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After the Olympics: What's the future of Spain?
The Spanish national team is the most successful European team of recent years. The silver medal at the Olympics only confirmed this trend. Besides the coaching question that reigns at the moment, I will today look at the future in terms of player material.
Monday's cigarettes
The Olympics are over and the preseason is now officially launched. Here, the first Monday’s cigarettes of the season.
Thanks to Spain and USA for a great basketball game
So the Redeem Team won the gold medal in Beijing. What in the end looked like no surprise must actually be considered a deserved win by the best team of the tournament: Nothing more and nothing less. The final game showed that the gap between the USA and the rest of the world is not […]
Olympics Live: Argentina vs. Lithuania, USA vs. Spain
If Manu Ginobili is out (because of his ankle injury against Team USA), Lithuania is the favorite in this game and will once again go home with the bronze medal from the Olympics. (Broadcast starts with the 2nd half!) The Gold Medal game will feature the current World Champion Spain and the Gasol brothers against […]
Today's Chinese cigarettes
The Olympic Basketball tournament is coming to an end with the ladies’ finals today and the men’s tomorrow. Let’s take a look at some of funny stories from the last few days.
Olympic Quarterfinals review
Today, the four quarterfinals of the Olympic men’s basketball tournament saw only one close game. Luckily, I had the opportunity to see at least the second half of this thriller.
Today's Chinese cigarettes
The final day of the group phase has started, and here are the latest stories from and around the Wukeson Arena of Beijing.
Ricky freezes Lithuania
I am not a big fan of posts with just one phrase. But this clip from yesterday’s preparation game for the Olympics between Spain and Lithuania is worth posting such a short message. By the way, who is Saras?
Ricky Rubio will play in Olympics
Today, Spanish national team coach Aito Garcia Reneses announced the twelve guys that will compete for the current World Champion in the Summer Olympics in Beijing. And super-talent Ricky Rubio is among the twelve that will travel to China.
National team announcements
These days, a few countries announced their first selections for the National teams for their upcoming competitions. We took a closer look at Spain, Serbia and France today.