Slightly curious that De Colo hasn't gone through the dog and pony show like Blair and McClinton.
Man i had a bad dream last night, i dreamt that we traded him to the mavs for just cash and another second round pick D:
I really like this guys court vision and i can see him in a spurs uniform next year, i dont mind waiting one more year to develop, classic pick and stash pop move.
Some news:
http://www.lequipe.fr/Basket/breves2...s-foirest.html
It is one of the biggest concern for French NT coach Vincent Collet: Will Nando De Colo be with the NT this summer?
"He is a talented player. Spurs want to let him two or three years in Europe in order that he improves his game. It is a good news for French NT. He will be on time with us this summer.", said Tony Parker this Friday. De Colo Should leave France league to play with Valencia where he will play with Florent Pietrus.
However, the NT director, Patrick Beesley is less sure of De Colo availability: "nothing has been decided, we are in touch." For the moemnt, De COlo has been put on Spurs Vegas SL roster.
a spanish article with a Nando blurb. It doesn't look like anything we don't know, if the Spurs don't sign him he's with Pamesa, at least from what I could tell from the google translate.
http://www.levante-emv.com/secciones...-Pamesa-Pamesa
Además, el club está a la espera de que el base francés Nando de Colo sepa definitivamente si San Antonio Spurs contará con él de cara a la próxima temporada. Si el equipo texano no hace valer sus derechos sobre el galo, De Colo llegaría a Valencia, por lo que el club tendría "dos jugadores seleccionados en el Draft", lo que para Solá "es ilusionante".
From lequipe.fr
july-04-09
"I was coming back from holidays when I was warned that Nando was doing workouts in SA. I got there, invited him and Pop at home.
That's was fun, he (Nando) didn't talk too much. The day after, he had a very good workout. He was the best of the height players working out.
Pop told me that if he was still available at the end of the secound round, spurs would pick him.
He's a talented player. In two or tree years, he'll bring something to our team. For the moment, the staff want him to stay in Europe to continue his development. It's useless to bring him here to put him in D-league."
in another site there is the same interview whith some others little infos.
TP says that the dinner topic was the team next year and that Pop asked him which player he prefered from Vincarter or RJ.
He also said that there wasn't any room for De Colo at his position on the spurs roster so the spurs would probably let him in Europe (Valence probably).
http://www.coach365.fr/la-une/articl...-Europe-.shtml
http://www.basketfrance.com/page_m.p...p=actu&id=5278
Nando is currently in France and will be with French NT for the start of the training on July 13rd.
It's safe to say that he won't play with Spurs SL team.
Good to hear this...I would rather see prospects who have a chance of making the team this year and not waste minutes on him just quite yet. I really like this kid and think he is in the perfect place to get much better
Nice job locating him.
Agreed.
This is probably Hill's last year of summer league. Next year it could make a lot of sense to bring De Colo in and let him run point guard during summer league to see if he can handle the position. He's probably a shooting guard on the NBA level but letting him play point guard in summer league will paint a clearer picture.
On a side note, if our back court consisted of Tony Parker, George Hill, Manu Ginobili, Roger Mason, Jack McClinton, and Nando de Colo, then we'd have a PG who drives to the basket better than most SGs, a player who is almost equally capable of playing PG and SG, a SG who is good enough to play PG at the NBA level, a SG who has experience playing PG but probably shouldn't, a SG in a PG's body, and a SG who may or may not be able to play PG.
Don't they have surgery to fix that?
On a side note, if our back court consisted of Tony Parker, George Hill, Manu Ginobili, Roger Mason, Jack McClinton, and Nando de Colo, then we'd have a PG who drives to the basket better than most SGs, a player who is almost equally capable of playing PG and SG, a SG who is good enough to play PG at the NBA level, a SG who has experience playing PG but probably shouldn't, a SG in a PG's body, and a SG who may or may not be able to play PG.
http://www.marca.com/2009/07/05/balo...246789066.html
According to Marca, Tony Parker has advised Nando de Colo not to make the jump to the NBA right away and to play a few more seasons in Europe, for example in Valencia Bàsquet Club.
It also says that Valencia BC has an agreement with De Colo to join the team unless the Spurs offer him a contract or transfer him to another team.
Parker said that De Colo is talented and can succeed in the NBA but that will depend on what team he plays.
Tony also said that it would be much easier for De Colo to play for a team like the Spurs, who like European players, than with another team, like the Clippers.
Colo's agent has confirmed today that his player will be with the NT and not playing in SL.
http://www.adn.es/local/valencia/200...n-superar.html
Nando signs with Valencia in Spain.
I think people saw something like this coming. Hopefully he will do great and one day be a valuable player for the Spurs. Euroleague will season him more.
Is it a question of he's not ready for the NBA or he just wants to play in Europe instead of the NBA?
Like I said many weeks ago he was going to Valencia. Once again I was proven right.
This guy is best at playing the point, making him a SG wouldn't do his creativity and playmaking skills any good. He has an amazing talent as a decision maker and has tremendous bball IQ for his age. Him playing the 2 spot would be kind of a waste.
TP see him as a 2:
http://sport.france2.fr/basket-hand-...-56060014.html
If that's the case and if that is how the spurs are planning to use him in the future, then he's got his work cut out in working on his jumper..Problem is he's too talented skill wise to be used as a 2 and he's too small to be used as a point 3. I still think he's better as a PG.
What's ur take on this Bruno?
I think his future is at the SG spot.
A player like Ginobili is also a damn talented playmaker/creator and he is fine at the 2. I see Nando as a less athletic Ginobili.
That's what i see as an issue. He's not that quick and will have to learn to play away from the ball. As a rookie SG he won't get a lot of opportunities to play handling the ball, so the spurs will have to be very patient as it will be a work in progress. It's going to take some time before he get's enough trust to handle the rock as a 2.
Nando has played more SG than PG in Europe and is more ready to be a SG than a PG.
What could also help him is that he will have played a lot with Parker.
Between last summer, this summer and maybe next summer, it's about 6 months of games + practice with TP. The TP/De Colo backcourt should have a good chemistry from day 1.
Looks like Valencia has a pretty stacked team. Victor Claver, Kosta Perovic, Shammond Williams, Florent Pieturs, etc.
Is De Colo expected to start?
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