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RR: I really thought that Sergey Karasev, the Russian kid that we had, was going to be a guy who played in the league for a very, very long time. He got in, he had a short stint, and obviously, he’s now doing big things back in Europe.
Dante Exum – and I loved Exum – I thought that he would have a very long and successful career but injuries really plagued Dante. There are just so many things that go into this; we can’t predict how good a player will become and then we can’t predict all of those things that will be around a player may challenge him in his career.
So, you know, sometimes there are great success stories. I think, actually, all of them are great success stories, but our culture is only appreciative of superstars. And if you just look at the number of players that have become really, really good players around the world, guys like Evan Fournier, Dennis Schroeder and what he’s done, Gabriel Deck, who’s now back in Europe. So there are just so many success stories, they’re all a little different. Unfortunately, for some of them, I think injuries are the real factor that really kind of hampered development and growth.
