By Jeph Duarte | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-07-01 19:00:00
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
一名球员的选秀权如何在联盟中流转，却从未踏足美国本土
上个月，我们回顾了选秀历史，重温了圣安东尼奥马刺队在2001年至2024年间的选秀操作。
其中有一件事引起了我的注意——有些选秀权在联盟中流转，但被选中的球员本人却从未真正兑现为NBA球员。
乔治斯·普林特西斯 (Georgios Printezis) 就是其中之一。
大多数篮球迷可能从未听说过普林特西斯。他的名字并不为人熟知。
但在希腊，他以其众多荣誉而闻名，这些荣誉是在他效力奥林匹亚科斯队的十九个赛季中获得的。
尽管普林特西斯从未为任何一支NBA球队效力，但他的选秀权却在联盟中辗转流传。
他最初在2007年选秀大会上被圣安东尼奥马刺队在第58顺位选中，同年，一支名为西雅图超音速的球队选中了年仅十八岁的凯文·杜兰特 (Kevin Durant)。
他的选秀权被交易至多伦多猛龙队，以换取他们在2008年NBA选秀中的一个次轮选秀权，马刺队随后又将该选秀权交易换成了2009年的一个选秀权。
2011年1月，多伦多猛龙队将普林特西斯的选秀权交易至达拉斯独行侠队，以换取亚历克西斯·阿金萨 (Alexis Ajinça)、一个2013年受保护的次轮选秀权以及现金。
2011年12月10日，在一笔三方交易中，普林特西斯的选秀权与泰森·钱德勒 (Tyson Chandler) 以及艾哈迈德·尼文斯 (Ahmad Nivins) 的选秀权一同被送往纽约尼克斯队。次年夏天，普林特西斯拒绝了尼克斯队提供的一份一年期合同。
此后不久，他的选秀权以及科斯塔斯·帕帕尼古拉乌 (Kostas Papanikolaou) 的选秀权一同被送往波特兰开拓者队，以换取雷蒙德·费尔顿 (Raymond Felton)。
2013年2月，普林特西斯的选秀权被交易至俄克拉荷马城雷霆队，同时将埃里克·梅诺 (Eric Maynor) 送往波特兰开拓者队。
2014年7月15日，普林特西斯的选秀权与萨博·塞福洛沙 (Thabo Sefolosha) 一同被送往亚特兰大老鹰队，以换取索福克利斯·斯科特萨尼蒂斯 (Sofoklis Schortsanitis) 的选秀权、现金补偿以及一个交易特例。
一年后，他的选秀权连同2017年的一个次轮选秀权，被交易回马刺队，以换取蒂亚戈·斯普利特 (Tiago Splitter)。
他的选秀权始于马刺，也终于马刺。在此期间，他曾与猛龙、独行侠、尼克斯、开拓者、雷霆和老鹰等球队挂钩，但他却从未打过一场NBA比赛。八次交易，七支不同球队。
他得到的唯一一份联盟底薪合同不足以让他与他的本土球队断绝联系，并远赴重洋一试身手。
为何如此？以下是他部分在欧洲获得的荣誉：
- 2次欧冠联赛冠军
- 洲际杯冠军
- 4次希腊联赛冠军
- 3次希腊杯冠军
- 2次希腊联赛总决赛MVP
- 5次入选希腊联赛最佳阵容
- 希腊联赛最佳年轻球员 – 2007年
- 希腊联赛进步最快球员 – 2012年
- 希腊杯决赛得分王 – 2012年
- 6次希腊全明星球员
- 希腊全明星赛扣篮大赛冠军 – 2007年
2022年，普林特西斯入选希腊联赛名人堂。2024年，在他退役仅仅两年后，他所效力俱乐部的球衣也为他退役。
很可能，他根本不需要NBA。看来他并没有比那些十年间反复交易他选秀权的球队更渴望披上NBA战袍。
然而，这就是选秀权的命运。
点击查看原文：Open Thread: The long and winding draft rights of Georgios Printezis
Open Thread: The long and winding draft rights of Georgios Printezis
How one player was packaged and sent around the league without stepping foot in America
Last month, we took a trip down Draft History Lane, revisiting the picks the Spurs made from 2001-2024.
One thing caught my attention — some draft rights move around the league without ever materializing into the plater who was actually drafted.
Georgios Printers is one of those players.
Most basketball fans have never heard of Georgios Printezis. He’s not a recognizable name.
But in Greece, he is known for his many accolades received over his nineteen seasons with Olympiacos.
Although Printezis never suited for an NBA team, his rights made the rounds.
He was originally drafted by the San Antonio Spurs with the 58th pick in the 2007 draft, the same year a team called the Seattle Supersonics drafted an eighteen-year-old Kevin Durant.
His rights were traded to the Toronto Raptors for their second-round draft pick in the 2008 NBA Draft, which the Spurs flipped for a 2009 pick.
In January of 2011, the Toronto Raptors traded Printezis’ draft rights to the Dallas Mavericks for Alexis Ajinça, a conditional 2013 second-round draft pick, and cash.
On December 10, 2011, his draft rights, along with Tyson Chandler, and the draft rights to Ahmad Nivins, went to the New York Knicks in a three-way trade. The following summer, Printezis turned down a one-year contract offer from the Knicks.
Shortly thereafter, his draft rights and those of Kostas Papanikolaou were sent to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange Raymond Felton.
In February of 2013, the draft rights to Printezis were traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder, sending Eric Maynor to the Portland Trail Blazers.
On July 15, 2014, Printezis’ draft rights were attached to Thabo Sefolosha and sent to the Atlanta Hawks for the draft rights to Sofoklis Schortsanitis, cash considerations, and a trade exception.
One year later, his draft rights, along with a 2017 second-round draft pick, were traded to the Spurs, in exchange for Tiago Splitter.
His rights started and ended with the Spurs. In between he was tied to the Raptors, Mavericks, Knicks, Trail Blazers, Thunder, and Hawks, yet he never played an NBA game. Eight moves between seven different teams.
His one league-minimum contract offer wasn’t enough to have him sever ties with his native team and give his talents a try across the the pond.
Why? Here’s a sample of his European accolades:
- 2× EuroLeague champion
- FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion
- 4× Greek League champion
- 3× Greek Cup winner
- 2× Greek League Finals MVP
- 5× All-Greek League Team
- Greek League Best Young Player- 2007
- Greek League Most Improved Player- 2012
- Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer- 2012
- 6× Greek All-Star
- Greek All-Star Game Slam Dunk champion- 2007
In 2022, Georgios Printezis was inducted into the Greek League Hall of Fame. In 2024, just two years after his retirement, his jersey was retired by the club.
Chances are, he never needed the NBA. It seems he had no more desire to suit up than the teams that volleyed his draft rights around for a decade.
But such is the life of draft rights.
By Jeph Duarte, via Pounding The Rock