Joel Anthony selected the top Canadian playing abroad in last week's games - May 15, 2012
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We bring you last week's top performances from Canadians who are playing abroad and who all have had prior experience of national team duties at youth or senior level. This week's number one is an international center Joel Anthony (206-82). He contributed to a Miami Heat's victory against the Indiana Pacers in the NBA in Sunday night's game.
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We bring you last week's top performances from Canadians who are playing abroad and who all have had prior experience of national team duties at youth or senior level.
#1. This week's number one is an international center Joel Anthony (206-82, college: UNLV). He contributed to a Miami Heat's victory against the Indiana Pacers (42-24) 95-86 in the NBA in Sunday night's game.
Anthony recorded 9 points and grabbed 7 rebounds in 24 minutes on the court.
The Miami Heat has a solid 46-20 record this season.
It's Anthony's fourth year with the team.
This year he averages: 3.4ppg, 3.9rpg, 1.2bpg, 2FGP: 56.9%(91-160) and FT: 70.1% in the 70 games he played so far.
Anthony is currently a member of the Canadian senior national team.
#2. Second place goes to an international guard Jermaine Anderson (188-83, college: Fordham). He was the major contributor in Buducnost's victory against the third-ranked Sutjeska (6-4) crushing them 80-57 in the Montenegrin 1A last Thursday.
Anderson scored 14 points and added 4 passes.
It was the game of the round between two top 3 ranked teams in group S-League. KK Buducnost Voli Podgorica (9-1) is placed first.
It was his team's sixth consecutive victory in a row.
It's Anderson's first season with the team.
Anderson is ranked second on the list of the best passers in the league.
His overall stats this season are: 7.2ppg, 1.5rpg, 3.7apg, 2FGP: 55.3%(21-38), 3FGP: 33.3% and FT: 90.5%(19-21).
Anderson is in the roster of the Canadian senior national team.
#3. The Canadian player who performed third best last week abroad was former international power forward Kyle Landry (207-86, college: N.Arizona). He helped Triumph Lyubertsy win their game against the closely-ranked Lokomotiv (9-9) 91-86 in the Russian PBL on Monday night.
Landry recorded 8 points and grabbed 7 rebounds in 29 minutes.
It was the game of the round between two top 4 ranked teams. Triumph Lyubertsy (12-6) is placed third in the PBL.
It was his team's fifth consecutive victory in a row.
Landry is ranked fourth on the list of the best rebounders in the league with 6.3rpg.
This year his other stats are: 10.1ppg, 1.5apg, 2FGP: 48.6%, 3FGP: 30.4% and FT: 72.7% in the 19 games.
Landry played for the Canadian national team three years ago.
#4. Forward Matt Bonner (206-80, college: Florida) managed to help San Antonio Spurs to win against the Utah Jazz (36-30) 87-81 in the NBA in Monday night's game.
He recorded 5 points and grabbed 4 rebounds.
The San Antonio Spurs have a very solid 50-16 record this season.
It was his team's tenth consecutive victory in a row.
Bonner has been at the team for six years.
Bonner's overall stats this season are: 6.6ppg and 3.3rpg.
He is a naturalized American.
Bonner used to play for the Canadian national team
back in 2009.
#5. Former international forward Philip Martin (202-80, college: Hawaii) helped Sigma Barcellona win their game against the closely-ranked Morpho Basket (14-14) crushing them 95-61 in the Italian Lega2 (second division) last Wednesday.
He recorded 9 points and grabbed 5 rebounds in only 14 minutes.
Sigma Barcellona (16-12) is placed fifth in the Lega2.
This year Martin's overall stats are: 7.9ppg, 4.2rpg and 1.2spg in the 31 games.
He has a dual citizenship: Canadian and Italian.
Despite Martin played previously for the Italian national team, he is currently in the Canadian national team roster.
#6. An experienced forward Galen Young (198-75, college: Charlotte) led Bay Hawks to a 3-point victory against the league leader Auckland Pirates (12-3) 86-83 in the New Zealand NBL on Saturday night.
Young scored 11 points and grabbed 8 rebounds.
It was the game of the round between two top 4 ranked teams. HSB Bay Hawks (11-3) are placed second in the NBL.
There are only two games left until the end of the Regular Season. So now every game will be critical.
Young has relatively good stats this season: 10.7ppg, 6.6rpg and 3.5apg.
He is a naturalized American.
Despite Young played previously for the USA national team, he is also a former international player as he played for the Canadian senior team three years ago.
#7. Former international forward Kevin McCleery (205-87, agency: R.H.Consultancy) helped Groningen win their game against the second-ranked Den Bosch (2-2) crushing them 72-49 in the Dutch Eredivisie in Tuesday night's game.
McCleery scored only 3 points in 5 minutes on the court.
It was the game of the round between two top 3 ranked teams in Group B. GasTerra Flames Groningen (3-1) is placed first.
This year McCleery's total stats are: 2.6ppg and 1.9rpg in the 29 games.
He used to play for the Canadian national team
three years ago.
#8. Swingman Olumuyiwa Famutimi (198-84, college: Arkansas) helped Optimum TED win their game against the closely-ranked Genc Telekom (28-10) crushing them 80-57 in a derby game in the Turkish TB2L (second division) last Saturday.
Famutimi recorded 6 points.
It was the game of the round between two top 4 ranked teams. Optimum TED Kolejliler Ankara (30-8) is placed second in the TB2L.
It was his team's fourth consecutive victory in a row.
This season Famutimi has relatively solid stats: 10.5ppg, 5.2rpg, 1.1apg and 1.2spg.
Despite he played previously for the Nigerian national team, Famutimi is currently in the Canadian national team roster.
No surprise Storm appears to be staying in Summerside - May 14, 2012
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All the rumours that the Summerside Storm pro basketball team was considering a move to Charlottetown appear to be over with this week's announcement that the team is closing in on a deal with the City of Summerside.
That is certainly the right move for the organization as everything that was so successful in their first year would be put in jeopardy with a move to our capital city [read more]
All the rumours that the Summerside Storm pro basketball team was considering a move to Charlottetown appear to be over with this week's announcement that the team is closing in on a deal with the City of Summerside.
That is certainly the right move for the organization as everything that was so successful in their first year would be put in jeopardy with a move to our capital city. I take nothing away from Charlottetown, and there were probably a lot of reasons to consider a move, but why tinker with success?
The great following the Storm had this past year had a genuine good time going to games at EastLink Arena, and would that same following follow the Storm to the Charlottetown Civic Centre?
That had to be the big question on the minds of Storm owners Duncan Shaw and Darren MacKay while considering what to do next year.
EastLink Arena is by far the best Island facility to showcase pro basketball, and there is little doubt that this league has a better chance for success in Summerside and mainly because of the facility.
The Storm did so many things right last year, and built something from nothing. Starting over at the Civic Centre would not be a step forward, but a couple of steps back. That did not appear to be the right thing to do, and obviously Storm ownership knew that.
Moving forward
Moving forward with the National Basketball League of Canada, one hopes that the league is on solid footing, and that the other six teams are in at least as good of a position as Summerside appears to be in.
There is little doubt that the Summerside Storm lost money this past year, and ownership expected that. If the Storm lost money as one of the league's more successful teams fan-wise, what did the other teams lose?
One would think that other teams would have budgets similar or greater than Summerside, and pockets are only so deep. At some point, something has to give, and that is why that strong ownership is so critical for the success of this league.
There is little doubt that attendance has to increase greatly, and teams have to have success tapping into those corporate sponsorship dollars if the league is to survive long term.
The leagues ownership meetings are just around the corner, and there is little doubt that there will be a lot of questions that will need to be answered.
For now, it looks like local basketball fans can look forward to next year, and hopefully years to come.
Jermaine Anderson wins double crown in Montenegro - May 14, 2012
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Jermaine Anderson (188-G-83, college: Fordham) finished very successful season abroad. The Canadian National Team point guard won the championship title and Cup in Montenegro with his team Buducnost Voli. They smashed Sutjeska in the Finals with perfect 3-0 (best-of-five) and outplayed the same rival in the Cup Finals earlier this season. Jermaine Anderson joined Buducnost last summer from Panionios. He appeared 26 times in Adriatic league averaging 9 [read more]
Jermaine Anderson (188-G-83, college: Fordham) finished very successful season abroad. The Canadian National Team point guard won the championship title and Cup in Montenegro with his team Buducnost Voli. They smashed Sutjeska in the Finals with perfect 3-0 (best-of-five) and outplayed the same rival in the Cup Finals earlier this season. Jermaine Anderson joined Buducnost last summer from Panionios. He appeared 26 times in Adriatic league averaging 9.3 points, 3 assists and 1.8 rebounds. Buducnost reached Final Four Tournament, but lost in the Semis. In EuroCup, Anderson registered 10.4 ppg, 3 apg and 2.7 rpg in 14 games. In this competition Buducnost reached the Quarterfinals. Jermaine Anderson is active member of the Canadian NT since 2004. He had 8.3 ppg, 1.8 rpg and 1.6 apg for 8 games at the 2011 FIBA Americas in Mar del Plata.
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