Rockets Sign Kostas Papanikolaou

Its funny reading all of you being so dramatic and getting all worked up over what role players we sign. We are going to ride and die with how well Harden/Howard play. If they step it up and play like they should then we will be fine with the other players we have. Just relax and wait for the season to start to see how everything plays out. I am looking forward to hopefully being a better defensive team.

 

You should look further than the two stats that aren't his strength.

 

I don't know a whole lot about him either. But a lot of Euro guys numbers don't reflect their ability. Rubio averaged like 4 assists I think the year before he came over.

 

Then loudly thank god that Dwight Howard and Terrance Jones are coming back in.

 

Derp, I'm an idiot.

No, I didn't watch/don't have CSN.

 

the whole amphibious thing didnt originate with drexler though..

"Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious."
Charles Shackleford

 

They won the title with their highest scorer, scoring 11 ppg, leading assists was 4 apg and leading rebounds was 6 rpg, it's a very different game...

 

Harden and Howard who were obtained with great flexibility. Kostas can be a nice rotational player if his 3 point shot translates with faster close outs. Do you want the Rockets to obtain nice rotational players with bad flexibility that hamper roster improvement? I was hoping the Rockets would have gotten Bosh via trade and then brought him over.

 

You will be pleasantly surprised. He will be a good backup to Ariza.

 

This dude better play better than Trashpi and Trashcia did last season.

 

Just an interesting stat... Kostas Papanikolaou was the Euroleague "rising star" in 2013. That is an award given to the best player under 22 years old, and was started in 2004/2005.

Here are the previous winners:


2004/05 - Erazem Lorbek
2005/06 - Andrea Bargnani
2006/07 - Rudy Fernandez
2007/08 - Danilo Gallinari
2008/09 - Novica Velickovic
2009/10 - Ricky Rubio
2010/11 - Nikola Mirotic
2011/12 - Nikola Mirotic
2012/13 - Kostas Papanikolaou
2013/14 - Bogdan Bogdanovic


Most of them are pretty decent players.

 

He is like the Greek Parsons.


Actually I never saw him play but the contract is a can't miss.

 

Hell yes. Just need that starting PF and we are set.

 

If he performs anything like Danillo Gallinari I will be ecstatic.

 

They should really just put Kostas in the back of his jersey like Yao

 

Flexibility? Yep, our season is wasted. Goodbye Dwight

 

It's an old sports joke, allegedly originated from something said by former Philadelphia Sixers center Charles Shackleford (he was Shack before Shaq) :

"Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious."

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...s-in-sport-1802517.html?action=gallery&ino=10

 

Lmao. Bye Dwight.

 

Part of me wonder if we could have gotten Llull for that amount.