Posted by Stuart Leung on 21 Dec 2009 at 10:19 pm under Uncategorized
Los Angeles Laker’s all-star forward Pau Gasol recently revealed whether he would participate in next year’s World Championships of Basketball. The 7-0 Spaniard called his chances “remote” in a short interview with Eurosport, a popular sports magazine in Europe. (Talk Spanish Basketball in our forum) “The possibility that I will play is remote.” Gasol told [...]
Check out Ricky Rubio‘s awesome no-look, drop pass assist (and Barcelona’s hot pink jerseys) during F.C. Barcelona’s 84-65 win over Montepaschi Siena. The 19-year old kid may not have the NBA athleticism or beautiful jumpshot, but no one can deny Rubio’s court vision and floor IQ is rare. Off the pick and roll with center [...]
Posted by Stuart Leung on 27 Nov 2009 at 3:50 pm under Spain
Ricky Rubio, the Barcelona player who turned 19 years old in late October, recently posted six photos on his website, RickyRubio9.com. The basketball phenom and heart teenage throb posed for what looks like a fashion shoot with actress Clara Lago. Lago is also 19 years old. The photoshoot was done by Photographer Sergi Pons and Stylist [...]
In his first game against his old Euroleague club DKV Joventut, Ricky Rubio dishes out 10 assists, in spectacular fashion, and several of those assists were to Barcelona teammate Fran Vázquez. The first dime is pretty amazing. Worth the four replays. As you recall, Rubio and DKV didn’t depart on the best of terms. Rubio [...]
Kotawice – Spain ended the tournament the way it started, by playing Serbia. This time was much different though, there would be no Serbian upset of the Spanish. Spain displayed the talent and teamwork that had them pegged as the odds-on favorites of the tournament, trouncing Serbia 85-63 to win the country’s first ever Eurobasket [...]
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, [...]
Down three points with one second remaining, 78-75 Slovenia‘s Goran Dragić was fouled by Spain’s Ricky Rubio. Dragic made the all important first free throw, bringing Slovenia within two points. With the easy part over, now came the difficult part – Dragic had to miss the next free throw to give his teammates a chance at [...]
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