2007 adidas Basketball Experience: Recap
By Simon Dresden New Orleans, LA 8/9/07 Team USA 2008 The adidas 2008 US national team dominated the competition. Their only close game was against Team Africa where athleticism was matched but the US team was miles ahead skill wise. Leading the way was the premier big man in the country BJ Mullens. He dominated…2007 NBA Summer League: Top Players
By Darryl Aubrey 8/3/07 1. Louis Williams 6’2 PG Philadelphia 76ers When Williams entered the ’05 NBA Draft out of high school, I said that it was going to be at least three years before he would be ready to contribute to a team in the NBA. Well this is going to be his third…
Summer Spotlight: Richard Hendrix
By Kevin Duffy 08/01/07 After being ranked as high as #5 in the polls early last season, the Alabama Crimson Tide stumbled to a 20-12 record, missed the NCAA Tournament and bowed out in the first round of the NIT to UMass. The club lost PF Jermareo Davidson (36th overall pick in the NBA Draft),…
2007 RBK Summer Championships: Top Prospects
By Darryl Aubrey 7/31/07 The RBK Summer Championships lacked the star power that the Reebok Bigtime Tournament had in years past but turned out to be an exciting event. Players from all across the country, including Belgium and Canada came to "Sin City" to show-off their game. The following is a list of the Top…
2007 Las Vegas AAU Tournaments – adidas Super 64 Final
By Aran Smith 7/29/07 Behind the trio of Derrick Favors, Chris Singleton and Delwan Graham, the Atlanta Celtics were able to upset last years champs Pump and Run Elite (CA) 75-64 to take home the 2007 adidas Super 64 Championship. The Celtics came in the underdog, but with a deeper bench they were able to…
2007 Las Vegas AAU Tournaments: Reebok Final Day
By Darryl Aubrey 7/27/07 RBK Summer Championships Final Day Open Division Quarterfinals Game 1 Team Breakdown, FL.- 72 Illinois Wolves – 64 Once again it was the dominant backcourt of elite junior Kenny Boynton and super soph Brandon Knight. The kid they call “KB” struggled from the field going 5/19 but was 4/9 from downtown…
Summer Spotlight: Eric Maynor
By Kevin Duffy 7/24/07 After pick-pocketing George Mason and converting two lay-ups that would close out the Colonial Conference championship and seal an NCAA bid for upstart Virginia Commonwealth, Eric Maynor raised the eyebrows of most die-hard college basketball fans. One week later the lightly-recruited sophomore guard out of Westover HS (Fayetteville, NC) torched Duke…
2007 Las Vegas AAU Tournaments – Day Two & Three
By Aran Smith 7/25/07 Pool play wrapped up on Monday with Nike playing at Cox Pavilion in the morning and adidas taking over at 2:40 and going until 9 PM. For Nike, who has most of their top players down in Orlando at another tournament, one of the few headliners is 6-3 shooting guard Willie…
2007 Under-19 World Championships: Final
By Marian Reibert 7/23/07 Novi Sad, Serbia FIBA World Championships Under 19: Final Official U19 World Championships Site Final Serbia 74 – USA 69 Boxscore In a packed gym, Serbia faced nemesis Team USA for the world crown. It was Serbia from the beginning as Dusan Katnic scored his seven points all in a first…
2007 Las Vegas AAU Tournaments – Day One
By Aran Smith 7/23/07 The 2007 Las Vegas AAU events (Nike Main Event, adidas Super 64 and Reebok Summer Championship) got underway on Sunday but with Sonny Vaccaro (the man who created Vegas summer basketball and all three tournaments), out of the game, the match ups and opening rounds lack the same fireworks of a…
2007 Under-19 World Championships: Semifinals
By Marian Reibert 7/22/07 Novi Sad, Serbia FIBA World Championships Under 19: Semifinals Official U19 World Championships Site Quarterfinals USA 78 – France 75 Boxscore France took on Team USA in the Semifinal and after losing to USA in the classification round France had other plans this time around. PG Antoine Diot and PF Adrien…
Summer Spotlight: Rob McKiver
By Kevin Duffy 7/21/07 In two months when Dick Vitale and Andy Katz discuss the best guards in the nation for the upcoming season, they will likely list names such as Chris Lofton, Drew Neitzel, Ty Lawson, Darren Collison and even OJ Mayo and Derrick Rose. No disrespect to any of those players (or Dicky…
2007 Under-19 World Championships: Semifinals
By Marian Reibert 7/22/07 Novi Sad, Serbia FIBA World Championships Under 19: Semifinals Official U19 World Championships Site Quarterfinals USA 78 – France 75 Boxscore France took on Team USA in the Semifinal and after losing to USA in the classification round France had other plans this time around. PG Antoine Diot and PF Adrien…
2007 Under-19 World Championships: Quarterfinals
By Marian Reibert 7/21/07 Novi Sad, Serbia FIBA World Championships Under 19: Quarterfinals Official U19 World Championships Site Quarterfinals In the first game of the day Team USA took on fourth place finisher Argentina. From the start there was no doubt who was supposed to win the game. USA had the advantage in every aspect…
State of the Cap: Sacramento Kings
By Josh Redetzke 7/20/07 2007/08 Sacramento Kings Payroll: $56 million 2007/08 Estimated NBA Salary Cap: $55 million Roughly: $1 million over cap The Good: A disappointing season in Sacramento still had a bright side in Kevin Martin, who nearly won the most improved player award. Martin’s scoring average almost doubled, going from 10.8 last year…
Draft Buzz – Yi Jianlian Still Likely to End Up in Milwaukee
By Aran Smith 7/18/07 A bogus news story was released in China on Tuesday that Yi Jianlian’s Chinese agent and Guangdong Tigers chief Chen Haitao said that Yi would "definitely not" play for the Milwaukee Bucks. The report has been denied by Chen himself plus a Guangdong Tiger’s VP who responded with two words –…
2007 Under-19 World Championships: Classification Round, Day Two
By Marian Reibert 7/18/07 Novi Sad, Serbia FIBA World Championships Under 19: Classification Round, Day Two Official U19 World Championships Site Classification Round Day 2 Big day in Novi Sad as it was the second day of the classification round and there were some deciding games scheduled, either teams were facing near elimination while others…
2007 Under-19 World Championships: Preliminary Round
By Marian Reibert 7/17/07 Novi Sad, Serbia Preliminary Round FIBA World Championships Under 19 The Under-19 Fiba World Championships are taking place in Novi Sad, Serbia from July 12-22nd. The event used to take place every four years, but has now been changed to happen every 2 years. Here is a look at the first…