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All-Star Games 7

Highlights from Dennis Rodman’s Easter weekend in Bulgaria

Former Detroit Pistons/Chicago Bulls/Torpan Pojat power forward and Pro Basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman was in Bulgaria this weekend to help that nation’s league celebrate its all-star break and oh yes, he left his mark. Ireland-based The Score reported somewhat hyperbolically that the appearance was part of a full-on comeback to the game by […]

10 years ago 1 More

Look out, Bulgaria – Here comes Dennis Rodman (and maybe Arvydas Sabonis)!

How do you say “Here comes the Worm” in Bulgarian? Folks in Sofia may just be needing that expression as the Hall of Fame NBA rebound master Dennis Rodman touched down in Bulgaria’s capital last night. Bulgaria-based Novinite quoted Rodman as stating “I learned a bit about your country on the internet. Your women are […]

10 years ago 5 More

TBL All-Star Game: Sasha Vujacic named MVP, Dogus Balbay takes dunk contest

Sasha Vujacic an all-star game MVP? BiE knows it sounds crazy, but that’s what went down this weekend in Turkey during the TBL season break. In a game that pitted foreigners against Turks, the former NBA champion went for 24 points and dished five assists in a 140-139 barnburner settled by Besiktas’ Carlos Arroyo’s last-second […]

11 years ago 2 More

Ooh la la! D-League champ Dar Tucker prepares for LNB dunk contest, French-style

What’s the difference between American and European dunk contests? The preparation! Check out this LNB-produced video of former New Mexico Thunderbird/current Aix-Maurienne player Dar Tucker, who could achieve a rare double championship on December 30 when the French league’s all-star festivities go down. Early this year, Tucker repeated as champion of the NBA D-League dunk […]

11 years ago More

Salute to Salu: Amateur takes flight, BBL dunk contest

Germany’s Bundesliga Basketball League held its All-Star Game and related festivities yesterday in Trier. A full-capacity crowd of 5,738 devotees was on hand to watch a Northern side top their Southerly rivals, 114-104; MVP was Kyle Hines of Brose Baskets Bamberg. But hey, let’s get on to the real centerpiece of any all-star weekend: The […]

12 years ago 2 More

Kuzminskas declares for NBA draft: Knicks interested?

Website LithuanianBasketball.com is reporting that Mindaugas Kuzminskas has declared his intent to enter the NBA draft. According to the ‘site, Kuzminskas was reportedly checked out by New York Knicks vice president for basketball operations Glen Grunwald and international scout Kevin Wilson last month in Lithuanian League (LKL) play. In last summer’s FIBA U20 European Championship […]

12 years ago 1 More

Red alert: Heating-up Sofoklis goes off in All-Star Game

Look out, upcoming Olympiacos opponents: Big Sofo is just starting to heat up. After a marginal season in Euroleague play up in the early going (BiE is blaming it on that H1N1 the big man contracted in the autumn), Sofoklis Schortsanitis turned in his peak Euroleague performance of 2009-10 a week and a half ago, […]

13 years ago 4 More
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