15 NBA players in today’s Spain-France matchup
Katowice - The first day of the quarterfinals are here and no less than 15 former, current, and future NBA players will be participating in the game.
(discuss the France – Spain quarterfinal)
Spain features nine players with NBA affiliations, while France has six players with ties to the NBA.
Everyone already knows the two stars, Spain’s Pau Gasol and France‘s Tony Parker.
“France is a hard rival,” Gasol said. “They are undefeated and we need to beat them if we want to progress. They have confidence and good players as well as being more rested than us, but we have to win.”
The Les Bleus - España game will also display the talents of of current NBA players Rudy Fernández and Nicolas Batum (Portland Trailblazers), Boris Diaw (Charlotte Bobcats), Marc Gasol (Memphis Grizzlies), Ronny Turiaf (Golden State Warriors), Ian Mahinmi (San Antonio Spurs).
The game also has prospective NBA players in 2009 NBA draft picks Ricky Rubio (#5), Victor Claver (#22), Sergio Llull (#34), and Nando De Colo (#53) and former NBA players in Juan Carlos Navarro, Raúl López, and Jorge Garbajosa, all of Spain.
The game is the second match of the day and is set for 21h00, to be played after the Serbia/Russia game.
Lol^^^they look so tough xD. Anyways The intimidating non-losing streak French men LOST!!! Final scores show that Portland Trailblazers’ toothpick Rudy Fernandez is double the man nicolas Batum is, weasel looking Pau Gasol is double the beast Turiaf is, Spurned NBA career for FC Barcelona Juan Carlos Navarro is >> than Charlotte Bobcats’ Boris Diaw. Surprisingly little Rubio defended well against French’s MVP Tony Parker & outscored him too E-M-B-A-R-R-A-S-S-I-N-G
September 17th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Why did Juan Carlos Navarro come back to Barcelona even though he had NBA opportunities? Did he give any reasons for it?
September 25th, 2009 at 7:16 am