Amedeo Della Valle going pro in Europe
Even more reason to be happy we went after Spike instead of Amedeo. Seriously though, Spike is the man. Go Blue!
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/24…
According to the article, an Italian club is already looking at him.
Hipster Doofus.
wrong thread
My thoughts exactly.
My thoughts exactly.
My thoughts exactly.
European basketball must be worse than OSU basketball.
Oh and best of luck to him, I suppose.
#HeOff....to Europe.
Well, for his career at OSU then, he averaged about 10 minutes per game, a 35.2% FG%, 34.0% 3FG% and was 63% from the line. In addition, he averaged about 2 rebounds and less than 1 assist, steal and block per game. I have to think that Della Valle is not getting the best advice, but his contract apparently is a multiyear deal that would total something around $300,000 per Alex Gleitman over at Bucknuts.
So he's taking a pay cut?
edit: beaten by Barwis effect
If you're going to ride the bench, might as well get paid for it.
Michigan was trying to go after Amedeo?
That does seem to be the case:
http://www.umhoops.com/2012/04/11/michigan-amedeo-della-valle-move-in-separate-directions/
Some leagues in Europe aren't as competitive as NCAA, and his game might translate better. That said, I always laughed when he was described as an X-Factor for OSU. Dude was garbage. When he's your X-Factor, your team is garbage. That's like calling Max our X-Factor. He can give us quality minutes when needed every now and then.
As a farewell, I'd like to quote Amadeo "WOW! Michigan doesn't have room for me now and I didn't get to visit?! That's really fair!" This was right after Hello: Spike. Things work out.
Crazy how X-Factor matches up three lines in a row.
Not sure why he would leave OSU. With his athlete status and that mug of his, college is his best shot to get laid
It was Spike we gave the last scholly to over him? I thought it was Levert that we decided on over Della Valle. And they better pray that Ross stays. Where will their scoring come from without Smith, Ross, Craft (not that he scores but he can distribute) and Della Valle? You telling me a team with Sam Thompson and Shannon Scott as the primary offensive weapons scares anyone?
So did Kentucky. Freshman, no matter how good, are still freshman.
Unless their Michigan freshman, in which case they're really, really good.
dude is not good at basketball
Isn't OSU bringing in 2 5-stars at the SG/SF position? Might explain some of it.
He might as well go. Even if he stayed at Ohio as long as Robbie Hummel was at Purdue, his future still would be sitting on the pine in Italy.
Glad we got Spike. The NW Indiana guys put the game away for us this afternoon.
LOL Ohio...
Why would he want to take a pay cut to go play in Europe?
they have a very good class coming in, but none of them are PG or shooters. They can't score from the outside this year and they won't be any better next year. But at least with Craft gone their 3 pt percentage can only get better.
March 22nd, 2014 at 10:13 PM ^
March 22nd, 2014 at 10:37 PM ^
I'm guessing that this was his plan the whole time. Maybe the coaching staff found out about this and decided to stop recruiting him.
March 22nd, 2014 at 10:49 PM ^
and most of us were wrong. Spike is so so so so much better than Della Valle will ever be...and approximately 8x as good looking too