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Brits Abroad

Liam Potter Named to New Orleans Hornets Summer League Roster

July 7, 2010

After the recent news of Eric Boateng playing NBA Summer League with New York, it turns out another Brit, 7’0″ GB U23 Liam Potter, will also be suiting up. Lincolnshire boy Potter, who has just finished at NCAA Division 1 school Sacred Heart has been named to the New Orleans Hornets’ summer league roster. You [...]

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Video: Loyola Marymount Lions Summer Report Ft Ashley Hamilton

July 4, 2010

This video popped up a couple of days ago on Youtube-a Loyola Marymount Lions summer report, recapping last season in an interview with Head Coach Max Good. I know 10 minutes is kind long (though I do recommend watching it as it’s good); skip to 8:31 if you want to just see the part about [...]

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Eric Boateng Will Be Playing NBA Summer League-Richards too?

July 3, 2010

It looks like there will be at least one Brit playing NBA Summer League ball, after Eric Boateng has been named to a team roster. Eric Boateng, a 6’10 250lb big man who has just finished his college career at Arizona State, has been announced on the New York Knicks Summer League Roster. Boateng didn’t [...]

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‘That still hurts’-Devon Van Oostrum still feels pain of European Champs ’09

June 30, 2010

Devon Van Oostrum (’93 born), the young British sensation recently named to the Team GB Senior Men’s initial roster, still feels the pain from his England U16 campaign last year and their failure to gain promotion to Division A. In an interview revealing his fiercely competitive nature with FIBA Europe’s Paul Nilson he said; “That [...]

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Pops Mensah-Bonsu Let Go by CSKA Moscow

June 30, 2010

TalkBasket.net are reporting CSKA Moscow won’t be renewing Team GB star Pops Mensah-Bonsu’s contract for next season. In an interview Russian paper Gazeta.ru CSKA’s GM Andrey Vatutin stated; “Pops was one of the most interesting cases of last season. In some games he was effective and some other games not so effective. From a marketing [...]

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Ryan Richards Drafted 49th By San Antonio Spurs

June 25, 2010

Ryan Richards, the 6’11, 230lbs big man out of Kent, became the first British basketball player since Joel Freeland in 2006 to get drafted by an NBA team last night. He was selected with the 49th pick in the second round by the San Antonio Spurs. Richards declared for the draft back in April, in [...]

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Lee Goldsbrough Commits to Providence

June 19, 2010

Lee Goldsbrough of EBL Senior Men’s D1 side Manchester Magic has committed to NCAA Division 1 school Providence College. The 1991 born, 6’9 forward missed a portion of GB U20′s training camp the week before last whilst out in the US visiting schools. Providence is a storied college basketball team, competing in the tough Big [...]

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Video: “I’m staying in the Draft this year” – Ryan Richards New York Knicks Interview

June 15, 2010

Huge thanks to Jordan Nembhard who sent me this link. Ignore the whole Armon Johnson thing, they got the players mixed up (click on his video and it says Ryan Richards). Richards had his workout with the Knicks on Monday, and as with a number of other teams, they interviewed him afterwards. “I’ve made my [...]

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Video: Ryan Richards Golden State Warriors Interview/Workout

June 15, 2010

Check out this great video interview with Ryan Richards from the Golden State Warriors when he was there for his pre-draft workout. It covers his career to date, what his thoughts are on his own game and also how his workout with Golden State went.

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Ryan Richards Keeps His Name In the NBA Draft

June 15, 2010

Ryan Richards has decided to keep his name in this year’s NBA Draft according to ESPN’s Chad Ford. The deadline for international underclassmen to withdraw was 5p.m ET yesterday. Tweeting from his account @chadfordinsider, Ford said; “English big man Ryan Richards staying in the draft according to agent. He didn’t get 1st round promise, but [...]

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