Brazilian NBB national league

[mvblair]

The rumors are that they are going for an Argentinian coach, probably Sergio Hernandez or Julio Lamas.

Wow. Those would both be good coaches. Rik, it according to that LatinBasket article, it sounds like this was not exactly a "graceful exit" for Chupeta.

[¹²³]

Wow. Those would both be good coaches. Rik, it according to that LatinBasket article, it sounds like this was not exactly a "graceful exit" for Chupeta.

Flamengo's fans are asking for Chupeta's head for quite some time now. The guy is not famous for his basketabll knowledge. I think his quality is more in the motivation and egos management area.

[rikhardur]

Gonzalo García is the new head coach of Flamengo.

Bauru signed F Rafael Castellon and G Lucas Avelino.

Franca signed C Marques Lewis.

[Duncan]

don't know mcuh about these guys. are they good moves?

[rikhardur]

don't know mcuh about these guys. are they good moves?

Lucas is a young guard (20), he was playing in the Paulista championship and was part of the junior NT. I suppose he's a player to watch in the future.
Marques Lewis previously played in Uruguay afaik.
Don't know anything else I'm sure ¹²³ will have more information.

[rikhardur]

Slam Dunk Tournament of the NBB 2010 - 2011 - Jan 4, 2011 (by Paulo Freire)
The All-Star Game weekend, had a great Slam Dunk contest last season on the NBB 09/10 in the city of Uberlandia. It was full of surprises, first the elimination of the champion, Julio Toledo (former Araraquara), in the first round of the competition. A major change was also noticed in terms of creativity, who can not remember the former Flamengo player Vitor Boccardo dunking with a sunglasses during his performace and the american Brewer former Pinheiros putting some money in the basketball glass, jumping and grabbing the note.

In this edition of the Slam Dunk Contest on the All-Star weekend, we will have a leaner version of the Slam Dunk Tournament, will be only five participants, the center Rafael Mineiro Ferreira (208-C/F-88) (Sao Jose dos Campos), defending champion, plus four athletes that will come from a a pre-list of 15 players.

Check below the pre-selectable list of the Slam Dunk contest of NBB 2010 / 2011:

Renato Scholz (197-F-88, agency: Garra Sports Marketing)
Roberto Ferreira (196-F/C-79)
Ricardo Probst (200-F/C-76, agency: Interperformances)
Lucas Tischer (208-C-83, agency: Interperformances)
Ricardo Gaspar (202-F-84, agency: Garra Sports Marketing)
Caue Borges dos Santos (180-G-91)
Jordan Burger (203-F-91)
Chandler Chaves (202-F-92)
Guilherme Teichmann (204-F/C-83, college: Tulsa)
Guilherme Gui (190-F-91)
Lucas Cipolini (206-F/C-86, college: BYU-Hawaii)
Jhonatan Luz dos Santos (196-F/G-87)
Jimmy de Oliveira (189-F/G-90)
Cicero Gonzaga (202-F-86, college: NE Oklahoma A&M CC, agency: Garra Sports Marketing)

http://www.latinbasket.com/Brazil/basketball.asp?NewsID=213517

[Duncan]

I rather watch the NBB slam dunk contest the the now-boring NBA one

Where is Dominique Wilkins when you need him? lol

[¹²³]

The NBB slam dunk it's not that interesting (at least it wasn't in the last edition), but it has potential to be fun. I think it depends a bit on luck too. This year the All-Star weekend will be in Franca, it's called the capital of basketball, since the town and it's citzens really have deep roots with the sport, so at least the atmosphere will be great.

Gonzalo García is the new head coach of Flamengo.

He was Sergio Hernandez assistant for quite some time. I think he was a good choice, since there wasn't a lot of more capable coaches available for Flamnego.

Bauru signed F Rafael Castellon and G Lucas Avelino.

Franca signed C Marques Lewis.

I don't know much about them either.

[Duncan]

I guess the slam dunk contests are getting stale everywhere . haha

Maybe they need to introduce animals or something lol

[rikhardur]

Block record



Centre Adriano Machado (27, 2.08m) from Assis set a new NBB block record with 8 against Limeira last Friday. Adriano currently leads the league with 2.4 rejections per game.
The previous record belonged to Guilherme Teichmann with 6 two years ago.

[¹²³]

The fun thing about a new league is that records are being set all the time.

[¹²³]

The All-Ster Teams are set.


NBB Brasil

Nezinho (Brasília)
Valtinho (Uberlândia)
Raulzinho (Minas)
Marcelinho (Flamengo)
Marquinhos (Pinheiros)
Alex (Brasília)
Benite (Franca)
Guilherme Giovannoni (Brasília)
Murilo (São José)
Fiorotto (Pinheiros)
Olivinha (Pinheiros)
Baby (Flamengo)

Coach: João Marcelo (Pinheiros)

NBB World

Larry (Bauru)
Figueroa (Pinheiros)
Sucatzky (Minas)
Shamell (Pinheiros)
Robby (Uberlândia)
Tony (Assis)
Robert Day (Uberlândia)
Jeff Agba (Bauru)
Spillers (Franca)
Brown (Limeira)
Robinson (Minas)
Calderón (Assis)

Coach: Nestor García (Minas)

Link (in portuguese)

[Duncan]

anychance of watching this game?

[¹²³]

anychance of watching this game?

I am not sure, but there is a good chance you can find a streaming for the SporTV channel.

[Duncan]

when is it?