Pero no se ponen de acuerdo en el precio. Le quedan dos aos de contrato y las cantidades por las que Rudy firm son tan pequeas dentro de las escalas NBA, que esta pasada madrugada hora espaola, se ha delarado la guerra, Star Wars XXXVVVV.-

Primer movimiento, declaraciones. Fjense en la palabras del GM Mr. Cho: "No es una opcin dejar que Rudy se vaya a Europa"

En contestacin a esta declaracin de Rudy en el da de los Media al comienzo del Training Camp de Portland, palabras textuales:

"I don't want a trade, I prefer to go home with my family and play in Europe," said Fernandez, who, through his agent, requested a trade earlier this summer. "I don't want to hear about New York or about Chicago. I want to hear (I'm going) back to Europe."

En esta esquina, "QUIERO IRME A EUROPA" y en esta otra, "NO ES UNA OPCIN".-

Star War declarada justamente a las 2 de la madrugada hora espaola.-

La explicacin de la situacin, segn el periodico de Portland, The Oregonian, sigue as:

Earlier this summer, Fernandez' agent, Andy Miller, said Fernandez was prepared to sit out the final two seasons of his NBA contract, so there was doubt as to whether the third-year shooting guard would show up to Monday's media event. But Fernandez was there, wearing his white No. 5 uniform, saying he decided to honor his contract because he's a "professional" and loves his teammates.

Fernandez, who repeatedly expressed love and gratitude for Portland and Blazers fans, said he would report to practice on Tuesday morning but acknowledged that his heart was no longer into being an NBA player. The reason, he says, does not have anything to do with playing time or his relationship with coach Nate McMillan.

Instead, they are two-fold: His game is best suited for international play and being away from his family and friends in Spain is too difficult.

"I'm sorry about this," Fernandez said. "I'm sorry about the fans from Portland because I really love them because they help me a lot in these two years. But my heart right now, he wants to stay with my family and he wants to stay in Europe."

There does not appear to be a quick or clean remedy for this situation, which figures to get uglier before it gets better. Fernandez said he plans to talk to Blazers general manager Rich Cho this week at which time he will request that Cho release his rights so he can return to Spain. Cho said the Blazers have no intention of doing that because they would lose a former first-round draft pick who has averaged 9.4 points per game and shot 39 percent from three-point range without compensation.

Instead, the Blazers say they will increase the degree and intensity of their .

"I told him that I'm personally happy he's back," Roy said. "I told him that he's a big part of this team when we're playing well and we need him to be happy. I asked him about the whole trade thing and his biggest thing was that he just wanted to be back in Spain. He was homesick.

"So I just felt kind of bad because we have to do a better job as teammates to make him feel better about being here. I'll be more concerned if we get to the first game and his heart's not in it. Part of training camp is team building. It's my job and the team's job to get him into it."

Este texto, unido a las palabras de Mr Cho, dejan las cosas en:"Te quieres ir, que nos das a cambio, porque nosotros de amamos y Brando Roy te va a invitar a una barbacoa en su casa, pero de pasarte ms balones en los partidos, olvdate".

Es de lo ms fascinante la parte ET"Mi caaaasa" de la lnguida declaracin de Rudy. No quiere irse a otros equipos NBA, simple y llanamente quiere volver a casa, a Europa, a la ACB. Al declarar sus intenciones vuelve a poner de manifiesto la gran incapacidad de la cultura NBA por ayudar a integrar a jugadores de otros idiomas, otras culturas en un ambiente confortable en el que desarrollar las cualidades tcnicas. Rudy lleg a Portland en olor de multitudes, como por ejemplo Bjelica ha llegado a Vitoria. La integracin de jugadores con otra cultura, otro idioma, otras costumbres, tiene una historia positiva y brillante en Vitoria, por ejemplo. Nosotros en Portland ya hemos embarrancado dos veces: Fernando Martin, Rodolfo Fernndez. Los choques no son con la manera de vivir. Son con la manera de entender el juego. A Fernando lo quisieron disfrazar de otra cosa... Y ahora que lo pienso, a Rudy tambien. Son cada vez ms claros los ejemplos del cambio de actitud y personalidad del baloncesto europeo con respecto al americano. En un tiempo todo era veneracin seguimiento apresurado de sus iniciativas ms mnimas. Ahora estamos en un "S, PERO..." aunque tenemos encima nuestro la inmensa tormenta de la crisis econmica que cortar casi de raiz nuestra independencia de mtodos y procedimientos.

La confrontacin est declarada y en abierto. Como os he dicho en mltiples ocasiones, lo importante no es lo que se declara AQUI. Lo imporsante es lo que se declara y hace ALLI. pero nosotros lo seguiremos desde aqui, como si estuvisemos all.

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El da 12 de Octubre, la cadena de television ESPN va a emitir un documental sobre la amistad entre Drazen Petrovic y Vlado Divac, un corata y un serbio, con el baloncesto como simbolo de unin y la guerra como llama de desintegracin. Una frase lo sintetiza todo hondamente, terriblemente: "Una amistad se construye en aos, pero se destruye en un segundo". Las imgenes son evocadoras y nos sitan en algo tan frgil como la creacin mxima: El inmenso talento de la ltma Yugoslavia: Petrovic, Kukoc, Divac, Paspalj, Radja, confrontado con la ruda capacidad de la destruccin. Ver el trailer del documental aqu:

http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2010/09/espn-films-and-nba-entertainment-present-once-brothers/

Es estremecedor para los que amamos el baloncesto. Los que tuvimos ocasin de vivir aquella historia en Europa y EEUU, un recordatorio con un poder de evocacin enorme.

Gracias, Vialegre, por los links, de estas dos imagenes