Edgar Sosa signs with Italian team
by Mike Rutherford on Jul 23, 2010 1:13 PM EDT
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After receiving heaps of praise over the past couple of his weeks for his play with the Detroit Pistons' summer league team, Edgar Sosa signed a contract with Angelico Biella - one of the top teams in Italy - this morning.
Sosa may have as easy a transition to European basketball as possible, given the fact that former Cardinal greats Reece Gaines and Taquan Dean are also members of this team. Another added bonus is that Western Kentucky's A.J. Slaughter, who played with Sosa for Detroit this summer, also signed with the team this morning.
Sosa will report to Italy in early August and remain there until late May. Teams in Lega Basket Serie A, the most competitive league in Italy, play a schedule consisting of 30 regular-season games and an eight-team playoff.
Coming soon: Angelico Biella Chronicle.
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Edgar might be pretty good at basketball...
but he sucks at tic-tac-toe.
He did always go for the big offensive play
And sometimes it wasn’t in the best interest of winning.
by Mike Rutherford on Jul 23, 2010 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Angelico Biella
Were Reece and Dean recent additions? Thought I saw last night that Biella finished at the bottom of Serie A last season.
by UL is my hot hot sex on Jul 23, 2010 1:32 PM EDT reply actions
Almost positive they both played on that team this past season
by Mike Rutherford on Jul 23, 2010 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions
doesn't look like Dean and Gaines are on the team this year
Dean just signed with another Italian team and I can’t find a record of Gaines anywhere…
Dean signed with Angelico last week
http://www.attention.cc/bda/taquan-dean-gaines-to-reunite-in-italy/
Taquan Dean couldn’t ask for a better overseas basketball situation. He’ll be heading to Italy in the next couple of weeks after playing for coach Rick Pitino at U of L, and he’ll have a familiar mate in the backcourt — former Cardinal Reece Gaines.
The two guards — who were U of L teammates in the 2002-03 season — both will play for Angelico Biella in Italy’s Serie A league, one of that country’s top circuits.
Assistant coach Luca Bechi said the team had been following Dean since his first appearances in NBA pre-draft camps and that he quickly became its first priority.
"He’s a player with great potential," Bechi said. "He’s a great three-point-shooting guard who is very strong physically and can defend on the perimeter. It will take him some time to adjust, but he has shown great versatility in playing for coach Pitino."
by Mike Rutherford on Jul 23, 2010 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
3 Cards in Italy. It seems as though Pitino still has some “connections” in the Old Country.
Not to bring up bad memories
but they also signed Goran Suton. At least he’ll have plenty of English Russian speakers around to chat.
by Remote Cardinal on Jul 23, 2010 1:55 PM EDT reply actions
I thought we had all agreed to never speak his name again here.
Maybe I just made that agreement with myself. Whatever. What a lucky bastard he was that day.
by cardsinindy2010 on Jul 23, 2010 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions
not speaking for Mike but I saw a link to the story on Ditchball yesterday evening
by UL is my hot hot sex on Jul 23, 2010 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions
E-mail tip
If you have them, always feel free to hit me up.
Winking face.
by Mike Rutherford on Jul 23, 2010 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm probably wrong here,
but I thought the European leagues had a rule that said only two Americans on each roster. If that’s the case, then our U of L guys might be fighting each other for the same spots. Hope I’m wrong. Life in Italy doesn’t sound half bad — and for sure the food is good.
theoldman
I think it's different from league-to-league
Has to be, because they signed three American players this morning.
by Mike Rutherford on Jul 23, 2010 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Edgar for 3??? Good!!!
This is big, Edgar took so much from the fans and everyone else when all he did was want to win!!! He never backed down from any player and thru it all he gave us 4 years of excitement. Thanks for that last freedom hall win Edgar.
No offense, but I'm thinking we should retire the "Charlie Strong" blog name
as sweet as you may be, you can’t possibly live up to that moniker…
by quiet cardinal on Jul 24, 2010 3:55 AM EDT up reply actions
From my findings
Gaines played there in the ‘06-’07 season and currently with the Bakersfield Jam of the NBDL. Dean originally signed there after college (like Sosa) but only played half a season with them before being transferred to Russia. It seems that he is currently in Spain. And Angelico Biella did finish second to last last season.
Mike Rutherford:
Edgar Sosa signed a contract with Angelico Biella – one of the top teams in Italy – this morning.
Austin Montgomery just got that much closer to running this site
by UL is my hot hot sex on Jul 23, 2010 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Please do not compare me to that guy. That's embarrassing
And I’m just putting what I found. I’m not saying they’re a bad team historically, but last year that’s where they finished.
by indianacardfan on Jul 23, 2010 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
They both signed earlier this month
Taquan Dean couldn’t ask for a better overseas basketball situation. He’ll be heading to Italy in the next couple of weeks after playing for coach Rick Pitino at U of L, and he’ll have a familiar mate in the backcourt — former Cardinal Reece Gaines.
The two guards — who were U of L teammates in the 2002-03 season — both will play for Angelico Biella in Italy’s Serie A league, one of that country’s top circuits.
Assistant coach Luca Bechi said the team had been following Dean since his first appearances in NBA pre-draft camps and that he quickly became its first priority.
"He’s a player with great potential," Bechi said. "He’s a great three-point-shooting guard who is very strong physically and can defend on the perimeter. It will take him some time to adjust, but he has shown great versatility in playing for coach Pitino."
http://www.attention.cc/bda/taquan-dean-gaines-to-reunite-in-italy/
by Mike Rutherford on Jul 23, 2010 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions
You win
I should have dug a little deeper. But it didn’t help that most of the sites were in Italian.
by indianacardfan on Jul 23, 2010 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
i minored in italian in college
Can I be cc’s Italian correspondent? I’ll fly over for an art carmody jersey and a what would CS do bracelet.
by Chris Redman is my hero on Jul 25, 2010 9:51 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Ok. You win again
You can’t get any better proof than that. I guess that’s why you run this place and I don’t. I will never doubt you again
In a few years they can sign Cisco and maybe even O’bannon!
"Young men, I have no doubt that you're gonna do well today. But I have 1 favor to ask of you... SAVE JIMMY JOHNSON'S ASS FOR ME!" Lou Holtz
by TheRealSlimShady on Jul 25, 2010 5:42 PM EDT reply actions
Guess we'd find out if...
The Louisville 2nd team All-Stars of the 2000’s could win a Euro crown.
by Remote Cardinal on Jul 26, 2010 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions
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