September 3, 2010 | Posted by benjie
As reported, Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Board of Governors meeting was rescheduled to September 15 in Bangkok, Thailand. Among other things to be discussed is the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas’ (SBP) request for the inclusion of the three PBA players in the national pool. The Asian Games in Guangzhou, China is less than three months [...]
Categories: FIBA-Asia Teams Updates | 
Tags: Asi Taulava, Asia, Beirut, China, Guangzhou, Guangzhou China, James Yap, Kelly Williams, PBA, Philippine Basketball Association, Sonny Barrios, Taipei | 
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September 3, 2010 | Posted by benjie
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Oh, I missed a couple of days in updating how the Asian teams fare in this world tourney. By now, we have known the cast for the Last 16. Unfortunately, only China survived and managed to make it to the next round. In the preliminaries, Iran won only once, against Tunisia. Like Iran, [...]
Categories: FIBA-World Championship | Tags: Canada, China, Steven Nash | No Comments »
August 30, 2010 | Posted by benjie
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On the second day of the tournament, China defeated last year’s FIBA-Africa finalist Cote d’Ivoire, 83-73. The three other Asian teams Iran, Jordan and Lebanon succumbed to their respective opponents. Iran dropped to Croatia, 54-75. Jordan, likewise, bowed to Angola 65-79. Angola was formerly handled by Mario Palma, now the head coach of [...]
Categories: FIBA-World Championship | Tags: Canada, China, France, Mario Palma | No Comments »
August 29, 2010 | Posted by benjie
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I’d like to keep abreast of how the Asian teams fare in the ongoing FIBA-World Championship in Turkey. Four out of twenty four entries come from Asia namely Iran, China, Jordan and Lebanon. The performances of the Asian teams in this competition are crucial to their request to add one more slot for [...]
Categories: FIBA-World Championship | Tags: 2010 FIBA-World Championship, Asia, Brazil, Canada, China, Greece, Turkey | 1 Comment »
July 21, 2010 | Posted by benjie
Six grueling games in seven days of intense competition is over in Taipei. Here are more of my thoughts in the annual tournament in honor of Renato William Jones, one of the pillars of FIBA:
Categories: William Jones Cup | Tags: 32nd William Jones Cup, China, Chinese - Taipei, Ghaleb Reda, Japan, Jones Cup, JORDAN, Marcio Lassiter, Philippines, Rajko Toroman, Renato William Jones, Taipei | No Comments »
July 16, 2010 | Posted by benjie
I started blogging online in July last year, July 10 to be exact. I wrote my first post about the various sports events on that month. I remember that I was full of excitement when I did my first post. I was nervous. And as I said before, there’s always a first time for everything. [...]
Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Asia, Benjie, Benjsports, Benjsports.com, China, FIBA-Asia, FIBA-Asia competitions, Japan, Philippines, South Korea | No Comments »
June 29, 2010 | Posted by benjie
Smart Gilas took a galant stand last Sunday to claim the championship over the World Championship-bound Jordan national team, 91-80 in the Manila friendly tournament officially known as the 2010 Smart Philippine Invitational Challenge. The four-day competition was part of the build-up of the Philippine national basketball team that will see action in this November’s [...]
Categories: FIBA-Asia Teams Updates | Tags: 2010 Smart Philippine Invitational Challenge, Beirut, China, Dongguan, Guangzhou, Guangzhou China, JORDAN, Jordan National team, Lebanon, Manila, Manila Invitationals, MVP Cup, Smart Gilas, Sun, Sun Zhe, Zhang Kai | No Comments »
June 1, 2010 | Posted by benjie
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China made a bold move to bolster its national team by letting go of Guo Shiqiang as head coach. Guo, a former national player, was China’s chief tactician in last year’s FIBA-Asia Championship where the Chinese was upset by defending champion Iran. He has been relegated as an assistant starting April 30, 2010.
Categories: FIBA-Asia Teams Updates | Tags: Bob Donewald Jr. Bob Donwald, China, Del Harris, Donewald, Guangdong, Guangdong Southern Tigers, Guangzhou, Guangzhou China, Guo, Guo Shiqiang, Jonas Kazlauskas, Shanghai, Shanghai Sharks | No Comments »
June 1, 2010 | Posted by benjie
The dismal showing of the RP-Smart Gilas in the recent FIBA-Asia Champions Cup causes alarm among diehard Filipino basketball fans including me. I’m a bit worried especially that the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China is just six months away. Assessing the team’s performances in the competitions it joined since its inception, it seems that the [...]
Categories: FIBA-Asia Teams Updates | Tags: 2010 FIBA - Asia Champions Cup, 2010 FIBA-Asia Champions Cup final rankings, China, Doha, FIBA-Asia Champions Cup final rankings, Guangzhou, Guangzhou China, Kelly Williams, Milan Vucicevic, naturalized Filipino, Qatar, RP-Smart Gilas, SBP, Vucecivic, Vucicevic, ‘K-Will’ | No Comments »
May 29, 2010 | Posted by benjie
There are already a number of Chinese basketball players that invaded the elite professional ranks in other countries or have made name for themselves internationally. So far, among the Chinese who made it to the NBA, only Sun Yue is listed below seven feet. From Wang Zhizhi to Bateer Menk, Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, [...]
Categories: Rising Stars - China | Tags: Bateer Menk, Bayi, Bayi Rockets, Belgrade, Brian Goorjian, China, China skyscrapers, Chinese skyscrapers, Dongguan, Guangdong, Max Zhang, Serbia, skyscrapers, sun Yue, Sun Zhe, Wang Zhizhi, World University Games, Xu Zhonghao, Yantai, Yantai China, Yao MIng, Yi Jianlian, Zhang, Zhang Zhaoxu | No Comments »
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