this is jsut in from another rockets board, from a greek member, and its breaking news hopefully I do not get banned again this is just from another houston board, be careful with this you might keep it close until its official UPDATE: FROM GREEK FORUM it is right now just on offer, according to this website http://www.sport24.gr/html/ent/932/ent.129932.asp
First to reply... But I really like what i'm hearing. Finally, another step in the right direction. But I hope we can still keep JLIII though... And sounds like it's chipping away at our MLE. Damn. No Marcus Banks anymore???
Damn, only clinched second... Anyway... Our backcourt's building up... Still need consistent 3pt shooting though...We should go for PFs and more perimeter help, range shooting... Definately good news.
I just posted this question on the panathinaikos message board to make sure this is true... will keep you guys updated!
Take the remaining 3.1 million of MLE (Guessing by the amount of the VSpan deal) and sign Melvin Ely and hope Charlotte doesn't match. Take the TE and get Korver. Alston/VSpan/ Snyder/Korver/Head TMac/Novak/Bowen Battier/JHow/Hayes Yao/Ely/Deke
There was actually something about him on Channel 2 news this afternoon...but I was just walking in from work...so I missed what they said. What I saw was his picture and what looked like his profile.
If it's true then I like this move. There aren't anybody left in free agency that's worth the full mle (discouting those players that will get more than that like Harrington and Wells). 3 years at 6 million puts it just a shade under 2 mill of our MLE. $1.8 million or so. That leaves us slightly over $3 million of MLE for another player. Not bad. We could probably get another contributer for $3 mill.
here is another piece of news a member of the panathinaikos forum is saying there is just an offer here is the link if someone knows greek http://www.sport24.gr/html/ent/932/ent.129932.asp
this sounds great, we're getting some good help in the back court, now we've got to get lucas. I jsut got a question, if we want to sign lucas, do we have to use part of our MLE to sign him??
LOL. I love Babelfish: In his interviews at the duration of this year's year, the "Kill Bill of" - ntamploy'hos Greece with the Panathinaikos and member of second best penta'das in his parcenjki' year in the Eyrwlj'gka - had declared that it intends it exhausts his three-year contract with "green" conceiving that also the money that they could spend the Ro'kets in order to him they acquire did not reflect his genuine value and his presence in the Clover until 2008 could... take off fightingly prolejaj'nontas still more the territory for the NVA. From 2004 that him selected in ntraft NVA (No50 via the Nta'las Ma'verjks) the Ro'kets they did not stop moment watching 24hrono gkarnt dispatching to him dvd with the systems of team, as well as with observations with regard to who weaknesses it will be supposed it improves, so that it is completed as athlete. The period, however, "follow-up", the Spanoy'li rather exhaled also the Ro'kets shows decided they deeply put the hand in the pocket in order to him they acquire. "Closed" three-year contract! According to information, offer 6 millions dollars in gkarnt the Panathinaikos, which this moment is found front a enormous dilemma: Succumb in pressures of Ro'kets trying (with three-year guaranteed contract and no with uncertain agreement as most roy'kjs) his chance in the leading championship of world or it remains in the champions Greece, where the ambitions are highest and besides it will have the possibility of claiming also other titles and of learning all the secrets dj'pla in the Ze'ljko Ompra'ntovjts, that him believed from the first moment! As character, the Spanoy'lis is... aho'rtagos as for the significance ambition ". Occasionally it has ekmystireytej' that "I want to face best" and that "some moment I will try in the NVA". As long as for "buy out", that has his contract with the Panathinaikos? If the money that to him offer the Ro'kets is so much many, the 350.000 dollars of compensation to the champions Greece is... crumbs! No, however, that also the "greens" are allocated to leave thus the subject and the Spanoy'li to wear the vest of Houston Ro'kets. The affair has reached in aftja' administrative executives and according to all the clues will not be late becomes effort of readjustment of his contract, so that is maintained in ro'ster Greek international and he is still more thanked from economic apolave's his. Moreover, in the brain of Spanoy'li exists also the moral piece. The support on behalf of the Ompra'ntovjts, the behavior of administration and simple world that him stops in the street, constitute elements, that it could not easily forget also this psychological pressure renders still difficult his decision, a "decision karje'ras and life", as exomologi'cike the himself in his environment, in teammates in the national team and naturally in his family, which this moment is found in... turned on coals! In conlusion, seeing his enough colleagues selecting the itinerary "Europe - NVA" (Gjasjkevj'tsjoys, Kalntero'n pe'rysj, utmostly Pa'rker k.a.), 24hronos gkarnt conceives that so much big occasions is not presented many times in the athletic way mpasketmpolj'sta and if in deed the Houston is proved so much insistent in the affair of his transcription, is not by no means improbable succumbs in American pressures. Even if with this movement it forces the Panathinaikos to seek urgently no, but two... antj-La'kovjts!
