March 7th, 2008
I’m no hardcore basketball fan, but I can’t help but wince with my boyfriend whenever we see old reruns of world basketball games. Specifically, when the men’s American basketball team loses.
We’re no jingoists, and it is our dream for the Philippine team to win basketball gold. It’s just that we can’t imagine why Team USA […]
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February 28th, 2008
The announcement that Yao Ming will be out for the rest of the NBA season has created shockwaves, and with good reason. Fans of the Houston Rockets are faced with yet another first-round exit from the NBA playoffs. In the NBA fantasy league, a virtual league where statistically productive players are keys to winning, managers […]
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October 24th, 2007
I heard somewhere that Yao Ming will be playing for his home country, China, in the upcoming 2008 Beijing Games. We all know who Yao Ming is, right? At 7′6″ (2.29 m), he’s one of the tallest players in the NBA.
So, China already has Yao Ming — that alone poses a formidable point for the […]
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September 28th, 2007
Iran will be led by M. Nikkha, H. Ehadadi and A. Nekkhah Bahrami. I found out that it’s hard to find pictures of the Iranian Basketball Team. Go to the URL provide below to view picture of Hamed Ehadadi.
http://www.viewimages.com/Search.aspx?mid=72680601&epmid=2&partner=Google
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September 27th, 2007
Russia is led by NBA All-Star Andrei Kirilenko, J.R. Holden and Victor Khryapa.
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September 26th, 2007
Spain is led by NBA All-Star Pau Gasol, Jose Calderon and Rudy Fernandez.
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September 25th, 2007
Lithunia is led by Sarunas Jasikevicius, Darius Songalia and Ramunas Siskauskas.
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September 24th, 2007
Australia will be led by veteran Sam Mackinnon and lightning quick teenager Patrick Mills.
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September 10th, 2007
Group E is being led by Spain and Russia with 3-1 cards while Group F is being led by Lithuania and Slovenia with 3-0 cards each.
The top scorer, so far, is Dirk Nowitzki with 28.8 pts per game. The top rebounder is Andrei Kirilenko with 10 rebounds per game. And finally the top assist man […]
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September 9th, 2007
Jose Calderon, Toronto Raptors point guard, scored 17 pts and dished out 4 assists to lead Spain past Russia. Pau Gasol had 13 pts and 9 boards to help in defeating Russia and Andrei Kirilenko’s 21 pts. Other notable NBA players, Juan Carlos Navarro and Jorge Garbajosa, both of Spain, scored 15 and 11 respectively. […]
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