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Titolo: Rigaudeau indosserà il 17 come John Havlicek e Chris Mullin.....

Per chi mastica inglese copio e incollo l'articolo inserito nell'ultima "NBA
Daily" che ho appena ricevuto....contiene spunti interessanti.
Quando un europeo vola dalla'altra parte dell'oceano, ci si affeziona
sempre, indipendentemente dalla casacca indossata...
Per quanto il titolo, beh prima di pensarci seriamente devono far secchi
Sacramento, LAL, San Antonio e Portland nella Western....
Cmq Auguri a le Roi.
Ciao
Shannon Marketich fans club Pesaro
Andrea
http://digilander.libero.it/crabspesaro/
New Maverick aims to win championship
By Art Garcia
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
GRAPEVINE - Antoine Rigaudeau didn't make the trek across the Atlantic just
to play in the NBA.
He's here for much more.
"I'm 31 years old. I have the possibility to come to the NBA, and I don't
come only [for] the NBA," Rigaudeau said Wednesday afternoon shortly after
arriving at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport. "I come for the Dallas Mavericks. In
my head is not to come to play in the NBA. I want to come here because I
know this team has a possibility to win."
Rigaudeau's agent was more direct.
"Antoine is very, very focused," Kenny Grant said. "He wants to win an NBA
title. If it wasn't Dallas, if it wasn't a title, maybe he wouldn't be
here."
Rigaudeau, a standout in Europe for the last decade and most recently in the
Italian League, has begun his whirlwind introduction to life with the Mavs.
Paperwork hurdles are almost cleared. All that's left is formal clearance
from the Italy's basketball federation and basketball's international
governing body.
Rigaudeau's three-year contract with the Mavs is worth $1.986 million. He'll
make $600,000 this year, $660,000 next year and the Mavs have the option of
picking up the third year of the contract and pay him $726,000.
Mavs president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson took the lead role in
brokering the deal, which included Rigaudeau's buying out on his contract
with Virtus Bologna.
"Little bit of a coup," Nelson admitted of the signing. "He's a very good
player at fair market value."
Rigaudeau began two days of physical tests, concluding today, and took in
Wednesday night's game against the Sacramento Kings at a Mavericks-sponsored
watch party at Don Pablo's restaurant in Grapevine.
Rigaudeau is expected to join the team for practice Saturday in Seattle and
be in uniform the next day against the Sonics.
"I'm ready for this," said Rigaudeau, who plans to move his wife and two
children to North Texas in the next few weeks. "My objective is to help this
team, but I don't want to disturb the balance of this team."
Nelson isn't setting a ready-to-contribute timetable for his latest
international find
"He's not Dirk [Nowitzki]. He's not Steve [Nash]," Nelson said. "This is a
base hit as far as our bench goes. This gives us a different look off the
bench."
While understandably underplaying the expectations for Rigaudeau, Nelson
pointed out the significance of the Frenchman's choice in jersey number.
He'll wear No. 17.
"It's the same number as John Havlicek and Chris Mullin," said Nelson, not
shying away from comparisons with two all-time greats.
The hope is that Rigaudeau settles into the small forward position --
somewhat of a revolving door for the Mavs this season -- and can run the
offense on occasion. Not only are the Mavs counting on his offensive
prowess, Nelson said Rigaudeau rates high in basketball smarts.
Rigaudeau has followed the Mavs on satellite TV in Europe. He anticipates an
adjustment to the NBA's rules and style of play, but added, "I hope that the
time is very short." After all, he said, "basketball is essentially the same
in the States or in Europe."

STRAMEGACUTTONE
Chris Mullin, mio grande idolo, il bombarolo con la boccia (di alcool) nel
bisacchino!!!!!!!!
Ero un grande fan dei Warriors di quei tempi, con Webber, Tim e il mitico
Chris.
Hai fatto un megagraditissimoescursus nella mia non lontana infanzia!!!
nicHOLA

 Chris.
Veramente i Warriors (per cui simpatizzavo pure io, Celtics a parte) che
erano da urlo erano quelli del RUN TMC Tim (Hardaway)-Mitch (Richmond)-Chris
(Mullin) che insieme ne mettevano 75-80 per sera.
Poi Nelson ebbe l'idea di scambiare Richmond per Owens e solo dopo un paio
di anni fu scelto Webber che contribuì non poco alla distruzione della
squadra.
Non azzardatevi a scrivere cosacce su Chris Mullin, tra le altre cose
mul...@tin.it
 fu uno dei miei primi indirizzi e-mail, ora inattivo però....
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Ciao
Marcello
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