Wafer headed to Greece
Sources tell HoopsHype.com free agent guard Von Wafer signed this afternoon a two-year contract with Olympiakos worth $4.2 million without taxes - approximately $10 million gross. He has an opt-out clause to return to the NBA after the first season.
Wafer, a journeyman who has played with five NBA teams in four years, averaged a career-high 9.8 ppg with the Rockets last season.
Olympiakos signed Lithuanian forward Linas Kleiza earlier in the day for $5 million, also without taxes.
Trott Felipe Said,
August 10, 2009 @ 3:22 pm
Do the Olympiakos have an official website? I’d be interested to see their roster now…
Grecoricos 7 Said,
August 10, 2009 @ 3:35 pm
(copy+paste)
Main players:
Linas Kleiza, Wafer Von, Childress Josh, Bourousis Giannis, Vasilopoulos Panagiotis, Schortsanitis Sofoklis, Glyniadakis Andreas, Halperin Yotam, Vujcic Nikola, Papaloukas Thodoros + 1 point guard coming.
First team subs:
Erceg Zoran, Teodosic Milos (will probably leave)
(Younger players)-Lampros Athanasiou, Georgelis Alexandros, Kampouris Nikos, Giannopoulos Charalampos, Sloukas Konstantinos, Karathanasis Giannis, Kamaras Grigoris
The site is olympiacos.org (probably hasn’t been updated)
Hope that helps
red Said,
August 10, 2009 @ 3:40 pm
http://www.olympiacos.org
Paul Knoll Said,
August 10, 2009 @ 3:43 pm
http://www.olympiakos.gr/index.html?lang=en#/Basketball/Players/
is the basketball area, but it does not load properly and as far as i can see players names are not yet mentioned.
The picture is of last season, it shows players which have now left.
giannis Said,
August 10, 2009 @ 3:46 pm
This is the page with the roster:
http://olympiacos.org/index.html?#/Basketball/Players/
drue13 Said,
August 10, 2009 @ 5:51 pm
OK. VERY GOOD. CONGRATS olympiacos. UNFORTUNATELY PANATHINAIKOS WILL WIN EVERYTHING THIS YEAR AGAIN (EUROPE AND GREECE) EVEN THOUGH WE DONT HAVE NBA STARS. MAKE A TEAM BASED ON SKILLS AND NOT STARS
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August 10, 2009 @ 5:53 pm
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Trott Felipe Said,
August 10, 2009 @ 7:28 pm
Thanks, that helps.
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August 10, 2009 @ 7:35 pm
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Stemi Said,
August 11, 2009 @ 2:02 am
Here was last year’s Olympiakos team:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7QbJJpk7XU
giannis77 Said,
August 11, 2009 @ 5:19 am
ufortunately olympiacos has the best roster in europe and its going to do one more transfer in the position of play maker.osfp looking playmaker in nba and will be the biggest transfer this year for tha european basket so keep waiting for this transfer
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August 11, 2009 @ 12:16 pm
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August 12, 2009 @ 2:44 am
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August 12, 2009 @ 3:39 am
[...] PR-Gags, aber Olympiakos Piräus hat zwei neue NBA-Importe präsentieren können: Linas Kleiza und Von Wafer. Kleiza, der seit vier Jahren für die Denver Nuggets gespielt hat, unterschrieb bei den Griechen [...]
Ball in Europe – European Basketball Blog » Blog Archive » Whoa, how much is Von Wafer making? Said,
August 13, 2009 @ 12:01 am
[...] are hyping up this number a bit claiming Wafer’d “signed a two-year, $10 million deal,” the slightly more sober source Hoops Hype explains that the “contract with Olympiakos [is] worth $4.2 million without taxes – approximately $10 [...]