Greek Olympiacos to Offer Allen Iverson $10 Million

[Muser]

Why would American fans want to watch Euro ball when the most powerful league is in America? That's like a European like myself wanting to watch the MLS.

[ginobili's bald spot]

Why would American fans want to watch Euro ball when the most powerful league is in America? That's like a European like myself wanting to watch the MLS.

Real talk. I guess that means Iverson = Beckham

[samikeyp]

Is Bourosis still the Spurs savior?

Just curious.

[45 bank shot]

Is Bourosis still the Spurs savior?

Just curious.

I'm afraid so

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

God, I don't even feel like reading your pointless posts anymore.

let me ask you this, who were the top 5 scorers in Euroleague last season and what did they average?

What the is wrong with you?

Drew Nicholas led Euroleague in scoring with a mid level club. Ina big club like PAO he averaged 8 points.

Marc Salyers led Euroleage in scoring playing on a low level club. He can probably not even make the roster of even a mid level team.

Rakocevic has led Euroleague in scoring twice but on a team like PAO, CSKA and teams like that he would average 8-10.

You clearly have zero knowledge of anything related to the Euroleague so stop trying to pretend you do.

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

Why would American fans want to watch Euro ball when the most powerful league is in America? That's like a European like myself wanting to watch the MLS.

The MLS is ranked as the #90 soccer league in the world last time I look. Yes that is "exact same thing" as the Euroleague being ranked as #2 basketball league.

You obviously lack even the most basic of logic.

[ginobili's bald spot]

The MLS is ranked as the #90 soccer league in the world last time I look. Yes that is "exact same thing" as the Euroleague being ranked as #2 basketball league.

You obviously lack even the most basic of logic.

Jew lies. What kind of greek uses the term soccer?

[MavDynasty]

A.I is gone.

[sabar]

Jew lies. What kind of greek uses the term soccer?

And with that, KBP vanishes

Note that he posts here when its like 2-5 AM in Europe.

[Muser]

The MLS is ranked as the #90 soccer league in the world last time I look. Yes that is "exact same thing" as the Euroleague being ranked as #2 basketball league.

You obviously lack even the most basic of logic.

They both suck ass, so yeah it is the same thing.

[Texas_Ranger]

Yea he should go there...Next year he will cry cause greeks didn't pay him.

[fo'shizzle]

LOL Spanoulis > AI

[Dr. Gonzo]

John Stamos approves this signing.

[Allanon]

If it weren't for AI's refusal to come off the bench, he'd still be in the NBA, maybe even in Detroit.

But his ego is getting in the way. Such a shame going out like a chump after a pretty good career.

[dave]

jew lies. What kind of greek uses the term soccer?

lol

[ambchang]

Olympiacos has 3 owners and each one is a billionaire. They don't care if they benefit they need no money. Besides they sold 14.500 season tickets last year just from adding Childress and he sucked.

Also they average 50 million viewers for TV and they get like 25% of the incomes. They have like 16 sponsors and marketing deals also. They have a huge deal with Nike also. They have no money issues.

I just went through Forbes 2007 list of billionaires, and there are none who claimed Greece as their residence.

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/10/...fPrmRes_7.html

and only one with Greek citizenship.

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/10/...Citizen_7.html

I was a little surprised myself, because if I was a billionaire, I would consider living in Greece.

How you can have 3 billionaires is way beyond me.

Perhaps all three of them got to billionaire status in the last 2 years? or is this one of the American lies?

BTW, do you mean Billionaires as in US Currency, or in Euros? If you mean Euro billionaires, the list would be even shorter.

[ulosturedge]

Have fun playing in Europe. He did it to himself.

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

I just went through Forbes 2007 list of billionaires, and there are none who claimed Greece as their residence.

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/10/...fPrmRes_7.html

and only one with Greek citizenship.

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/10/...Citizen_7.html

I was a little surprised myself, because if I was a billionaire, I would consider living in Greece.

How you can have 3 billionaires is way beyond me.

Perhaps all three of them got to billionaire status in the last 2 years? or is this one of the American lies?

BTW, do you mean Billionaires as in US Currency, or in Euros? If you mean Euro billionaires, the list would be even shorter.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3644739

ATHENS, Greece

Panayiotis Angelopoulos, a billionaire who owns Olympiacos with his brother George, said he wants to make his team the best in the world outside the NBA, according to The New York Times.

"Next season I will open up a small office for free agents in New York, and I will take pe ions," Angelopoulos said.

Childress stunned many NBA observers when he signed a guaranteed three-year deal worth $20 million after taxes with Olympiacos, rather than re-sign with the Hawks. Olympiacos is paying Childress' Greek taxes, the 10 percent agent's fee and his housing and expenses, increasing the team's cost to $30 million, according to the report.

Olympiacos, with a $70 million operating budget and the backing of the Angelopoulos brothers' billions, could be a serious player in the free-agent market. The family owns shipping and steel companies and Angelopoulos said he has done multimillion-dollar business deals, according to the report.



Now STFU you moron. How dumb can you be to not even know that Forbes list only counts people's US assets? IDIOT.

[Darthkiller]

lol. iverson will be by far the greatest player ever to step into greek league. josh childress is a scrub, why do you keep comparing iverson who was a mvp to a bench player.

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

lol. iverson will be by far the greatest player ever to step into greek league. josh childress is a scrub, why do you keep comparing iverson who was a mvp to a bench player.

Spanoulis > Iverson
Galis > Iverson
Bodiroga > Iverson
Wilkins > Iverson

They all played in the Greek League so clearly you are wrong.

[ChumpDumper]

But the Greek league sucks ass.

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

God, I don't feel like reading your question avoiding.

Name me 3 players in the Greek league who can come into the NBA and average 17 points per game in their 30s. Don't avoid the question by saying like AI was shooting a lot or NBA teams play no defense, because in all honesty, how many Euroleague players have come into the NBA and averaged 15 points per game their first season. Maybe Drazen Petrovich? I don't act like I know Euroleague because I just look at the stats, but no big time scorers in the Euroleague could come into the NBA right now and put up Iverson's numbers.

Galis
Wilkins
Bodiroga

[sabar]

Galis
Wilkins
Bodiroga

Greek lies

[ambchang]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3644739

ATHENS, Greece

Panayiotis Angelopoulos, a billionaire who owns Olympiacos with his brother George, said he wants to make his team the best in the world outside the NBA, according to The New York Times.

"Next season I will open up a small office for free agents in New York, and I will take pe ions," Angelopoulos said.

Childress stunned many NBA observers when he signed a guaranteed three-year deal worth $20 million after taxes with Olympiacos, rather than re-sign with the Hawks. Olympiacos is paying Childress' Greek taxes, the 10 percent agent's fee and his housing and expenses, increasing the team's cost to $30 million, according to the report.

Olympiacos, with a $70 million operating budget and the backing of the Angelopoulos brothers' billions, could be a serious player in the free-agent market. The family owns shipping and steel companies and Angelopoulos said he has done multimillion-dollar business deals, according to the report.



Now STFU you moron. How dumb can you be to not even know that Forbes list only counts people's US assets? IDIOT.

I mean, this is just lying through the nose. Forbes list them by converting the assets to US $ as of a certain date. It includes ALL assets ... well ... all legal assets. That guy may have been once a billionaire, but as of the time he signed Childress? He wasn't a billionaire in the traditional sense, maybe he was a billionaire when converted to the Drachma? I don't know.

And since I have reached puberty, I have learned that things around business, like net worth of billionaires, are MUCH more reliable under business magazines, like Forbes, than sports websites, like ESPN.

I mean, ESPN can't even get their basketball news right some times, what are the chances they got business stuff right?

[Bob Lanier]

To be fair, Forbes is to business what ESPN is to sports, viz., softcore porn rather than journalism.

But yes, fetishists sure do like their stats. Just ask anyone on this site who's asked what the name of a piece of masturbation material in someone's signature block is.