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Italian basketball federation president Gianni Petrucci and NT head coach Simone Pianigiani had dinner in New York with Gigi Datome, Andrea Bargnani and Danilo Gallinari.The three players said that they'll be available to play Eurobasket 2015 with Italian National Team, according to Gazzetta.it.   Marco Belinelli did not attend the dinner be...

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by Peter Botte   Someone was needed to assume the bulk of the Knicks' scoring load with Carmelo Anthony out for the season. Save for one poor game earlier this week, the mostly forgotten Andrea Bargnani at least has been up to that too-little-too-late task.   While Derek Fisher has shown some frustration while trying to impress upon h...

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New York Knicks President Phil Jackson is not wholly done with the fire sale of the New York Knicks. The team has reportedly placed stretch four Andrea Bargnani and starting point guard Jose Calderon on the trading block. The team has already jettisoned some of its rotation players sending Iman Shumpert and J.R. Smith to the Cleveland Cavaliers fo...

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New Knick and former Raptors scapegoat Andrea Bargnani has been sidelined for Team Italy's three-day exhibition in Trentino with a 102-degree fever. But Italian associate coach Mario Fioretti told the New York Post that when the center is back in action, he is 100 percent sure the upcoming NBA season will be Bargnani's year.   Read more &n...

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Knicks president Phil Jackson would like Andrea Bargnani back for the right price because of his skill set for the triangle offense. And in an interview with an Italian sports newspaper, Bargnani indicated he would like to return to the Knicks — but winning a championship is also a factor in his decision.   The Knicks had the league's s...

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by Frank Isola   Andrea Bargnani never became Toronto's answer to Dirk Nowitzki or Pau Gasol. Not even close. Instead, by the end of his disappointing seven-year run in Canada, Bargnani was starting to draw favorable comparisons to Kwame Brown, this generation's poster child for busts drafted with the top overall pick. When the Knicks last...

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Derek Fisher may have more faith in Andrea Bargnani than the big Italian has in himself. With the Oct. 29 season opener against the Chicago Bulls on the horizon, Fisher refused to rule Bargnani out despite the fact that the Knicks forward has not played since suffering a hamstring injury during the club's first preseason game two weeks ago.  ...

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The Knicks held their first training camp practice on Tuesday, with hopes of beginning a quest that'll ultimately end with them hoisting the Larry O'Brien Trophy. But before those visions of grandeur come to light, head coach Mike Woodson will need to get all the newcomers on board and figure out everyone's role.   Perhaps the biggest piece...

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Anche quest'anno Italians in DC vi invita ad assistere alle 4 partite di NBA in cui giocheranno i nostri fantastici giocatori Italiani! Per ogni partita ci saranno il "Fan Tunnel", un momento incredibile in cui saluteremo i giocatori all'ingresso in campo sul parquet del Verizon Center (solo i primi 50 iscritti), e l'incontro con il giocatore nel d...

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Andrea Bargnani will end his season injured but playing as the Italian forward attempts to salvage his career and reputation. According to a team source, Bargnani suffered a partially torn ligament in his left thumb last week.   The injury to Bargnani's non-shooting hand will not prevent him from playing in the Knicks' final five games,...

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