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Entries from August 27th, 2009

Interview of the Week – Aug. 27: Russian power forward Vladimir Ivlev

August 27th, 2009 · No Comments · European domestic leagues, FIBA Europe Youth Tournaments, FIBA basketball, Interviews/Interview of the Week, NBA, heinnews

 
heinnews got some help this week for the Interview of the Week from Nikita Golovanov. The Russian basketball journalist sat down with talented Russian power forward Vladimir Ivlev. They discussed whether Ivlev is a power forward or center; Russia’s poor showing at the U20 European Championship; Russia’s apparent problem with intensity down the stretch of [...]

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Interview of the Week – Aug 20: Turkey power forward/center Deniz Kilicli

August 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · 2009 EuroBasket, Euroleague - Eurocup, European domestic leagues, FIBA Europe Youth Tournaments, FIBA basketball, Interviews/Interview of the Week, NBA, heinnews

 
heinnews’s David Hein spent plenty of time talking to basketball people at the U20 European Championship in Greece. And here is the final interview from the island of Rhodes, a chat with Turkish power forward/center Deniz Kilicli. They discussed Turkish youth national team’s problems in not winning medals, Turkish clubs’ advancing in European club competitions, [...]

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Interview of the Week – Aug. 13: Italian Basketball Federation President Dino Meneghin

August 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment · 2009 EuroBasket, EuroBasket Women 2009, European domestic leagues, FIBA Europe Youth Tournaments, FIBA basketball, Interviews/Interview of the Week, NBA, heinnews

 
heinnews’s David Hein’s time at the U20 European Championship in Greece also saw him interview Italian basketball legend Dino Meneghin – who also serves as the nation’s Basketball Federation president. They discussed the U20 Italian team’s surprising win over Lithuania to reach the semi-finals in Rhodes; his decision to appoint former legendary players as heads [...]

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Interview of the Week - Aug 6: Lithuanian center Donatas Motiejunas

August 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · 2009 EuroBasket, Euroleague - Eurocup, European domestic leagues, FIBA Europe Youth Tournaments, FIBA basketball, Interviews/Interview of the Week, NBA, heinnews

 
heinnews’s David Hein was at the U20 European Championship in Greece and caught up with Lithuanian big man Donatas Motiejunas, who is projected as the number three pick in the 2010 NBA Draft. They discussed the Lithuanian U20 team (which finished fifth); playing at the U19 World Championship in New Zealand and then in Greece; [...]

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German football club getting Muslim protests over club song

August 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Bundesliga, Football - Soccer, heinnews

German football club Schalke and their management are busy doing damage control and public relations work after a curious threat of protests and massive outrage over the team’s club song.

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Russia’s next American playmaker … don’t know about this one

August 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · 2009 EuroBasket, FIBA basketball, heinnews

News coming out of the United States has Anchorage, Alaska native Doron Perkins flying to Russia to receive a Russian passport and become the new point guard for the Russian national team. This move borders on absurdity.

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