myespn.go.com - 6/22/2009
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Ten months as a teammate of Brandon Jennings' in Rome have given Ibrahim Jaaber insight into the young guard. (Photo by Yorgos Matthaios/EB via Getty Images) Two of the bigger question marks of the 2009 NBA draft concern young point guards who played overseas last year. Ricky ...
with-malice.com - 6/23/2009
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with-malice.com —
This piece is written by TBF - in
his debut here. TBF originally wrote this as a...
forum piece, but in discussion he & I agreed it was definitely good enough to put up as a blog-piece. TBF hails from the same part of the world as Usher & 46 (who both have shared their insight over the ...
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Draft Preview...
sacbee.com - 6/23/2009
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sacbee.com —
The old line about how 'It beats digging
ditches' still rings true every day on this job,...
but there are those rare days in which you almost feel like grabbing a shovel instead. It would be simple, if nothing else....
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Bee exclusive: Rubio reacts to Kings workout
nypost.com - 6/22/2009
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nypost.com —
> The Knicks have not given up hope
on Ricky Rubio and are still trying to interview...
the 18-year-old Spanish point guard phenom this week before Thursday's NBA Draft, according to a source. Rubio will be in New York for the draft but hasn't ...
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KNICKS POINTING AT RUBIO
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Jennings’ former teammate would take him over Rubio
The Scores Report - The National Sports Blog —
... TrueHoop tracked down Brandon Jennings’ former teammate, Ibrahim Jaaber, to provide a scouting report on Jennings and Ricky Rubio. ...
Tuesday Morning Dump
Ballin' is a Habit —
- Nice read from TrueHoop on Earl Clark. - Another great read, this time about Dionte Christmas. Read it, and see if you don't pull for him. - Seth Davis gives us some insight from the team USA trials. - A nice look into the growing trend of coaches pulling players out of Africa. - The guy that Brandon Jennings played behind in Italy think Jennings is better than Ricky Rubio. - FIU says, again, that they aren't interested in Lance Stephenson. - Taylor Griffin was the #1 pick in the Harlem Globetrotters ...
Morning Link Dump – Ana, Wallace, McGuire, Mantle
TheScore.com Blog —
... A teammate of Brandon Jennings, who faced Ricky Rubio last season in Europe, scouts the two supremely-talented but seldom-seen young, draft-eligible point guards for True Hoop. ...
NBA Draft Day 2009
the east coast bias —
... , a bust, and those numbers bear it out. Rough season for the youngster, even though Lottomatica Roma teammate Ibrahim Jabber likes his game in a long-winded post on True Hoop. ...
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Social Media Biting Back at Brandon Jennings?
sportingnews.com 6/28/2009 — Unknowingly to Brandon Jennings, a personal conversation with rapper Joe Budden was broadcast on the web. The result? F*** the Knicks, plus a lot of other talk about the Bucks, Ricky Rubio and more.
Brandon Jennings' Fall from the Lottery —
Bleacher Report - NBA 6/22/2009
The fascinating thing about the days leading up to a NBA Draft is that the “experts,” the movers and shakers in many franchises’ war rooms, start to believe the hype around the young adults that they are about to make very rich.
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