Archive - Jul 2012
July 29th
Champion Turkey's Ulubay heads European U16 All-Tournament Team
Louisville basketball's Kevin Ware a new man
Julius Randle yet to choose a school; can best friend Matt Jones lure him to Duke?
IU in recruiting battle for Noah Vonleh
July 28th
Trail Blazers’ Ceiling Goes Only As High As Damian Lillard Takes Them
July 27th
State of the Cap: Philadelphia 76ers
2012/13 Payroll: $52.2 million
2012/13 (Projected) NBA Salary Cap: $58 million
Roughly: $5.8 million under cap
July 26th
U20 European Championship Recap
By Davide Bortoluzzi
Lithuania is the 2012 U20 European champion, completing a perfect run for the ’92 generation, having won all the competitions faced during these years (U16, U18 euro, U19 world). A solid group, despite missing Jonas Valanciunas, but found a new hero each night until the victorious end.
Here it is a list of the top performers of the competition, that showed some NBA potential:
Rudy Gobert (1992, C, 7’0”, France)
July 25th
Top 10 boys basketball players of the MaxPreps era
The Evolution and Anatomy of the "Combo-Guard"
Combo Guard-- A term with a self-explanatory title that was implemented into basketball lingo without warning or discussion. Nobody even seemed to acknowledge its birth or place in the game. A scorer who can distribute. A quarterback who can score in bunches.
This breed of guard has been around for years, however as athletes evolve, so does the position.
