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Gallo claims to want the pressure that comes with playing in New York: “Camp opens in two weeks at Skidmore College in Saratoga. A season ago Gallinari spent the entire time there on the sidelines, riding a stationary bike and stretching. And immediately the word ‘bust’ was whispered. It grew a little louder when Eric Gordon, another player on the Knick radar at No. 6 who eventually landed with the Clippers, had a solid rookie season. Gallinari is aware of it all. ‘I feel people want to see something from me,’ he admitted. ‘I will tell you,’ he later added, ‘I want to see the expectations. I want to feel the pressure because that’s what makes you a really good player.’”

World champion Spain eased past Lithuania 84-70 on Monday and Turkey hung on to beat Serbia 69-64 in overtime and stay unbeaten at the European basketball championship.

BARCELONA, Spain — Euroleague Basketball and The National Basketball Association (NBA) have announced that two Euroleague teams will compete in four preseason games from October 3 to 12, 2009 in the United States. The four games, which are part of the Eurole

Interesting news via SLAMonline: Well, if Olympiakos has its way, that could very well happen: “Apparently Olympiakos is targeting Nate Robinson with a boatload of cash. As they did a season ago with Josh Childress, the Greek team is hoping to sign Robinson as an