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2009 NBA Draft Coverage: Hello, My Name Is Ricky Rubio
ENGLISH VERSION (Click here to Read Original Spanish Version) Hello there, my name is Ricky Rubio, and in general, I'm a pretty soft spoken shy person. If you are a fan of the NBA and following all of this crazy draft coverage, you might not expect that, especially with all the rumors that I would...
2009 NBA Draft Coverage: Hola, Mi Nombre Es Ricky Rubio
Hola, mi nombre es Ricky Rubio, y en general, estoy bastante suave que habla una persona tímida. Si usted es un fanático de la NBA y después de todos los locos de este proyecto de cobertura, usted puede ser que no esperan que, especialmente con todos los rumores de que yo...
2008 Men's Olympic Basketball - Final Standings
Gold - USASilver - SpainBronze - Argentina4th - Lithuania5th - Greece6th - Croatia7th - Australia8th - China9th - Russia10th - Germany11th - Iran12th - Angola
Argentina is in Trouble
I've been wrong about so much already that I was hesitant to even post this. Off the top of my head: - Greece will give America a game.- Argentina will give America a game.- Team USA will not dominate every team it plays. - Carlos Boozer will see more time than Chris Bosh.- Carmelo Anthony will be...
1560 The Game
This past Saturday I had my second appearance on Raheel Ramzanali's Gametime, which airs on 1560 The Game, out of Houston, Texas. Once again we talked Olympic basketball. However, this time we focused on USA/Spain during the halftime of that game. Unfortunately my prediction of a 15-point American...
GINOBILI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quick recap for now: Spain dispatched upstart Croatia with a 72-59 victory that saw Pau Gasol throw up a 20-10. Is it a good thing that Marc Gasol and Ricky Rubio had the same amount of rebounds (6)? Yao Ming's Olympic dream came to an end thanks to Sarunas Jasikevicius (5 of 6 from 3-point land)...
2008 Olympic Basketball: Quarterfinal Games and Lingering Questions
Games Quarterfinal 1: Spain vs. CroatiaQuarterfinal 2: Lithuania vs. ChinaQuarterfinal 3: Argentina vs. GreeceQuarterfinal 4: USA vs. AustraliaLingering Questions 1. This one came up during USA vs. Germany today. Did the Chinese tank their final game in the preliminaries to avoid possible early...
USA vs. Spain: I Was Way Off
Samsonite - Dumb and Dumber (via digimay) I thought Spain would take care of the ball, make the US run a half court offense, shoot well from 3-point land, and overall make it a competitive game. Turns out I was way off as the US dominated. I even did a radio interview at halftime...
2008 Men's Olympic Basketball: Spain vs. USA
This one deserves a brief preview. Tournament Play So FarBoth squads defeated Greece by comfortable margins and beat host China as well, albeit in entirely different ways. Team USA withstood a strong first quarter from the Chinese and then coasted to a big win. On the flip side, the Spanish found...
2008 Olympic Basketball: Men's Preliminary Standings
Group ALithuania: 3-0Argentina: 2-1Croatia: 2-1Russia: 1-2Australia: 1-2Iran: 0-3Group BUSA: 3-0Spain: 3-0Germany: 1-2Greece: 1-2China: 1-2Angola: 0-3The US leads all teams, and it's not close, in points scored (290), while not surprisingly Iran is last in that regard (184). On the flip side...
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