Every five minutes, we’re hearing about another NBA player who’s going somewhere for the lockout where he’ll be paid in funny looking money. But Europe isn’t just for players looking to score a quick buck for a few months while everyone fights over a few billion dollars.
Mike Fratello is spending the summer in the Ukraine, coaching the national team as it gets ready for the 2011 FIBA Eurobasket tournament. And Mike is also sharing the experience with everyone on his website:
After an intensive regimen of conditioning, drills, demonstrations, film sessions and scrimmages, the Ukraine National Team’s first week of training camp in Klaipėda is drawing to a close. The coaching staff and players worked extremely hard, and our squad has already made significant strides. This weekend we will participate in a four-team international tournament back in Kiev. Then we will resume training in order to continue laying the groundwork for a successful showing when we return to Klaipėda in a short while to open up EuroBasket 2011 on August 31.
So good luck to Mike. He might want to hold off on using his nickname “Czar of the telestrator,” though. They look at Czars a little differently over there.
