Why Nico Mannion’s move to from the NBA to Italy is smart for his career | The Hidden Gems Podcast

Big news today Nico Mannion former McDonald’s All-American and NBA draft pick decides to head overseas to Italy before entering his second NBA season. Mannion is of Italian decent and is currently coming of a strong summer in the Olympics with Italy. After being drafted in the second round of the 2020 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors he was given a two-way contract. By Mannion choosing this path to go play for Virtus Bologna in Italy this allows him to receive a lucrative contract and a substantial role. He’s going to be playing with some of Europe’s top players such as Epke Udoh, Marco Belinelli, and Milos Tedosic. On this week’s episode of the weekly update listen to our remarks on Mannion’s journey.
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[@user-ec2by3zf3w]

Great move for him. These NBA teams be taking these young players for granted if they’re not a Top 15 draft pick 🤦🏾🤦🏾. I hope he wins many titles overseas 🙏🏾.

[@TheSportsandFilmFellowship]

Great move for him. Waiting on Golden state to get older. He’s a great player. If you know his family he takes pride in his culture and family. Great kid from Arizona.

[@flawlessintimeiii1581]

Enjoyed the prospective … you could see this coming as soon as he made the Italian Olympic team. Only thing for him in GSW was bench sores . It was very intelligent move. Wait for GSW to age while exploding your career off a successful Olympic preformance

[@slickboxingidentityveritas1932]

Exactly. He'll develop much better now

[@alessandromori1086]

In Virtus, players like Ginobili, Danilović, Nesterovič or Jarić have grown up. In Italy, Bologna is nicknamed "basket city".

[@antoniidipalma9980]

i' m from Bologna and think s' good choise 4 his career. go VIRTUS🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@giuseppemaggio5894]

Bologna and Caserta are the Italian basket cities of North and South

[@lebanon6655]

Non nomini belinelli?

[@thecomickeeper5127]

Nico is the man. He's going to be back in the NBA when the opportunity presents itself and develops a bit more. He's a legit player

[@giuseppemaggio5894]

The Italian basketball team is gonna be insane in the years to come : Fontecchio Melli Gallinari Polonara Mannion Banchero Pajola Spagnolo Procida Tonut...

[@taboohstidbits4479]

I like the move but this was a kid who was supposed to be a lottery pick and didn't play up to expectations at U of A. Wish him the best because I've followed him since Pinnacle High when he was hooping out there. Hope he can master nuances of the PG position and work on that jumper

[@slickboxingidentityveritas1932]

3 years from now he's gonna be a problem

[@brah2K]

These guys know overseas ball really well wow

[@MikeJones-fz2mt]

He wasn’t Finna get any burn. On warriors the next 2-3 years, not hating that’s facts .

[@berserkerkay]

🔥🤝🏾

[@redin5ide660]

Having the chance to play makin minuts and experience whilst in the bay he run into the risk to play in D - League. Yes definitively it's the right choice. And he will also improve defense which is way too important in modern basketball

[@TheSportsandFilmFellowship]

His mom is from Italy

[@antoniidipalma9980]

from siena(tuscany)

[@BigBen1994]

You can get plenty of great money overseas

[@slickboxingidentityveritas1932]

Playing time most importantly, to hone your skills and experience high level competition

[@danielemazzone9087]

DAJENICO#1

[@chrisparker3708]

Being drafted to a team like the warriors that already invested into curry and his play style it’s hard to develop gsw is a terrible team to get drafted to cause you won’t develop or show nba teams that you are worth money

[@NorCal4o8]

Marco Belinelli & Ekpe Udoh ex-warriors daft picks.

[@LEBRONGWOPPAJAMES]

🤐🍔