Why was there no interest in Vassilis Spanoulis?

[I<3NBA]

why was there no interest?

because he has an attitude problem that sucks.

[tpols]

ask Sarunas Jasikevicius. scoring PGs w/ below NBA average athleticism just don't work in the NBA. they lack the footspeed and handle more often to handle pressure defense more often that not. that doesn't make them bad basketball players, it just makes them good basketball players that don't fit the NBA game.

besides, why come over here in a limited role, if any role, for less money than you'd get staying where you are?

Tony Parker? Hes quick but not really athletic compared to other NBA ballers.. more crafty and has better timing/skill despite not being a physical speciman at all.

[luckylucy]

I've played plenty of greek, italian professionals in my days of playing ball. I've also had rare occurrences of playing against NBA journeymen ... and there is a visibly, palpable difference in quality playing them.

[SoCalLakersFan1]

Tony Parker? Hes quick but not really athletic compared to other NBA ballers.. more crafty and has better timing/skill despite not being a physical speciman at all.

He can't jump but he's really damn fast.

[InspiredLebowski]

Tony Parker? Hes quick but not really athletic compared to other NBA ballers.. more crafty and has better timing/skill despite not being a physical speciman at all.

what about him? he's in no way comparable to either of those players. if you don't think Tony Parker's athletic you need to look up the definition of the word.

[Euroleague]

what about him? he's in no way comparable to either of those players. if you don't think Tony Parker's athletic you need to look up the definition of the word.

If you think Tony Parker is more athletic than Spanoulis, then you have an IQ below 65.

And Jasikevicius was more athletic than guys like current Andre Miller, 40 year old Kidd, 40 year old Nash, and Calderon, all of them playing major minutes in NBA at point guard position.

It is clear that you have NEVER EVER seen any of these players play EVER.

[dr.hee]

And Jasikevicius was more athletic than guys like current Andre Miller, 40 year old Kidd, 40 year old Nash, and Calderon, all of them playing major minutes in NBA at point guard position.

Didn't help him against real competition though. His best NBA season was 7.5/2/3 in 21 minutes per game shooting 40% from the field and 36% from 3.

His NBA averages are 7/1.5/3 on 41/37/92 shooting. So you really shouldn't compare this guy to Miller,Kidd,Nash,Calderon level talent. He had his chance against the best, and blew it.

[chains5000]

His first option was to continue playing for Olympiacos, he even had a huge offer from Barcelona, which he didn't even consider.
He's paid well (better than what any NBA team would give him), he's the team's star, playing in his home country, where he is loved. Why would he move?

[LJJ]

Didn't help him against real competition though. His best NBA season was 7.5/2/3 in 21 minutes per game shooting 40% from the field and 36% from 3.

His NBA averages are 7/1.5/3 on 41/37/92 shooting. So you really shouldn't compare this guy to Miller,Kidd,Nash,Calderon level talent. He had his chance against the best, and blew it.

In before 29 year old Jasikevicius just coming off a Euroleague finals MVP and Championship the previous season was past his prime.

[Euroleague]

Didn't help him against real competition though. His best NBA season was 7.5/2/3 in 21 minutes per game shooting 40% from the field and 36% from 3.

His NBA averages are 7/1.5/3 on 41/37/92 shooting. So you really shouldn't compare this guy to Miller,Kidd,Nash,Calderon level talent. He had his chance against the best, and blew it.

Sarunas Jasikevicius Career Euroleague averages

22.5 minutes per game

10.7 points per game
1.6 rebounds per game
3.4 assists per game
0.6 steals per game

45.6 FG%
39.3 3 PT FG%
92.0 FT%

Put down the meth pipe.

And Jasikevicius is a better player than Calderon even RIGHT NOW, at age 37. Anyone saying Calderon is better than Saras should be perma banned from this forum immediately.

And he did not "blow his chance against the best", as he was the absolute nightmare of Team USA 2 different times.

[Euroleague]

His first option was to continue playing for Olympiacos, he even had a huge offer from Barcelona, which he didn't even consider.
He's paid well (better than what any NBA team would give him), he's the team's star, playing in his home country, where he is loved. Why would he move?

Spanoulis turned down a $11.4 million higher offer from CSKA. I think he made a big, big mistake in doing that. And remember, he's not loved at all in Greece. He is the most hated player in the history of world basketball by 95+% of Panathinaikos fans, which makes up 1/3 of the worldwide Greek fan base. This is the guy that has 20,000 PAO fans singing about how they will rape and kill his mother, singing that in unison at OAKA when he is playing there.

This is the guy that was forced to give blood and urine samples AFTER EVERY GAME in Greek League, because a sports website owned by Panathinaikos' owner claimed he was doping. No apologies were made after he passed every test. But the league enforced that, just because the PAO owner had one of his sports websites make the claim. The league is run by guys that went through the Panathinaikos club system.

He is also savaged on a daily basis by the Greek media, which the owner of Panathinaikos owns about 40% of Greek sports media. And of course he is treated horribly by the refs in Greece, which the former President of Panathinaikos runs the Greek ref association and all the refs in the Greek League playoffs came through the Panathinaikos club system.

Never mind the insane nonsense that goes on in the games with the hooligans and all that craziness with players being attacked, the arena being torn up, and championship games not ending and instead being called and given to the opponents by the refs, due to "fan interference".

Spanoulis does not have the same situation that Diamantidis has in Panathinaikos, or that Navarro has in Barca. Not even close to be honest about it. He makes more money than they do, but really, he made a big mistake not signing that huge contract CSKA offered him.

[Euroleague]

In before 29 year old Jasikevicius just coming off a Euroleague finals MVP and Championship the previous season was past his prime.

That's funny, because whenever anyone points out that Jasikevicius was actually the best player on that Maccabi team and was the one actually leading it to championships..............

YOU and a hundred other TROLLS here claim that Jasikevicius was "a scrub being carried by the Euro GOAT Anthony Parker".

Now all of a sudden, Jasikevicius was an MVP and champion.

Hypocrites BURN IN HELL.

[SpurrDurr]

If you think Tony Parker is more athletic than Spanoulis, then you have an IQ below 65.

[chains5000]

Spanoulis turned down a $10.5 million higher offer from CSKA. I think he made a big, big mistake in doing that.

Who knows? Nobody expected Olympiacos to win the Euroleague again, and they did.
Spanoulis has chosen to play where he likes to be, it's a good decision.

[LJJ]

That's funny, because whenever anyone points out that Jasikevicius was actually the best player on that Maccabi team and was the one actually leading it to championships..............

YOU and a hundred other TROLLS here claim that Jasikevicius was "a scrub being carried by the Euro GOAT Anthony Parker".

Now all of a sudden, Jasikevicius was an MVP and champion.

Hypocrites BURN IN HELL.

No one claims Jasi was a scrub on Maccabi. He was the finals MVP...Parker the overall MVP.. He was Tony Parker to Anthony Parker's Duncan. So to speak.

Even in the NBA Jasi wasn't a scrub, that's what V-Span in the NBA was.