Diener wanted in Milano
Sportando reported yesterday that Olimpia Milano, no strategy to big-deal free-agency moves, was *this* close to finally signing Bryant Dunston and will subsequently be ready to ink point guard Travis Diener. Milano executives have reportedly been attempting to woo Diener over since the close of the regular season, as his Italian passport would not count him against non-European roster quotas.
But Milano’s ambitions don’t stop there and the team is also apparently highly interested in forming a 1-2 punch at the point guard spot by buying out Bo McCalebb from Fenerbahce Ulker. McCalebb has one more year remaining on his Turkish contract, but speculation is that the club will be starting from ground zero this season after the catastrophe of 2012-13 and may sell Bo to the highest bidder – of course, that’s up to new coach Zeljko Obradovic…
It’s never too late for the ‘Hangover (or so BiE’s telling himself). Excuses aside, following are a few Eurocentric impressions, notes, highlight clips – and the no. 1 reason why Barack Obama is thrilled the Los Angeles Lakers went down in the playoffs last season…
