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Zach Graham
Zachary Darnell Graham (born March 28, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Corinthians of the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). He played college basketball at Mississippi for four years. He was undrafted in the 2011 NBA draft. Early life and college career Zach Graham was born on March 28, 1989, in Suwanee, Georgia, and graduated from Peachtree Ridge High School in 2007. Graham played for Ole Miss Rebels from 2007 to 2011, where he averaged 9.4 points and 3.4 rebounds in 23.4 minutes while playing 135 games for them. Professional career Graham was automatically eligible for the 2011 NBA draft but he was not drafted. Graham then played for the Reno Bighorns of the D-League where he played 43 games for them, 23 of them on which he started, averaging 10.9 points and 3.2 rebounds in 23.8 minutes. On December 9, 2011, Graham was signed by the Atlanta Hawks but was released on December 17 of the same year. The Air21 Express selected him as their import for the 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shooting Guard
The shooting guard (SG), also known as the two, two guard or off guard,Shooting guards are 6'3"–6'7"BBC Sports academy URL last accessed 2006-09-09. is one of the five traditional positions in a regulation basketball game. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for their team and steal the ball on defense. Some teams ask their shooting guards to bring up the ball as well; these players are known colloquially as combo guards. A player who can switch between playing shooting guard and small forward is known as a swingman. In the NBA, shooting guards usually range from to while in the WNBA, shooting guards tend to be between and . Characteristics and styles of play ''The Basketball Handbook'' by Lee Rose describes a shooting guard as a player whose primary role is to score points. As the name suggests, most shooting guards are good long-range shooters, typically averaging 35–40 percent from three-point range. Many shooting guards are also strong and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RealGM
RealGM.com is a sports website created in 2000. The site was originally a basketball site, but has since expanded its scope to provide information about American football, baseball, ice hockey and soccer. According to Alexa, the site ranked in the top 5000 of most visited sites in January 2009. The site includes basketball team forums as well as off-topic, media, and graphic arts forums. The site also offers the sale of sporting event tickets. It focuses its news mainly on players and their movement and actions in their respective leagues. In the media CBSSports.com wrote that the core writers at RealGM.com "have produced quality work over the years". ''Sports Business Journal'' called the site "one of the most influential independent voices within basketball". In 2005, a thread on the RealGM.com forum was mentioned as a source of motivation for Washington Wizards guard Juan Dixon after a playoff game in which he scored 35 points. Dixon told reporters that he had been notified by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NBA Development League
The NBA G League, or simply the G League, is the National Basketball Association's (NBA) official List of developmental and minor sports leagues, minor league basketball organization. The league was known as the National Basketball Development League (NBDL) from 2001 to 2005, and the NBA Development League (NBA D-League) from 2005 until 2017. The league started with eight teams until NBA commissioner David Stern announced a plan to expand the NBA D-League to 15 teams and develop it into a true minor league farm team, farm system, with each NBA D-League team affiliated with one or more NBA teams in March 2005. At the conclusion of the 2013–14 NBA season, 33% of NBA players had spent time in the NBA D-League, up from 23% in 2011. As of the 2020–21 NBA G League season, 2020–21 season, the league consists of 30 teams, 28 of which are either single-affiliated or owned by an NBA team, along with the NBA G League Ignite exhibition team. In the 2017–18 season, Gatorade became th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 NBA Draft
The 2011 NBA draft was held on June 23, 2011, at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The draft started at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (23:00 UTC), and was broadcast in the United States on ESPN. Kia Motors was the presenting sponsor of the 2011 NBA draft. In this draft, National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. The Cleveland Cavaliers had the first pick due to a previous trade they had involving the Los Angeles Clippers, choosing point guard Kyrie Irving of Duke. Of the 60 players drafted, 7 were freshmen, 7 were sophomores, 14 were juniors, 19 were seniors, 12 were international players without U.S. college basketball experience (including the first-ever Qatari-selected player), and 1 was a D-League player. The 2011 NBA draft marked the final time the New Jersey Nets made an NBA draft appearance. After the end of the Nets' 2011–12 seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIBA Americas League Awards
FIBA Americas League Awards are the annual individual awards of the top-tier level men's professional club basketball league in Latin America, the FIBA Americas League (Portuguese: ''FIBA Liga das Américas'', Spanish: ''FIBA Liga de las Américas''). FIBA Americas League Grand Final MVP The Grand Finals MVP is the award given to the best player of the Grand Final of the FIBA Americas League Final 4, which is the culminating final four tournament of each season's FIBA Americas League. FIBA Americas League top scorer The top scorer award is the award for the league leader in points per game of each season of FIBA Americas League. Quinteto Ideal (Ideal Quintet) The Quinteto Ideal (English: Ideal Quintet) is the award for the league's best 5 players of each season. See also *FIBA Americas League *FIBA Americas League Final 4 References External linksFIBA Americas LeagueFIBA Americas LeagueFIBA Americas FIBA Liga Americas TwitterLatinBasket.com FIBA Americas LeagueLiga de la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 FIBA Americas League
The 2017 FIBA Americas League was the tenth edition of the top-tier level intercontinental professional club basketball competition in the Americas, the FIBA Americas League. Sixteen teams from across the Americas competed over three rounds, to determine the champion. Brazilian teams were not allowed to compete in the competition, due to the suspension of the Brazilian Basketball Confederation by FIBA, in November 2016. Guaros de Lara Guaros de Lara is a Venezuelan Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass a ... were the defending champions, and they successfully defended their title. Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Americas League title holders): *LC: Qualified through a licensed club with a long-term licence *1st, 2nd, etc.: League ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIBA Americas League
The FIBA Americas League (Portuguese: ''FIBA Liga das Américas'', Spanish: ''FIBA Liga de las Américas''), officially abbreviated as the LDA, was the premier intercontinental basketball club competition played annually by clubs of the entire Americas. Organized by FIBA Americas, the competition was replaced by the Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA) in September 2019. The inaugural season started on 4 December 2007. The FIBA Americas League was a recreation of the now defunct Pan American Club Championship, that existed from 1993 to 2000. The winner of the Final Four, the culminating tournament of each season's FIBA Americas League, is crowned as the champion of all of the FIBA Americas zone region. The tournament's final is called the Grand Final. It is the first-tier and most important professional international club basketball competition in the regions of South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico. From 2013 to 2015, the winner of each season's F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIBA Intercontinental Cup MVP
The FIBA Intercontinental Cup MVP, or FIBA Club World Cup MVP, is the award bestowed to the player that is deemed to be the " Most Valuable Player" of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup official world basketball club championship. Award winners *Player nationalities by national team: See also *FIBA Intercontinental Cup References External linksFIBA official website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
The 2016 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 26th edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. The game was contested by the 2016 FIBA Americas League champions (the top-tier level of Latin America champions), Guaros de Lara, and the 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup champions, Fraport Skyliners, who at the time were the 3rd-tier level champions of Europe ( FIBA Europe Cup is currently Europe's 4th-tier level league). The champions of the 2015–16 EuroLeague, who would normally represent Europe in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup ( EuroLeague is the top-tier level European-wide-league), CSKA Moscow, did not participate in the tournament, as a result of the 2015–17 FIBA–Euroleague Basketball controversy. The 2016 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was played with a single-game format, in Frankfurt, on 18 September 2016. Qualified teams Venue When the event was announced, it was also announced that the game would be played in the Fraport Arena, the home arena of the Skyliners. Fraport Arena is an ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIBA Intercontinental Cup
The FIBA Intercontinental Cup, also commonly referred to as the FIBA World Cup for Champion Clubs, or the FIBA Club World Cup, is a professional basketball clubs competition that is endorsed by FIBA and the NBA. Historically, its purpose has been to gather the premier basketball clubs from each of the world's geographical zones, and to officially decide the best basketball club of the world, which is officially crowned as the world club champion. The World Cup for Clubs has been contended mainly by the champions of the continents and/or world geographical regions that are of the highest basketball levels. The league champions of the National Basketball Association (NBA), which is widely considered the most prestigious basketball league in the world, currently decline participation. The North American spot is instead allocated to the champions of the NBA's developmental league, the G League. The league champions of the EuroLeague, which is considered Europe's most prestigious c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (basketball)
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, abbreviated as either S.C. Corinthians Paulista or S.C.C.P., is a Brazilian men's professional basketball club that is based in São Paulo, Brazil. It is a part of the multi-sports club S.C. Corinthians Paulista. History Corinthians' basketball section was founded in 1928. The club won the Brazilian Championship title 4 times, in the years 1965, 1966, 1969, and 1996. They also won the South American Club Championship three times, in the years 1965, 1966 and 1969. The club also won the 1965 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Test Tournament. The club has also played in the current top level professional Brazilian League, the NBB, starting with the 2018–19 season. Roster Current roster Arena Corinthians plays its home games at the 7,000 seat Ginásio Poliesportivo Wlamir Marques, which is named after the club's former player, Wlamir Marques. File:Panorama do Ginásio Wlamir Marques.jpg, Ginásio Wlamir Marques panorama. Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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