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SprinceC said:
Nobody knew Douglas would turn into absolute dog shyt back in December

Anyways, we'll get to see this guy play in the Olympics and the other Greek guy we got in the Tyson S&T Trade. Georgios Printezis
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Isn't That A Good Reason Not To Pick Up His Option!?
 
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Rapid Reaction: Kostas Papanikolaou at 48

By Jared Zwerling | ESPNNewYork.com

WHAT IT MEANS: Likely favorites Scott Machado (Iona), Darius Johnson-Odom (Marquette) and Hollis Thompson (Georgetown) were available to the Knicks with the 48th pick, but they probably felt none of them could make an impact next season. Instead, they went with forward Kostas Papanikolaou (Greece), who probably won't be available until the 2013-14 season. That's because his contract with Olympiakos has two years left on it. It does, however, have a reasonable buyout option next summer.

BIGGEST POSITIVES: The lefty Papanikolaou (6-8, 225) is a little bit of a cross between foreign NBA players Manu Ginobili and Carlos Delfino. He has some craftiness like Ginobili -- he has crossover moves, can split defenders and knows how to finish -- but he's not as good of a passer. Papanikolaou is a pure scorer, who also demonstrates defensive intensity like Delfino. In fact, he'll hustle back and make blocks in transition. Like both of the current NBA players, Papanikolaou's best asset is arguably his 3-point shot.

BIGGEST NEGATIVE: That he llikely won't play next season. The Knicks were coming off back-to-back wins in the second round (Landry Fields in 2010 and Josh Harrellson in '11). With what was available, there was a sense they could've done it again.

WHAT'S NEXT: What this draft pick represents is that the Knicks are really focused on re-signing their own free agents (Jeremy Lin, Steve Novak, J.R. Smith and Fields) and adding about two new veteran players in the offseason. The Knicks' biggest prize will be winning the early Bird Rights ruling and then using their mid-level exception of $3 million to sign one of the top four point guards available come July 1: Steve Nash, Andre Miller, Jason Kidd or Raymond Felton.
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For a 2nd round pick I ain't even mad.
 
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23statcity said:
Why get a draft pick. For this fool? MSG trying up corner the Greek market too? I'm cOnfused
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might as well go ask john stamos what he's doing at this point....we bout to be in win now mode and we draft some fukking malaka who can't even play for 2 years? :what::snoop:
 
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after calming down its a good move, we prob wouldnt have had any minutes for the dude if we sign nash we got a good fukking nucleus prob was the best move for us so we can get lin and novak in the game
 
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Talkofnewyork said:
after calming down its a good move, we prob wouldnt have had any minutes for the dude if we sign nash we got a good fukking nucleus prob was the best move for us so we can get lin and novak in the game
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Ehh The Mins Woulda Been There For Whoever It Was, The Only Positive Is That We Saved Some Money Tonight Not Paying Any Rookies Next Season
 
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