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Team USA Notebook: No Slovenian Squabble at World Championship

ISTANBUL -- The Americans won't be able to use guards on the opposing team fighting between themselves to their advantage Sunday. You might recall the Slovenian Squabble during last spring's Western Conference finals between Goran Dragic's Phoenix Suns and Sasha Vujacic's Los Angeles Lakers, when the countrymen went at...

Raptors Trade Carlos Delfino, Roko Ukic to Bucks for Amir Johnson

Follow the logic train on this one. Toronto needs defense and rebounding, since Andrea Bargnani, as talented as he is, lacks the toughness of say, an ostrich. They also need to clear 2010 space since The Big Twittermental, Chris Bosh, is going to have his share of offers. The Bucks have Amir Johnson, with $3.6 million...

Roko Ukic Thinks NBA Players Don't Respect White Point Guards

During our NBA Most Likely series, I talked about how European guard Sasha Vujacic's lack of respect around the NBA causes him to get in a lot of confrontations. Some have hypothesized that it is Sasha's pretty boy Euro look that causes him to be disrespected by some of the players throughout the league. Well, Sasha might...

Team Building With Frequent Flier Miles

For most NBA teams, traveling to Europe for an exhibition is a novelty at best and an annoyance at worst. For the Raptors? It's just a great big team-building exercise. Jose Calderon explains in the Toronto Star: "We [Calderon and Jorge Garbajosa ] want to get all the team together to go to some Spanish restaurants and...