The Rockets officially signed Papanicolao the Greek Star 2-year 9.4 million landed in the NBA

U Sports reported on September 24 (Wen/Xue Rong) This Saturday, local time in the United States, the training camp of the new season of the NBA is about to kick off, and teams are also making the last effort to sign players. According to the NBA official website, the Houston Rockets officially announced today that the team officially signed the Greek demon star Kostas Papanikolau. Details of the contract based on the team's relevant regulations have not been disclosed for the time being. However, according to previous reports, the rocket's two-year contract with Papanicolaus is worth a total of $9.4 million, of which the first year is a full guarantee contract of 4.8 million, and the second year is a partial guarantee contract of 4.6 million.

Greek star Papanikolau officially signed with the Rockets

At this point, Papanikolau has officially become a member of the NBA family. Speaking of Papanicolaus and the Rockets from the meeting negotiations to the final signing of the contract can also be said to have experienced a lot of twists and turns. In the beginning, after the Rockets and Papanicolaus met, he immediately offered a 2-year, $4 million contract, but apparently, such a contract could not impress Papanicolaus, and the Rockets were also rejected by Papanicolaus. Then, in order to get the Greek demon star, the Rockets finally raised the offer, which is now 2 years and 4.6 million, and the two sides finally reached a cooperation agreement.

Speaking of Papanicolaus, he can already be counted as one of the NBA players, because the 24-year-old Papanicolaus was selected in the 2012 draft. The New York Knicks at the time selected him in the second round at no. 48 overall, but then he was also in the NBA, and the right to sign her was traded by the Knicks to the Portland Trail Blazers. The signing was then sent to the Rockets in a deal with the Blazers about Thomas Robinson, and in the end, the Rockets signed him with a mid-level exception this summer. At this point, Papanicolaus can also be regarded as settling in the NBA.

In fact, last summer, the Rockets got the right to sign Papanikolau, and the Rockets also had a high interest in him at that time, but he was still playing for European clubs at the time, and the Rockets refused to pay for it at that time, so finally last year Papanicolao chose to stay in Europe, and he joined the European powerhouse Barcelona at that time, and helped Barcelona win the league championship last season. Papanicolaus, on the other hand, averaged 6.9 points and 3.4 rebounds in 25 minutes per game.

Coincidentally, maybe this is fate. During his time in Europe, Papanicolao was a teammate with two active Rockets players. In the 2013-14 season, he played in Barcelona with current Rockets player Joey Dorsey, who was once a team-mate at Barca. The previous season, in 2012-13, he had also played with current Rockets player Patrick Beverley for Olympiacos, and the two had also been teammates. Therefore, this time Papanicolaus came to the Rockets, he will not feel strange, because here, he also has acquaintances.