Bologna, Italy, Victoria Tucci basketball club president, said the team is very optimistic aboutthe possibility of signing Bryant. The city of Bologna, a food company has also prepared the contract for the payment of cash of Kobe. Bologna boss Sabatini told the Associated Press, said Bryant’s agent Rob has agreed to make the team a 35 days to 40 days of bid contracts, worth $ 3 million - including about 10 games .

“We are very confident the deal can be done,” Sabbatini said, ”We are ready to make bigmoney invested.”Bryant and his agent, very professional, matter sorted out their cooperation is very pleasant thing,” Sabbatini continued, “I very much respect Kobe, not only because he is a superstar, hischaracter is also very good .

Bryant and Italian origin, or rather, almost all of his childhood spent here, press a few days ago,he went to Italy to attend a certain brand endorsements, and now has returned to New York. Hiscontract with Bologna requirements, Bryant may need to return immediately when NBA. The 33-year-old NBA star with the Los Angeles Lakers to three-year contract, worth 83.5 million dollars, but if his injury to play overseas if the Lakers can unilaterally terminate the contract. The BryantBologna, which wanted to complete the contract before the end of next week, so he also had time to register in the Italian league.

“Italy is my home, where the NBA is my dream place to start in here, I practice the basic skills, learning shooting, passing and moving without the ball,” Bryant told Italian media said - Bryant 6-13 years (1984-91 years), his father Joe - Kobe Bryant is an Italian team effectiveness, to follow his father lives in Italy, and learned to speak fluent Italian - “I have benefited from these experiences a great deal, so I returned to the United States after the kids my age I do not these skills, they only care about to jump higher and dunk.