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Marcus Williams retaking NBA by storm, joins UConn South's summer league team
Marcus Williams at Pirates Arena (also commonly referred to as the park down the block). After the Pistons one-upped Memphis with the signings of Gentle Ben Gordon and Charles V., the Griz stealthily struck back in the UConn arms race,...
2008 FIBA Men's Qualifying Tournament: Day 4 Preview
After a pilgrimage of sorts to Chipotle and way more WEEI over the last 2 days than I care to admit, I'm beat. So I'll keep this short. Here are my picks for tomorrow:Croatia over CanadaGermany over BrazilSlovenia over Puerto Rico Greece over New Zealand
2008 FIBA Men's Qualifying Tournament: Day 2 - Update
- The Canadians fell into a slow paced game and lost in disappointing fashion to Slovenia, prompting Coach Leo Rautins to simply say, "We all screwed this up." However, the Canadians still have a chance. - Meanwhile, Cameroon is out after losing to Puerto Rico and my man Ricky Sanchez (17 points)...
2008 FIBA Men's Qualifying Tournament: Day 2 Preview
Game 5 PreviewCanada (Roster) World Rank: 17 Player to Watch: With respect to Joel Anthony I'm going the easy route and focusing on Samuel Dalembert. He will be important in the match up with Rasho Nesterovic who led Slovenia with 26 points against Korea. Furthermore, Dalembert recently provided...
2008 FIBA Men's Qualifying Tournament: Day 1 Preview
[UPDATE: Check out this link for a solid preview of the tournament and the Euroleague players expected to contribute to their countries. As a side note my Cameroon upset special looks worse and worse. On the bright side Korea is as big a mystery to others as it is to me.]As I mentioned in a...
2008 Men's Olympic Basketball - Who's In?
After a ridiculous number of Google searches for "James Posey" over the last couple of weeks and the realization that the Boston Celtics are keeping a low profile this summer, I've shifted my focus to international basketball. The following teams already qualified for Beijing: Angola - African...
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