l'agente USA di Danilo, Arn Tellem è quotato, ma è anche lo stesso di Fran Vasquez, ergo coi giocatori europei si è già bruciato una volta, per cui, se è vero che ha mandato un SMS a Chad Ford di ESPN dicendo che Danilo resta, vuol dire una sola cosa, ovvero che qualcuno ha garantito la chiamata nei primi 10, perchè se venisse scelto più in basso Tellem rischierebbe di replicare la brutta figura fatta con Fran e quindi avrebbe premuto col Gallo perchè si ritirasse.
http://www.basketground.it/content/usa/ ... ntro_.html
quoto l'articolo di Chad Ford, che è interessante anche per la teoria del "meglio il secondo giro del primo":
Over the weekend, several sources said Italy's Danilo Gallinari might withdraw from the draft despite his projection as a lottery pick. According to sources from two teams, Gallinari's American agent, Arn Tellem, is telling teams that if he doesn't have a guarantee by Monday from a team drafting in the top 10, he'll withdraw.
Tellem denied the rumors on Sunday evening, telling ESPN.com via text message that Gallinari is "staying in the draft."
Does this mean Gallinari has received a promise from a team?
The Knicks and Nets -- the two teams Tellem has been targeting -- got private workouts with Gallinari last week, and both were impressed with his size and shooting ability. But as of Sunday, two sources, one close to each team, said they told Tellem they were not willing to commit to drafting him.
Two other teams got a look at Gallinari in Los Angeles -- the Clippers and Grizzlies -- but a source said neither team got as much access as the Knicks and Nets. The Clippers are high on Gallinari, but I don't think Gallinari is targeting them.
There are rumblings that the Timberwolves got a look, too. But I think the No. 3 pick is too high for Gallinari to get a guarantee. Plus, Minnesota is talking with a number of teams about trades right now.
So where did the promise come from?
Knicks president Donnie Walsh doesn't give promises, especially this early in the draft. So it's conceivable the Nets have made a promise, despite their denials.
But if not, why would Gallinari pull out? Clearly, Tellem wants him to avoid a similar situation to that of Yi Jianlian last year. Yi wanted to go to a big-market team but ended up being drafted by the Bucks, and it took protracted negotiations to get Yi to Milwaukee. Tellem may decide it's better for Gallinari to wait a year and have him try for next year's draft, where he could possibly be in the conversation for the No. 1 pick, given the relative weakness of the '09 class.
Meanwhile, two other international players projected in the second half of the first round -- Nicolas Batum and Alexis Ajinca -- are staying in the draft, according to their agent, Bouna Ndiaye, who spoke with ESPN.com.
As for the rest of the young international players, it appears many of their agents are following the new thinking that getting drafted in the second round is preferable to getting drafted in the first round because international players can actually make more money going in the second round since teams are no longer encumbered by the first-round rookie salary cap.
This means that most of the top young international players -- including Serge Ibaka, Ante Tomic, Victor Claver and Giorgi Shermadini -- are leaning strongly toward staying in the draft despite not having first-round guarantees. In fact, in most cases their agents don't want them going in the first round.
http://tinyurl.com/69mr3h
interessante anche quest'altro articolo di Ford sul perchè oggi gli europei non piacciono come qualche anno fa:
http://tinyurl.com/5vt9uc
e ora, per stemperare la tensione:
With Milwaukee surprisingly showing very little interest in Danilo Gallinari, it appears that it’s a two man race at this point for the 8th spot between Joe Alexander and Anthony Randolph.
sorprendentemente? Direi che ne hanno avuto abbastanza l'anno scorso di giocatori che non volevano andare nella magnifica Milwaukee... :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
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Sergio Tavcar
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??? Anche se visto come sta andando credo proprio di si...
