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7 Breakout Players of Summer 2010

September 2, 2010

The summer season can make or break you. Some players will lock themselves in a gym and work on their game alone waiting til the season comes around to see whether it has paid off, whilst others put themselves out there, compete and try to cement their status as the best of the best. Summer [...]

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Hoopsfix Gets Exposure at SLAM Online, Dime Mag and on ESPN Sports Nation

August 25, 2010

I’m pleased to say it was a pretty big day for Hoopsfix yesterday in terms of getting around the internet a little bit and getting some nice exposure! First off, I had my first article published over at SLAM Online-GB Hoops-A Force to be Reckoned With? As a personal request, if you could get in [...]

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NBA Bringing Regular Season Games To London

August 10, 2010

The NBA made history yesterday when they announced they are bringing two NBA regular season games to London-the first time regular season games will take place in the United Kingdom. The New Jersey Nets will take on the Toronto Raptors on 4th and 5th March, 2011. NBA Commissioner David Stern sees the games as an [...]

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A Sincere Apology…

July 22, 2010

So I messed up on the live stream of GB vs Canada yesterday-that’s my bad. I was stuck between a rock and a hard place on deciding whether to promote it earlier during the day without having actually been at the sports centre testing everything out. I could have chosen not to promote it and [...]

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Luol Deng Camp 2010 Cancelled

July 15, 2010

In what is a big blow to British basketball community, the Luol Deng Foundation today announced the cancellation of the Luol Deng Basketball Camp 2010. The Foundation has written an open letter to fans which reads as follows; Dear Campers, Parents/Guardians and Basketball Community, It is with great regret that we have been forced to [...]

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“Basketball fans in this country don’t get a chance to see these type of players very often”-Jack Majewski

July 6, 2010

The man behind the Future Stars International Junior Basketball Tournament, Jack Majewski, stressed the rarity and importance of tournaments such as his for the development of basketball in this country in a very brief catchup he had with Hoopsfix this week. “Basketball fans in this country don’t have a chance to see these type of [...]

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Hoopsfix.com Breaks 10,000 Unique Visitors in June

July 1, 2010

Hoopsfix.com hit a bit of a milestone yesterday; breaking 10,000 unique visitors for the month of June (would’ve happened a few days ago if I’d hadn’t had a glitch in Analytics at the start of the month-see the dip at the start of the graph)! To say I’m humbled is an understatement. I just wanted [...]

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Chris Paul in London-SLAM Online Feature

June 30, 2010

Last week in what was apparently kept on the total d-low, New Orleans starting point guard and NBA star Chris Paul was in London. He spent a day at the Lilian Baylis Jordan court coaching kids and answering questions, as part of some promotional work he is doing as a Jordan sponsored athlete before heading [...]

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“Basketball in the UK Needs Fresh Ideas”-Des Williams

June 26, 2010

In the last few months, I have had a few emails from Des Williams (bio at the bottom of the article), discussing the state of the game in the UK; he has some very interesting insights and has provided me much to think about. Anyway, I thought there is no point discussing this stuff behind [...]

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Official Launch of Back British Basketball

June 22, 2010

As many of you may know, I have just returned from Lille with the GB U23′s and if you’d been following my coverage of the tournament you’d have noticed my comments about the distinct lack of a crowd. I thought perhaps an U23′s team as stacked as the one we have would have drawn in [...]

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