Rockets Sign Kostas Papanikolaou

So, Kostas has legions of female fans, but these fans are mostly goat herder's daughters and fishermen's wives?

 

Yao is Yao's "last" name.

 

I get that its just...

What NBA player under 5m couldn't average 6 and 3 in 25 mpg in the euroleague?

He's a DECENT 3pt shooter. If he can provide defense, that's the most important thing in my eyes.

 

Yao is actually his family name. Ming was his given name. In China they do it backwards, where the surname is first then the given name.

We all knew him as Yao Ming but he really was Ming Yao so having Yao on the back was always correct.

 

His game is like a young Ginobili? I like this signing.

 

We probably could, if it was a long term deal. But definitely not a 2nd year TO and NG'd.

 

Someone (probably Bimathug) said that Llull might come over next year (hence the team option and push for flexibility).

 

In spanish his last means Papsmir. Not a good sign

 

No, Morey was holding off using the MLE on K-Paps because he was after other players that included Llull. Llull doesn't want to play in the NBA.

 

Problem is Harden and Howard will be having expiring contracts by the time we use all this great 'flexibility'.

 

Not really a bad thing.

Sign a Durant, go over the cap to extend Dwight.

 

I hope this isn't another panic move by Morey. The last one cost the Rockets two draft picks.

 

And they will not be eating with him...

 

And generally hairy.

 

I don't know much about this guy, but the Rockets must really like him to give in and offer him this contract.

Best-case scenerio, he and Dorsey will bring the chemistry they had in the Euro league and really energize the second unit. It's an interesting, outside-of-the-box experiment, at least.

I also wonder if this means the Rockets' reported pursuit of Ray Allen has been shelved.

 

The Pap Smear era begins!

 

It's a 1yr guaranteed deal that has to take into consideration his buyout amount.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>On Kostas Papanikolaou, Ioannis Bourousis, Sergio Llull, Rudy Fernandez, Tibor Pleiss, Nenad Krstic, Milos Teodosic. <a href="http://t.co/ICpknTygTT">http://t.co/ICpknTygTT</a></p>&mdash; Rafael Uehara (@rafael_uehara) <a href="https://twitter.com/rafael_uehara/statuses/496256322518925312">August 4, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MastersOfSex?src=hash">#MastersOfSex</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TBT?src=hash">#TBT</a> Tidbit: Dr. Papanikolaou studied guinea pigs to become the real-life inventor of the Pap smear! <a href="http://t.co/DVEcu8GW8J">pic.twitter.com/DVEcu8GW8J</a></p>&mdash; Masters of Sex (@SHO_Masters) <a href="https://twitter.com/SHO_Masters/statuses/497480063164887041">August 7, 2014</a></blockquote>
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They aren't connected though. Presumably the Rockets will be over the cap again next year, so they can offer Llull at most the full MLE regardless of Pap's situation.

I think the NG aspect is just there to help facilitate trades should something happen. And if he plays well to justify that contract, all the better. It's no-risk for the Rockets because whether or not he pans out, he'll still be useful next offseason.

 

Take away Parsons. Add Ariza & Paps for less. Not bad at all.