Carlos Delfino will quit NBA and go to Russia

by **frenchy** on Sat Jul 19, 2008 3:48 am

Link : http://es.eurosport.yahoo.com/18072008/ ... uropa.html

Well it is in Spanish but it is clear that Carlos Delfino will leave the NBA.

Bad luck for Detroit who wanted to hire him.

He is a good bench player.

Wish him the best with his new team (in euroleague in 2010 ?)

by **cyanide** on Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:35 am

Actually, Toronto was the last team to have him. Best of luck to him, though I liked him on the team.

by **Its_asdf** on Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:56 am

Played like an absolute idiot at times... But he could have become a solid rotation player for the Raptors if he continued to show flashes like he did with Toronto.

by **benji** on Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:20 am

cyanide wrote:Actually, Toronto was the last team to have him.

Detroit was talking to him about returning this offseason. I think that's what he meant.

by **Jing** on Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:41 am

What's his reason? is he getting a higher salary from the Russian team?

by **GoHornets** on Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:50 am

I will miss him :-(

He had improved a lot his minutes last season. I also thought he could become an important player in Toronto.

YouTube · by **ThaLiveKing** on Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:02 pm

LOL. . .i knew he was going to do that

by **GoHornets** on Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:08 pm

Why? Did he tell you?

by **Laxation** on Sat Jul 19, 2008 3:56 pm

cyanide wrote:Actually, Toronto was the last team to have him. Best of luck to him, though I liked him on the team.

detroit reportedly offered 3 years 9mil, the russian team 3 years 30mil

by **cyanide** on Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:10 pm

I had no idea :cry:

by **wazee** on Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:12 pm

why would detroit try to get him back after trading him away for Dixon..

by **benji** on Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:19 pm

They traded him for second round picks. They traded Brezec for Dixon.

by **wazee** on Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:27 pm

ow. right.. sorry about that.. but why would they try to get him back after trading him away..

by **deihatein** on Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:02 pm

Because they dont have any good backup swingmen?

by **Lamrock** on Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:56 pm

It would basically be a band-aid for the loss of Jarvis Hayes. Least of their problems though.

by **Cartar** on Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:07 pm

Here´s translation. Got to say this is surprise for me

by **Skills** on Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:33 pm

Good luck to Delfino in Russia. The Raps are still about 3M under the cap though. Hopefully, BC won't fill the roster up with NBDL players.

by **NovU** on Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:33 am

i guess he chose to be the sombody of smaller league rather than to stay a nobody of the big league. $13.5 million dollars for 3 years in russia... i gotta admit i'm surprised that russian league substantially can afford players like delfino.

by **Laxation** on Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:29 pm

lamrock. wrote:It would basically be a band-aid for the loss of Jarvis Hayes. Least of their problems though.

lol @ you believing losing hayes to be a bad thing...
he was shit.

delfino was useless in flips system because flip tried to make him into a jump shooter. curry mightve liked delfino's play style and wanted him back.

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:03 pm

I'd say he'll earn more money and have more of an opportunity for quality PT, so it's a good move for him personally and professionally. He'll be 26 next month so he'll still be under 30 when that contract expires, which means he should be good for a few more years in the NBA if he ever chooses to return.

YouTube · by **shadowgrin** on Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:35 am

zanshadow wrote:$13.5 million dollars for 3 years in russia... i gotta admit i'm surprised that russian league substantially can afford players like delfino.

Damn Russian mobs.
Ask Diddy for more info.

by **Jing** on Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:46 am

If Diddy had that kind of money he'd use it on English lessons.

by **cyanide** on Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:05 am

Jing wrote:If Diddy had that kind of money he'd use it on English lessons.

You'd hope so, but he'd probably blow it on bling-bling.

YouTube · by **shadowgrin** on Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:10 am

Or hold a private concert with Craig David and Ne-Yo performing.

Carlos Delfino will quit NBA and go to Russia

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