Serenaded jubilantly by their countrymen after a 80-75 gold medal victory over Brazil, Argentina’s national basketball team added another chapter in a story I haven’t the skill or depth of words to write. But Argentina’s fascinating rise to basketball prominence is a story that should be told. One that would be best narrated in their [...]
Carlos Delfino scored a career-high 30 points in the small forward matchup between him and Carmelo Anthony, who scored 23 points, leading his Bucks to a 100-95 win over the New York Knicks. Discuss the Milwaukee Bucks in our basketball forum “We’re making shots, we’re playing better defense,” said Delfino, who missed 2 1/2 months [...]
Last night in a game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Indiana Pacers, the Buck’s big Aussie center Andrew Bogut dropped a soft behind-the-back pass to a cutting Carlos Delfino. Watch the video below: Bogut doesn’t always get the chance to display his passing skills (2.0 assists a game), but that was Arvydas Sabonis-esque. Bogut’s [...]
It was swingman on swingman as Argentinian Carlos Delfino had a monster block on Frenchman Mickael Pietrus. Check out the high-flying swat. The Orlando Magic won the game 100-98 over the Milwaukee Bucks. Delfino scored 9 points on 2-7 shooting, Pietrus was held scoreless. Dwight Howard dominated the middle with 25 points, 20 rebounds, and [...]
When the Milwaukee Bucks obtained Carlos Delfino and Roko Ukic from the Toronto Raptors for Amir Johnson and Sonny Weems over the summer, they suddenly became the NBA leader in foreign players with seven. Below is a cool marketing image from the Milwaukee Bucks. The Milwaukee Bucks’ international players include a player from Argentina (Carlos [...]
Posted by mvblair on 17 Aug 2009 at 12:19 pm under NBA
Just when Interbasket was getting all excited the Toronto Raptors and all the international players they had on their roster… Now comes this rumour that the Canadian NBA franchise is trading away Argentinian Carlos Delfino and Croatian backup point guard Roko Ukić to the Milwukee Bucks for Amir Johnson. If true, Toronto will no longer have [...]
Well that was fast. A day after Hedo Türkoğlu agreed in principle to sign with the Portland Trailblazers, the Turkish superstar backed out of his verbal commitment faster than you can say “bigger contract.” On Thursday, Türkoğlu unofficially accepted a five-year $50 million dollar offer from the Blazers… before arriving in Toronto today and being [...]
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