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Games Without Frontiers


Los Angeles (CA) - They screwed everybody. It was supposed to be the free agency more clamorous than ever, the Day After Tomorrow of the Nba, the Armageddon 2014. And, on the other hand, both LeBron and Wade, and Carmelo Anthony, took all the counterattack by signing the renewal with their teams! Not only us, but also the Cavs, who dreamed of return Chosen in Ohio and the Knicks, who were Kings of the Big Apple, all have been changing history in front of. Because with LBJ everybody would open a dynasty. That will continue in Miami.
Though around there are a few big names in the free agents. There is one in particular, a very big. But not only.
The Nba, as the now-thin differences between America and Europe and seen the recent overseas success stories of players who instead in the Euroleague were mid-level seemed (like Dragic) or even had been unsuccessful in Italy (as Brandon Jennings in Rome), here are the general managers of the Nba agreed to open borders, certain that in Europe hiding potential gems that only different rhythm of eurobasket perhaps still hidden. Already, because in free agent there are now available all players of fourteen teams in the Euroleague, so a wide range of choice. Spanoulis, Diamantidis, Kryapa, Kyle Hines, Fernandez are the most overalld, but you have to go cautious. Primarily want contracts millionaires, some millionaires almost to double figures (there is also in the midst of the buyout for the club?), and are not satisfied of the bench. And then there are the doubts: they've got the speed and the European rhythms, will adapt to the rhythm and the athleticism of the Nba? A few years ago Spanoulis tried overseas, but had no luck in Houston. The same goes for "la bomba" Navarro. Ginobili, instead, was a crack crazy, but even more it was Tony Parker.
Therefore it is not said that the millionaire Spanoulis, Finals Mvp of the Euroleague twice, and therefore Europe's undisputed best player, may have some impact in the Nba. While other players (and most affordable) but with skills better suited to Pro, could do much better. That's why you have to be very careful to focus on European superstars milionaire "chips. That's why the Barbatrucco has always headed Kostas Papanikoloau. It is the Greek the first player signed by the Zen Coach for next Lakers season, the 2014-15.
But the team has just lost Steve Nash. The Canadian, 40 years after closing the 2013-14 season at 6.8 points and 6.2 assists, said enough. And was immediately inducted into the Hall of Fame.


Kobe Bryant, 30.4 ppg, appears tired during the 2014 playoff. Lakers lose 0-4 in the first round against OKC

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Kobe re-signs. And get DH23


Los Angeles (CA) - The priority, especially, was him. Kobe Bryant enters in his 36 years, an age where henceforth every year can get the retire. Nobody believed that the Black Mamba could pick up in the summer of 2014, but even that would cut wages by as much as 17 million dollars. And it happened. Jellybean's son has gone from 30 million annually that worked until this season to 13 which will take in the next, the 2014-15: renewed for one year.
The renewal of Gasol in the middle of last season has toppled into the coffers of L.A. 14 million dollars (went from 20 to 6 per year), to which are added now 17 ' freed ' from Mamba. Gold-coated, also renewing the contracts of Kaman, Farmar and Wesley Johnson, that add to the already hired out Young and Sacre. We decide instead not to renew Jordan Hill and Steve Blake, while Meeks preferred to declare himself a free agent.
Surprisingly, he arrives, another Barbapupil after Papanikolaou: Daniel Hackett.
It wasn't cheap, why have we had to fork out Hackett 9.72 million for 3 + 1 year contract, basically what he spends in hairdressing. We had to increase the amount of work to get him to leave the team in the Euroleague with Montepaschi and agree to do the last man in external rotation of the Lakers. But, as Nick Young, is almost a local product, having done the college to USC Trojans. Undrafted after college, he returned to Italy where he was born and grew up: in a few years has gone from fix to Benetton Treviso (4.8 points and 1 assist per game), to the increase of revolutions with Scavolini Pesaro (14.3 points and 2.4 recoveries) until the total explosion with Montepaschi Siena last year, where he dominated in recent Italian playoffs and won three consecutive Mvp (Italy Cup, Italian Championship and Italian Supercup). And it is precisely this exponential growth, coupled with its competitiveness, to make us think that, over time, he could climb some hierarchy on the bench in the Lakers. After DH12, so get DH23.
Insert in the Slovenian roster Pinnacle Mirza Begic, a 7 footer. Now we can concentrate on the three owners: play, small forward and power forward. These Yes that will move mountains.


Daniel Hackett, 25. Former USC, born and grew up in Italy winning everything with Montepaschi Siena

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