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I think it's good enough if he is picked in the second round gets a fully guaranteed min contract and the NBA team pays his buyout.
Do you think this means he'll only come over if he's drafted in the first round? Or it's good enough if a team guarantees money after picking him in the second?
I think it's good enough if he is picked in the second round gets a fully guaranteed min contract and the NBA team pays his buyout.
Here is another article from NBA.com about the Trevise camp:
Recapping what was learned from 2009 Eurocamp
By Jonathan Givony, for NBA.com
Posted Jun 9 2009 9:36AM
TREVISO, Italy -- The 2009 Reebok Eurocamp is officially in the books, and NBA teams now move to their next destination: the highly anticipated group workout sessions hosted by the New Jersey Nets.
Patrick Mills could be a solid pick late in the first round.
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The Eurocamp served a variety of purposes for all 30 NBA teams in attendance here, which included general managers such as Danny Ainge (Celtics), Steve Kerr (Suns) and Donnie Walsh (Knicks). NBA coaches such as Mike D'Antoni (Knicks) and Jay Triano (Raptors) and dozens of other scouts were also in attendance.
This is first of all a weeding out process, allowing teams to quickly see a huge chunk of the available prospects in this Draft, and properly evaluate how to rank them on their individual draft boards. It also gives them a headstart on future drafts, getting a valuable first glance at many of the international prospects that will become candidates for their teams down the road.
This is also a chance to meet with all the top coaches and executives in European basketball, an opportunity to forge relationships that could become invaluable.
From our perspective, it's an opportunity to mingle with a large number of NBA personnel in a very small gym, exchanging information, seeing how their draft boards stack up with ours, and trying to get a better handle on how they see things shaking out on June 25th.
Over the course of the past three days, there were a number of players that separated themselves from the pack, solidifying themselves as legitimate draft prospects, or etching their names in scouting notes to keep an eye on next year and beyond.
DraftExpress Eurocamp All-First Team
Point Guard: Patrick Mills, 6-foot-1, Australia
Mills may have been a bit inconsistent in terms of his playmaking skills and perimeter shooting, but he left a strong impression with his blazing speed, terrific ball-handling skills and excellent mid-range game, which had some teams comparing him to Aaron Brooks. Mills likely stays in the Draft now, and could be a solid pick late in the first round or early in the second.
Shooting Guard: Nando De Colo, 6-foot-5, France
No guard showed better court vision or more creativity with the ball in his hands than Frenchman Nando De Colo. He has great size for either guard position, and was very crafty getting defenders off-balance and finding room to release his terrific pull-up mid-range jumper. Major question marks remain about his ability to defend a position in the NBA, but De Colo helped himself as much as any prospect in Treviso this weekend. He is likely to be picked somewhere in the second round.
Small Forward: Jonas Jerebko, 6-foot-9, Sweden
The Swedish small forward only played one game after just being eliminated from the Italian league playoff semifinals, but was able to make his presence felt in a major way on both ends of the court. His terrific size and length on the perimeter immediately stood out, and he was able to make shots effectively and play his typical brand of outstanding defense -- looking very much like the polished pro that he is. Jerebko has a chance to sneak into the first round with strong workouts over the next 2 1/2 weeks.
Power Forward: Vladimir Dasic, 6-foot-9, Montegero
Dasic was somewhat up and down throughout his camp, but no one will deny the talent that this athletic combo forward brings to the table. His ability to beat players off the dribble, make shots in pull-up or spot-up fashion and defend multiple positions makes him a very intriguing prospect. Dasic is a likely second-round pick who may still pull out of the draft by the early-entry deadline on the 15th.
Center: Slava Kravtsov, 7-foot, Ukraine
Although not as productive as some other players on the offensive end, Kravtsov is intriguing as a prospect due to the fact that he's well built and an extremely long 7-footer with above average athleticism and a good deal of potential still left to be tapped into. He was a solid presence throughout the weekend as both a shot-blocker and offensive rebounder, and likely gets drafted in the second round by some team looking to take a flyer on a European player they can stash overseas for a couple of years.
Thanks FF for the update
http://www.nbadraft.net/node/6795
Top 10 Eurocamp prospects:
8. Nando DeColo 6'5'' PG France 1987
His passing was simply top notch the entire week, whether it was full court passes, backdoors, lobs, finds off screens, he showed the he is a superb playmaker. His quickness and leaping ability hurt him when operating in ISO situations because he has a hard time getting a shoulder by the defender. But when he gains an advantage, such as in a screen and roll setting, he makes good reads that usually end up in a high quality shot attempt for his team. He is also very good from the outside, where he is more than capable of shooting off the dribble or in spot up situations. Along with his limited athleticism is his size; these two mixed together make him essentially an undersized combo guard. He does not have the size or strength to play on the wing, nor does he have the explosiveness to operate as a lead guard on a regular basis.
Buford always seems to be a big fan of players who play the pick-and-roll well. If the Spurs think they can hide him at either PG or SG, they could plan on using Hill to guard the other position.
But I wouldn't be too thrilled with the Spurs getting even smaller and less athletic . . .
I don't know if it's true.. but i found this on a french Website.
http://www.basketusa.com/news/french...x-des-wizards/
About San Antonio, we deliver you an indiscretion.
Nando De Colo dined at TP's home. Besides Thierry Henry, Gregg Popovich was there.
Is it the sign that Spurs wishes to draft the guard of Cholet? We hope for it for him.
Agreed. He has some skills but we have far bigger concerns. All of our picks should be concentrated on wing/big prospects IMO.
Very interesting.
very interesting indeed. looks as if Pop wanted to meet DeColo to see if he likes him. wow, with Tony AND Henry at the same table. I bet any young French athlete would kill to get such an invitation.
There aren't a lot of wings or bigs in the draft, much less the 2nd round. He's crafty enough to figure out how to play given whatever limitations he may have, and a Hill-De Colo pairing could be pretty good off the bench.
Could do a lot worse.
Eh, IMO the guards need to be athletic and slashers.
Not the move in the backcourt I would go for IMRO.
I wouldn't mind gettn this dude with the 51st pick and get Lull with the 37th pick and sum tweener/big for the last pick, barring the spurs aren't able to trade up in the draft. Let's face it, the young wing looks to be possessed by hairston, gist and williams for the upcoming season which in my opinion isn't a bad deal seeing how this draft is short on forwards and guard heavy.
Last edited by Pucho!!!; 06-16-2009 at 05:13 PM.
It's weird how he got hyped after the Euro camp and moved into the top of the second round in a lot of mocks. But then inexplicably fell back down to the bottom of the second round.
RC's love of players who can run the pick-and-roll has to make him an option at 37.
I again say that I would not like this pick and that picking an unathletic point guard would be a mistake.
I would agree
Don't take him. Please.
Spurs should maybe make the gamble that he will slip to #51.
Teams that were said to be the more interested in him are cavs, bucks and pacers.
Cavs have traded away #46 in the Shaq trade.
Bucks can now re-sign Sessions and will likely take a guard in the first round.
Pacers have #52.
IIRC, it turned out to be a 2010 second round pick.
I've just checked and you're right. They have changed the initial trade.
De Colo is a talented player but there are some doubts about his ability to play in the NBA due to his physical limitations. It's possible that more interesting players are available at #37.
pick #53
de Colo
Positives:
# Crafty combo guard who thrives at slashing to the basket
# Fun player to watch; has a lot of charisma
# Really sees the floor well
# Fantastic poise
# A leader
# Excellent shooter with range
# Great size if he plays the point guard position
Negatives:
# Lacks great lateral quickness
# Not explosive athletically
# Gets exposed on the defensive end of the floor.
Summary: Jun 8 Update: De Colo was the big surprise at the camp. NBA scouts have been following him for a couple of years, and a number of NBA execs reported that he looked good in the group workouts in Minnesota last week. But he was borderline spectacular at the Eurocamp. He torched Mills' team on Day 1, leading his team to a 20-point blowout. And his production (13 points, 4 assists, 4 steals) didn't tell the whole story -- his floor vision, pacing and defense dictated the course of the whole game. De Colo kept it up in a second game Saturday and two more Sunday. He looked like the best pure point guard in the camp.
Scouts love his size and swagger, and he really shot the lights out during camp, making 65 percent from the field. While those who watched him in France all year worry he lacks the lateral quickness to defend the quicker guards in the NBA, he seemed to hold his own against Mills and, to a lesser extent, Beverley. De Colo was the other guy who looked like he could be a legit late-first-round prospect, with a few caveats. First, the word in the camp was that De Colo might have jumped the gun and signed a pro contract in Europe, which could keep him out of the league for a few years. Second, several GMs wanted to go back and take a closer look at his game film from this year. De Colo was up and down all year, and they want to get a better look at how his season went. But overall, no one helped his stock more than De Colo. He went from a borderline second-round prospect to getting some legit buzz in the late-first to early-second rounds.
Jan 2 Update: De Colo is a great talent on the offensive end of the floor, but defensively, who will he guard in the pros? He's an interesting prospect, but he's probably a second-round pick this year.
Are you a psychic or what ?
Damn, the RJ trade, now that
Really good value at 53
It seems as if he has a pretty good stroke?...But he can't come in and try and take over the #12 jersey....That jersey deserves to be retired in San Antonio and not worn by anyone else!!...
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