<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">With the Rockets' summer league team taking shape, it might be more noteworthy for who is not on it than who is. Guard Vassilis Spanoulis has refused to participate in the camp ? prior to the tournament or in the initial games of the tournament ? before fulfilling his commitment to the Greek national team. Spanoulis played in just 31 games last season, his first of a three-year contract, and has not told the team if he would be willing to return next season. Spanoulis averaged 2.7 points in 8.8 minutes per game, making 31.9 percent of his shots and 17.2 percent of his 3 pointers. The Rockets could demand that Spanoulis participate, but general manager Daryl Morey said the team would not take that step. "We could force the issue," Morey said. "We're not ready to cause an international issue over summer league. We'd like him to be here. We've made that clear. We're not planning on that right now. We're trying to get him over here, even if it is for one or two games."</div> Source: Houston Chronicle <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Spanoulis already has all but written his own ticket out of town, telling the team recently that he will not participate in the summer league next month. The Rockets apparently are trying to snag one of the Mavericks' three second-round draft picks in exchange for Spanoulis. And while they can hope to find a productive power forward via the draft with the 26th pick, the Rockets know they must protect themselves at that position or risk giving Yao even less help than he had last season.</div> Source: Houston Chronicle
