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Carlos Delfino: "When I got injured, I was still on Milwaukee’s roster of 15, but then they cut me and traded me to the Clippers. That contract became the first one in league history to be handled using the Stretch Provision. After that, bye. Yes, the Clippers contract was respected. First of the month and day 15 I earned a check, but never again. Those things happened a long time ago
Carlos Delfino: What you see in the NBA today is a system where the structure isn’t above everything else—the player on the court is in charge. I’ve always believed that, and I lived it: the one who wins or loses games is the player, not the system. Coaches guide you, organize you, set the river’s direction, but at the end of the day, players decide outcomes. That’s also why, even if I ever coach, I know I will approach it from the player’s side, understanding their perspective and what it means to be inside the heat of decisions. Twenty-six or twenty-seven years of competing in that environment teaches you the difference between what a front office wants, what a coach draws up, and what actually happens in the moment. And when you understand that, you see clearly why player movement and empowerment are reshaping the modern NBA.
There was only one remaining active player from Argentina’s Generación Dorada (Golden Generation). Carlos Delfino, who hadn’t joined any team this season after his stint in Italy, announced his retirement. No ceremony, no farewell game — true to his low profile, Delfino told Doble Doble: “The moment came that I thought would never come — when I started making excuses not to train and didn’t feel like going. That’s when I said, ‘It’s time.’ I actually felt good about it because I went through a lot of injuries and spent four years without playing. Now I got to choose when to stop.”
Former Bucks player Carlos Delfino re-signed with Italian team Benedetto XIV Cento for the 2024-25 season.
After his adventure with Victoria Libertas Pesaro, it seemed like Carlos Delfino’s career arrived to a definite ending after 24 years on the highest stages in the International basketball landscape. According to Eurohoops’ Cesare Milanti, however, the 41-year-old Argentinian is now expected to keep playing, moving to Benedetto XIV Cento in the Italian second division. Carlos Delfino last played in August against the Bahamas, losing in the 2023 FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament.
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You actually left the NBA after your best two years, at least individually, with the Nets. Do you regret leaving the NBA at the peak of your career? Bostjan Nachbar: I get asked this question a lot. I cannot say that I regret it because it was a very interesting time. A lot of European players came back to Europe so it’s difficult to talk about regret because for me that was the best option at that moment. Sure, I wish I could have prolonged my career in the NBA but at the same time it’s not like I had equal choices that summer. Gordan Giricek returned home, Carlos Delfino went back to Europe, also Jorge Garbajosa and Josh Childress. A year later, Linas Kleiza went back… A lot of European teams were willing to offer solid contracts to Europeans or Americans who wanted to go. Unfortunately, the crisis of 2008 hit them a little bit after and that changed a lot of things in Europe. I wish I could have extended my career in the NBA, but it just wasn’t the case.
The Federal Justice of Rosario confirmed the prosecution of basketball player Carlos Delfino, his father and two other people in the case that investigates the laundering of assets with funds from drug trafficking.
Former NBA player and 2004 Olympic Games gold medalist Carlos Delfino is accused for money laundering. The 36-year-old swingman of Fortitudo Bologna is a target of an investigation in Argentina alongside his father and three others for the sale of property to a person guilty on drug trafficking charges.
Emiliano Carchia: Carlos Delfino agreed to terms with Fortitudo Bologna, a source told Sportando. Delfino has started the season with Fiat Torino
Boca Júniors signed Carlos Delfino to a deal for the season. The Argentinean returns to his homeland and already had his first practice with Boca.
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As reported by Julito Pavoni, former NBA player Carlos Delfino is very close to sign a deal for the rest of the season with Boca Juniors in his home country. Delfino is expected to arrive in Buenos Aires in the next few days to take the medicals and signing the contract.
Fortitudo Bologna is still hopeful to sign Carlos Delfino. The Argentinean returned to action at the Olympic with his National Team. “The market is always open and something may happen soon. Carlos Delfino? I still have hope to sign him” the president of the club, Gianluca Muratori, told TRC Bologna.
Argentine guard Carlos Delfino told newspaper Ole this week he has not given up on the NBA yet. “From a personal standpoint, for sure I want return with an NBA team,” Delfino said. “Is it a long shot? Very long shot, but I believe in it and have been working towards that goal for a long time. And I’m still doing it. If I have to get minutes somewhere else while waiting for that NBA option, so be it. We’ll see.”
Fabian Perez: Just found out Baskonia of Spain is interested in Carlos Delfino.