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Jeff Van Gundy got USA Basketball into this summer’s FIBA World Cup. And now he’ll try to beat them as well. USA Basketball on Monday announced the 20 names of players for the national team training camp to be held this summer in advance of the World Cup in China plus revealed that Van Gundy will coach the select. coach May 1, 2019
James Harden’s eyes were still red and stinging well after the final buzzer. He could barely see on the court let alone read the box score after the game. The reigning MVP hopes he will feel better with a few days off before the Rockets’ Western Conference semifinal series against Golden State resumes Saturday in Houston with his team trailing.
ITHACA, NY Given that Ithaca tends to trend âyoungerâ demographically, many sports fans are likely unaware that the NBA was not always the cultural phenomenon it is today. For many basketball fans of my vintage (watching Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain do battle was our version of âThe Clash of the Titansâ), it is easy to remember when the NBA was a comparatively upstart enterprise, fighting for its share of revenue and relevance.Â
Local author Pete Croatto has just released an exhaustive and impressive 300-plus page book, and âFrom Hang Time to Prime Time: Business, Entertainment and the Birth of the Modern-Day NBAâ has received some very high praise from some very dialed-in experts, from Publisherâs Weekly to the co-creator of âBillionsâ to Sports Illustrated to the Wall Street Journal. The book was published by Atria Books (an imprint of Simon and Schuster), and I was pleased to catch up with the author at a (safely distanced) b