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The Perimeter View
Mageshwaran has joined our team of columnists with 'Perimeter View' a weekly opinion column. As the name itself suggests, this column will look at basketball from a 'rank outsider' perspective and views that are divergent from the conventional opinions from 'basketball powerhouses'. Log onto fiba.com every Thursday to know what basketball means to India and vice versa.
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04/09/2008
Hamed, another Yao?!
TEHRAN (The Perimeter View) - The jury is not yet out on whether Hamed E Hadadi should have played in Europe before heading to the NBA.
That’s for the technical side of the Iranian 7-footer-plus’
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27/08/2008
Asia’s basketball future on show
TEHRAN (The Perimeter View) - Iran are back home after a worthwhile experience at the Olympics.
Some of the key members are looking for greener pastures abroad – with captain Samad Nikkah already in
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15/08/2008
The learning experience of the Games
BEIJING (The Perimeter View) - “With least expectations come the greatest results.” Forgive my Chinese translation, but the famous philosopher Confucius declared something to that effect centuries ago
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08/08/2008
The flag-bearers of the sport!
BEIJING (The Perimeter View) - Can five individuals stand out in a crowd of more than 10,000! Well, if you happen to respond names like Yao Ming, Manu Ginobili, Dirk Nowitzki, Sarunas Jasikevicius or
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04/08/2008
Go Iran Go!
BEIJING (The Perimeter view) - Medal contenders or mere qualifiers. This phrase will sound resonant at the Wukesong Sports and Culture Center for the next couple of weeks as what, in my opinion, will
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24/07/2008
Will the 'Dream' resurrect?
BANGALORE (The Perimeter View) - India's attention on any form of basketball has always had a direct connection with the NBA. Reacting to the news of India's advent of professional league, a
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13/05/2008
Come, let’s cross the borders!
BANGALORE (The Perimeter View) – Having observed Indian basketball for the last decade and a half or so, I’m a firm votary for basketball promotion in any form. When I say promotion, I mean to say
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02/05/2008
The Priority has been given, now let's prioritize
BANGALORE (The Perimeter View) - The last couple of days have been rather heady in Indian sport. The National Olympic Association forced itself, some say on 'popular demand', and disbanded the
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24/04/2008
The chicken-egg conundrum!
BANGALORE (The Perimeter View) - The development of a sport is directly proportional to the attention it draws in the media. The attention of media towards a sport is directly proportional to the
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16/04/2008
Who is a 'sportsperson'!
BANGALORE [The Perimeter View] - The Olympic Torch Relay continued to 'burn' in India for yet another week. This time not for all the litigious reasons, but for a statement made by the man who sits
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