Whatever happened to him? Drafted by the Magic but never joined...they still retain his rights...think we could trade for him? Doesn't seem like he's gonna be with them anytime soon.
He never wanted to come here in the first place. The Magic has very poor management and has for years.
That dude totally pussed out. Can you imagine if that happened to the Rockets? You have a terrible season basically along the lines of the one we had last year, you anticipate the draft tremendously, you take a top prospect ... and dude just bails? I don't know if he'll ever want to come here (he's 24 now), but he looks more mobile than I remember thinking he was back when he was drafted. <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/inuu74daX1c"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/inuu74daX1c" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hZcWHhQ-Qa8"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hZcWHhQ-Qa8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
http://www.nba.com/magic/news/otis_smith_on_quotchangequo-146406-800.html This is their GM a year after they drafted him...
http://www.basketconfidencial.com/?articulo/2379 Translated by google. Looks like Fran's not coming to the NBA.
wow. i just thought he didnt wanna go to the magic because he'd be behind darko and dwight...seems like he just doesnt wanna come to america at all
why come here and be treated like a scrub (like Vspan is) when you can stay in your homeland and get all the attention and be an all star?
maybe a desire to play with the best players in the best league in the world? but it seems he doesnt have that competitive drive
the competitive drive in the foreign players is what makes them come here. to compete among the best. if you're among the best in europe, you should want to compete among the best in the world. guess fran doesnt have that competitive edge that the best players have.
Ya'll are totally getting this wrong. It's not that he doesn't want to come to the USA. It's just that he wants to play in the WNBA. Somebody get this nancy a skirt!
Vazquez is a bench player...and an average one at that in a decent but not top Euro club.... Even though I'm of the opinion that the NBA is NOT that far higher than the Euroleague in terms of quality (still is the better league obviously) Vazquez is practically worthless in the NBA.....
He is not an all-star by a long shot in his home country...He is a decent player...that is all I think he just knows he doesnt have what it takes to play in the NBA...and it's just another example of bad US scouting when it comes to international players in my opinion...
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That dude's skill set doesnt look bad in the video. And he's a #11 pick. So he should have a 3 years guarantee contract about 1.8 millions with a team option for the 4th year. The magic should tell that dude how great p*****s are in America. That dude basically didnt want to come because of his girl friend.
From the video, he looks like Yi Jianlian but better offensive game, same athletism though yi may be quicker and better defensive skills. If Yi could do ok in nba, i see no reason Fran cant perform better!
