From today's Boston Globe

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Vegas showcase

In two largely underwhelming seasons in Atlanta, Esteban Batista, a 6-foot-10-inch center/forward from Uruguay, appeared in 70 games. He averaged a shade more than 8 minutes a game. If you weren't a Hawks zealot, assuming such a person even exists, you may not have known he was in the league. Batista is now a free agent and he certainly turned some heads in Las Vegas, averaging 20.8 points and a tournament-best 12.4 rebounds for Uruguay. (He had 20 points in 24 minutes against the United States.) "This tournament was important for me," Batista said. "I didn't play too much in my two years in the NBA. Now, I feel like I've done a good job." But did he do well enough to get a job in the NBA? His new agent, Marc Cornstein, said he's confident Batista will land something. (Cornstein even text-messaged Danny Ainge about Batista, but got no satisfactory response. "Don't they need size?" Cornstein asked of the Celtics.) "That's why this tournament was so essential because so few teams knew enough about him and he got the opportunity to show what kind of a player he is," said Cornstein, who counts Darko Milicic and Sasha Pavlovic as clients. "He was phenomenal. The thing I was happiest and proudest about is that he showed no fear. He played the same against [Dwight] Howard or [Amare] Stoudemire as he did against Venezuela or Panama. That's the mark of a good player." Batista turns 24 today

[DrReality]

It will be interesting to see where he lands and how he does. Whether he once again shows Woody to be a dolt or that he doesn't belong in the league.

I wonder if he could be trade bait after this showing?????

[Wurider05]

Woody doesn't know what the hell he is doing. We are going to let another one get away.

[T21]

Esteban will never be more than just a hustle player in the NBA and he will be used only for hard fouls and during garbage time... Sorry, but that's the truth!

[Blunt91]

Esteban Batista might turn out to be someone like Edjuardo Najara at best or at worst Brian Scalabrine of the Nets.

We have Shelden & Al Horford. We just don't have any room for this guy.

[Johnnybravo4]

Yes you do...you send Solo to the D league