No way. He's not even better than guys like Ben Simmons and Jaylen Brown.
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No way. He's not even better than guys like Ben Simmons and Jaylen Brown.
[QUOTE=Smook A.]No way. He's not even better than guys like Ben Simmons and Jaylen Brown.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Euroleague]Here is the latest YouTube footage of 2016 #1 NBA draft pick, 17 year old high school senior, 7'1" (with 7'6" wingspan) Greek center, Georgios Papagiannis.
Clips from the Greek League and the Greek Under-22 (college age) amateur league.
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bFF9SNjtW4[/url]
Clip from his most recent game in the Greek League - 10 points, 12 rebounds, 2 steals, 3 blocks, in 22 minutes
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjJ99KEZxBw[/url][/QUOTE]
I've been saying this all along. This kat is going to shit on this league.
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#10 is 6'7" 235.
So, was he dominating his competition when he played high school basketball in the U.S?
[QUOTE=FrenchDude]So, was he dominating his competition when he played high school basketball in the U.S?[/QUOTE]
No. And if you watch him play in junior levels in Greece not really either. Same thing happened a few days ago when Greece played against USA in a friendly, he had so many chances to just destroy USA team, but they were missed because of timing.
Problem is that at junior levels, the guards don't understand the proper timing of when and where to throw him the ball. They simply have no idea of what to do with such a giant like this.
And how could they? Where would they ever have seen such a freak like this ever before, let alone played with him?
But when he plays in Panathinaikos senior team in Greek men's league for the limited time, it looks totally different. he can get the good looks from the guards and he just destroys everyone.
Actually, after that last game in Greek under 19 team played against USA, the Greek coach, that is a professional coach in Greece's men's league (not a junior level coach) was really mad at all the Greek guards and kept demanding at them to get the ball to Papagiannis in right place and right time so he can finish the dunks, instead of everything being timed wrong on his jumps.
He said he was making the guards work on it until they understand how to do it right. It's different with professional players that just understand things like that.
But in the first game of the tournament, the guards were doing a lot better and only missed like 3 or 4 passes the whole game. And when they did the coach was on them hard over it.
Most of the passes were timed correctly, and it was just unbelievable watching this BEAST go to work. It was like young Shaq out there. Everything in the area around the basket was being thrown down viciously.
Guys were running away. He was dunking all over people. [B]This guy is a FREAK OF NATURE.[/B]
I've never seen anything like him at that size since young Shaq.
He can run the floor, block shots everywhere, control the rebounding on both ends, and just dunk the hell out of everything. And if you get him away from the rim, he just lowers his shoulder and powers into you with a deadly hook shot.
Looks like we found the new NBA GOAT. That black dude that played for the Bulls was a scrub anyway.
[QUOTE=Euroleague]Papagiannis is the most amazing physical specimen of a prospect that I've seen since rookie NBA Shaq.
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You should really get your vision checked euro fucc
[QUOTE=Bless Mathews]You should really get your vision checked euro fucc[/QUOTE]
Slayed.
[QUOTE=Milbuck]Slayed.[/QUOTE]
You're just pissed off because Papagiannis is a way more talented player than Giannis is.
Could he even make the D-League??
[QUOTE=Euroleague]At age 17, as a high school senior, he's 7'1", with a 7'6" wingspan, [SIZE="5"]said to be still growing[/SIZE], and he was just tested with a 38" vertical, and you think he might not get drafted?
:biggums: :biggums: :biggums:
[B]Lay off the crack pipe.[/B][/QUOTE]
[B]sounds like this nikka got gigantism....not gonna help his game at all[/B]
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His dad is 7 feet tall. So I doubt he has a growth disorder.
Not everyone thinks so highly of this guy...
5/22/15
[url]http://www.btpowerhouse.com/2015/5/22/8629991/georgios-papagiannis-is-the-great-unknown-of-the-2015-recruiting-class-big-ten-basketball[/url]
[QUOTE][B]Ranked the No. 84 overall player, No. 11 center[/B], and No. 2 player from the state of Pennsylvania in the class of 2015 by 247sports.com, the big man has a host of schools vying for his services. Papagiannis holds offers from B1G schools Maryland, Penn State, and Rutgers. Others on a growing list of potential suitors include Oregon, UConn, Kentucky, St. John's, and N.C. State.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/24597142/four-star-georgios-papagiannis-signs-with-greek-pro-team[/url]
[QUOTE]Papagiannis, a 7-foot-1 center who played Westtown School (Pa.), is ranked No. 38 in the 247Sports Composite for the class of 2015. He had already taken unofficial visits to Maryland and Penn State.
He averaged 8.1 points and 6.1 rebounds on the EYBL circuit with Team Takeover this spring.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://zagsblog.com/articles/greek-7-footer-georgios-papagiannis-could-make-decision-soon/[/url]
[QUOTE]While playing last summer in the U17 FIBA Championships, he averaged 8.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks in seven games. Against the United States, he went for 16 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.
Playing a year up in the U18 European Championship, he averaged 5.3 points and 5.6 rebounds in limited minutes.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.azdesertswarm.com/recruiting/2015/1/27/7924301/arizona-among-the-teams-interested-georgios-papagiannis[/url]
[QUOTE]247Sports.com listed Papagiannis as the[B] 34th best player in the class of 2015, and the 7th best center in the class of 2015[/B].[/QUOTE]
4/17/15
[url]http://www.wdrb.com/story/28830622/bozich-without-zimmerman-will-kentucky-look-to-europe[/url]
[QUOTE]Don't look for Papagiannis on the Rivals list of Top 100 prospects. You won't find him.[/QUOTE]
4/14/2015
[url]http://kckingdom.com/2015/04/14/kansas-jayhawks-recruiting-rumors-georgios-papagiannis-is-a-dark-horse/[/url]
[QUOTE]The Kansas Jayhawks recruiting rumors continue to swirl around the top ranked recruits, but center [B]Georgios Papagiannis could be a dark horse[/B]. [B]If Bill Self and the Kansas Jayhawks miss out on some of the higher ranked big men, Papagiannis may be a player that could thrive at Kansas[/B].
Georgios Papagiannis stands 7
The #1 pick in the 2016 NBA draft?
You have got to be kidding.
He MAY get drafted, based solely on his size, but even if he does, he looks like a career back-up in the NBA, at best.
He has BUST written all over him.
He's slow
He's not athletic
I hate to break it to you Euroleague
I get so tired of these ridiculous threads about these so-called "great Euros."
The REALITY of Euroleague...
Where a washed-up 40 year old like Bob McAdoo just destroy those leagues.
Or a well-below average NBA player like Anthony Parker is considered not GOAT-like, but GOD-like.
Where a Ricky Rubio was considered the "Maravich" of the Euroleague, and yet is now firmly entrenched as the most inefficient shooter from the field in NBA history.
Where a hippo like Sofoklis Schortsanitis was at one time considered a "baby Shaq."
And where a complete bust in the NBA like V-Span is considered the GOAT European.
Be thankful for Dirk, who is, by far, the GOAT Euro.
The rest of Euroleague...pure trash that would struggle in the D-League.
I read that we were supposed to "cream our pants" at how much better he is than Kristaps Porzingis who was selected #4 this year.
He is also the 2nd biggest freak of nature out of high school when it comes to athleticism and size after shaq.
If this guy isn't the unanimous #1 pick next year Euroleague has been lying to us all along. Who would have thought?
[QUOTE=dannywpt]I read that we were supposed to "cream our pants" at how much better he is than [B]Kristaps Porzingis[/B] who was selected #4 this year.
He is also the 2nd biggest freak of nature out of high school when it comes to athleticism and size after shaq.
If this guy isn't the unanimous #1 pick next year Euroleague has been lying to us all along. Who would have thought?[/QUOTE]
Given his mediocre stats in his Euroleague seasons, I see a future Darko Milicic.
[QUOTE=LAZERUSS]Given his mediocre stats in his Euroleague seasons, I see a future Darko Milicic.[/QUOTE]
He's never played in the Euroleague you ****ing idiot.
[QUOTE=Euroleague]He's never played in the Euroleague you ****ing idiot.[/QUOTE]
Sorry, you were right. Given his pathetic stats in his own age group in Europe, he is nowhere near a #1 NBA pick, and more than likely, will follow the many other 7-0+ busts that Europe has provided the NBA.
[url]http://zagsblog.com/articles/greek-7-footer-georgios-papagiannis-could-make-decision-soon/[/url]
4/15/2015
[QUOTE]The 7-foot-1 Papagiannis signed a multi-year deal with Greek champion Panathinaikos but has the option to return to the States this summer.
While playing last summer in the U17 FIBA Championships, he averaged 8.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks in seven games. Against the United States, he went for 16 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.
Playing a year up in the U18 European Championship, he averaged 5.3 points and 5.6 rebounds in limited minutes.[/QUOTE]
:roll: :roll: :roll:
[QUOTE=dannywpt]I read that we were supposed to "cream our pants" at how much better he is than Kristaps Porzingis who was selected #4 this year.
He is also the 2nd biggest freak of nature out of high school when it comes to athleticism and size after shaq.
If this guy isn't the unanimous #1 pick next year Euroleague has been lying to us all along. Who would have thought?[/QUOTE]
Greece can't produce a player like that.:no:
[QUOTE=LAZERUSS]I get so tired of these ridiculous threads about these so-called "great Euros."
The REALITY of Euroleague...
Where a washed-up 40 year old like Bob McAdoo just destroy those leagues.
Or a well-below average NBA player like Anthony Parker is considered not GOAT-like, but GOD-like.
Where a Ricky Rubio was considered the "Maravich" of the Euroleague, and yet is now firmly entrenched as the most inefficient shooter from the field in NBA history.
Where a hippo like Sofoklis Schortsanitis was at one time considered a "baby Shaq."
And where a complete bust in the NBA like V-Span is considered the GOAT European.
Be thankful for Dirk, who is, by far, the GOAT Euro.
The rest of Euroleague...pure trash that would struggle in the D-League.[/QUOTE]
Euroleague, where NBA draft rejects, 40 year old has-beens, and bench-warmers, dominate their lessor talented Euros.
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He's actually in nba 2k15
So far..........
Big George is 2nd in the FIBA Under 19 World Championship in rebounds per game with 14.5 rebounds per game.
[url]http://www.fiba.com/world/u19/2015/playerstats#rebounds[/url]
Big George is 1st in the FIBA Under 19 World Championship in blocks per game with 4.5 blocks per game.
[url]http://www.fiba.com/world/u19/2015/playerstats#blocks[/url]
Big George is 2nd in the FIBA Under-19 World Championship in eff rating at 28.0 per game.
[url]http://www.fiba.com/world/u19/2015/playerstats#efficiency[/url]
And he's still 17, while most players at the tournament are 18-19.
[B]FREAKING BEAST[/B]
[QUOTE=LAZERUSS]Sorry, you were right. Given his pathetic stats in his own age group in Europe, he is nowhere near a #1 NBA pick, and more than likely, will follow the many other 7-0+ busts that Europe has provided the NBA.
[url]http://zagsblog.com/articles/greek-7-footer-georgios-papagiannis-could-make-decision-soon/[/url]
4/15/2015
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:roll: :roll: :roll:
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Which gut is Spanoulis?
"big George".... did Euroleauge just make that up? How about you refer to his real nickname which is George "the papa" Genius.
Man, Yao being drafted #1 over 10 years ago has really done wonders for the Chinese league in relation to the NBA!:roll:
[QUOTE=Straight_Ballin]"big George".... did Euroleauge just make that up? How about you refer to his real nickname which is George "the papa" Genius.[/QUOTE]
The only place google finds him using the "big george" nick name is this thread here
[url]http://www.nbadraft.net/forum/georgios-papagiannis-update-reports-say-he-will-come-ncaa[/url]
I wonder who the OP of that thread is
[QUOTE=Straight_Ballin]"big George".... did Euroleauge just make that up? How about you refer to his real nickname which is George "the papa" Genius.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=outbreak]The only place google finds him using the "big george" nick name is this thread here
[url]http://www.nbadraft.net/forum/georgios-papagiannis-update-reports-say-he-will-come-ncaa[/url]
I wonder who the OP of that thread is[/QUOTE]
Do you know him? Have you ever met him?
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Then...................
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Doesn't look that good. He isn't going number 1 either.
Is there a single mock where he is going first? Didn't think so.