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JR Holden lifts Russia To Euro Champions |
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Written by AJ
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Monday, 17 September 2007 |
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JR Holden, Pittsburgh native and former Bucknell Bison who has become a naturalized Russian citizen according to Wikipedia. Hit a 2 point jumper with just over 2 seconds left on the clock despite the efforts of tourney MVP and UTah Jazz star Andrei Kirilenko The Russian team was coachec by David Blatt, a former Princeton Tiger who has been coaching overseas since the early 1980's. Here is a quick snapshot of some of the players on the Euro qualifying teams that play in the NBA
Russia Andrei Kirilenko Viktor Khryapa | Lithuania Darius Songaila Linas Kleiza Sarunas Jasikevicius | Serbia Darko Milicic Marko Jaric | Latvia Andris Biedrins | Spain Pau Gasol Rudy Fernandez Sergio Rodriguez Jorge Garbajosa | France Ronny Turiaf Tony Parker Boris Diaw Yakhouba Diawara | Croatia Damir Markota | Italy Andrea Bargnani Marco Belinelli | Turkey Mehmet Okur Hidayet Turkoglu | Slovenia Radoslav Nesterovic Uros Slokar | | | Germany Dirk Nowitzki | Technorati Tags: Russia, Euro Champions, 2007, Spain, JR Holden, David Blatt, Kirilenko Add to: | Technorati | Digg | del.icio.us | Yahoo | BlinkList | Spurl | reddit | Furl | |
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