Rocked these last night! Special S/O @ccladycop & all the other women survivors #ItsMoreThanJustaShoeinstagr.am/p/PDEWlgCTGi/ — LeBron James (@KingJames) September 1, 2012 September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, which is why LeBron James was wearing pink kicks last night. He earns Tweet of the Day for supporting a good cause.
From fibaeurope.com Every player in the NBA is on vacation now, right? Wrong. Danilo Gallinari, Marcin Gortat, Omri Casspi and Jonas Jerebko are among the NBA players still playing international ball for their home countries in the qualification tournament for Eurobasket ’13. There are over 25 guys in qualification who are current NBA players, former NBA draft picks, or future NBA prospects. Next summer’s tournament will be held in Slovenia and will serve as the qualifier for the newly rechristened 2014
11. Petteri Kaponen, Guard, Finland, (Dallas owns draft rights) Kaponen has been moving up the food chain in European basketball since he was drafted in the first round back in 2007. Kaponen is the clear leader of the undefeated Finnish squad, pouring in 22.8 points a game to go along with 5 assists, as he prepares to take the step up to the Euroleague with the Russian giant, Khimki Moscow. He has excellent size for a point guard at 6’5”, and
21. Dairis Bertans, Swingman, Latvia, (Spurs own NBA draft rights) This versatile wing has been a leader for Latvia offensively, as a scorer and distributor. Bertans is a strong shooter, and can contribute in many ways, but it is tough to find a niche right now that could make him contribute right away in the league, and his defense certainly isn’t up to Pop’s standards just yet. With his natural skill set and athleticism, Bertans has the chance to make the
The European Championship Qualifying tournament is divided into six groups, of which the top two teams in each group and the top four third-place teams advance to next summer’s European championship. The European Championships is played every other year, in which teams compete not only to be the champions of Europe, but for spots in the World Championships, or the Olympics, depending on the year. With the European championships being the only way for a team to qualify for a chance to
