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From the opening minute, there was no doubt it was going to be a good night for Patrick Mills.  For the Argentineans, it looked like it was going to be a long one. Second-year Portland Trailblazer Patrick Mills dominated while leading his native Australia to a 90-72 victory over the world’s No. 1 ranked team, Argentina, in the final game of their three-match series. Mills was dominant from the outset, setting ...

When Duke University and USA Basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski sings a playerÆs praises, the basketball world listens. In his 28 years of coaching at Duke University,áKrzyzewski'sátutelage has playedáa primary role in molding a plethora of young aspirants into legitimate NBA players. Coach K knows an NBA player when he sees one. "He's a great guard.á He'll be an NBA guard.á I'm very, very impressed.á He really has great quickness.á And I love him ...

Sometimes, a basketball playerÆs fortunes are not entirely under their own control. For David Andersen , the long, hard road to becoming a Houston Rocket ended with an ephemeral meeting of opportunity and timing at an unexpected juncture. A seven-foot, 29-year-old NBA rookie this year, Andersen was drafted in the second round by the Atlanta Hawks way back in 2002. Before being acquired by the Rockets in 2009, his NBA rights were essentially ...