Friday, December 5, 2008

NBA roundup

Here's news and articles on the guys currently playing in the NBA.

Ime Udoka- Missed the Spurs last game vs Denver as he was battling the Flu. Ime is currently bolstering the Spurs bench and averaging 4.4pts,2.8 rbds and 0.7 assts.
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/courtside/archives/2008/12/jeff_mcdonald_i_2.html


Emeka Okafor
- Recently rediscovering his inner beast as he's averaging 11.7 pts and 10.9 rbds but had 24 and 25 pts in consecutive wins.
Here's a nice article about him and his point guard Raymond Felton.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/bobcats/story/394772.html


Kelenna Azubuike- Currently day to day with a foot injury but averaging 14.3 pts and 1.6 assts for the Warriors.
Here's a write up about him from a Kentucky newspaper.

http://www.kentucky.com/280/story/612402.html

Luol Deng- Just returning from injury but averaging 13.1 pts and 5.1 rbds
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=255626&src=150

Ike Diogu-Not getting many minutes off the Blazers bench as he has to deal with Greg Oden, Joel Pryzbilla and LaMarcus Aldridge ahead of him. Here's a recent article about Ike and his love of video games. http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2008/11/view_beyond_the_court_explorin.html

Andre Iguodala- Though he has never declared a desire to represent his father's country, we'll still follow up on 'Dre as he hasn't appeared for Team USA yet.
Here's news on the Illinois born descendant of Edo, he is averaging 13.9 pts 6.3 rbds and 5.2 assists. He is not having a great year and here's a writeup on that.
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20081109/SPORTS03/811090416/1002/SPORTS


DeSagana Diop- The Mavericks big man is averaging 4.9 pts and 0.9 blocks which are not great for him as defense is where he shines. Here are articles about Diop.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/112708dnspomavslede.2b9cf6b.html

http://www.star-telegram.com/287/story/1048830.html


Didier Ilunga-Mbenga- Only played in 1 game so far this season but we expect big things from DJ as soon as Phil Jackson extends his rotation.
http://mavsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/11/dj-mbenga-in-the-house-but-not-the-trian.html

and a nice video from FanHouse correspondent Elie Seckbach

http://www.viddler.com/explore/esnews/videos/10/


Cheikh Samb- Not getting many minutes but has seen action in 5 games.

Mouhamed Sene- The Senegalese big man is averaging 3.8 pts and 1.8 rbds for Oklahoma City.

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