He's a Euro ball player learning the NBA game as basically a rookie who's been giving big minutes. He'll be better next season. I really hope Houston sucks as well
This is true. There is definitely an adjustment period. Way too early to evaluate him. Glad he has started off slow, and i hope it continues, but it means nothing right now.
He's certainly shooting egregiously. But as he's proved himself a decent shooter in Europe and International Ball, I doubt this is permanent. And, of course, he's playing 23 mpg for a team that is 9-1. Remind me again how many mpg T-Rob is playing? As you were talking about one game, maybe you can talk about how many mpg T-Rob played last game, when our TWO starting forwards were out? That's when he really came into his own and showed his worth, right?
"Are the Rockets wasting Papanickolaou?" Kind of misleading title, because, although the poster obviously thinks he's a good player, the answer appears to be "no" because they're stacked at the positions he plays. Blake for KP? Blake and Kaman for KP and Dorsey? The thing is, McHale isn't playing Papanickolaou even though Morey paid him the most starting money ever for a second round pick, which has got to smart. And as the article points out, he's not likely to break through next season, what with Brewer, Ariza, Smith (assuming he re-signs) and Jones at the forward spots. If Afflalo doesn't opt out, I'd offer him for KP. Then we'd have traded KP for T-Rob for Afflalo for KP! (with a few complications added in)
Yeah, I kinda miss having a smelly Euro wing on the bench. That way when we are getting our asses kicked he can come in score 4 buckets in 2 minutes and we can all make threads about extended minutes.
Oh look who just got voted the best center in the ACB: Remember that name? That's the OTHER guy whose rights we traded to get T-Rob. Yeah, that worked out well. The Rockets own the rights to two of those 5.
I've updated on Marko a few months back. He went from an obscure prospect with size and a decent skillset to a top-two or three big in Europe. If anything, this makes me feel better about how solid our scouting staff is.
Here's the article. Guesses for where he'll end up: 1=. San Antonio (just to really piss me off) 1=. Olympiakos 2. Barcelona (although they've just signed Vezenkov) 3. The Raptors ('cause, international) 4. Minnesota (ditto) 5. Milwaukee (to keep Giannis company) 6. Knicks (to keep Giannis's brother company. Also they drafted him. Also he strikes me as a player who'd work well in the triangle)
Another one bites the dust for fez crushes. Kostas I love it when you call me big papa Soup juggler And I'm sure many others
It would be nice to bring him in on a camp contract. We can test him out and see how he fits. He seems like he would be a nice role player...
Sounds exactly like what everyone said about Joel Freeland. Six years later, he finally came over and looked totally lost his first year in the NBA. He put in a lot of hard work and became a decent role player for two seasons, and now at the age of 28, when most players are in their prime, he's out of the league. Because they can find guys that kill it in Europe, but can't cut it in the NBA? Recent examples include: Viktor Khryapa, Sergei Monia, Sergio Rodriguez, Rudy Fernandez, Joel Freeland, Victor Claver, etc. I'm sure there are others I'm forgetting, as well as the guys like Koponen who have never even made an NBA roster. BNM
