Τριετές κλειστό προτείνει η ΑΕΚ στον Ζήση

Ο Ζήσης νομίζω έχει συμβόλαιο κοντά στο 1 εκατ., οπότε μη νομίζεις ότι το 1,8 (δηλαδή 600,000 το χρόνο) είναι κανένα φοβερό ποσό. Επίσης εκεί παίζει Ευρωλίγκα (και μάλιστα ανταγωνιστικά), ενώ στην ΑΕΚ δεν είναι σίγουρο. Η ΑΕΚ βέβαια μπορεί να του προσφέρει τη θέση του ηγέτη, σίγουρο χρόνο συμμετοχής, και τριετές συμβόλαιο, πράγματα που δεν έχει εκεί. Πιστεύω, θα ήταν ισχυρό κίνητρο γι αυτόν το να παίζαμε στην Ευρωλίγκα. Δεν είναι καθόλου εύκολο να πειστεί πάντως.

ΤΟ ΛΑ'Ι'Κ ΓΙΑ ΤΟ ΝΤΑΝΥ..ΠΟΥ ΤΟΝ ΘΥΜΗΘΗΚΕΣ??? ΗΜΟΥΝ ΜΕΣΑ ΣΤΟ ΣΕΦ ΟΤΑΝ ΚΕΡΝΑΓΕ ΣΑΚΟΥΛΕΣ ΣΤΟ ΣΑΜΠΟΝΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΗ ΖΑΛΓΚΙΡΙΣ...ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΟΜΑΔΑ ΜΕ ΤΟ ΣΥΓΧΩΡΕΜΕΝΟ ΤΟΝ ΚΡΕΖΙΜΙΡ.

Για μένα φίλε ο καλύερος ξένος που έχει περάσει από την ομάδα....θυμάσαι στον τάφο του Ινδού τι χουνέρι είχε κάνει στον Ενγκαρ Τζόουντς?Κρίμα που δεν έμεινε περισσότερο......ο Μάκαρος βλέπεις...Μεγάλη ομάδα συμφωνώ.

June 22, 1989|By STEVE KELLEY, Seattle Times

SEATTLE -- Danny Vranes had reached the breaking point. Too many bounced checks. Too many broken promises. Too many lies.

Vranes hadn`t been paid in almost two months. His life and health insurance hadn`t been paid. Mikos Tsomidias, owner of Vranes` team in the Greek professional basketball league, A.E.K. of Athens, owed him more than $140,000. Vranes had skipped practices and threatened to miss games.

It was early February, the crunch time in the Greek league. In five hours, Vranes` team had an important game against another Greek team. But Vranes was packing to go home.... ΣΥΝΕΧΕΙΑ
``I just kept thinking to myself, `How could something that looked so rosy and so bright, turn out to be a nightmare?``` Vranes said Tuesday night from Salt Lake City. ``I had gone from such high expectations to just trying to stay alive.``

Vranes, 30, had signed a contract worth about $300,000 to play for A.E.K. After seven years in the NBA, he had decided to see the world.

For the first two months, the checks had come regularly and life in Athens was wonderful. Vranes was playing well and was regaining his confidence. Going there, he thought, was the right choice.

And then the money stopped. Vranes wasn`t the only one who wasn`t paid. Former NBA guard Clint Richardson, an A.E.K. teammate during the European Cup games, was owed approximately $90,000 by Tsomidias.

Vranes and Richardson took their stories to the newspapers, but Tsomidias owned one of the papers and rebutted every story.

Richardson finally returned to Seattle. But Vranes stayed in Athens, trying every means possible to get the money he was owed.

Nothing worked. Every time Vranes had threatened to miss a practice, Tsomidias had made a counter threat. Subtle threats such as, ``You come back or we will kill you.``

Vranes sent his family home and changed the locks on his apartment. The team`s owner stole Vranes` car. During a trip to Yugoslavia, Vranes` apartment was broken into. He suspects the owner`s bodyguards. The team didn`t pay his electric bill. The power was turned off.

Enough was enough. Vranes was packing to leave when his telephone rang. It was his friend Constantine Mikenos and the voice at the other end was nervous. Mikenos told Vranes that Tsomidias` bodyguards had abducted him and beaten him.

``He told me he was in a warehouse somewhere in Athens and if I didn`t play in the game that night, they were going to hurt him and his pregnant wife,`` Vranes said. ``I hadn`t really worried about my life until then. Even with all of the threats, I didn`t think about it. But then I knew I was in trouble.

``I decided one game wasn`t worth my friend`s life. I decided to play. But before I left for the gym I called the U.S. Embassy. I couldn`t call the police, because I knew that most of them had been bought off by Mikos. I called the embassy and asked them to get me a flight out as soon as they could. Then I went and played in the game.``

One of the first people Vranes saw when A.E.K. took the floor was his friend Mikenos, surrounded by bodyguards. ``One of the bodyguards came up to me before the game. He didn`t speak very good English, but I got the point,`` Vranes said. ``The bodyguard said, `If you try to play bad, we hurt your friend.` In other words, he was telling me, `Don`t lose.```

Vranes played as if his life were on the line. Maybe it was. He had a big game, scored the game-winning field goal with 10 seconds left. At the buzzer, the owner, the same guy who had threatened Vranes` life and kidnapped Vranes` friend, ran onto the floor like some deranged Jim Valvano, and tried to hug him.

``I dodged him,`` Vranes said. ``I pointed my finger at him and told him, `Don`t you ever touch me again.` They let my friend go and that was the last game I played there.``

There is more to this Greek tragedy. Both Vranes and Richardson are suing the team. Vranes guesses they were paid about half of the money that was due them. Because of the pending suit, Richardson is reluctant to talk about his Greek experience.

``Every day I was there, I would wonder, what could top what just happened?`` Vranes said. ``What can happen next?`

Ψαγμένο το σχόλιο σου πάντως..respect.!!

To έχω διαβάσει και εγώ φίλε, τραγική ιστορία που μας στιγμάτισε.....πόσο μάλλον τον ίδιο..Ο Ρίτσαρντσον είχε παίξει και είχε και χρυσό δαχτυλίδι με τους Λέικερς, Θυμάμαι στο τουρνουά του Σπόρτινγκ που είχε βάλει 4 τρίποντα με τον Παοκ και ο Μάκαρος πανηγύριζε με το πούρο στα επίσημα.Είχε ήδη κλείσει και ο Γαλακτερός για την επόμενη χρονιά αν δεν με απατά η μνήμη μου...ωραία ομάδα με Μηνά, Παταβούκα, Σκουρτόπουλο, Λανέ, Κουντουράκη,Αριδά και φυσικά τον μεγάλο και... ΣΥΝΕΧΕΙΑ αείμνηστο Τσόσιτς..

Εχεις μάθει αδερφέ κάτι παραπάνω από αυτά που γράφει το άρθρο ? Γιατί για ποσά δε λέει τίποτε συγκεκριμένο. Από πού προκύπτει η άριστη πρόταση ?

1.000.000 (συν μπόνους που φτάνει στο 1.500.000 ) για 3ετες κλειστό συμβόλαιο είναι η πρόταση ..... Το γνωρίζω !!

Πάντως θυμάμαι όταν είχε υπογράψει στην Ουνιξ Καζάν πριν 3 χρόνια έπαιρνε σχεδόν 900.000€ ετησίως...

.... εννοείται και για τα 3 χρόνια ..... οχι το χρόνο !!

Φίλε ποσά ακριβώς δεν ξέρω, πιθανότατα θα υπάρχουν και μπόνους στόχων. Το θέμα είναι πως ο Ζήσης σε ενα μήνα γίνεται 32. Άρα τελειώνοντας η τριετία θα είναι κλειστά 35. Η ΑΕΚ του προσφέρει την ιδανική λύση για να ολοκληρώσει την καριέρα του. (προφανώς δεν θα είναι και η μόνη λύση)