http://www.sportingnews.com/voices/sean_deveney/20030518.html Inside Dish: NBA's European presence not as great as it seems May 18, 2003 Print it Sure, just about every team has sent front-office personnel to Europe for a look at the major tournaments, and it might seem the entire league has gone international. Not quite. Conversations with three agents and two general managers put the number of teams that are really in Europe -- and "in" means they have scouts there who work from the inside, watch practices and know players, rather than merely watch major tournaments -- at four. The Kings and Mavericks still are the heavies in Europe, but the Spurs and Pistons are just behind. The Jazz has a presence, and the Nuggets and Knicks are expanding their European operations. Everyone else? "They basically steal information from the teams that are over there," one agent says. . . .
I guess that's why Rudy was there. He doesn't count as a presence, but was probably only Europe to steal the other guys work. You sly dog, you, Rudy
Maybe that's the reason we picked the likes of Boki and Turkcan while those teams picked Parker, Peja, Okur, Manu etc in low positions? They gave us false information.
