Scottie Reynolds, a four-year star guard at Villanova, has signed a one-year deal with Prima Veroli, a Lazio-based club in Italy's second division, according to Phil Jasner of the Philadelphia Daily News. Interestingly enough, it appears the deal was orchestrated by former Duke guard Lee Melchionni, who also played professionally in Italy's LegADue and is now a player agent.

Barring a change of course, Reynolds will be the first NCAA Consensus First Team All-American to play in a league other than the NBA immediately after leaving college since Cincinnati guard Steve Logan in 2002. Fellow 2010 All-American Sherron Collins, a Kansas guard, spent Orlando Summer League with the Bobcats and, given Charlotte's lack of point guard depth, will likely get a shot at making the club come October.

Both Reynolds and Collins went undrafted in the 2010 NBA Draft. The other three 2010 First Team All-Americans -- John Wall, Evan Turner and Wesley Johnson -- were picked among the top four choices in the draft.

Reynolds played with the Phoenix Suns at the Vegas Summer League. In three games, he averaged 10 points and five assists. The Suns invited Reynolds to training camp on a unguaranteed contract to compete with Zabian Dowdell, who spent last year with the ACB's Unicaja Malaga, for the Suns' third point guard spot, but Reynolds apparently found a better offer across the sea.

Luis Scola, weeks removed from agreeing to a fat contract with the Houston Rockets, has received clearance to play for the Argentine national team this summer at the 2010 FIBA World Championship. He has also received clearance to look dreamily toward the East on the Argentina national team's website.

The Argentines will still miss the team's longtime talisman, Manu Ginobili. But Andres Nocioni, Argentina's presumptive starting small forward, told Olé he expects Milwaukee Bucks wing Carlos Delfino to fill in admirably and make fans forget about Manu.

That's impossible, though it's worth noting Delfino isn't just good at the NBA, but he's had a good international career as well. He's not nearly the ball-handler Ginobili has been at all levels, but Delfino's smart and a good shooter. The drop-off is no bigger than the one from, say, Chris Paul and Kobe Bryant (Team USA's best 2008 backcourt) to Rajon Rondo and Chauncey Billups (the presumptive starting backcourt of Team USA at the 2010 Worlds). In other words, most teams are in worse shape compared to Beijing. It's just that basic.

Scola's confirmation assures Argentina's frontcourt will not be much worse off. Scola will team up with friend Fabricio Oberto, who last played for the Wizards. Michael Lee of the Washington Post reported Friday that Washington is interested in bringing Oberto back for one more year. Oberto's 35, and Argentina's in a touch of a pickle with its frontcourt going forward -- the nation's next big star up front is Patricio Garino, who won't play in Turkey and just turned 17 years old. The situation could be precarious for the 2012 Olympics, depending on Scola's availability and Garino's development.

Argentina is ranked No. 1 in the world by FIBA. The nation finds itself in Kayseri's Group A, where advancement should be a breeze but Serbia looms as a major early test. (Of course, Argentina-Serbia is the final game of group play; honestly, both teams should head into it 4-0, with only an escape from the deathly Spain-U.S.A. side of the bracket in the knockout stage.)

Graham signed a two-year deal with Cleveland on Friday, Yahoo! Sports reports.

Last season for the Nuggets Graham averaged 4.2 points and two rebounds per game coming off the bench. He has never posted spectacular numbers during his career, but due the recent gutting of the Cavaliers roster, he could see an increased role next season.