Georgios Papagiannis c 7-0 2015

[AndShock]

With the Humphries "news" I'm guessing we were never in on Georgios. ShockerNet was throwing everything against the wall and I think we actually found something that stuck.

[WstateU]

With the Humphries "news" I'm guessing we were never in on Georgios. ShockerNet was throwing everything against the wall and I think we actually found something that stuck.

Yep, we would enjoy the gum wall in Seattle...

[shoxlax]

With the Humphries "news" I'm guessing we were never in on Georgios. ShockerNet was throwing everything against the wall and I think we actually found something that stuck.

Actually we were in on him early and have continued to mix it up with the other suitors. Just other things may have fallen into place faster.

[WstateU]

Actually we were in on him early and have continued to mix it up with the other suitors. Just other things may have fallen into place faster.

Hey, would someone...

[SFL]

Hey, would someone...

[forevershockerfan]

Be aware WstateU. This could be a set-up and dawgs rarely share bones. It just seems too innocent.

[Rlh04d]

Wow. It's hard to imagine someone who less closely matches what we've come to know as the type of recruit Marshall & Co. bring to Wichita. This all sounds like Shockernet fantasy and frenzy. Also, apart from any of that, what does it say about the NCAA that a player can be a pro IN his chosen sport (as opposed, say, to baseball) and still be treated as an amateur for NCAA eligibility purposes so long as the professionalism occurs overseas? I'll supply the answer: corruption exemplified.

I didn't actually read anything about the guy, but ...

Is he actually being PAID to play in that league? If he's not, he's an amateur playing in a professional league, by the definition of amateur: a person who engages in a pursuit, especially a sport, on an unpaid basis.

You're not a professional until you're being paid. If he worked out some kind of back-end contract that would pay him later in life, or pay his family in the meantime, I'm not sure how that would work. But it seems like it would be relatively easy to play in a professional league while maintaining your amateur status if you were dead-set on doing so.

[bunck]

I didn't actually read anything about the guy, but ...

Is he actually being PAID to play in that league? If he's not, he's an amateur playing in a professional league, by the definition of amateur: a person who engages in a pursuit, especially a sport, on an unpaid basis.

You're not a professional until you're being paid. If he worked out some kind of back-end contract that would pay him later in life, or pay his family in the meantime, I'm not sure how that would work. But it seems like it would be relatively easy to play in a professional league while maintaining your amateur status if you were dead-set on doing so.

I was also wondering if they set up some kind of trust fund or something.

[WSUwatcher]

With the Humphries "news" I'm guessing we were never in on Georgios. ShockerNet was throwing everything against the wall and I think we actually found something that stuck.

Well, maybe -- we'll see. Shockernet throws a lot of stuff at the wall. But I think The Big Greek was pretty implausible wishful thinking (at least in the minds of those who were hoping for it), even by our standards. Right up there with Thon Maker (or maybe the Perry Ellis stuff I messed around with).

Edit: Interesting point about the Greek pro stuff, Rlh -- good thought, and I certainly don't know. So I probably got ahead of myself with my complaint. But the NCAA is still corrupt.

[Rlh04d]

But the NCAA is still corrupt.

Unquestionably. Just maybe not in this case.

[wufan]

To the Kings.

[WSUwatcher]

So apparently GP won't be a Shocker either. Just like Humphries -- well, no; not exactly like Humphries. Good luck next season, Isaac.