Sentence examples for developing basketball from inspiring English sources

Often, big men from developing basketball countries feature rough-hewn skills and a measure of awkwardness, but Yao is an exception.

Prokhorov said the visit would serve as a cornerstone for future interaction between players and coaches from the Nets and young Russians, with the aim of developing basketball in Russia, where the sport is a distant third in popularity behind soccer and hockey.

A great basketball player, almost by definition, is someone who has grown up in a constricted world, not for lack of vision or ambition but for lack of money; his environment has been limited to home; gym, and playground, and it has forced upon him, as a developing basketball player, the discipline of having nothing else to do.

Last year it began a project with America's NBA to develop basketball in Russia.

He developed basketball acumen, though, and a feel for the game, which guided the Pacers to a Central Division title and into the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Knicks.

He certainly faces one of the most daunting challenges: planting the N.B.A. flag here and using the league's enormous global brand to develop basketball on a continent where the game of choice is soccer.

John continues to give up his time to coach and develop basketball across Falkirk and works with all age groups from Under 10 to Senior Men and Women.

But in some of his examples the underdogs simply define "success" differently (winning youth basketball games versus developing long-term basketball players).

Later that year, he joined the St . Albans Lindensof the Press League, a basketball league sponsored by the Long Island Press, where he developed his basketball skills and gained much-needed experience.

"We shared many meals and drinks where we discussed our plans to play a historic friendship basketball game between North Korea and the US as well as ways to develop their basketball team".

We shared many meals and drinks where we discussed our plans to play a historic friendship basketball game between North Korea and the U.S. as well as ways to develop their basketball team".