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Spain backcourt for EuroBasket 2009 takes another hit
Though Spain is reckoned one of the clear favorites to win FIBA EuroBasket 2009, the team is rapidly becoming a shadow of its ideal self, as Unicaja swingman Berni Rodriguez will be sitting out the tournament alongside Toronto Raptors point guard Jose Calderon. Team Spain official stated the ankle injury suffered by Rodriguez during last […]
FIBA U20 men's standouts: Where are they going?
I love it when a plan comes together. David Hein, he of heinnews.com, FIBAEurope.com and probably 10,000 other outlets, has wrapped coverage of the just-completed FIBA U20 European Championship Men. Having returned home to Germany from the competition in Rhodes, poor David sought ideas (more of them, i mean) for another basketball column to which […]
Unicaja’s center combo named to Team Great Britain for Eurobasket 2009
Unicaja fans will find something more than a little familiar with Team Great Britain’s big guys in Eurobasket 2009, as both Robert Archibald and the just-acquired Joel Freeland were officially named to the national squad this week. The announcement follows in the wake of Luol Deng’s announcement that he would be taking August off to […]
Doomed Britannia? Deng will not play in Eurobasket 2009
Bad news for fledging Team Great Britain’s Eurobasket 2009 chances: Luol Deng joins former Chicago Bulls teammate Ben Gordon in the “out” category. Deciding that his stress fracture injury has not yet properly healed, Deng decided to sit this one out. Gordon decided as early as last August that he wouldn’t be joining the makeshift […]
Noah with France for Eurobasket AQRs? Oui et non
Supporters of Team France are still holding their collective breath, as their national team yesterday officially announced that oui, Joakim Noah is still practicing with the team in preparation for EuroBasket, but non, no word had been given by Noah’s Bulls on whether the NBA team would allow Noah to play in the EuroBasket additional […]
Short Monday’s cigarettes
A few small cigarettes only today, so here we go for some nice stories from around The Continent.
Short Monday night cigarettes
Before going to bed, here are a few stories from the weekend that I think are worth mentioning.
Italy will have two NBAers for Eurobasket 2009
Italy still needs to qualify for Eurobasket 2009 in a tough elimination round with France and Finland this August before playing an eventual final game against the winner of the second qualification group which features Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belgium, and Portugal. FIBA Europe has announced that two Italian NBA players, Andrea Bargnani and Marco Belinelli, will be […]
The war around Goran Suton
With Eurobasket 2009 approaching (by the way, official ticket sales started this weekend), the various participants are currently reviewing possible rosters and inviting new players to compete for spots to play in the basketball event of the summer in Poland. And one player has raised particular interest, as he can play for two countries actually. […]
Dickau clears the air about Italy, back, and Poland
Brose Baskets Bamberg guard Dan Dickau has been a major topic of discussion this season for a couple of reasons, ranging from his strange departure from Air Avellino because of a bad back, to doping allegations and to playing for the Poland national team this summer at EuroBasket 2009. Dickau cleared the air in an […]
Monday's cigarettes
There we go: We know now all the Eurobasket 2009 participants except one, and the Euroleague tipoff is only one month away. So France and Italy have to go through an additional qualifying round next summer in order to qualify for Eurobasket 2009. In the tournament, they will face Bosnia-Herzegovina, Portugal, Finland and Belgium. Czech […]
Monday's cigarettes
The Olympics are over and the preseason is now officially launched. Here, the first Monday’s cigarettes of the season.