There’s been A LOT of talk about Kobe Bryant playing in Italy. Â The team most talked about was Virtus Bologna but apparently another team was under consideration. Â Olimpia Milano was contacted by Kobe’s agent but apparently the only person they wanted was Danilo Gallinari. Â Read more after the jump.
Have you ever thought about signing Kobe Bryant? Sergio Scariolo (Olimpia Milano’s head coach): Olimpia has received a lot of calls from Bryant’s agent because the player was interested in playing in Milano. But from the beginning we had decided we would not sign locked out players and we only made an exception with Danilo Gallinari because of his personal links with the team.
