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Ricky signs with Barça: How and why
It's already been reported on spanish TV and it makes a lot of sense. According to reports, Joan Laporta (FCBarcelona's President) finished the negotiations himself.
Details and breakdown after the jump.
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Ricky gets closer
http://www.as.com/baloncesto/articulo/baloncesto-wolves-suben-oferta-ricky/dasbal/20090817dasdaibal_2/Tes
According to As, a spanish sports newspaper more trustworthy than Marca, the Wolves are still trying to find a way to bring Ricky this year.
According to the paper, there's a 4.6M$ (3.2M€) offer, just 300K short of Real Madrid's, which Joventut was willing to accept.
There are more Minnesota business involved in the offer, and a direct intervention by Glen Taylor himself.
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Ricky Interviewed
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Unicaja still wants Rubio
Unicaja Malaga president says they're still interested in Rubio, but the wait is too long and if they can't get him they're ok with the guards they already have.
There are also some unconfimed rumors about Barça matching Real Madrid's offer (3.5M€) and Unicaja offering 3.8M€ to Joventut.
There's nothing for sure yet, and it seems that the wait is going to be longer.
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What's going on with Kahn in Spain?
According to Marca Kahn and Fegan have an offer for Joventut consisting on 4M€ (over 6M$) for Ricky's buyout (which is 5.7M€.
That's the biggest offer Joventut has received, as there are others from European teams, most prominently Real Madrid (always according to Marca, which is always biased for Real Madrid).
The report says those 4M€ come from sponsor deals from businesses around Minnesota.
On the lawsuit: Ricky is in a small town running his camp and improving his shot with Jarinn Akana, a shooting coach who works for Fegan's agency, so he hasn't had the chance to sign the papers to retire the lawsuit against Joventut, what he's going to do according to sources.
Jordi Cairó, from Joventut's staff said that the Wolves arrived adding some positive things.
There are still two days of meetings left, and Ricky's will is to fix all this within a week, but Joventut is expected to make it as long as possible to get the most out of it.
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Sergio Rodriguez interview
Good interview about his basketball career since he was 7 with interesting words about the NBA.
Video & Transcription in spanish
5 months ago
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Blazer's Edge Unofficial Mock Draft Contest!
Rules:
Lottery selections + Blazer selections (24, 33, 38, 55, 56)
Both images and text accepted.
Scoring:
Lottery:
Exact match: 5 points
1 position away: 3 points
2 positions away: 2 points
3 positions away: 1 point
Blazer Picks:
Exact match: 10 points
Player selected by the Blazers with another pick: 7 points
1 position away: 3 points
2 positions away: 2 points
3 positions away: 1 point
Traded picks:
If the Blazers trade a pick, that pick would score like a Blazer pick regardless of who's picking.
Deadline:
June 24th 6:00 PM PDT
Big Prize:
The Winner gets a Barcelona tour with local guide, some beers or similar, and maybe even a ticket to a Joventut / Barcelona home game. Travel expenses not included (I can't offer much more than that).
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Messina leaves CSKA
Link in spanish.
Messina won't be coaching CSKA next season.
CSKA offered him another job, but Ettore said he has to think about it (like in "no, thanks").
There's a lot of speculation about Real Madrid signig him. Meanwhile, CSKA has already signed Evgeny Pashutin.
6 months ago
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Sergio working harder than anyone
The way he's gotten us used to, Sergio is probably the NBA player who works out the hardest during the summer.
The article talks about his twice-a-day practices with coach Jota Cuspinera (ex-assistant coach with Estudiantes and the Spanish National Team that won the World Championship in '06).
Sergio is having video sessions at 10am to analyze his flaws, then working alone for 1 1/4 hours focusing on shooting and pick'n'roll defense, and then some other players join to put it all on practice on 2v2 situations, Then he's having gym sessions in the afternoon.
6 months ago
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