Italian forward Simone Fontecchio is settling in quickly with the Miami Heat. After his first days of training camp, the Italian forward said: “I’m trying to embrace the culture and trying to fight for my role, fight for my spot….It’s been good, it’s been a great four days so far, it’s been a lot of training, a lot of up and down, and a lot of effort. But it’s been great so far, everybody has welcomed me with open arms, and it’s been a great feeling. I’m starting to, you know, get the sense of what it means to be a Miami player, and I like it.
Via Clutch Points)
Head coach Erik Spoelstra praised Fontecchio’s approach but challenged him to make his mark on defense: “He’s been well coached in the league, so he has a way of doing it, where we think in our system that can grow and get better, but that’s his challenge, to be able to defend with physicality and discipline, and then offensively, he just had the skill set with and without the ball that will fit this group nicely. He knows what he’s doing, and he feels comfortable with and without the ball, which is important.”
The Italian forward and the Miami Heat will make their preseason debut tonight in a Florida derby against the Orlando Magic.
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