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USA – A different point of view (2/2)

Go Jump Higher — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:21:14 +0000

HAMBURG (FIBA U17 World Championship) – Taking an even closer look at the current Top10 rankings after the preliminaries, it is obvious how important the point guards have become to their respective teams. China's leader Ailun Guo drops a tournament-best 20.8 points per game, with Mantas Mockevicius (LTU, 17.0 ppg) coming in fifth and Pangos (16.2 ppg) at nine. Few teams – especially those who do not have a really strong bench – can afford to give their facilitators much rest.

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Rivers to honor final year of deal, will return to Celtics

Go Jump Higher — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:00:32 +0000

The Boston Celtics may have one more opportunity to make one more run at a championship with most of their core intact, after Doc Rivers’ decision Wednesday to return to the bench as the team’s head coach next season. Read full story Related posts:Celtics’ Rivers says he’ll consider future after seasonReturn of Rivers helps raise Allen’s stock [...] Related posts:

Coby Karl expects father’s return to Nuggets bench

Go Jump Higher — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:27:36 +0000

Denver Nuggets coach George Karl skipped a charity golf tournament because he wasn’t feeling well enough to play, sending his son as a substitute. Read full story Related posts:Nuggets sign coach Karl’s son, CobyNuggets coach Karl misses game for cancer treatmentNuggets coach Karl shows up for pre-Draft workouts Related posts:

Transcript of Commissioner David Stern’s press conference

Go Jump Higher — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:00:02 +0000

COMMISSIONER DAVID STERN: Welcome to The Finals, and thinking about it this afternoon, I’ve been doing this for well into the fifth decade, and this is about as good a time as any to be an NBA fan. We have had a terrific playoffs thus far. We’ve seen what you wish for: The passion, the intensity, the team work, the discipline, the sacrifice. We’ve even seen a little zone. We’ve seen our coaches adjusting and our coaches readjusting, and we’ve seen our players and our coaches go deep into the bench, demonstrating how really rich in talent the NBA is. And so out of that cauldron comes another Lakers Celtics Final, so this is pretty exciting. It’s really exciting.
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Atlanta’s Crawford nabs honors as league’s tops off bench

Go Jump Higher — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:00:02 +0000

The Atlanta Hawks’ Jamal Crawford, who came off the bench in all 79 games in which he appeared this season, is the winner of the 2009-10 NBA Sixth Man Award presented by Kia Motors as the league’s best player in a reserve role, the NBA announced Tuesday.
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TURKEY BOUND – Manu, Parker help Spurs level series with Mavs

Go Jump Higher — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:38:15 +0000

DALLAS (2010 FIBA World Championship) – Argentina's Manu Ginobili buried four three-balls on his way to 23 points and France's Tony Parker played well off the bench as San Antonio won 102-88 at Dallas on Wednesday night to level their NBA Western Conference first-round play-off series at 1-1. In a game featuring several players possibly headed to the …

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Brown says he won’t coach for ‘anybody else’ but Bobcats

Go Jump Higher — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:29:26 +0000

While Larry Brown isn’t sure how much longer he’ll be on the bench, the nomadic basketball Hall of Famer insists the Charlotte Bobcats will be his last coaching job. Read full story Related posts:Bobcats coach Brown ejected vs. BucksReport: Brown leaning toward returning to BobcatsBobcats’ Brown still weighing choices about future Related posts:

TURKEY BOUND – Ilyasova shines for Bucks; Hedo hurt in loss to Celtics

Go Jump Higher — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:00:03 +0000

TORONTO (2010 FIBA World Championship) – Ersan Ilyasova is coming up with big games at the most important time of the season for the Milwaukee Bucks. The Turkey international, with teammate Andrew Bogut of Australia out of action after fracturing his right hand last weekend, scored 15 points and corralled nine rebounds in 30 minutes off the bench …

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Pistons expect Stuckey to play Friday night

Go Jump Higher — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:40:03 +0000

Detroit Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey is expected to play Friday night, two weeks after collapsing on the bench during a game. Read full story Related posts:Pistons: Stuckey is ‘doing well’ after collapsePistons: Stuckey out of hospital after collapsePistons’ Stuckey collapses during game Related posts:

GRE – Calathes champing at the bit to play for Greece again

Go Jump Higher — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:01:23 +0000

ATHENS (2010 FIBA World Championship) – Nick Calathes is hoping to follow up his senior team debut with Greece at last year’s EuroBasket in Poland by competing for the national team at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey. The Panathinaikos rookie played an important role for the Greeks off the bench last summer, helping Jonas …

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