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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 - 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 - Update
New Zealand beat Cape Verde in convincing fashion to kick off the tournament. Meanwhile, Lebanon's Fadi El Khatib is not optimistic about the upcoming game against Greece: "We know that against the Greek National Team we really don’t have the slightest possibility of winning." - Fadi El...
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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