Washington Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld announced today that the team has acquired a future first round draft pick from the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for the rights to Juan Carlos Navarro. “We’re pleased to acquire a first round pick, which gives us an additional asset,” said Grunfeld. “Our backcourt, led by Gilbert Arenas, DeShawn Stevenson, […]
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Posted in International, Toronto Raptors on Aug 16th, 2007
USA Basketball Men’s Senior National Team’s 6-10 forward Chris Bosh (Toronto Raptors) will miss the team’s current training camp and the FIBA Americas Championship because of plantar fasciitis in his left foot. Bosh’s withdraw leaves the USA Senior National Team roster numbering 15. The national team is currently training through Aug. 21 in Las Vegas, […]
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Posted in General, International on Aug 15th, 2007
The Chicago Tribune reports: Hinrich was a somewhat reluctant participant from the beginning, and USA Basketball announced Monday that he was leaving the team, which begins training for the FIBA Tournament of the Americas on Wednesday in Las Vegas. Also withdrawing were Shane Battier and Greg Oden. The qualifying tournament for two Olympic representatives is […]
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Posted in International on Aug 14th, 2007
Portland Trail Blazers forward/center LaMarcus Aldridge and Golden State Warriors guard Monta Ellis have withdrawn from participating on the recently announced USA Basketball Men’s Select Team. The Select Team was chosen to help prepare the 2007 USA Senior National Team for the Aug. 22-Sept. 3 FIBA Americas Championship that is being held in Las Vegas, […]
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Posted in General, International on Aug 11th, 2007
What’s the sense of all that hatred if I didn’t have a solution? See, I generally agree, there SHOULD be international basketball competition and America should participate. The games should be played under a mutually agreed upon set of rules. I am in favor of ALL of these things. In fact, I think it should […]
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Samuel Dalembert of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers became the latest member of Canada’s Senior Men’s National Basketball Team today after becoming a Canadian citizen earlier in the day at a swearing-in ceremony in Hamilton, Ontario. Dalembert, was born in Port-Au-Prince Haiti, but moved to Montréal where he won a Quebec High School Championship and played […]
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Posted in International on Aug 6th, 2007
By Jeff Lenchiner, editor of InsideHoops.com InsideHoops.com reports that the practice select squad, which will help Team USA prepare for real competition, includes: LaMarcus Aldridge (Portland Trail Blazers); Aaron Brooks (Houston Rockets); Monta Ellis (Golden State Warriors); Channing Frye (Portland Trail Blazers); Jeff Green (Seattle SuperSonics); Devin Harris (Dallas Mavericks); Andre Iguodala (Philadelphia 76ers); Al […]
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Posted in General, International on Aug 3rd, 2007
IV. The Money On CSI (doesn’t matter which one, the format is always the same) when we get to the last 10 minutes and the mystery is yet to be solved, the main character looks up knowingly and says to his team “just follow the money”, because money is the root of the evil (so […]
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Posted in General, International on Jul 29th, 2007
III. The Coverage. The coverage for the team of NBA players is the same every single year (for some reason there is another international tournament every year) and it is as annoying and damaging every year. It always starts with extreme optimism. The team of NBA superstars is announced. The Press drools over all the […]
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Posted in General, International on Jul 27th, 2007
II. The Rules. FIBA rules are different than NBA rules. Its the trapezoidal lane, goaltending rules, foul rules, traveling rules, 3 point distance (and for the purposes of this entry we’ll pretend that FIBA refs don’t have it out for NBA players). The adjustment to these rules, though minor and intellectually simple, have an adverse […]
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