Esposito: “In Toronto Insigne is already an idol, he will be welcomed like a king”

It was 1995 when he crossed the ocean to land in Toronto. 27 years before Lorenzo Badge. Not to play football, but basketball. Vincenzo Esposito he is the man of 13,286 points in his career, three times best scorer in Serie A and two times in MVP, but also the first Italian to sign a contract and score points in the NBA championship. The former basketball player gave an interview to the microphones de The morning, focusing on the landing of Lorenzo Badge a Toronto from next July.

“I found many people who spoke what they call Italian, half Italian and half English. Like the classic paisà. Because maybe they had Italian grandparents or great-grandparents. I already spoke English well but Insigne will have no problems. ‘era there was hockey, which was also played on the street among kids. And baseball, with the Bluejays who were very strong. Basketball was beginning to advance, football little or nothing. But Canadian friends tell me that today football is growing, that when Italy plays in Toronto people are attached to the TV and cheering from hell. Insigne will be welcomed as a king. Nba were a rarity. Two situations at the antipodes. He is an idol even before leaving and goes to a championship that must grow. I had entered the realm of world basketball as an unknown. But after the 18 points scored at Madison they never looked at me again from the top to bottom”.