(sportime.gr) V-Span to discuss future with Morey today

Some people just hate because they can.....

DD

 

Oh, I don't hate the kid. But at the same time, I'm not going to mention him in the same breath as Manu or Tony Parker simply because they all played in Europe and were taken late in the NBA draft. And I'm certainly not about to crusade for JVG's dismissal simply because he didn't take the time to devote playing time to a guy taken 50th in the NBA draft. I think that Spanoulis simply wasn't ready for the NBA and that CD did him a disservice to bring him over to a situation that was the Rockets given what happened last season (re. their crash and burn into the lotto...again). JVG was under the gun to produce wins, period and not to bail out CD by playing the guys at the end of the bench. When Spanoulis showed that he wasn't ready and failed to show that he could produce quickly, he got relegated to the bench. This happens all the time and has nothing to do with hatin'.

 

Agree. Some fans on this board think a TO-prone rookie can save the Rox season. What a dream.

 

obviously you don't understand what some people wrote about VSpan or you just plain dumb...

noone said anything about Span saving the Rox season!

 

I'm diasagreeing with the people who claimed last season was a failure/waste because he wasn't developed, and are clamoring for his development as a solution to next year's problems.

I want them to acqurie bonafied proven NBA players... especially a PG or a PF. I don't think anybody here has been saying Rafer is the answer, both last year, and next year and beyond... if they are, they're just as short-sighted as those who claim JVG should lose his job for failing to develop V-Span.

If V-span can play, great... the bottom line is that it shouldn't influence the type of roster moves the Rockets make going into next year.

Overall, I just feel that the Rockets spent too much time patting themselves on the back for after acquiring McGrady, and were clouded by his play in 05 (followed by his injury year) in getting viable help that can matchup with other western conference contenders. They also felt Yao-Tmac + filler that wouldn't be contributers on any other western conference contending team would be enough... it wasn't.

 

We're on page 19. Every other JVG thread has V-span mentioned in large chunks. Every other "off-season acquistion" thread has V-span mentioned in large chunks.

Either the V-span supporters here have too much time on their hands to steer every thread to be about the guy... or Rockets fans overall are developing an unhealthy attachment based on a youtube video.

 

So... you're saying that VSpan = Sam?

obviously you don't understand what some people wrote about VSpan or you just plain dumb...

 

eh

do you see anyone saying Span would save the rockets' season

I don't!

 

Do you need it spelled out?
If VSpan is "now" better than Rafer, all of the rookies in Toronto ... and "could be" just as good as Sam, TP, Ginobili .....

It's ok for you to be blind but you were saying that other people were dumb ...

 

quote me when you see someone saying that Spanoulis could have saved us in playoffs or saved the season, whatever! nobody said that, it's in your mind

the things you are trying to explain to me are two different things

being as good as parker does not mean saving the season in any way

 

You're in semantics at this point...

If we had Tony Parker, or somebody better than Tony Parker, we don't have any trouble with the Jazz (or any other team, for that matter).

 

Spanoulis needs the ball in his hands and is NOT aturnover machine.This all goes to JVG,the offense,and the perceived lack of margin of error when Yao was hurt.

VSpan will be a top flight NBA PG as a Houston Rocket.

JVG - Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Bring on Rick Adelman!

 

We're revisiting those "predict how many wins this month" threads again...

 

oops, posted in wrong thread.

 

VERY well said

 

Are you kidding me? If we had Tony Parker, we would be a serious contender for the title.
TP can push the ball on the break and finish.
TP can create for himself and others in the half court game.
That puts so much pressure on the opponents and takes some off TMac.
TP has his limitations in that he can not run the offense by himself the whole game, like S. Nash. Yet TP is perfect for us since, 1/3 of the time, we can toss the ball into Yao, 1/3 of the time, just give the ball to TMac.

Being as good as TP absolutely means saving the season for us in every way.

 

Well, V-Span may develop into a player like TP, but not by sitting on the bench.

DD

 

That would be great but can the Rockets afford those? Is another team going to trade bonafide proven PGs and PFs for what the Rockets have?

Why not develop V-Span? He doesn't cost the Rockets anything more and the Rockets don't have trade anything for him. We've got him so we might as well use him.

 

Many people have said this over and over.
Yes, V-Span should and could use some playing time. He could have and still may provide us some help.

No, V-Span is not our savior, basing on what we've seen, from his games in the international games or in the NBA.

No, JVG should not be judged so harshly by some people in this thread based on his use of V-Span. V-span had not earned the playing time. If I was the coach, I would have given him a little more time but if JVG, for some reasons, i.e. pressure to win games, aversion to playing rookies ..., so be it. It's his decision.

 

This looks like a classic no win scenario. As I see it, JVG is catching heat because he chose to concentrate on winning games when 1/2 of his star tandem went down to injury. He did so by going with those guys on the roster who could contribute now instead of giving out playing time to guys at the end of the bench. JVG's decision was perfectly understandable seeing as how he was trying to prevent a repeat of the previous season where the Rox landed in the lotto. Now if he'd sacrificed games in order to play Spanoulis, JL3 & Novack so they could "develop" and missed out on the playoffs altogether, he would have been vilified on this board and everywhere else. I just wonder what other folks here would have done in his place given the same circumstances.