plato-ny Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 Euroleague champion Panathinaikos has announced the return of Vassilis Spanoulis, a former all-Euroleague point guard with the Greens. Spanoulis, (193, 25) arrives after one season with Houston of the NBA. Spanoulis is a reigning European champion with the Greek national team, with whom he also won a silver medal at last fall's World Championships. He and the Greens signed a three-year contract. Spanoulis was a sudden-impact performer in his one and only Euroleague season, 2005-06, when he averaged 14.5 points and 3.1 assists while making 61.7% of his two-point shots, helping Panathinaikos reach the last game before the Final Four. Spanoulis was named to the all-Euroleague second team for his efforts that season. Prior to Panathinaikos, Spanoulis had played two seasons for Larissa of the Greek League, from 1999 to 2001, and the next four with Maroussi. He helped Maroussi to make both the Greek League finals and the FIBA Europe League title game in 2004. The next season, his only one in the ULEB Cup, he averaged 15.2 points and 4.8 assists for Maroussi. In 2005-06 with Panathinaikos, he won both the Greek League and Greek Cup. Last season, Spanoulis tried his luck in the NBA, where he averaged 2.7 points and 8.8 minutes over 31 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evalagoal Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 It's a damn shame that he's leving the NBA. We need more Greek players to play at the top league. Good Pick-up though for PAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar7 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 did we just get stronger???? :tup: :tup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 did we just get stronger???? :tup: :tup: Yes you did my friend. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_horse Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 His 1 year stay in Houston was a disaster, he was thinking what if was with PAO that year? He could have lifted the Euroleague trophy. Spanoulis NEVER should have went to the NBA, his heart lies with European basketball. Greeks have NEVER showed any success in that league. I'm happy with Diamantidis and Papaloukas decisions NOT to forgo the European League for the NBA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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