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ScoutingCenter: Nicolas Batum Lavishes Praise On Kaleb Canales

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As noted earlier this week, Portland Trail Blazers forward Nicolas Batum is in Treviso, Italy, at Eurocamp. Here's a question and answer with Batum posted on ScoutingCenter.net in Italian. Below are a few excerpts google translated and cleaned up a bit. ------------------------------- SC: What was your relationship with the new [interim coach Kaleb] Canales? Nicolas Batum: "Kaleb (Canales) is something special, has an unbridled passion for the sport and sends it to us players, because they train with great energy and enthusiasm. It 's our sixth man, really, it seems that both in the field with us when he's on the bench because he gesticulates, moves and lives the game like a player: he is a great coach." SC: A prediction for the Finals? NB: I have no preference for either team, but I have a friend who played with the Heat, Ronny Turiaf: It is inevitable therefore that, if forced to choose, I would say Miami. ------------------------------- -- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com | Twitter