Friday, November 16 Bologna Airport.
I meet my first fellow travelers: Francis, he is with Belinelli, Alex, our tour leader Nike, Paul & Paul, men-video.
long journey via Amsterdam to Toronto, we arrived tired but loads for the weekend in the dream city of the Raptors.
Saturday, November 17 Toronto
Breakfast at the hotel and first meeting with the rest of the Italian expedition in Toronto:
Flavio Tranquillo, the voice of the Italian basketball
Luca Chiabotti , journalist Claudio Journal
Limardi , another important sign of basketball
Nicholas, the man who follows Nike at first hand the Magician and Beli
Mike, our photographer, direct from San Francisco
Matteo, another manager of Nike Italy.
spoken Italian basketball together and we get the news of the accident in Italy Bulleri, which reacts Quiet predicting a possible relegation
The first destination of our trip to Canada is the Nike Store, where we give ourselves to shopping.
Soon after we moved to the Air Canada Centre, home of the Toronto Raptors.
There is only granted time to admire the building, the center of which stands the mounted for the field hockey match in NHL of the evening, and we head to the gym, always placed in the center, where the Raptors are training. By
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It 's a dream in front of me are the Magician, Bosh, TJ Ford, Garbajosa, Delfino, Nesterovic, Parker, Moon, Calderon, Kapono and all others who are training.
The session is almost over, almost all are dedicating themselves to fire.
Flavio Tranquillo began to interview the "Italian" in Toronto to get an impression of the season, Bargnani: Rasho, Jorge and Carlos ... I take this opportunity to exchange few words with them and to be able to take 2 photos. Finally I was presented
the magician: Hello Andrea! Gianluca Hello! Wow
The magician goes for a well deserved shower ... in the meantime, the gym was empty ... I take a ball and start to do some shooting ... also put a bomb for a few minutes ... I feel like a real NBA champion. Andrea
back, waiting for him and took some photos for advertising purposes: we need someone who is under the basket and passes the ball ... is a task that I do willingly.
We salute you, go to dinner.
We leave the gym and head to the office of Gherardini: the legendary general manager of the Raptors shows us his office and the chairmanship of Toronto and explains a bit ' How does an NBA team.
interesting is the tour and friendly Maurizio Gherardini, not coincidentally worked in Treviso and is also a doc Romagna, Forlì from.
lunch and then ride to Toronto, between Lake Ontario, the skyscrapers, the CN Tower and shopping centers.
In the evening, waiting for the official meeting, an Italian restaurant chosen by the wizard for the occasion.
Bargnani and Belinelli ahead: on the evening pass pleasantly Italian eating and chatting with the stars of the Italian basketball, which are two boys of my age, but playing in the basketball league in the world more beautiful ...
There is talk of treviso, Fortitudo but also ... imola dell'Andrea coast that I always carry in my heart. They range
talking about what we do, 2 engineers in Bologna, B & B and what they do in America.
many amusing anecdotes, the discussion set on fire when it comes to football and Lazio, the team of Andrea.
At the table there is also a Journal reporter and the question that arises is why the C2 has more space than basketball ... and a convincing answer to the end never came.
The evening ends with a double pseudo interview Bargnani Belinelli that maybe in a little 'you see online or on TV.
I am given a pair of autographed ball by now: to preserve with care. ...
The first day in Toronto end here. ... absolutely not a bad start!
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