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Sep 26, 2011, 2:12 am
Skangles, no, I'm not talking based neither on his NBA career nor on his NT career. I'm talking based on what I've seen.
The fact that he was in WC's all-tournament team just shows that he was awesome in this particular tournament!
I think Teodosic was in that team also but I didn't see him in Eurobasket's all-tournament team!
My point is that you can't have as an argument that he was named in the best five of a tournament.
Fotsis always were a team player and not the guy that will score 30 points or whatever. Maybe that's why you can't understand his true value.
Only if he was playing for your team you'd realise his value!
Is a similar case to Diamantidis. If Diamantidis didn't won everything this year(personal awards) some people would still believe that he's just a good player.
Why?! Because he's not a scorer and he's the epitome of the team player(like Fanis Christodoulou that I doubt many of you know him although he was alongside Diamantidis the most complete Greek player ever!!! ).
Back to the issue, Fotsis helps his team in every possible way. He has only one weakness. He can't play in the low post. If he could do this too he would be just in another level!
Well, Kleiza has the same problem with Teodosic. They're both super talented but they are irritable and they can destroy what their team was building for the whole game, in a blink of an eye.
He can be the best player on the court when he's having a good night and everything goes in but he can be the worst by shooting and missing consistently.
That's his difference with players like Fotsis and Diamantidis. DD and Antonis can help there teams in many other ways if they can't find the touch in a game!!!
Especially Diamantidis, as he has done many times in the past, he becomes player of the game without scoring a single point!
He dominates the game without scoring!
None says that players like Kleiza(& Navarro) aren't great but but players like DD and Fotsis are going to help their team no matter the mood they are in, on offense!!! 
***Skangles, the fact that Kleiza is a great player and the best of your team don't make him a leader! He's not a leader and he'll never be one. 
The fact that he was in WC's all-tournament team just shows that he was awesome in this particular tournament!
I think Teodosic was in that team also but I didn't see him in Eurobasket's all-tournament team!
My point is that you can't have as an argument that he was named in the best five of a tournament.
Fotsis always were a team player and not the guy that will score 30 points or whatever. Maybe that's why you can't understand his true value.
Only if he was playing for your team you'd realise his value!
Is a similar case to Diamantidis. If Diamantidis didn't won everything this year(personal awards) some people would still believe that he's just a good player.
Why?! Because he's not a scorer and he's the epitome of the team player(like Fanis Christodoulou that I doubt many of you know him although he was alongside Diamantidis the most complete Greek player ever!!!
).Back to the issue, Fotsis helps his team in every possible way. He has only one weakness. He can't play in the low post. If he could do this too he would be just in another level!
Well, Kleiza has the same problem with Teodosic. They're both super talented but they are irritable and they can destroy what their team was building for the whole game, in a blink of an eye.
He can be the best player on the court when he's having a good night and everything goes in but he can be the worst by shooting and missing consistently.
That's his difference with players like Fotsis and Diamantidis. DD and Antonis can help there teams in many other ways if they can't find the touch in a game!!!
Especially Diamantidis, as he has done many times in the past, he becomes player of the game without scoring a single point!
He dominates the game without scoring!None says that players like Kleiza(& Navarro) aren't great but but players like DD and Fotsis are going to help their team no matter the mood they are in, on offense!!!
***Skangles, the fact that Kleiza is a great player and the best of your team don't make him a leader!
He's not a leader and he'll never be one.
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