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WNBA Addresses Mercury Pre-season Game In Korea
Early this week there was a report in The Korean Times that said a deal would soon be in place that sent the Championship Phoenix Mercury to Korea to play an exhibition game. Here's the report: WKBL Champion Could Face WNBA's Phoenix Mercury"The talks have reached about 50 percent complete and we...
2008 FIBA Men's Qualifying Tournament: Day 3
I'm a little short on time due to James Posey's departure and some real world commitments. As a result I dropped the ball on the qualifying tournament today. Thankfully there's a day off tomorrow. I'll be looking to get back into the swing of things Friday morning. In the meantime congrats to the...
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 - Update
- In the midst of his last summer of international play Rasho Nesterovic helped Slovenia defeat Korea today. - Croatia took care of business against Cameroon. However, they failed to do so in a convincing fashion. You need to click on the link if only to see the word "basketbally", which I have...
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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