One Italian team decided to try and leverage Delfino’s heritage into a contract: According to Sportando, Bologna Basket is reporting that the owner of Virtus Bologna, Claudio Sabatini, has said that the team offered the 29-year-old a contract with an out clause in case the NBA season got underway.

“We were interested in him and we made an offer but we could not find an agreement,” Sabatini said, Bologna Basket reports.

Manu Ginobili played in Bologna from 2000-2002, but Sabatini denies that any proposal has been made to bring the San Antonio Spurs shooting guard back to town, Sportando notes.

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Eurobasket reports that the 6-6 Maggette is expected to land in the Greek city of Thessaloniki Wednesday and negotiate a deal with PAOK. Maggette will check out the city and team facilities, the site notes, and it is expected that Maggette will make his decision at the end of the week.

Maggette played 67 games for the Bucks last season, averaging 12 points and five rebounds per game.

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Eurobasket reports that the 6-6 Maggette “is expected to land in (the Greek city of) Thessaloniki” Wednesday and negotiate “a deal with PAOK.” Maggette will check out the city and team facilities, the site notes, and “it is expected that Maggette will make his decision (at) the end of the week.”

Maggette played 67 games for the Bucks last season, averaging 12 points and five rebounds per game.

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That’s the rule that sent Milwaukee Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings to Italy to play for Lottomatica Roma instead of for the University of Arizona Wildcats before entering the NBA draft one year later and being selected 10th overall.

Spears reports that “there’s been talk the league might try to change the wait to two years.” This is proving to be mildly frustrating for the nation’s top-ranked high school player, Shabazz Muhammad, of Las Vegas’ Bishop Gorman High School, Spears notes.

“If they pushed it to two years, it would be really disappointing for those guys who were in there for that one year and had a great year,” said Muhammad, who has already led his team to two state championships, Spears reports. “Then they come back for that second year, have a bad year and their NBA draft stock drops. That’s a bad thing for them. I don’t think they should do that. They should let guys decide if they want to go or not. If a guy is ready, why go to college?”

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“I’m sure the lockout will end one day,” Landry told JCOnline.com. “I just don’t know when. A lot of guys are trying to play overseas and make a little extra cash while this lockout is going on, but unfortunately in my case, I’m a free agent, so the smart thing for me is not looking into going overseas.”

The former Purdue student went on to say that he was comfortable playing for the Hornets and though he was productive for them but would prefer to go play for the Indiana Pacers or Milwaukee Bucks. “I would play in Indiana for the Pacers, and I’m from Milwaukee, so I wouldn’t mind going back there,” he said. “You just never know where I will end up.”

Landry averaged 11.9 points and 4.6 rebounds per game last season for the Hornets and Sacramento Kings.

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“I’m sure the lockout will end one day,” Landry told JCOnline.com. “I just don’t know when. A lot of guys are trying to play overseas and make a little extra cash while this lockout is going on, but unfortunately in my case, I’m a free agent, so the smart thing for me is not looking into going overseas.”

The former Purdue student went on to say that he was comfortable playing for the Hornets, and though he was productive for them, he would preferplaying for the Indiana Pacers or Milwaukee Bucks. “I would play in Indiana for the Pacers, and I’m from Milwaukee, so I wouldn’t mind going back there,” he said. “You just never know where I will end up.”

Landry averaged 11.9 points and 4.6 rebounds per game last season for the Hornets and Sacramento Kings.

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The paper notes that a trade between the two teams will involve not just picks, but players as well. "The teams have tossed around different trade scenarios with Bucks forward Ersan Ilyasova being prominently mentioned," the Journal Times reports. The paper notes that the Bucks remain interested in Houston forward Patrick Patterson, who Milwaukee wanted to draft last summer.

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Kuester did not help himself with s 57-107 record while coaching the Pistons and poor relationships with a number of players on the team, Wojnarowski points out.

But don’t worry about Kuester. Wojnarowski notes that he "is expected to join the staff of Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike Brown. The pair worked together with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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Now the Mavs are in the NBA Finals against the Miami Heat and Dallas coach Rick Carlisle isn’t ruling out the slim possibility that Butler may be able to not only walk onto the court during the Finals but contribute as well.

"It’s unlikely, but I can’t rule it out for sure,” Carlisle said, according to the paper.

The Star Telegram points out that this type of injury generally takes six months to heal and that Butler is "closing in on five months."

In the 29 games he appeared in this season, Butler averaged 15 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game. The paper puts his chances of returning the playing floor in the Finals at 10 percent.

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The Sporting News reports that the rumor had Bogut and his father talking to Cibona about playing there if the NBA has a lockout. "We are in direct contact with Andrew (Bogut) and his father Mišo," Cibona Zagreb general manager Josip Vrankovic told the website Vecernji.hr, according to the News. "Like real patriots, they want to help Cibona, and without any salary, only with paid insurance. Bogut’s only condition is that we play at the Euroleague,"

However, Bogut rejected the idea via his Twitter account: "Just got word that I’m signing with Cibona if the lookout were to go ahead?? I have NEVER spoken to the president of bball at Cibona."

Sorry, Cibona.

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