Discuss the most valuable, disappointing players in Eurobasket 2011Juan Carlos Navarro led Spain to back-to-back EuroBasket titles, scoring 27 points on a night when four of his team-mates joined him in double figures as they knocked over France 98-85. As he has done throughout the tournament, Navarro once more led Spain to glory but perhaps [...]
Coach Vincent Collet has confirmed that Joakim Noah will not play in the FIBA World Championship for Les Bleus. (Follow the World Championships in our World Championships of Basketball Forum) France had been waiting to learn the outcome of contract negotiations between Noah and the Chicago Bulls but now Collet has closed the door on [...]
This week’s quick international roundup of the player performances during the last few days. This post includes discussion about Yi Jianlian‘s return to the New Jersey Nets, Pau Gasol‘s extension, Luol Deng and Joakim Noah’s contributions to the Chicago Bulls, J.J. Barea’s career year, and Žalgiris Kaunas fills their head coach position. Yi Jianlian returned [...]
It’s been a rough couple of games for Joakim Noah. First Noah was involved in a shouting match with the NBA’s biggest star, LeBron James. The 6-10 son of French great Yannick Noah, believed James was over celebrating when Cleveland held a comfortable lead over the Chicago Bulls. The third-year player called out James from [...]
LeBron James‘ put on some moves last night that are making the rounds this morning. However, they weren’t the high-flying variety that were accustomed to seeing, but were unnecessary shimmies, on-the-bench dancing and after game comments that prove that the King isn’t ready to be the face of the NBA. (Discuss LeBron’s sportsmanship in our [...]
LeBron James is planning on switching his jersey number from No. 23 to No. 6 and the superstar wants all NBA players wearing #23 to retire the number in order to honor Michael Jordan, but is the King really making the change for altruistic reasons? We don’t think so. The 24-year old Andrew Bogut may [...]
In his third NBA season, former University of Florida star Joakim Noah is coming into his own. Noah has an more-than-unusual jumpshot, is somewhat awkward and unpolished on the offensive end; the 6-11 Noah won’t be averaging 20 points per game that’s for sure. However, what you do get with Noah, much like Anderson Varejão, [...]
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