It’s nice to see Nuggets forward Danilo Gallinari, who has a lot on his plate right now as he prepares for ACL surgery and a long rehabilitation, speak up for his general manager. This Tweet from Davide Chinellato, a sports reporter for the Italian La Gazzetta:
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-partner=”tweetdeck”><p><a href=”https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Nuggets&src=hash”>#Nuggets</a> Danilo Gallinari to <a href=”https://twitter.com/search?q=%23gazzetta&src=hash”>#gazzetta</a>: "Our team needs Masai Ujiri. I hope he's going nowhere. I met him when I was 15" <a href=”https://twitter.com/search?q=%23NBA&src=hash”>#NBA</a></p>— Davide Chinellato (@dchinellato) <a href=”https://twitter.com/dchinellato/statuses/339809156087287810″>May 29, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Gallo also tol the Gazzetta, on May 17th, that he would be undergoing his ACL surgery in about three weeks – that'd put the date around May 31st. We'll keep you updated on that as well.
An interesting tidbit from the Tweet is how Gallo met Ujiri when he was 15 years-old – well before Gallo was a Denver Nuggets player. Yes, Masai was an international scout around that time and that type of scouting history is part of what Ujiri a successful GM now. He has learned what he likes in players and what what he looks for. Hopefully he’ll be back with the Nuggets soon …
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Shawn Kemp partook in a Seattle Times.com live chat that you can find by clicking here. I tossed out the following question:
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