In the 1994 film, The Air Up There, Jimmy Dolan (played by, obviously, Kevin Bacon) travels to Africa to recruit a potential basketball phenom, Saleh. Nowadays, NBA scouts are increasingly traveling overseas in search of their next star (Ricky Rubio) or role player (Kevin Séraphin). In this installment, we take a brief break from the US-based focus of last week to take a closer look at the foreign-born men currently playing in the NBA.Read More…
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They say all rappers want to play ball, and all ballers want to rap. Though it’s probably not 100 percent true, there has long been an overlap between the NBA and rap music, be it Master P trying out for the Hornets or Shaq dropping as many albums in the ’90s as Jay-Z. Here, we’ve collected every current NBA player who has been mentioned in a rap song, from the omnipresent LeBron James to preeminent punching bag Darko Milicic. Read More…
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Spurs Drop Wizards To 0-12 With 118-92 Win
WASHINGTON — Boris Diaw scored 16 points, Tiago Splitter had 15 points and 12 rebounds and Tony Parker added 15 to help the San Antonio Spurs won their fourth straight over the still-winless Washington Wizards 118-92 on Monday night.The Wizards are the 12th team in NBA history to start the season 0-12 according to STATS and are six away from equaling the New Jersey Nets’ record 0-18 start in 2009-10. In their first 11 games, Washington lost by a total of just 72 points and never by more than 16.Read More…
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