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Completely unacceptable, the front office has had 0 UPDATES on this

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by LosPollosHermanos, May 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM.

  1. LosPollosHermanos

    LosPollosHermanos Amen/Jabari/Sengun/Adams
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    Been hearing about Vspan coming over for 15 years now, is he resigning with Panathinaikos or not?!?

    STEP UP YOUR GAME STONE @DaDakota

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  2. cheke64

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    I think Morey is about to get Lullz for the 76ers.
     
  3. hakeemthagreat

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    If he comes over, since he's european, clutchfans automatically makes him the franchise with zero responsibilities
     
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  4. DaDakota

    DaDakota Rockets forever!
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    Only if his mom is too old to come over with him. We don't need her again meddling with his superstar chances this time around.
     
  6. Streakshooter

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    "I am Amen Thompson in my country" - VSpan probably
     
  7. GOATuve

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    This guy was awful. He makes Cam Whitmore look like Michael Jordan
     
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    Now I know you're just messing around. The KPJ post and now this
     
  9. topfive

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    A reminder that not even Jalen is capable of wresting V-Span's "Weakest Mentality Ever" crown from him:

    Spanoulis insists his Rockets days over
    By JONATHAN FEIGEN (Houston Chronicle)
    2007-07-06

    After one largely disappointing season with the Rockets, guard Vassilis Spanoulis said there will not be another.

    Spanoulis said Wednesday he and his agent have constantly told the Rockets he will not leave Greece for a second season in the NBA, or to play for another team in Europe.

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    "It's something very personal," Spanoulis said. "It's family problems.

    "I'm not disappointed. In life, you never know how things are coming. Some things you expect when you sign a contract, you go there, something happens, and your decision has to change. When we are so far away from home, the culture and life and all these things are different. It's very difficult to know what will happen.

    "I want to stay in my country. My hope is to play for one team in my country."

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    Spanoulis' agent, Miodrag Raznatovic, said he and Spanoulis have told the Rockets 10 times since the end of the season that Spanoulis will never return to play for the Rockets and that nothing would change his mind.

    "He told them 10 times, 'I am not coming back,' " Raznatovic said. "In the beginning, it was between him and Jeff Van Gundy. Now it is not. He didn't adjust to the American way of living. 'I cannot survive. I must stay at my home.'

    "I've been trying for one month and a half to make them understand. This is crazy. Believe me, he sold everything, his car, his apartment. He is not coming back. I don't understand how they don't understand. He said, 'I cannot live there. I thought I can. I was very happy when I signed the contract. After eight months, 10 months, I don't want a single second more.'

    "It's not about money. It's not about playing time. It's not about anything else. They could trade him to San Antonio and he could be the starting point guard, and he would he would say, 'No, I cannot.' "

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    He said Spanoulis has told him he would not play for any team outside Greece again.

    "They could try Miami, New York, L.A. — it would not matter," Raznatovic said. "Maybe he goes to Spain and (would) feel different, but we'll never know. He said, 'No, no, no. I cannot leave Greece.'

    "He is looking for an escape. He calls me every day. His mother calls me crying, saying, 'Get my son back.' This is serious. If they want to send a message to all international players that if (they) come and cannot adjust, they cannot go back, that they have to stay there like a slave, that won't work. If he comes back, what can he do? Can he be a good player? Of course not. It could be a disaster."

    "It was very hard," Spanoulis said. "This life was very different. I expected it to be a lot different. I am very close with my family. I prefer to be with my family than to play in the United States. It is very difficult for me to make that step, to be away from them and live there.

    "From the basketball side, I had a very tough season with Jeff. Now this is past. I respect all the people there. I respect the new coach, Rick Adelman. I respect him as a person and as a coach, and (I respect) the new GM and the people of Houston.

    "But to me, I cannot come back."
     
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    He would need at least a year with the Vipers before he is ready to return to the NBA. By that time he would be 44 years old.

    We do probably need another point guard. It might be interesting.
     
  11. LosPollosHermanos

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    Holyshit, I didn’t realize it was that bad..


    But you’re saying there’s still a chance?
     
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    Not unless his mother has passed, rest her soul.
     
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    He is one of the greatest players in the history of the Euroleague and we never gave him a chance.

    Player of the decade 2010-2020
    Euroleague title x 3
    Final 4 mvp x 3
    All Euroleague team x 8
    All time Euroleague leader in points and assists

    The guy could play.
     
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  14. LosPollosHermanos

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    Then why is he so scared to come here??? It sounds like our FO has reached out time and time again (apologies Stone, Murray)
     
  15. lnchan

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    Same reason why Dream doesn't play in Greece.
     
  16. GOATuve

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    Haha
     
  17. DaDakota

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    He hated JVG.

    DD
     
  18. Jontro

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    mr front office isn't being transparent. somebody needs to get fired
     
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    Mr. Spandex is actually a Championship coach.

     
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    Oohhhh and Giannis didn't stay in Greece.

     

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