Posts by CJ Clarkson
Angry Tanjevic calls NBA coaches “stupid”
Coach of the Turkish national men’s basketball team Bogdan Tanjevic has lashed out at his American counterparts, saying most of the NBA coaches are “stupid.” The Montenegrin coach was quoted by La Gazzetta dello Sport, where his team was to face Italy in a European Basketball Championship qualifying game yesterday. Tanjevic returned to coaching after…
Read MoreABA adds expansion team Electric City Lions
The American Basketball Association (ABA) today announced that it has added its fourth South Carolina team for the upcoming season which begin in November to be located in Anderson, SC. The team, the Electric City Lions, is owned by the husband and wife team of Azure and Marquis Agnew. “This is a great addition to the…
Read More3pt world record
Hopla sets world recordDuring a camp in Portugal Dave Hopla, a camp instructor, set a new world record by hitting 18 three point shots, within a minute, without missing a single one. [embedplusvideo height=”298″ width=”480″ standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/sJNBMnI7u4Q?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=sJNBMnI7u4Q&width=480&height=298&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=” id=”ep5199″ /]
Read MorePoisoning at women’s U20 European Championship
A severe case of food poisoning has taken place at the women’s U20 European Championship in Hungary. Several teams were affected but Serbia and Portugal were hit the worst. Six players of the Serbian team (4 of Portugal) plus several members of the coaching staff ended up in hospital where lab results concluded that “salmonella”…
Read MoreNBA preseason starts in Turkey
The NBA preseason schedule will begin with an Oct. 5 game in Istanbul between the Boston Celtics and Turkish basketball power Fenerbahce Ulker, the league announced Thursday when it released the 115-game preseason schedule. Nine of the games will be played internationally. Barcelona, Spain; Berlin, Germany; Milan, Italy; Mexico City, Beijing and Shanghai are among…
Read MoreChier Ajou ruled eligible by NCAA
Northwestern freshman center Chier Ajou has been cleared by the NCAA and will be eligible for the upcoming season, Wildcats coach Bill Carmody announced Thursday. Ajou, a 7-foot-2 center, is originally from the South Sudan and attended Culver Academies in Indiana for two years and went to St. Thomas More School in Connecticut last year.…
Read MoreFlamengo gears up for season with Olympic touch
The team of Flamengo presented the team for the 2012/13 season yesterday. It was also announced that three new players would be added to the Brazilian Men’s Team that competed in London: Marcelinha Machado, Caio Marquinhos and Torres. Vitor Benite will also be among the members. Other members: Shilton, Olivinha, the American, Kojo, and Duda.…
Read MorePartizan cancels Australian tour
Partizan Belgrade has cancelled the planned tour to Australia where the team had planned to prepare for the new season and play some friendship games (many Serbs live in Australia). However, it proved to be problematic to schedule the games to fit into everybody’s agenda and furthermore the staff was concerned about the very long…
Read MoreScotland and England relinquish FIBA membership and merge.
England and Scotland formally signed Sunday in London that will formalize their merger into a single British basketball organization, despite the objections of the Welsh, ensuring that there will be a Great Britain team beyond these Olympic Games. FIBA secretary-general Patrick Baumann has confirmed that the world governing body has approved plans to go forward…
Read More3 x 3 at Olympics?
According to Secretary-general Patrick Baumann, the FIBA plans to propose that 3 x 3 becomes an Olympic Sports in four years from now. It was already introduced at the Youth Olympic Games in 2010 and a three-on-three World Tour and World Cup already exists. FIBA hopes to expand basketball’s global popularity with the initiative.
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