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Pacers Keeping Close Tabs On Lorbek and Barac
Bruno's latest Caught in the Web catches us up on Euro prospects, Erazem Lorbek and Stanko Barac. We heard about Lorbek's solid season last month but it is nice to hear from the Pacers' scouting department. "He's only 25, he had a very good year, he's getting better and he's been playing at the...
2008 Olympic Basketball Day Two: Inside the Box Score
For an explanation of the "Inside the Box Score" posts go here. Lithuania/Iran: I watched the majority of this one and was struck by 2 things: 1. It reminded me of USA/China in the sense that the Iranians kept it close through one quarter and then got blown out from that point on, particularly in...
Barac Helps Croatia To Olympic Win
2007 second round pick, Stanko Barac played 21 minutes and contributed 12 points and 7 rebounds as Croatia beat Russia this morning, 85-78. Nice to see the young big's game developing on the big stage. Croatia is now 2-0 in the Olympic preliminary round for Group A. Here's a little more on Barac...
2008 Men's Olympic Basketball Preview: Croatia
In anticipation of the 2008 Olympics Green Bandwagon and fellow SB Nation blog At The Hive have been alternating previews for each basketball team headed to Beijing. Check out previous posts in the sidebars at both sites or click on the following links: China, Greece, Russia, Argentina, Australia,...
Nesterovic Leads Slovenia To Win in FIBA Qualifier
Rasho Nesterovic won't be on hand Wednesday when the Pacers formally introduce the players brought in via trade a few weeks ago, but he has a great excuse. He's busy leading the Slovenian national team in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Slovenia beat Korea, 88-76 in their first game, led...
2008 FIBA Men's Qualifying Tournament: Day 1 Preview
[UPDATE: Check out this link for a solid preview of the tournament and the Euroleague players expected to contribute to their countries. As a side note my Cameroon upset special looks worse and worse. On the bright side Korea is as big a mystery to others as it is to me.]As I mentioned in a...


