NewsWhore
08-19-2009, 01:41 PM
For the first time, on the DR's basketball team are three players that are active in the NBA league of the US. Charlie Villanueva (Detroit Pistons), Al Horford (Atlanta Hawks) and Francisco Garcia (Sacramento Kings) will be playing for the DR in the FIBA Tournament of the Americas. Up for grabs are four slots to play in the FIBA World Championship set for Turkey in summer 2010.
This threesome joins Josh Asselin, Luis Flores, Jack Michael Martinez, Kelvin Pena, Juan Coronado, Marlon Martinez, Alex Salas, Ricky Greer, Carlos Morban, Franklin Western and John Garcia.
The team is training at the Arena del Cibao in Santiago. They will play a final game at 8pm on Thursday at the Polideportivo Mauricio Baez in Santo Domingo, prior to leaving on Friday to Puerto Rico for the tournament that will take place 26 August to 6 September in San Juan.
Presidente Beer is one of the sponsors of the tournament that gathers some of the best in basketball in Latin America and the Caribbean.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#12)
This threesome joins Josh Asselin, Luis Flores, Jack Michael Martinez, Kelvin Pena, Juan Coronado, Marlon Martinez, Alex Salas, Ricky Greer, Carlos Morban, Franklin Western and John Garcia.
The team is training at the Arena del Cibao in Santiago. They will play a final game at 8pm on Thursday at the Polideportivo Mauricio Baez in Santo Domingo, prior to leaving on Friday to Puerto Rico for the tournament that will take place 26 August to 6 September in San Juan.
Presidente Beer is one of the sponsors of the tournament that gathers some of the best in basketball in Latin America and the Caribbean.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#12)