Posts by CJ Clarkson
UCAM Murcia Bags Torneo EncestaRias Trophy
Spanish club UCAM Murcia began the week on a high note on Monday. They edged out Laboral Kutxa Vitoria 73-70 to claim the Torneo EncestaRias. It is just one of the many pre-season tournaments being played out over the coming weeks as teams warm-up for the upcoming 2016-17 season. The game was close and both…
Read MoreVince Carter Wants 20-year NBA Career
Relentless, fearless, and fiercely in love with the game of basketball; Vince Carter does not want to call it quits. Not just yet. Not even anytime soon. While future Hall-of-Famers Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan have closed the chapters on their NBA careers; Carter, who will be turning 40 this 2016-17, wants to play two…
Read MoreSupercopa Endesa Draw Ushers in 2016/17
The draw for the 2016 Supercopa Endesa (Spanish Supercup) has been announced and with it the bubbling of eager anticipation for the 2016/17 season begins. This year’s Supercup will be held in Baskonia and as it is customary, hosts Laboral Kutxa Vitoria are automatically participants. The result of the draw has the Baskonian club facing…
Read More2017 Eurobasket Qualifiers: Day 2 Recap
Day 2 action took place over the weekend in the ongoing 2017 Eurobasket Qualifiers. Four games were held on Saturday, 3rd of September and the remaining nine games were played out on Sunday, 4th of September. Here are some brief recaps of the exciting basketball that transpired. Saturday, 03 September Cyprus vs. Iceland, 64-75 Iceland…
Read MoreKristaps Porzingis and the Rebuilding Knicks
Eyes will be trained on Ben Simmons, the Australian player taken first overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2016 NBA Draft, and that’s understandable. However, as far as international players making a splash this 2016-17, few can compete with the bubbling hype surrounding Kristaps Porzingis (221 cm). The 21-year-old Latvian sensation took the NBA…
Read MoreFIBA Eurobasket 2017 Qualifiers Set to Tip-off
Just like that, we come full circle. The 2016 Rio Olympics have come and gone and now we look ahead to the beginning of another basketball cycle. The FIBA Eurobasket 2017 Qualifiers tip off on Wednesday and no less than 13 games will greet basketball fans on the opening night of the group phase of…
Read MoreRobert Lowery joins BK Astana
Robert Lowery (188 cm, Dayton’10) has agreed to terms on a deal to play for BK Astana (Kazakhstan-D1) this upcoming 2016-17 season. Lowery began the 2015-16 season playing for AE Nea Kifisia Dimoulas Athens (Greece-A1). In six games Robert registered averages of 16.2 ppg and 5.2 rpg. In January 2016 he headed to Germany after…
Read MoreJeremy Lin, JianLian Yi to Expand NBA Reach in Asia
Every season the NBA does a little bit more to expand its global reach. Despite the global, almost universal popularity of football (soccer to the Americans), the sport of basketball has been gaining some ground as far as widening its fan base is concerned. In 2015-16 friendly games between NBA and Euroleague, clubs helped the…
Read More2016 Olympic Basketball: An Epilogue
Now that the adrenaline from the 2016 Olympic Basketball Games has faded, we can take a look back at how amazing the quadrennial event was and put into perspective some of the storylines that accompanied it. As expected, USA Basketball took home the gold medal in the event, despite the absence of some veteran team…
Read More2016 Olympic Games: Quarterfinals Set
And then there were eight.. The cream has truly risen to the top. The elite eight teams competing in the knockout rounds of the basketball competition of the 2016 Olympic Games are locked in. The last games of the group phase finalized the standings. Hosts Brazil were able to put up a win on the…
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