In 2015 the racial make-up of players in the NBA was 74.4 percent black players, 23.3 percent white, 1.8 percent Latino, and 0.2 percent Asian. That is obviously a very different picture than the early days when non-white players were […]
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New Jersey Nets forbid Nájera to play in FIBA Americas
After holding a glimmer of hope that Eduardo Nájera may don the green and red for Mexico, that hope crashed when the NBA ruled that it wasn’t in their best interest. It was announced today that the 10-year NBA veteran […]
Mexico wins 2009 CoCaBa, defeats Belize 106-103
Rommel Beck scored 26 points and Noe Alonzo 21 as Mexico was able to withstand a 43 point outburst from Belize’s Marlon Garnett to win the CoCaBa Championship (discuss the game). The match was tightly-contested with high drama and tensions […]
It’s Belize vs. Mexico in CoCaBa Finale
Cancún, Mexico – It’s official. Well not really. Belize will take on Mexico for the CoCaBa championship tonight, Friday, August 14. Belize walks into the finals amidst controversy over the nationality of their players and they await FIBA’s decision before […]
Fiba Americas Recap: USA Wins Big, Uruguay wins Small & Mexico Stuns Puerto Rico
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, […]
