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Bulls Block Luol Deng's British Play

You knew it would come to this eventually: the Bulls, who agreed to pay Luol Deng a handsome sum of money through 2014, have decided the player, who missed several months of 2008-09 action with a leg injury, is not healthy enough to play with Great Britain's national team this summer. The Daily Mirror reports the Bulls won...

Top Ten Las Vegas Summer League Players

Here's a look at the top ten players we saw at the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. 1. Jerryd Bayless: Who cares that him running point was like a Ben Stiller movie or that he managed so few assists his teammates almost decided to bring their own ball on the court to play catch? The kid was transcendent. Floaters,...

It's Not Too Late to Keep Pops in the NBA

Notes from a trip to the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.Pops Mensah-Bonsu is an insane athlete who attacks the rim like it insulted his mother. Unfortunately, guys like that with dreams of playing in the NBA are a dime a dozen, which is why he spent most of 2006-07 in the D-League (winning All-Star MVP honors along the...

Ben Gordon Joins British Olympic Team

Even though Ben Gordon grew up in New York, the fact that he was born in London makes him eligible to represent Great Britain in the Olympics. In fact, British Basketball has been recruiting him for the 2012 Games for quite some time, hoping that he'll join current teammate Luol Deng in representing his English roots. As...

Ode to Pops Mensah-Bonsu

The Mavericks just made it official -- Pops Mensah-Bonsu will not be returning this season. This wasn't a surprise given the team's bloated roster and their signing of Brandon Bass last month, but it still stings for us Pops fans. If you weren't already on the Mensah-Bandwagon, you really need to watch this nasty dunk mix:...

PopsMensah bonsu News From the Web

05/14/12 Pops Mensah-Bonsu in British Subway ads Source: D.C. Sports Bog The first college basketball player I interviewed during my brief time as a college basketball beat writer was Pops Mensah-Bonsu.