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FRA - French guard Beaubois a star in the making
7 March, 2010 - 19:34DALLAS (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Jason Kidd was an inspirational figure in Team USA's run to the Olympic gold medal in Beijing two summers ago. Now Kidd, the Dallas Mavericks playmaker, is giving France a helping hand by aiding in the development of their promising NBA rookie, Rodrigue Beaubois. With Kidd creating numerous scoring ...
ESP – France duo De Colo, Pietrus lead Valencia in comeback win at Manresa
7 March, 2010 - 17:23MANRESA (ACB) - One star in the Cholet side that reached last season’s EuroChallenge Final, Rodrigue Beaubois, is impressing in his rookie season with the Dallas Mavericks. A teammate of his in that Cholet team, Nando De Colo, is showing signs he'll be joining him very soon in the NBA. De Colo, who was drafted last summer by the San Antonio ...
CRO – Bogdanovic’s fine display lands him Euroleague gong
5 March, 2010 - 16:13ZAGREB (2010 FIBA World Championship) – If you're good enough, you're old enough. That is what Croatia’s Bojan Bogdanovic proved on Wednesday night in the Euroleague, when he went for 22 points – hitting on all six three-point attempts – and grabbing nine rebounds to help Zagreb crush BC Khimki 82-63 for their first Top 16 ...
FIBA TV – Watch episode 8/2010 of FIBA World Basketball for FREE on FIBAtv.com
5 March, 2010 - 15:50FIBA TV (GENEVA – In episode 8 of FIBA World Basketball (watch it here): In our ongoing series of World Championship previews, we take a close look at Turkey centre Omer Asik, who stormed onto the world stage as he proved to be instrumental in his country’s EuroBasket shock first round defeat of Spain we turn your attention stateside ...
EUROLEAGUE – Maccabi advance after fourth-quarter rampage
5 March, 2010 - 08:54TEL AVIV (Euroleague) - Pini Gershon and Maccabi Tel Aviv won the FIBA Suproleague title nine years ago in Paris. A return to the City of Light for the Euroleague Final Four could be on the cards for the Israeli giants because on Thursday night, they pulled away from Montepaschi Siena (2-3) in the last quarter for a 97-82 triumph to seal a spot in ...
TURKEY BOUND – Puerto Rico’s Arroyo hits season-high as Heat beat Lakers in OT
5 March, 2010 - 08:51MIAMI (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Puerto Rico's Carlos Arroyo has come up with some big games against the best teams in the world for his country. On Thursday night, the point guard turned his best-ever performance for the Miami Heat against the Los Angeles Lakers. Arroyo played 42 minutes and scored a season-high 17 points in the Heat's 114-111 ...
ESP – Pepu is back, takes over DKV Joventut
4 March, 2010 - 13:19BADALONA (ACB) – Pepu Hernandez is the coach that led Spain to their finest hour, the gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan. Without a team since parting ways with the national side in the build-up to the 2008 Olympics, Hernandez has decided to get back into coaching and was on Thursday confirmed as the new coach of DKV ...
FRA - Parker not short of desire to play in Turkey
4 March, 2010 - 13:13SAN ANTONIO (2010 FIBA World Championship for Men) - Tony Parker is going through one of his toughest NBA campaigns to date, but insists his desire to play for France still burns bright. "I still want to play this summer because I still want to go to the Olympics in 2012," Parker told the San Antonio Express-News. The French star guard has ...
EUROCUP – Alba win sets up do-or-die game at Sito-less DKV
4 March, 2010 - 11:12BERLIN (Eurocup) - Alba Berlin set up a dramatic final week in Eurocup Group I with a home win against Le Mans on Wednesday night in the Last 16. The German club prevailed 83-71 to improve to 3-2 – the same record as group rivals Aris Thessaloniki and DKV Joventut. Aris have already sealed their passage to the next stage, and the winner of ...
EUROLEAGUE – Barca reach quarters; Khimki lay ‘goose egg’
4 March, 2010 - 10:14ATHENS (Euroleague) - Barcelona remained on course for a spot in the Euroleague Final Four by hammering Maroussi 85-58 in the Top 16 on Wednesday evening to clinch a spot in the Quarter-Final Play-offs. Trailing 33-31 in the second quarter, Xavi Pascual's side went on a 28-5 run and cruised the rest of the way. Erazem Lorbek led a balanced attack with ...
FRA – Noah out another three weeks
4 March, 2010 - 10:09CHICAGO (2010 FIBA World Championship for Men) – France centre Joakim Noah is expected to be sidelined for another three weeks as he keeps battling a stubborn case of plantar fasciitis in his left foot. Noah has been in and out of the Chicago Bulls starting line-up since the soreness first flared up back in mid-January and the team decided late on ...
BRA/ESP – Spaniard Colinas appointed coach of Brazil women
3 March, 2010 - 14:45RIO DE JANEIRO (2010 FIBA World Championship for Women) - Brazil’s men found success with Spaniard Moncho Monsalve the past two years. On Wednesday, the country looked to Spain again and appointed Carlos Colinas as coach for the Brazilian women. The 43-year-old, who led Spain to gold at the U18 European Championship for Women last summer, has ...
FRA – Batum warming up for Turkey in style
3 March, 2010 - 13:17PORTLAND (2010 FIBA World Championship) – Nicolas Batum missed the first 45 games of the NBA season while recovering from shoulder injury but he looks better than ever right now with the Portland Trail Blazers. And that’s great news for France, who will play at the FIBA World Championship later this year in Turkey. The 21-year-old had 31 ...
EUROCUP – Thrilling final week set for Last 16
3 March, 2010 - 08:08ANKARA (Eurocup) - Gran Canaria and CEZ Nymburk both won on Tuesday night to leave three Group L sides in the chase for Eurocup Quarter-Final spots with one week remaining in the Last 16. Jaycee Carroll made a pair of free-throws in the final seconds as the Spanish team won 79-78 at Turk Telekom. The American guard had a game-high 22 points, ...
ESP - Vazquez wants to play for Spain in Turkey
2 March, 2010 - 16:00BARCELONA (2010 FIBA World Championship) – Fran Vazquez has watched his country take international basketball by storm the past four years. Now he wants to play for the national team again, for the first time since his promising EuroBasket 2005 when the 6ft 10in power forward/center helped Spain reach the Semi-Finals. "If (Spain coach ...
RUS - Russian League round-up
2 March, 2010 - 10:22MOSCOW (SUPERLEAGUE A) - CSKA Moscow hammered cross-town rivals Dynamo Moscow 77-53 to improve to 12-1 and stay in control at the top of the Superleague A standings. JR Holden had 14 points and Sasha Kaun chipped in with 13 as CSKA raced out to a 48-29 lead by the break, making the second ...
ITA - Italian League round-up
2 March, 2010 - 10:18SIENA (LEGA A) - Montepaschi Siena crushed Armani Jeans Milano 80-65 to improve to 19-0 and remain top of the Italian league standings. David Hawkins led Siena with 17 points against his former team, Ben Eze added 11 while Romain Sato and Nikos Zisis added 10 each. Mike Hall had 15 points and 10 rebounds to pace ...
GRE - Diamantidis claims Weekly MVP in Greece
2 March, 2010 - 08:12ATHENS (2010 FIBA World Championship) – Perhaps no player is more important to Greece in their quest to reach the podium at the 2010 FIBA World Championship than Dimitris Diamantidis of Panathinaikos. The 29-year-old demonstrated why in his latest game for the Greens, a 98-90 win over Olympiacos in the A1 Ethniki. Diamantidis had 26 points, 11 ...
ADRIATIC LEAGUE – Hot race to play-off spots
1 March, 2010 - 16:22ZAGREB (Adriatic League) - Union Olimpija, Buducnost and Zagreb are in a fierce battle to clinch the fourth play-off spot in the Adriatic League. Vladimir Golubovic's departure to Caja Laboral could not have come at a worse time for Olimpija, who fell 73-67 at Siroki at the weekend. Hrvoje Puljko led the way with 17 points for Siroki, with Chester ...
GER - German League round-up
1 March, 2010 - 14:05ALBA stunned by Mitteldeutscher BERLIN (Beko Basketball Bundesliga) - Mitteldeutscher BC caused an upset by beating ALBA Berlin 71-69 in front of 3,000 excited spectators. Radenko Pilcevic buried two free-throws with five seconds remaining to break the deadlock and Berlin could not get a last gasp effort. Russian giant Anatoly Kashirov had 22 ...