SL: Coach K keeping calm; Jennings ‘working on everything’ (Yahoo! Sports)
August 30, 2010
Each weekday morning, BDL serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your butcher's skillet.
Greece appeal fails, basketball suspensions stand (AP)
August 28, 2010
Basketball's governing body has rejected Greece's appeal of two player suspensions stemming from a brawl in a game against Serbia. Patrick Baumann, FIBA's secretary general, said the punishment given to Antonis Fotsis and Sofoklis Schortsanitis will stand, and the players will miss the first two games of the world championships that open Saturday.
Brawl leaves 2 top teams reeling from bans (The Canadian Press)
August 27, 2010
KAYSERI, Turkey – The brawl between Greece and Serbia in a warmup game has left two of the top teams at the basketball world championship reeling from suspensions that have ruled out some of their best players for the start of the tournament.
Suicide lines: Billups happy to lead Team USA; the 76ers’ spy (Yahoo! Sports)
August 27, 2010
Each weekday morning, BDL serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your mostaccioli.
Greece coach Kazlauskas slams FIBA punishment (AP)
August 27, 2010
FIBA's decision to suspend Antonis Fotsis and Sofoklis Schortsanitis for their part in last week's brawl in an exhibition game against Serbia was "something unbelievable," Greece coach Jonas Kazlauskas said Friday. FIBA's decision altered Kazlauskas' plans ahead of Saturday's opening game against China at the world basketball championships in Turkey.
Serbia’s Nenad Krstic banned 3 games after brawl (PA SportsTicker)
August 26, 2010
Nenad Krstic of the Oklahoma City Thunder has been suspended for Serbia’s next three games for throwing a chair during last week’s brawl with Greece.
Ranking the centers, 21 through 11 (Yahoo! Sports)
August 26, 2010
As summer winds down and the day-to-day "news" falls flat, BDL will be ranking each NBA position,…
Serbia’s Nenad Krstic banned 3 games after brawl (AP)
August 26, 2010
Serbia center Nenad Krstic has been suspended for three games for throwing a chair during last week's brawl with Greece. Basketball's governing body said Thursday that three other players will miss two games. FIBA also fined both national federations. Serbia's Milos Teodosic is banned for two games.
FIBA hands out Greece-Serbia brawl suspensions (SportingNews.com)
August 26, 2010
Oklahoma City Thunder center Nenad Krstic was suspended for three games in official FIBA competition, including games in the upcoming World Championship, FIBA announced on Thursday. Krstic tossed a chair during a brawl that broke out late in a game between Greece and Serbia. In addition to Krstic's suspension, he was also fined 45,000 Swiss Francs. Fellow Serbian player Milos Teodosic was suspended for two games. The Serbian Basketball Federation was fined 20,000 Swiss Francs.
Team USA finalizes roster; Rondo withdraws (SportingNews.com)
August 24, 2010
Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo is the final player to be cut from Team USA's roster for the FIBA World Championship, the team announced on Tuesday. “Rajon came to us and said he was going to withdraw from the team, that he had some family matters to attend to and some things to take care of before the NBA season. He did an outstanding job during our training, we appreciate the effort and commitment he made to our program and he completely has our support," USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo said in a statement.