Mexico
They did it, Mexico slipped past Puerto Rico 91-89 to win the gold medal of the 2013 FIBA Americas championship. In the past the best ever finish for a Mexican team was 6th place, they had never finished in the medal round until Wednesday. Basketball may never become the number one sport in Mexico however a number of folks in the nation are well pleased. The win is a building block for the future of basketball in Mexico.
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There is no requirement for me to comprehend or understand NCAA rules. Rules regarding practice versus play are certainly confusing. Last month Syracuse played four exhibition games against Canadian teams. Mike DeCoursey Sporting News writes; “it’s roughly two plus weeks before college teams can begin practice.” Last year Mizzou journeyed to Europe and played a series of exhibition games too. The question is how do you play exhibition games without a degree of practice?
He doesn’t get it
I’m not sure of the website but it said; “Suns release Michael Beasley.” Reports had been circulating for the last week or so this going to occur, it certainly isn’t shocking news. Beasley was released due to a marijuana arrest in Phoenix and this might have been the final straw for the Suns organization. I looked up his numbers, toss out those of last year this 6-9 lefty small forward can score against anybody. Scoring the basketball is not his problem, he’s outside now after becoming the number two pick in the 2008 NBA Draft.
He’s out of the NBA because he’s failed to grasp there is an excepted maturity level required.
Drafted by Miami he went to Minnesota and finally Phoenix all three in five years. Is his career over, Mike Wilbon of ESPN says; “every NBA team can have at least one knucklehead, he (Beasley) cannot play for a bad team. He must go to an established team like the Spurs.” Wilbon might be correct; a good team not dependent on his production might be willing to take a chance on him again. NOTE: This was completed prior to print, the Heat have signed Beasley to a contract. Based on the Wilbon declaration this sounds about right, the Heat certainly doesn’t need him to win.
When did he leave?
I’m sure UNLV is embarrassed over the recent public misstep. The school had placed a billboard advertising tickets for UNLV football and basketball. The billboard contained the telephone number and displayed the photos of football coach Bobby Hauk and basketball coach Lon Kruger. Whoa, hold on a minute I thought Kruger was coaching at another school? It’s true, unfortunately someone at the school failed to inform the billboard designer Kruger left for another job. In fact he’s been the head coach at Oklahoma for two years and is headed into his third.
And the point is --------
86 letters in one day, that’s the number the mailman delivered to the Zimmerman household in Las Vegas. The letters were addressed to Stephen Zimmerman a Rivals 5-star prospect. Zimmerman attends Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas the same school of Shabazz Muhammad. It’s not just his hometown school after this Class of 2015 7-footer, he’s received offers from a total of 19 schools. According to reports the UNLV letters were not all the same, the appeal was different in each letter.
