not) shut the f-k up, ever.

Pantha forums are that way. Bye!

 

1. It was the FIBA tournament in 2006, not the Olympics.

2. If you actually want to talk about a guy who dismantled team USA in the Olympics, Spanoulis' performance against Team USA pales in comparison to Carlos Arroyo. Arroyo put up 25 point, 7 assists, and 4 steals in leading Puerto Rico to a 19 point victory over the US in 2004.

 

Wow - he was released?

Kudos to V-Span, he played the bargaining game magnificently, he signed a bigger contract in Greece than he had in the NBA, and he has the right to opt out after one year and be a COMPLETE free agent...where any NBA team can sign him.

He could sign a full MLE deal if a team offered it.

He surely whined, but he and his agent have to be applauded, they are sitting in the driver's seat going forward.

And the Rockets didn't do to badly in the deal also....

A win win for V-Span's career as a Rocket.



DD

 

V-Span and Scottie Quitten should get a room somewhere

 

Don't believe everything that you read, Spanoulis is staying in Greece.

 

What I don't understand is why some people (er, scientists) are so convinced that Euroleagues are near-NBA quality.

Sure, our hastily thrown together "Dream Teams" of late have struggled in international play. No denying that, but they've struggled against teams playing by a set of rules they've known for their entire careers. And in most of those games -- though not all -- the USA team didn't lose that badly, despite the fact we were coached by someone with no experience at the international level and no experience coaching pro athletes.

Put a decent NBDL team in Greece and it'll be right at the top of the standings. Same thing in Spain. Italy. Germany. Transylvania. Whateverthefckistan. Just because these leagues are finally churning out a handful of NBA-level players does NOT mean they are NBA-level LEAGUES.

I would be surprised -- AMAZED! ASTOUNDED! -- if David Stern lets any foreign league teams join the NBA without there being some kind of special draft beforehand so those teams could get some NBA-level talent. Otherwise, you'd see Panathinaikos or Tau Ceramica getting their asses handed to them on a platter night after night. Anyone who thinks that's not the case is severely deluded.

Stern wants those teams in the league because he wants the NBA to expand to those markets, plain and simple. It's about making the money and spreading the gospel of the NBA. It has NOTHING to do with him thinking those teams with their current rosters would have a chance against NBA teams.

 

I agree and Vassilis would never fit in SA.

 

This thread can be put to rest... good riddance to bad rubbish (both Spanoulis and this thread.) Panathinaikos announces it has brought back Spanoulis.

http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/14979/180/item