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Samuel Dalembert on his dismissal from Team Canada

Posted by stuart on 25 Jul 2008 at 6:46 pm under Olympics, canada, samuel dalembert

In the middle of Canada’s run for an Olympic berth during the recent qualifying tournament held in Greece, Samuel Dalembert of the Philadelphia 76ers was dismissed from the team by head coach Leo Rautins for his supposed lack of commitment and dedication to team Canada.
One’s first instinct is to side with the coach and blame [...]

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What’s your All-defensive international NBA team look like?

Posted by stuart leung on 12 May 2008 at 5:04 pm under Anderson Varejao, Andrei Kirilenko, Andres Nocioni, Andris Biedrins, Dikembe Mutombo, Eduardo Najera, Francisco Elson, Kevin Garnett, Luol Deng, Manu Ginobili, Mickael Pietrus, NBA, Ronny Turiaf, Thabo Sefolosha, Tim Duncan, kobe bryant, samuel dalembert, tony parker

With Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Bruce Bowen and Marcus Camby being named to the NBA’s All-defensive first-team today, and no international players named to the second team, it got me wondering.
What does an all-defensive team look like it, if it was solely comprised of all foreign-born NBA players?
Keeping in mind that we’re not [...]

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Impact International Players in the 2008 NBA Playoffs

Posted by stuart leung on 18 Apr 2008 at 3:59 pm under Anderson Varejao, Andrea Bargnani, Boris Diaw, Dikembe Mutombo, Dirk Nowitzki, Eduardo Najera, Fabricio Oberto, Gordan Giricek, Hedo Turkoglu, Jose Manuel Calderon, Linas Kleiza, Luis Scola, Manu Ginobili, NBA, Peja Stojakovic, Rasho Nesterovic, Ronny Turiaf, Sasha Pavlovic, Sasha Vujacic, Vladimir Radmanovic, carlos arroyo, leandro barbosa, pau gasol, samuel dalembert, steve nash, tony parker, yao ming

With the NBA playoffs about to begin this weekend, Ibn would be remiss not to talk about the unprecedented competitive Western Conference this year and the roles that international players are having on every playoff-bound team. It’s just crazy to think that Dallas is the seventh seed, San Antonio or Phoenix will be sitting out [...]

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Mini-Update: 10 NBA Players from Around the World (01/23

Posted by mvblair on 23 Jan 2008 at 10:54 pm under Andres Nocioni, Andris Biedrins, Beno Udrih, Juan Calderon, Linas Kleiza, Manu Ginobili, NBA, Zaza Pachulia, leandro barbosa, samuel dalembert

Every Wednesday during the NBA season, Interbasket takes a closer look at ten international NBA players that has caught our eye. (This week is for period 01/16/2008- 01/22/2008)
So the three of the top-four scorers off the bench are international players– Manu Ginobili (19.1), Leandro Barbosa (15.4), and Andres Nocioni (13.5). Jason Terry is [...]

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10 NBA Players from Around the World (01/09)

Posted by stuart on 09 Jan 2008 at 5:08 pm under Andrei Kirilenko, Andrew Bogut, Andrew Bynum, Andris Biedrins, Darko Milicic, DeSagana Diop, Didier Mbenga, Dirk Nowitzki, Dwight Howard, Guillermo Diaz, Kosta Perovic, Linas Kleiza, Luol Deng, NBA, Ronny Turiaf, pau gasol, samuel dalembert, tony parker, yao ming, yi jianlian

Every Wednesday during the NBA season, Interbasket takes a closer look at ten international NBA players that has caught our eyes, our good eye or our stinkeye. (This week is for period 01/02/2008- 01/08/2008)
This week Andrew Bogut and Yi Jianlian are performing in different directions, Tony Parker receives an important award, the pros and cons [...]

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Fiba Americas Recap: USA Wins Big, Uruguay wins Small & Mexico Stuns Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on 25 Aug 2007 at 1:25 pm under Tournament of the Americas, amare stoudemire, atlanta hawks, brazil, canada, carl english, carlos arroyo, carmelo anthony, danilo pinnock, esteban batista, horacio llamas, jaime lloreda, juan mendez, kobe bryant, leandro barbosa, marcelo machado, mexico, michael redd, panama, puerto rico, samuel dalembert, tiago splitter, uruguay, usa, venezuela, victor mariscal, virgin islands

USA vs. Venezuela: 112:69
Carmelo Anthony and Michael Redd each scored 17 points as the United States defense forced Venezuela into 19 turnovers. Amare Stoudemire added 16 and 14 points for the US. Greivis Vasquez, an incoming freshman at Maryland, scored 12 points for Venezuela on 3-11 shooting. The US [...]

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