Posts by CJ Clarkson
Sonny Weems dismissed by Maccabi Tel Aviv
Sonny Weems (198 cm, Arkansas’08) has been dismissed by Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel-Winner League). This comes in the wake of allegations that Weems refused to take a FIBA-sanctioned antidoping test and failed to show up at practice. A ban from FIBA could be forthcoming, pending further investigation. Weems joined the team in April 2016. Weems had…
Read MorePanathinaikos hands Olympiacos first loss
The Greek A1 league had one of its most interesting and important games of the 2016-17 regular season. League leader, Olympiacos S.F.P. Pireus suffered its first loss of the season at the hands of no less than league rivals Panathinaikos Athens. Both are now 14-1 making it a tight race for the league leadership. Trailing…
Read MoreCrvena Zvezda takes streak to 20-0 in ABA League
The ABA League scheduled the best for last in Round 20 of their 2016-17 regular season. The league-leading Serbian powerhouse Crvena Zvezda MtS Beograd captured their 20th-straight victory via a solid home defense against the visiting Montenegrin team KK Mornar Basket Bar, 82-71. Their amazing run is only matched by the story of how a…
Read MoreGreenville College highest pace team on earth
Greenville College (NCAA Div III) is the highest pace team on the planet. Thanks to basketball analytics and advanced statistics it is now possible to determine which pace (tempo) a team plays. Greenville uses an average 108,3 possessions per game which rank them the highest of any team in the world. So far Greenville has…
Read MoreImmigration ban backlash: American players stuck in Dubai
It did not take too long, but Donald Trump’s 90-day immigration ban from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen has already caused a backlash. Iran has responded in kind with their own ban. This “reaction” has resulted in two American players, J.P. Prince (203 cm, Tennessee’10) and Joseph Jones (206 cm, Texas A&M’08),…
Read MoreChampions League play-offs draws completed
The draws of the first two phases of the Basketball Champions League play-offs were completed on Friday at FIBA’s House of Basketball, in the presence of representatives from the 24 participating clubs. The 24 clubs were drawn for the Play-Off Qualifiers (7-8 and 21-22 February) and the Round of 16 (28 February-1 March and 7-8 March).…
Read MoreTrumps immigration ban worries NBA
The NBA has contacted the State Department to understand better how the U.S. ban on immigration from seven countries might affect the league. President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibits immigration from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen for a 90-day period. Los Angeles Lakers forward Luol Deng and, Milwaukee Bucks rookie Thon Maker were both born in Sudan (now South…
Read MoreRed hot Crvena Zvezda stays on roll!
Serbian team Crvena Zvezda Beograd (or Red Star Belgrade in English) is the hottest team in Europe right now. In the Adriatic League, they have not lost a game in over a year and are currently having a 19-0 streak. If you add up the last games of the 2015/2016 season, they have an incredible…
Read MoreAdvanced Basketball Stats are Here!
Most people are familiar with basic sports stats, numbers that tell a story of a game. Through the years, as sports evolve, experts have found that these basic stats highlight only a fragment of what transpired. They lack context, and at the professional level, context is everything. Stats cannot be appreciated in a vacuum. Advanced…
Read MoreVillanova suffers stunning loss to Marquette
Don’t look now, but the NCAA Men’s Basketball season just got a spike of volatility as top teams suffered shocking upsets. The first Titan to fall, was number ranked Villanova, which blew a 13-point lead to a defiant Marquette squad. The amazing comeback resulted in a 72-74 win for the unranked Marquette to topple the…
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