Morning shootaround: August 18, 2008
raptorblog.com 8/18/2008 — Your daily breakfast buffet of the choicest NBA links. Today's specials include the possible end of Dikembe Mutombo's NBA career, more gushing over Ricky Rubio and John Amaechi's chilly reception in Beijing.

Openly gay Amaechi finds tension at Olympics : Denver Nuggets 24/7
blogs.rockymountainnews.com 8/18/2008 — BEIJING _ There's a former NBA player who had a 6.2 career scoring average broadcasting from the Olympics. Ordinarily, that wouldn't mean much. But that player's name is John Amaechi, who released the book "Man in the Middle,'' last year, becoming ...

John Amaechi Isn’t Enjoying His Olympic Experiece
slamonline.com 8/18/2008 — by Marcel Mutoni Wait, Amaechi is at the Olympic Games? Well, yes. Why exactly? Hard to tell. But whatever the case, it’s not exactly going as well as he’d hoped. John Amaechi is apparently serving as a ...

You Know How I Knew John Amaechi Was Gay?
thisisgodgiven.com 8/18/2008 — Upon hearing the recent news of John Amaechi coming upon some tensions at the Olympics , no pun intended, I decided to bring back an old radio clip from when the news of his sexuality broke. The guys at Right in my Mouth Radio seemed to have a pretty good idea that Amaechi was a little femme. Make sure to check out the one liner 2 minutes and 10 seconds in, it is devastating.