By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Even though French forward/center Kevin Seraphin will continue his career in the Indiana Pacers, his priority for most of the transfer season was to sign with Barcelona.
“Barcelona was my first option”, he said in an interview for HoopsHype. “I talked to the GM. He called me. After that, I talked to the coach and they were my first option. But they made us wait. They were like, ‘We have to make room’. Then they told us they could not do it because they couldn’t make room.”
The newly acquired Pacers big guy continued explaining that: “That’s when my new agent (Bouna Ndiaye) started calling teams in the NBA and seeing if we could get a deal. That’s why it took so long, because we were exploring that option first. I was looking forward to an opportunity to play a lot and show people what I can do. Since it didn’t happen with Barcelona, we looked at opportunities in the NBA… And then Barcelona came back! But it was too late then because we were in the process of talking to NBA teams, then I tried out with Indiana for a couple of days and now I’m with the Pacers.”