The NBA is now broadcast in 47 countries in 32 languages. Some of its biggest stars were born outside of the U.S. In 2019, the Toronto Raptors — a team that took the first European player No. 1 overall, Italian center Andrea Bargnani — won the NBA title with a team full of international players and staff. Before there were fiber optics and satellite coordinates, though, there was Bassani, his tapes and his luggage. Before Bassani, there was Giorgio Gandolfi, a basketball journalist from Italy enamored with the NBA and charming enough to make friends with some of the league’s most influential people.
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Andrea Bargnani
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Born: 10/26/85
Height: 7-0 / 2.13
Weight:240 lbs. / 108.9 kg.
Earnings: $73,156,908 ($84,054,569*)
Born: 10/26/85
Height: 7-0 / 2.13
Weight:240 lbs. / 108.9 kg.
Earnings: $73,156,908 ($84,054,569*)
David West: “I thought about this the other day. When [Andrea] Bargnani and [Chris] Bosh were in Toronto, the reason why that sh** didn’t work is ’cause the NBA let us beat them up! We beat up Bargnani, they let us body Bosh. Like, Bosh and Bargnani right now, they would blow this NBA out of the water. They were damn near impossible to guard. I’m serious. The only reason Bargnani didn’t have a (successful) career was ’cause the referees let people like me beat him up!” “In today’s game, he would be killin’ because he would be protected. Ryan, you know, you remember — he would try that sweep at the three-point line; they wasn’t giving him that sh**, that rip-through. We could grab both arms.”
Fans of the Toronto Raptors might not be surprised about who some of the best examples of the sunk-cost fallacy in the NBA were during the study period. “Some of the names that came within the top few examples were Andrea Bargnani and DeMarre Carroll,” said Hinton. “They were classic examples of a player who came in on a big contract and the team made a deal about it.”
Andrea Bargnani: So, I wanted to tell you that I am physically fine but, after the breaching of my last two contracts, wanted by myself, I am not looking for a club. All of the news you have read on my on newspapers, especially market news, have been invented (and this is nothing new). The reasons why I am not looking for a team are a lot and almost all of them are personal. People who know me, know this since months, but I wanted to share with you, those who have been following and supporting me over the years because it seemed unpleasant not to give you an answer. I am very grateful for the love you show me.
Emiliano Carchia: Virtus Roma made an offer to Andrea Bargnani, per source
Baskonia and Andrea Bargnani officially parted ways. The Italian big man has played 31 games this season and has been plagued by injuries.
Virtus Roma of the Italian Serie A2 tried to sign Andrea Bargnani for the playoffs. Il Mago is negotiating a buyout with Baskonia where he has signed last summer a two-year deal. Bargnani, native from Rome, grew up with Stella Azzurra before moving to Benetton Treviso and the NBA in 2006-2007.
