'07 FIBA Asian Champions

The Rocky Mountain Revue, an NBA Summer League run by the Jazz, kicks off this Friday. Apparently they had some trouble recruiting NBA teams to play in the event because they resorted to letting the D-League Ambassadors play. Also of note, the 2007 FIBA Asian champions are going to participate in the Revue. I'm going to let you in on a little secret. The 2007 FIBA Asian Champion was Iran. Apparently this is supposed to be some sort of secret because online resources for the Revue seem to be hesitant to publicize this fact. Using a small sample size of one athlete, empirical evidence indicates that Iranians aren't good at facing Jews in athletic competition... so it's a good thing Lior Eliyahu and Jordan Farmar are skipping the Revue this year. Seriously though, I'm kind of puzzled at why steps would be taken to hide the identity of this team. Isn't this what international sports is all about? Isn't it beautiful that while two countries talk about destroying each other, two teams of basketball players from those countries join together to compete and learn from each other? Won't various blogs/deadspin just pick up on this story even harder if they know smell a cover-up? More importantly, if the 2007 FIBA Champions decide to choose a slogan, shouldn't it be "Denying the post and denying the Holocaust since the late 1940s"? (Credit to Matt for that one... but I wish I had thought of it.)


Starbury's head tattoo...

The Lior Eliyahu youtube mix you knew was coming...

Crossover of the Day - Baron jukes a few times before catching Paul Pierce (a respectable defender... especially after the 2008 Finals) with a beautiful inside-hand-change-crossover move and then finishes with the emphatic dunk. Need more B-Diddy... grainy but nice highlights from his Charlotte days.