Tag: carlos arroyo

Galatasaray Loses A Thriller Against CSKA Moscow

Galatasaray Loses A Thriller Against CSKA Moscow

  Galatasaray fought for a narrow loss against CSKA Moscow in overtime on away court. It was a game with high intensity and great performance by both teams. They were scoring point after point giving the opponent no space to […]

Puerto Rico: Carlos Arroyo injured in World Championships

Puerto Rico: Carlos Arroyo injured in World Championships

Puerto Rico star Carlos Arroyo will not play against Greece on Sunday in Ankara after suffering an injury on Saturday. (Discuss the World Championships of Basketballin our forum) Arroyo took a knee from Andrey Vorontsevich in the second half of Puerto Rico’s […]

Carlos Arroyo: Career Retrospective

Carlos Arroyo: Career Retrospective

As a passionate fan of Puerto Rican basketball, one must have heard about Carlos Arroyo. (Discuss Carlos Arroyo and Puerto Rico Hoops) Arroyo is a talented NBA player that started out undrafted player and eventually worked his way onto the […]

NBA Preseason Gallery: International Players

The NBA season starts tomorrow, but before the regular season begins, we’d like to present some NBA preseason pics and images of Andris Biedrins, Nate Robinson, Dirk Nowitzki, Carlos Arroyo, Erik Spoelstra, Ersan İlyasova, David Andersen, Shaquille O’Neal, Danilo Gallinari, and […]

Carlos Arroyo returns to NBA, signs with Miami Heat

Carlos Arroyo returns to NBA, signs with Miami Heat

Carlos Arroyo, a member of the Puerto Rican national team returned to the NBA after signing with the Miami Heat. The 6-2 guard returns to the NBA after spending a season with Euroleague club Maccabi Tel Aviv. Arroyo played in […]

Brazil wins gold, Luis Scola MVP at FIBA Americas

Brazil wins gold, Luis Scola MVP at FIBA Americas

San Juan, PR – Brazil barely squeaked by Puerto Rico 61-60 to capture te gold medal in the 2009 FIBA Americas Championships. (Discuss the game) Brazil steadily built up a 13-point lead going into the fourth quarter before the hosts […]

It's Brazil vs. Puerto Rico for FIBA Americas gold

It’s Brazil vs. Puerto Rico for FIBA Americas gold

The top-two seeded teams will battle for FIBA Americas gold tomorrow. Brazil and Puerto Rico each won their semi-finals game today and will meet up for the second time in three days. Puerto Rico handed Brazil their first loss on Friday […]

Puerto Rico wins over Brazil 86-82, still finishes second

In a battle of two heavyweights on the last day of the FIBA Americas quarterfinals, Puerto Rico blew a 19 point lead in the fourth quarter, still ended up winning the battle, but losing the quarterfinals war to Brazil. Despite […]

FIBA Americas 2009: Image Gallery

I scoured some images from the FIBA Americas Championship and pulled out my favorite twenty photos featuring Carlos Arroyo, Esteban Batista, Francisco Garcia, Anderson Varejao, Omar Quintero, Luis Scola, Guillermo Diaz, and more. [nggallery id=14] Photos are all courtesy of […]

2009 FIBA Americas Championship Preview

2009 FIBA Americas Championship Preview

Event: 2009 Americas Championships Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico Discuss: Americas Championships Thread Info: The tournament will determine which four teams qualify for the 2010 FIBA World Championships of Basketball. The tournament will feature ten teams from Northern and Latin […]

Carlos Arroyo signs with Macabbi Tel Aviv

Carlos Arroyo signs with Macabbi Tel Aviv

You can add Orlando Magic guard Carlos Arroyo to the list of international players leaving the NBA for European clubs.  Arroyo has joined Juan Carlos Navarro, Jorge Garbajosa, Carlos Delfino, Bostjan Nachbar, Primoz Brezec, and Nenad Krstic as the NBA […]

Impact International Players in the 2008 NBA Playoffs

Impact International Players in the 2008 NBA Playoffs

With the NBA playoffs about to begin this weekend, Ibn would be remiss not to talk about the unprecedented competitive Western Conference this year and the roles that international players are having on every playoff-bound team. It’s just crazy to […]

TOA: Four Teams Left, Only Two will get Olympic Berths

TOA: Four Teams Left, Only Two will get Olympic Berths

This is what most expected – Argentina, Brazil, Puerto Rico and the United States are in the semi-finals with two berths to the 2008 Olympics at stake. Considering their recent history, the Americans haven’t run into any problems this tournament. […]

Reversal of Fortunes: Puerto Rico up, Brazil down

Reversal of Fortunes: Puerto Rico up, Brazil down

Puerto Rico 97: Brazil 75 The answer to the question: What’s Up with Puerto Rico? may have been answered. Maybe they needed something to wake them up. Just yesterday, they were only two minutes away from being eliminated and leaving […]

What’s Wrong with Puerto Rico?

First the Puerto Rican National Team loses all three of their games in the inaugural Tuto Marchand Cup, which was hosted in Puerto Rico’s Jose Miguel Agrelot Coliseum. And so far, Puerto Rico is 1-3 in the Tournament of the […]

TOA Recap: Undefeated Brazil and USA to Meet Today

TOA Recap: Undefeated Brazil and USA to Meet Today

USA 123: Canada 59 After demolishing the Virgin Islands 123-59 on Thursday, the United States used a balanced offensive attack and strong defense to rout Canada 113-63. Again, the Americans were led in scoring by Carmelo Anthony with 25 points […]