Rapper Jay-Z signs His First BasketBall Star

Jay-Z has just signed Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant to his fledgling RocNation Sports agency.  KD just posted this pic on Instagram of him and Jay signing off on the paperwork with smiles on their faces  Screen shot 2013-06-24 at 4.05.00 PM  Kevin Durant: Grateful for this opportunity with RocNation Sports. It’s go time!

Jay-Z: He has a 90.5 free throw shooting rate, the youngest player in NBA history to join the 50-40-90 club, a giving individual and a legend in the making. What more can I say?

Nigerian Basket Ball Player Shot Dead in Texas

A former Nigerian national basketball player was shot dead in a botched burglary in Texas before Thanksgiving.Chinedu Onyeuku, 29, and another person allegedly tried to break into a residence on Rio Grande Street in Plano on November 21 and was shot and killed by the homeowner. His accomplice ran away without injury. Police are still trying to track the second burglar.
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The Nigeria Basketball Federation posted a statement saying that the 29-year-old athlete played basketball for the team that qualified for the London 2012 Olympics. However, Onyeuku was not on the Olympic roster and did not actually compete.

The statement reads: '[His] passion for playing with D’Tigers was deep-seated and he will be greatly missed. The federation joins his family and team mates to mourn a departed son, father, husband and great patriot.'

Nigerian basketball team win first Olympic game

The Nigerian basketball team this morning won their first game at the 2012 London Olympics,  Al-Farouq Aminu had 15 points to help Nigeria hold off a second-half rally by Tunisia in the first game of the men's Olympic basketball tournament Sunday with a 60-56 victory.

Nigeria held Tunisia to 15 points in the first half and held a 16-point halftime lead. They led by as many as 19 and seemed in control of the game.

Tunisia, however, began the second half with a 10-2 run and closed the gap to two points late in the game.

But Aminu, who plays for the NBA's New Orleans Hornets, made of one of two free throws to seal the victory with 11 seconds remaining.

Amine Rzig scored 15 of his 18 points in the second-half to lead Tunisia in the Group A game.

It was the Olympic debut for both teams in men's basketball.

They beat Tunisia 60-56 and need just one more win to get through to the next round. Go team Nigeria!
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Olympic Basketball: Nigeria moves a step closer to qualification as they beat World's 4th and 5th ranked teams consecutively

Immediately after Nigeria’s amazing 80-79 triumph over Greece in the Quarter-Finals, point guard Tony Skinn had little doubt about how significant it was.

“It’s got to be the greatest victory in Nigerian history,” he said.

While coaches are usually reluctant to make such proclamations, Nigerian boss Ayo Bakare agreed as he reflected on defeating the world’s fourth and fifth ranked teams in consecutive games.

“The last two victories are the greatest, because we have never broken into the top 20,” he said.

Remarkably, after being 13 points down with 6:51 to play in the third quarter the African bronze medallists charged back to within a basket less than four minutes later. continue reading..

Greece appeared to answer every challenge, usually through the brilliant Vasileios Spanoulis (25 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists), but Nigeria never stopped believing.

“Greece was a team we felt we had a pretty good shot at beating ,” forward Ike Diogu said.

“We played them earlier in Brazil and we had that game with five minutes to go until we broke down.”

The Africans finally drew level with 6:06 left in the final period, from where the game became an incredible exchange of tough shots at both ends.

Diogu had seven points and four crucial rebounds in the last 10 minutes, along with a string of hustle plays.

“I know him as the heart and soul of our team,” Bakare said.

“When there is a key rebound he is there, when there is a key block he is there, when we need a basket he is there.”

The real hero though, was guard Ade Dagunduro, who scored Nigeria’s last seven points including a clutch three-pointer in the last minute and two free throws with 3.6 seconds remaining.

He then bravely blocked Spanoulis’ game-winning attempt to seal Nigeria’s greatest triumph.

“I honestly can’t describe it,” he said of the elation after the game.

“When we got 12 down I was like ‘aw man’. But we believed, we believed until the last minute.”

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Hmmm...Nigeria slowly regaining their lost glory