<div class="quote_poster">Quoting :</div><div class="quote_post">The Charlotte Bobcats have interviewed the general manager of an Italian club for the same position with their expansion team. Maurizio Gherardini, general manager of club Benetton Treviso, was interviewed by team executives this week in Paris, Bobcats spokesman Chris Weiller said Friday. Gherardini, who speaks fluent English, has turned the Benetton club into a top European team and produced two of the top 15 picks in the recent NBA draft. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2003/bask...r.ap/index.html </div> Signs of the NBA turning more international