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Tyreek Jewell, "Russell Westbrook" playing in IBL
Tyreek Jewell, "Russell Westbrook" playing in IBL
written by -- Viggo Tristan Wijaya
Over the new season 2017, Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) to make changes in the course of the competition rules in Indonesia's biggest basketball. One of them is being allowed each team to recruit a maximum of two foreign players to increase the strength of their team. Of course this is a good news for fans who want to see the power of direct foreign players in Indonesia. After the holding of Foreign IBL Player Draft, several names of foreign players appearing and Satria Muda Jakarta Pertamina choice fell on guard born in the United States named Tyreek Jewell and the Center named Carlos Smith.
Fanatics (Fans Satria Muda Jakarta Pertamina) are excited to welcome these two players of their imports. Their arrival is expected to boost achievement Satria Muda that last year only reached the semifinals after being defeated by CLS Knights Surabaya.
Fanatics seems hopeless sweet fruit, Satria Muda able to sweep the two games they played in the first series of Surabaya. Victory this time was different because Satria Muda can beat defending champion CLS Knights in front of his own supporters. Figure who was instrumental in the victory was none other than their imported players that Tyreek Jewell.
Jewell Tyreek impressive game and then reaping praise from the fans IBL. Some of them even dub Tyreek Jewell as "Russell Westbrook" playing in the IBL. Besides the similarity jersey number and position play, style of play Tyreek explosive and nimble indeed resemble Russell Westbrook is on the rise because it is often incised triple double almost every game.
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From Brooklyn To Indonesia, Jewell's Dream Turned Reality
Bryan Fonseca, Athletic Communications Staff Assistant
1/8/2017 10:27:00 AM
Tyreek Jewell didn't have it easy.
Originally, he had no Division-I offers coming out of the High School for Leadership and Public Service in New York City, despite a senior season which saw him average 27.0 points and 13.2 rebounds per contest. He decided that his best alternative was to enroll at Jamestown Community College, where he made himself into an All-American at the Division II JUCO level.
After two memorable seasons here at St. Francis Brooklyn, he now finds himself on the cusp of living the dream most kids could only imagine – playing professional basketball.
Last month, Jewell received the call that he waited and worked all summer for, getting drafted into a pro league, as he was selected by Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta, a team in the Indonesian Basketball League whose been one of the most successful franchises in the IBL for years. Jewell, a second round draft choice in last month's IBL draft, will soon join a tradition which includes several championships the squad has boasted on the organizations Twitter handle @SMPertamina; 'we've won it nine times and counting.'
"What made me realize I got drafted and something was up…I woke up the next morning, and had at least five or six new followers, and they were a bunch of foreign people that I've never seen in my life," Jewell said, followed by a thunderous laugh. "They were fans of the team, just some young dudes."
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Slam dunk champ Cotton looks to prove himself with Vipers
Slam dunk champ Cotton looks to prove himself with Vipers
- DENNIS SILVA II | STAFF WRITER
- Nov 8, 2015
EDINBURG — Proving himself comes second nature to LaQuavius Cotton.
Cotton had to prove himself coming out of Mississippi’s East Side High School, where his only scholarship offer was from Mississippi Delta Community College. He had to prove himself again when he left to Mississippi College, and yet again when he transferred to NCAA Division II power Delta State for his senior year.
Now Cotton is trying to prove himself on the biggest stage yet, in camp with the NBA D-League’s Rio Grande Valley Vipers, one of 17 players trying to crack the 12-man roster once the season opens next week.
“It’s been frustrating, what I’ve done just to get here,” said Cotton, 23. “But I had to weather the storm. I just kept going and kept working hard. Kept believing in myself.”
Cotton has taken advantage of opportunities. The 6-foot-6, 180-pounder averaged 10.9 points and 3.6 rebounds at Delta State last season, but it was winning the college slam dunk contest, with a windmill slam, that opened eyes.
Cotton, drafted in June by the Harlem Globetrotters because of his showing during the dunk contest, attacks the rim with power. The Vipers drafted him with the 10th pick in the fifth round last week, RGV’s final selection of the evening.
“He’s got length and he’s a high-level athlete,” Vipers coach Matt Brase said. “He can really run, he’s shooting the ball well. At that point in the draft, we went with the best athlete available at the wing position, and he fit that mold.”
But during camp, Cotton is conscious to be a lot more than a just violent dunker. He has impressed Brase with his shooting ability — Cotton hit 41 of 92 3-pointers (44.6 percent) last season — and quickness.
While Cotton admits that winning the dunk contest “got my name out there and opened up doors,” he is also wary it can be a curse. Growing up, he was more of a shooter than anything else. But when he grew a couple of inches in college, he was able to transform solid athleticism for a guard into stellar athleticism for a wing player.
“Once I won the dunk contest, everybody thought I was a dunker,” Cotton said. “That’s all I was known for. But I actually think I’m a better shooter than dunker. I got a label, and it’s cool, but I’m just trying to show I’m much more than that.”
Cotton is the only player from a Division II school in Vipers camp. But he boasts all the intangibles the Vipers want out of a young player: length, athleticism, shooting and speed.
“A lot of DII schools are just as good as DIs, especially a DII like Delta State,” Brase said. “Just the other night, (DI) St. John’s lost to a DII school by 30. The level of competition, when talking about high DIIs to mid-to-lower DIs, there’s really not that much of a gap.”
Brase knows not to judge a player by what school he attended. He has confidence in Cotton’s game. Now all Cotton has to do is prove him right.
“This team is tailor made for me,” Cotton said. “Up and down. Three-pointers. It’s what I expected. As far as a fit, it’s what I thought it would be.”
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"Black cheetah" on the basketball court - author and motivational speaker in life
"Black cheetah" on the basketball court - author and motivational speaker in life
Linen JEGELEVIČIUS, 2015 04 13
Representative basketball club of the resort Palanga is just two steps from a promised pass to the elite basketball league Lithuania LKL, and a large part of the success of the team is a blacksmith Palanga legionnaire from the United States of America, Travis Garrison. He would became one of the basketball leaders of "Palanga" on the court "pulling and guiding" the club towards the semi-finals this Saturday in Raseiniuose. Maybe even if not all of his teammates know that Travis is an author of a book, also helps with different foundations that help kids in need or support,and a motivational speaker.
Each team - overcome
Remembering the decisive match between Palanga and Vilnius "Perlas-MRU (Palanga won and is now among the four best teams in the National Basketball League, which will fight this coming weekend for a pass to the LKL, Lithuanian elite basketball league), Travis said it was a "very difficult" match, especially in the second half, when we struggled to score and Perlas was playing well."
"But deep down I believed that if we just keep fighting, we'll win. I really did not want to go back to Vilnius to play an additional game, "- the American said smiling . His thoughts - about the semi-final match on Saturday against Nafta-Uni-Akvaservis Klaipėda, it didn't matter which is more convenient for us to play. Each team reached the semi-finals so it will not be a easy match. Always motivated by a single principle: if we all can stick together and have the mindset which is just win - says the legionnaire. - Most importantly, having the correct attitude. "
You will notice that his game improves when the games reach their decisive moments. the American smiles: "This is a sign of endurance."
NBA teams have been involved in reviews
Born and raised in the US capital Washington D.C., Travis Garrison took a break from basketball outside the United States. "During the time, I was away from European basketball - I received and participated in invitational workouts with the Atlanta Hawks and Phoenix Suns (NBA)"- said Travis. Within two years, in addition to basketball, he wrote and published the book "Never Satisfied: An Athlete's battle.
"In the book, I shared my experience on the basketball court and off. Wanting to use my experiences to help children and their parents, having read the book, to better understand the challenges they face. And basketball court, and workouts, and how it affects everyday life - says writer-basketball player. - I have a passion for helping children. " He has two children and his wife's brother, who is 9 which they are raising. By the way, according to T. Garrison forensic education is a connoisseur - its areas: criminal law. As he says, in Maryland, College Park College still has not yet completed for basketball career abroad, but be sure to commit "sooner or later".
"I still remaining 30 credit tests and examinations to maintain - the legionnaire said, admitting that even" know exactly "what will work with a diploma after graduation. - If you will use it somehow, be sure to future work will be concentrated on helping young people, especially children. Helping people is very universal human feeling. "
Its like a professional basketball player, the game's biography - especially abroad: South America, Venezuela, Uruguay, Turkey, Spain, South Korea, Greece, Ukraine and, behold, finally, the current stop, Palanga.
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Former Los Angeles Clipper big man Keith Closs played for the Yunnan Bulls during the 2008/09 CBA season, averaging 16.9ppg (whilst shooting nearly 60% from the floor) and 11.9 rpg. He would also lead the league in blocks with 5.9 per game. Now living in California, he talked to Shark Fin Hoops about his season in south-west China...
for full interview, go to http://sharkfinhoops.com/2014/08/21/shark-fin-hoops-interview-keith-closs/
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