Euroleague
09-19-2015, 03:52 PM
ISH trolls, especially the Greek ones that are Panathinaikos (Spanoulis' ex team - its fans are so butt hurt that they would make Richard Simmons blush) only fan scum and lunatic hooligans, claim that Vassilis Spanoulis is, "the worst player in the history of the universe", "a Euro scrub", "someone that could never make the NBA", "high school players in the USA are better than him", "people at the local rec league are better than him", etc.
This is and other such comments are said here thousands of times, by dozens of posters.
I have been branded a "lunatic, nutcase, Euro ******, insane, crazy, liar", etc. and many other such insults, for saying none of that is true, and that in fact, he is one of the greatest European players ever, not just Euroleague players, but European players ever, and that this is universally accepted as a fact in Europe by basketball experts.
Now that Spanoulis has retired, the TRUTH comes out, and I am vindicated. If he was such a "worthless, no name scrub", then FIBA would not be writing all kinds of articles about him retiring. Every language in sports would not be writing articles about it in sports media, and paying tributes to his greatness.
All over Europe, they would not be discussing his legacy in the sport........if he was "a POS Euro bum".
Just an example, of some comments:
http://www.eurohoops.net/2015/09/eurobasket/127245
Alessandro Gentile (Italian national team player / Houston Rockets draft pick - so the Houston Rockets scum hater fan base can go burn in hell):
“Spanoulis is my idol. If I were Greek, I would cry all night. I am a huge fan of him, and when I heard his decision, I shivered”.
Danilo Gallinari (NBA player / Italian national team player) :
“He’s among the best all-time players in Europe, not only among the active players. It is always nice to watch him playing, and it was also nice for Greece to have him as a leader. He’s an example for everybody, and especially the young players”.
http://www.eurohoops.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Spanoulis.jpg
http://www.eurohoops.net/2015/09/eurobasket/126913
Pau Gasol (NBA player / Spanish national team player):
“Vassilis has made his mark in international basketball and Euroleague. He has offered a lot to his team, and he decided that it’s his time to retire. It’s a moment that will come for everyone. I wish him well, and to continue to play basketball with his club as long as he would like and wants to”.
http://www.eurohoops.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/span2009.jpg
http://www.eurohoops.net/2015/09/eurobasket/126716
Simone Pianigiani (Italian national team head coach):
“Incredible respect to Spanoulis. He’s an idol for me. I love him, but doesn’t everybody love him? Many times he killed me in the Euroleague. He’s something special”.
https://twitter.com/sergioscariolo/status/644575079146332160
Sergio Scariolo (Spanish national team head coach):
sergioscariolo.com Verified account
@sergioscariolo
All my respect to Vassili Spanoulis: trying to slow him down has always been one of the most challenging and difficult parts of my game plans.
1:14 PM - 17 Sep 2015
http://www.eurohoops.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/IMG_5025.jpg
http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/ElladaBasket/mpoyroushs-den-aresoyn-mpoyroushs-kai-zhshs-eygnwmwn-poy-epaiksa-me-ton-spanoulh.3672427.html
Ioannis Bourousis (Greek national team player):
"I'm thankful that I happened to play with Vassilis. He's one of the best of Europe. When they learned that Vassilis was retiring, Pianigiani, Scariolo, and Gasol sent him messages. He's a dog that cannot never, ever be caged, and he's always trying to make me better, and for that I thank him very much."
http://www.sport24.gr/incoming/article3672435.ece/BINARY/w620/1309060+%282%29.jpg
https://twitter.com/nik683/status/644575871626543104/photo/1
Nikos Zisis (Greek national team player):
Nikos Zisis Verified account
@nik683
"It's my honor that I played next to you. The memories will remain engraved forever."
1:17 PM - 17 Sep 2015
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPH-Uu4WEAAvEm4.jpg:large
https://twitter.com/PapaloukasTheo/status/644570922268131329
Theo Papaloukas (Greek national team player):
Τheodoros Papaloukas
@PapaloukasTheo
"Lucky and proud of being a teammate and a friend of this man."
12:57 PM - 17 Sep 2015
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPH9VsVWgAE1Igl.jpg:large
http://www.eurobasket2015.org/en/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_ 9322.coid_M28jgPAvHtkRjAca6yjAv3.articleMode_on.ht ml
Vangelis Mantazris (Greek national team player):
"I'm really happy and very proud that we were able to play in the same national team with Vassilis."
"It's been an honor for us, and we hope to have the same success as him. I doubt that will happen without him, but that's it."
http://www.eurobasket2015.org/en/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_ 9322.coid_M28jgPAvHtkRjAca6yjAv3.articleMode_on.ht ml
Fotis Katsikaris (Greek national team head coach):
"Very, very, very difficult moment in the locker room when Vassilis announced that he retired from the national team."
"I believe he is one of the players that changed Greek basketball, changed the way that many see it, and it was a very difficult moment."
"History will remember him, when he wants to retire from his team, as one of the biggest players ever to play in Europe."
http://www.eurobasket2015.org/en/files/%7BD5444FD7-44D0-4391-8D17-F96DAE4F8523%7Dbig_h.jpg
Greek Basketball Coaches Association:
"The Board of Directors of the Greek Basketball Coaches Association, after hearing the news that Vassilis Spanoulis retired from the national team, would like to thank him and congratulate him for all the contributions he has offered.
The Board of GBCA expresses that all Greek coaches want to thank Vassilis Spanoulis for his contribution over the years in Greek basketball, and especially on the occasions that he represented the national team. Since 2000, he honored the emblem on the jersey with sweat and blood, and he filled with us with tears of joy, while winning six medals (2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009).
The least that the Greek Basketball Coaches Association can do is to congratulate him and applaud him, because over the years, he became one of the brightest examples for young athletes, and an idol for all the fans of our favorite sports. "
http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/SpainBasket/article3670207.ece/BINARY/w620/ss.jpg
http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/ElladaBasket/EthnikiBasket/vasilh-den-exoyme-logia.3669937.html
Greek League Player's Association:
"The Association of Paid Basketball Players thanks Vassilis Spanoulis, for his HUGE contribution to the national team. We cannot describe the emotion we felt, listening to a legend of Greek and European basketball, announcing his retirement from our national team. Indeed, the thank you is very little, as we have no words. Vassilis gave us so much, and we owe him a lifetime!".
http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/ItalyBasket/article3669929.ece/BINARY/w620/Vspan.jpg
This is and other such comments are said here thousands of times, by dozens of posters.
I have been branded a "lunatic, nutcase, Euro ******, insane, crazy, liar", etc. and many other such insults, for saying none of that is true, and that in fact, he is one of the greatest European players ever, not just Euroleague players, but European players ever, and that this is universally accepted as a fact in Europe by basketball experts.
Now that Spanoulis has retired, the TRUTH comes out, and I am vindicated. If he was such a "worthless, no name scrub", then FIBA would not be writing all kinds of articles about him retiring. Every language in sports would not be writing articles about it in sports media, and paying tributes to his greatness.
All over Europe, they would not be discussing his legacy in the sport........if he was "a POS Euro bum".
Just an example, of some comments:
http://www.eurohoops.net/2015/09/eurobasket/127245
Alessandro Gentile (Italian national team player / Houston Rockets draft pick - so the Houston Rockets scum hater fan base can go burn in hell):
“Spanoulis is my idol. If I were Greek, I would cry all night. I am a huge fan of him, and when I heard his decision, I shivered”.
Danilo Gallinari (NBA player / Italian national team player) :
“He’s among the best all-time players in Europe, not only among the active players. It is always nice to watch him playing, and it was also nice for Greece to have him as a leader. He’s an example for everybody, and especially the young players”.
http://www.eurohoops.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Spanoulis.jpg
http://www.eurohoops.net/2015/09/eurobasket/126913
Pau Gasol (NBA player / Spanish national team player):
“Vassilis has made his mark in international basketball and Euroleague. He has offered a lot to his team, and he decided that it’s his time to retire. It’s a moment that will come for everyone. I wish him well, and to continue to play basketball with his club as long as he would like and wants to”.
http://www.eurohoops.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/span2009.jpg
http://www.eurohoops.net/2015/09/eurobasket/126716
Simone Pianigiani (Italian national team head coach):
“Incredible respect to Spanoulis. He’s an idol for me. I love him, but doesn’t everybody love him? Many times he killed me in the Euroleague. He’s something special”.
https://twitter.com/sergioscariolo/status/644575079146332160
Sergio Scariolo (Spanish national team head coach):
sergioscariolo.com Verified account
@sergioscariolo
All my respect to Vassili Spanoulis: trying to slow him down has always been one of the most challenging and difficult parts of my game plans.
1:14 PM - 17 Sep 2015
http://www.eurohoops.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/IMG_5025.jpg
http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/ElladaBasket/mpoyroushs-den-aresoyn-mpoyroushs-kai-zhshs-eygnwmwn-poy-epaiksa-me-ton-spanoulh.3672427.html
Ioannis Bourousis (Greek national team player):
"I'm thankful that I happened to play with Vassilis. He's one of the best of Europe. When they learned that Vassilis was retiring, Pianigiani, Scariolo, and Gasol sent him messages. He's a dog that cannot never, ever be caged, and he's always trying to make me better, and for that I thank him very much."
http://www.sport24.gr/incoming/article3672435.ece/BINARY/w620/1309060+%282%29.jpg
https://twitter.com/nik683/status/644575871626543104/photo/1
Nikos Zisis (Greek national team player):
Nikos Zisis Verified account
@nik683
"It's my honor that I played next to you. The memories will remain engraved forever."
1:17 PM - 17 Sep 2015
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPH-Uu4WEAAvEm4.jpg:large
https://twitter.com/PapaloukasTheo/status/644570922268131329
Theo Papaloukas (Greek national team player):
Τheodoros Papaloukas
@PapaloukasTheo
"Lucky and proud of being a teammate and a friend of this man."
12:57 PM - 17 Sep 2015
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPH9VsVWgAE1Igl.jpg:large
http://www.eurobasket2015.org/en/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_ 9322.coid_M28jgPAvHtkRjAca6yjAv3.articleMode_on.ht ml
Vangelis Mantazris (Greek national team player):
"I'm really happy and very proud that we were able to play in the same national team with Vassilis."
"It's been an honor for us, and we hope to have the same success as him. I doubt that will happen without him, but that's it."
http://www.eurobasket2015.org/en/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_ 9322.coid_M28jgPAvHtkRjAca6yjAv3.articleMode_on.ht ml
Fotis Katsikaris (Greek national team head coach):
"Very, very, very difficult moment in the locker room when Vassilis announced that he retired from the national team."
"I believe he is one of the players that changed Greek basketball, changed the way that many see it, and it was a very difficult moment."
"History will remember him, when he wants to retire from his team, as one of the biggest players ever to play in Europe."
http://www.eurobasket2015.org/en/files/%7BD5444FD7-44D0-4391-8D17-F96DAE4F8523%7Dbig_h.jpg
Greek Basketball Coaches Association:
"The Board of Directors of the Greek Basketball Coaches Association, after hearing the news that Vassilis Spanoulis retired from the national team, would like to thank him and congratulate him for all the contributions he has offered.
The Board of GBCA expresses that all Greek coaches want to thank Vassilis Spanoulis for his contribution over the years in Greek basketball, and especially on the occasions that he represented the national team. Since 2000, he honored the emblem on the jersey with sweat and blood, and he filled with us with tears of joy, while winning six medals (2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009).
The least that the Greek Basketball Coaches Association can do is to congratulate him and applaud him, because over the years, he became one of the brightest examples for young athletes, and an idol for all the fans of our favorite sports. "
http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/SpainBasket/article3670207.ece/BINARY/w620/ss.jpg
http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/ElladaBasket/EthnikiBasket/vasilh-den-exoyme-logia.3669937.html
Greek League Player's Association:
"The Association of Paid Basketball Players thanks Vassilis Spanoulis, for his HUGE contribution to the national team. We cannot describe the emotion we felt, listening to a legend of Greek and European basketball, announcing his retirement from our national team. Indeed, the thank you is very little, as we have no words. Vassilis gave us so much, and we owe him a lifetime!".
http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/ItalyBasket/article3669929.ece/BINARY/w620/Vspan.jpg