Trance has passed an era,
You and I will eventually return to the sea of people.
Yao Ming, Maddy, and Little Black Beans have long since faded out of the alliance,
Some people don't even have anything to do with professional leagues anymore.
And that memory of the rocket red,
Just yesterday,
Dissipated a little more.
After 21 years of ups and downs in basketball,
Vaslis Spanolis, 39, has officially announced his retirement.
Remember Spann's fans,
You're almost 30 years old, right?
That was the Rockets" era,
Chairman Yao is leading a team to conquer the four sides,
06-07 season,
The Rockets exchanged rookie Rolls-Roles plus some of the cash from the Calves for Span's signing rights.
(Span was selected by the Mavericks with the 21st pick in the second round in 2004))
Suddenly
This man's name resounded in all directions.
Spanolis was born in Greece in 1982.
193 cm main score guard,
But in terms of tandem with the whole team,
It also reflects a lot of potential.
At that time, Span hung up the name "Young Genius of Europe",
He is regarded as the rocket's second team player who can pass the ball to Yao Ming,
It's just,
He met Little Van Gundy...
06-07 all season,
He has only made 31 appearances.
Averaged only 8.8 minutes per game.
In this time,
He only had 2.7 points and 0.9 assists.
Shooting percentage is only a pitiful 31.9%...
Born ahead of one's time
If the mother team in 2004 let him join the Mavericks,
Dallas, who loves international players,
The ending may be different.
Ironically,
His last game in the NBA,
That is, the last regular season game of the Rockets' 06-07 season,
He played a good performance:
13 points, 4 assists, 4 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block.
subsequently
Span decided to return to Greece,
And the first year of returning to Europe,
He led the Greek team Panathinakos to kill CSKA Moscow and crowned European champion.
And throughout the history of the Champions League,
He won the Europa League three times (2008; 2012-13).
In 2013, he was elected MVP of the Champions League,
He is also the all-time champions of total scorers and assists in the Champions League...
It can be said that
Span is one of the greatest stars in the history of the Champions League,
And his later nickname "European Kobe" is also very terribly.
His original nickname was "Kill Bill",
It means that he will kill every opponent,
Do not leave the opponent a chance,
can be abbreviation of KB,
It became a European Kobe Bryant.
After Spann suddenly announced his retirement,
A bunch of European stars have tweeted tributes,
Especially represented by Doncic and Alphabet Brother.
Doncic said in a previous interview:
"I grew up watching Spanolis play, I was a fan of him, I wore the number 7 before because of him, but when I came to Dallas, the number 7 belonged to my good big brother Powell, so I chose the number 77."
And the alphabet brother posted after getting Spann's signature jersey:
"Childhood dreams come true!"
"Spann's influence in Europe is like Kobe Bryant's in the United States, every child who plays in Europe wants to be Span, just like every child who plays in the United States wants to be Kobe!"
- Alphabet Brother
With this article,
Tribute to the great European King Spanolis,
Resby!