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TURKEY BOUND – Spain’s Pau Gasol enjoys winning return from injury

rss-editor@fiba.com — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:57:43 GMT

LOS ANGELES (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Recently-crowned EuroBasket MVP Pau Gasol of Spain returned from a hamstring injury and helped fire the Los Angeles Lakers to victory over the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night. Gasol, who was also the MVP at the 2006 FIBA World Championship, played in his first game of the season and scored 24 points while ...

FRA – Parker gives thumbs-up to fellow Frenchie Beaubois

rss-editor@fiba.com — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:49:59 GMT

SAN ANTONIO (2010 FIBA World Championship) - San Antonio point guard Tony Parker got a chance to see fellow Frenchman Rodrigue Beaubois play in the NBA for the first time this week when the Spurs took on the Dallas Mavericks. The 21-year-old Beaubois has been one of the biggest surprises of the season, forcing his way into the Dallas Mavericks’ ...

TURKEY BOUND - Leading internationals hit sidelines with injuries

rss-editor@fiba.com — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:07:11 GMT

NEW YORK (2010 FIBA World Championship) – Argentina’s Manu Ginobili strained a hamstring in the first quarter of San Antonio's overtime defeat to Dallas on Wednesday night and played no further part in the game. It’s uncertain when Ginobili, the MVP of Argentina's gold-medal win at the 2009, will return. He joined a growing list of ...

GBR - Mensah-Bonsu Pops up in Toronto again

rss-editor@fiba.com — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:34:59 GMT

TORONTO (2010 FIBA World Championship) – Pops Mensah-Bonsu has returned to the Toronto Raptors after being waived by the Houston Rockets. Mensah-Bonsu, one of Great Britain’s better known players, played 19 games for the Raptors last season and led them in rebounding in three of those contests. He had a chance to sign a new deal with the ...

TURKEY BOUND – Sergio has a pulse

rss-editor@fiba.com — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:41:52 GMT

SACRAMENTO (2010 FIBA World Championship) - The forgotten man of Spanish basketball, Sergio Rodriguez, finally got a chance to play for Sacramento on Tuesday night and had nine points and five assists in their 101-87 home defeat to the Chicago Bulls. Rodriguez, an important player in Spain's gold-medal triumph at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in ...

GER – German future looks very bright with Staiger, Harris

rss-editor@fiba.com — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:54:08 GMT

NEW YORK (2010 FIBA World Championship) – If anyone is worried about the future of German basketball, they shouldn’t be. At least not on the evidence of the national side’s promising EuroBasket in Poland and the very impressive start in the American college ranks this season of two players who figure to be a big part of German ...

TURKEY BOUND - Team USA's Paul out indefinitely with ankle sprain

rss-editor@fiba.com — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:55:52 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (2010 FIBA World Championship) – Team USA’s point guards, Chris Paul and Deron Williams, have been out of action of late. New Orleans star Paul sprained his left ankle and is out indefinitely, according to the Hornets. Williams has missed the Utah Jazz’s last two games after being given personal leave to be with one of ...

TUR – Atsür looks forward to home support next year

rss-editor@fiba.com — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:29:56 GMT

ISTANBUL (2010 FIBA World Championship) – Turkey were one of the best teams at the EuroBasket in Poland in September through the group stages, losing just once. Imagine how good they’re going to be in front of partisan crowds next year when they host the FIBA World Championship. “We will be much more successful with our fans in our ...

CRO – Coaching change with Croatia as Repesa moves aside

rss-editor@fiba.com — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:19:04 GMT

ZAGREB (2010 FIBA World Championship) – One of the best coaches in the business, Jasmin Repesa, has decided to call it a day with Croatia to leave the country’s basketball federation searching for a new national team boss ahead of next year’s FIBA World Championship in Turkey. Repesa, whose contract expired after the EuroBasket, ...

TURKEY BOUND – Greece’s Bourousis back with a vengeance as Reds rout Efes Pilsen

rss-editor@fiba.com — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:32:23 GMT

ATHENS (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Greece's Ioannis Bourousis returned to the line-up for the first time since picking up a leg injury at Unicaja Malaga two weeks ago and led Olympiacos to victory at home against Efes Pilsen on Thursday night. The 2.10m center, who turns 26 next week, was nearly perfect shooting the ball and scored 23 points in the ...

TURKEY BOUND – Big, bad Bogut and Bucks beat Nuggets

rss-editor@fiba.com — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:54:38 GMT

MILWAUKEE (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Australia center Andrew Bogut had his finest game of the young NBA season with 23 points and 10 rebounds on Wednesday evening to help fire the Milwaukee Bucks past the Denver Nuggets. The 24-year-old Bogut also dominated on defense, swatting four shots. He is averaging 15.3 points, 9.2 ...

EUROLEAGUE – Tanjevic sad after Fenerbahce Ulker fall with poor fan support

rss-editor@fiba.com — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:18:56 GMT

ISTANBUL (Euroleague) – Fenerbahce Ulker threw a scare into undefeated Montespaschi Siena on Wednesday night but hardly anyone showed up to watch. The Italian club, which has been cutting down the opposition this season like a scythe slicing wheat, prevailed 87-83 in Turkey with Terrell McIntyre pouring in a game-high 25 ...

GRE – Vasileiadis – "I would love to be a part of Greece team"

rss-editor@fiba.com — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:15:09 GMT

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (2010 FIBA World Championship) – ACB star Kostas Vasileiadis of Obradoiro C.A.B. has issued a “come-and-get-me” plea to Greece coach Jonas Kazlauskas ahead of the 2010 FIBA World Championship. Vasileiadis has never made it into Greece’s deep and talented senior national side but his performances of late for ...

TURKEY BOUND – Melo, Nuggets edge Noah’s Bulls

rss-editor@fiba.com — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:20:40 GMT

CHICAGO (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Team USA's Carmelo Anthony and his Denver Nuggets snapped a two-game losing skid with the help of video replay on Tuesday night in their clash at the Chicago Bulls. The Nuggets led 90-89 after Chauncey Billups split a pair of free-throws. The Bulls rebounded the intentional miss of the second free-throw attempt ...

LTU – Butautas wishes new Lithuania coach Kemzura well

rss-editor@fiba.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:06:06 GMT

DONETSK (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Former Lithuania coach Ramunas Butautas has wished his successor with the national team, Kestutis Kemzura, good luck. Butautas resigned immediately after Lithuania’s Qualifying Round exit at EuroBasket 2009 in Poland and is now fully focused on his duties as the boss of BC Donetsk in Ukraine. “To ...

TURKEY BOUND – Manu, Mehmet on song stateside

rss-editor@fiba.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:15:15 GMT

NEW YORK (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Argentina's Manu Ginobili hit six three-pointers on Monday night, including four in the final quarter, to lead the under-strength San Antonio Spurs past the Toronto Raptors. The Spurs were missing injured starters Tim Duncan and French playmaker Tony Parker but with Batman in the line-up (Ginobili recently made ...

GRE - Printezis seeks second opinion on shoulder

rss-editor@fiba.com — Mon, 9 Nov 2009 08:31:57 GMT

MALAGA (2010 FIBA World Championship) – Unicaja Malaga’s Georgios Printezis has travelled home to Greece to get a second opinion from doctors on the shoulder injury he suffered in last week’s game against Cajasol Sevilla. Printezis, a certainty to represent Greece at the 2010 FIBA World Championship if healthy, may require a shoulder ...

TURKEY BOUND – Croatia’s Barac raises eyebrows in Vitoria

rss-editor@fiba.com — Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:16:06 GMT

VITORIA (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Stanko Barac didn't represent Croatia at the EuroBasket in Poland but don't write off the 23-year-old center's chances of making it to the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey if he builds on his dominating display on Sunday night for Caja Laboral. In a hard Spanish ACB game against upset-minded Gran Canaria ...

HUN - Székely appointed coach of Hungary women

rss-editor@fiba.com — Mon, 9 Nov 2009 10:24:00 GMT

SOPRON (EuroBasket Women) – Hungary’s basketball bosses have appointed Norbert Székely coach of the women’s national team. Székely, who leads many of the Hungary players at MKB Euroleasing Sopron, has replaced László Rátgéber at the helm. Rátgéber most recently worked with the ...

LTU - Kemzura agrees terms, takes Lithuania national team reins

rss-editor@fiba.com — Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:07:53 GMT

VILNIUS (2010 FIBA World Championship) – Former Latvia coach Kestutis Kemzura has taken charge of Lithuania’s national team after agreeing to personal terms with the country’s basketball federation. Kemzura has replaced Ramunas Butautas, who resigned after Lithuania’s Qualifying Round exit at the EuroBasket in Poland. As ...