Karnishovas & MOREY in Greece watching Olympiakos - Real Madrid

Josh Childress? Hmm...

 

Even DM the GM can't make chicken salad outta chicken (stuff).

 

I agree, especially since Artest might be gone at the end of the season and McGrady probably going to be inactive until around January or February 2010. Wafer (who also might be gone next season) and White are probably nice but we'll need someone that can really step into the position and consistently work for us.

 

On Richard Justice's Twitter page he mentions Morey was at a FC Barcelona-Unicaja Malaga game played yesterday.

Elsewhere: http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/castellano/noticies/basquet/temporada08-09/03/n090327104148.html
http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=en

Barca-Malaga boxscore:
http://www.acb.com/fichas/LACB53218.php

Barca-Malaga video highlights:
http://acbtv.acb.com/video/1611

Barca-TAU boxscore:
http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamecode=174

 

Come on..bring home VSpan....



DD

 

Morey @ work again, planting the seeds and uncovering the jems. Gotta love this guy!

BTW, Since we never really got a good look at V-Span the first time,(I for one) wouldn't mind seeing V-Span come back to Rockets camp to see what he truly has. This is a Rick Adelman team now, not JVG's.

 

Should keep Morey's activities on the downlow in case other GM's want to do a little spying

 

Actually, I thought we got a real good look at V-Span the first time. He played a lot of minutes in the preseason and had chances to play in the regular season. If he did come back to the NBA, I'd doubt it would be for the Rockets if all that talk about the Rockets management promising him starter minutes or whatever is true.

 

VSpan was playing out of position at the 3pt line, he was playing SG, and in an entirely different system.

The one that the Rockets run now is perfect for his skillset.

Anyone that thinks he can not play NBA ball because of his rookie season, playing for a coach he didn't get along with, or playing out of position has zero knowledge of basketball.

Making a judgement based upon a player's rookie year where he barely played and out of position is not very smart, and actually is downright stupid.

DD

 

If that is the case why didnt the spurs bring him over considering they actually had a great opportunity to do so. I think they kinda know something about basketball. Also, its not like any other GM is knocking down his door hoping to bring him back either.

You can continue to believe that he would be a major contributor in the NBA but its silly to think that anyone who doubts that is stupid.

Remember, is not just that he struggled on the court, whether out of position or not, he also claimed to struggle simply being in America. You can say that is result of not getting the minutes he expected, but its not like any team is required to give him minutes, nor does he automatically deserve them.

Based on his rookie year, you may think its silly to say he cant make it in the NBA. But at the same time, based on his rookie season it is completely justifiable to think he cant make it.

 

Are you being obtuse, or do you really not know?

The Spurs made the trade for Luxury tax reasons only, they got Pana to pay them a couple million dollars to let him out of the contract for a zero buyout, it was a great business move for them.

It had nothing to do with them wanting him, or not believing in him, it had everything to do with jettising Butler's contract and getting under the Lux tax and getting a couple million dollars.

Nothing more, you can't read anything into that....

Anyone who says VSpan can not play basketball at the NBA level has no clue about basketball.

Does that mean he would start, or be a star? No, of course not, but he does have NBA skills and whether or not those would develop further are at the crux of the matter.

Maybe he gets worse, maybe he gets better, MOST rookies who have international success like he did, and still does....take some time to adjust to the NBA level of play, even Scola had trouble and at least he was playing for a coach that played him in his natural position.

I am not saying VSpan would be the best ever, or even a starter, I am saying that reading anything about him as a player during a difficult rookie year, playing out of position for a coach that he clashed with is downright stupid.

He had some bad games, and some good games......most rookies do, then they limit their bad games as they learn the game....

The NBA is littered with tons of players who struggled their rookie years then got better.....people should stop drinking at the Charles Barkley "He will never score 19 points in a game" fountain and start actually understanding things before they post.

DD

 

Isn't Llull also under contract next year? Any team that drafts him won't be able to bring him over.

 

If there's one player in Barca's roster that the Rockets could go after this off0-season I'd guess Ilyasova. Adelman's always liked forwards who can play 3/4. Morey's first move as GM was to go after Rashard Lewis.

Ilyasova's 3P shooting this season in Euroleague is 42% and in the spanish league it's 40%. He was also the leading rebounder in those comps but has dropped to no.3 overall.

Another point is out the key players for Barca I think he's the most attainable for the Rockets.

Navarro - contract situation would make it impossible.

Andersen - draft rights owned by Hawks but wants $5M.

Vasquez - under contract for another year, difficult buyout.

Ilyasova - free agent but restricted as Bucks still hold his rights though they will have trouble re-signing their other RFA in Sessions and CharlieV without going over LT. If another NBA offers him a contract IMO they won't match like another club with money problems the Nets didn't with Krstic.

 

If they can extend his contract for two more years, why wouldn't they? I doubt they'd want to lose him for nothing.

 

The difference between Llull and others is he's eligible for the draft. If he's drafted he'll be a guy who'll be stashed in Europe for a few years anyway.

 

well, van gundy and cd are both gone, so it may be of mutual interest for vspan to have a second look with us.

i think he'd fits with what adelman want pretty well.

 

Thanks for the videos. The guy is intriguing, to say the least. I hope he's being looked at and we have a chance of getting him. I've heard of him before, but can never remember how to spell his name.