Former NBA guard just joined the Montenegrin national team
June 19th, 2010

They’re coming thick and fast; yet another American in Europe has picked up a passport of a minor European team in order to further their career ambitions. But unlike some of those that have gone before him, this one has multiple years of NBA experience. And that’s because he was a first-rounder.

The country is Montengro, and here’s a clue as to who the player is. Answer after the jump.

Per Eurobasket.com, Montenegro have announced their latest national team …

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Where Are They Now, 2010; Part 18
January 28th, 2010

Dion Dowell

Dowell is signed in Israel, putting up numbers quite impressively similar to those of his senior season in college. He’s playing for Altshuler Saham Galil Gilboa – a team that really needs to settle upon one name only – and is averaging 9.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, 0.5 assists, 1.4 blocks and 1.5 steals per game.

There are two types of players in Israel; Israelis and Americans. That’s basically it. Despite Israel being kind of in Europe, there …

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Where Are They Now, 2009; Part 14
March 7th, 2009

Vlade Divac is currently trying to become President of the Serbian Olympic Committee. Never thought I’d say that about anybody, but there it is.

Nigel Dixon was in China to start the season, but left in the new year. Dixon averaged 26.3 points and 9.8 rebounds for the Zhejiang Guangsha Lions, with 69% FG and 44% FT percentages, before being replaced by Jelani McCoy. By the way, speaking of Nigel, the eagle eyed and really regular viewers …

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