By Antonis Stroggylakis/ info@eurohoops.net
In case you are wondering if we made a mistake in the title, the answer is “no”. We aren’t talking about Giorgos Papagiannis, the 13th pick in the NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings, but for Kanellos, the player’s father. Now, you might ask yourself…. what does Dragan Bender have to do with him?.
During the last months, Kanellos Papagiannis has been negatively commenting the Croatian forward (who ultimately got selected as the fourth pick in the Draft by the Phoenix Suns) via his twitter account. In fact, the vast majority of his tweets could have easily been mistaken as part of an informal “Anti-Bender” campaign.
Here are some of the things he has written:
Kanellos Papagiannis also didn’t like positive opinions or projections that had to do with Bender.
The above reactions even made it to the Sports Illustrated, in an article grading NBA teams for their draft picks. The negative criticism of the Sacramento Kings for selecting Giorgos Papagiannis somehow includes his father’s “tweetstorm” against Dragan Bender.