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Récent numéro 2 de la draft, l’intérieur français Alexandre Sarr a rejoint son compatriote Bilal Coulibaly à Washington DC, où les deux hommes veulent faire de leurs qualités défensives une marque de fabrique. 23 Oct 2024 - L'Équipe M. A. « Can I have a pain au chocolat? » Alexandre Sarr n’a pas perdu ses habitudes françaises depuis son arrivée à Washington début septembre. On retrouve l’intérieur français de 19 ans à l’heure du goûter dans un restaurant de Southwest Waterfront, quartier branché sur les bords du fleuve Potomac, quelques jours avant de faire ses débuts en pré-saison avec les Wizards. « Toute l’équipe est déjà là, on s’entraîne depuis deux à trois semaines. Ma première saison approche à grands pas, c’est très excitant » , raconte le récent numéro 2 de la draft, bas de survêtement noir et t-shirt de la même couleur.Alexandre Sarr et Bilal Coulibaly lors du match de pré-saison des Wizards contre les Raptors, le 11 octobre. Il est rapidement rejoint par Bilal Coulibaly,

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/wizards/daily/jan00/20/jordan20.htm By Steve Wyche Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, Jan. 20, 2000; Page A1 Showing the command that allowed him to dominate the National Basketball Association for 13 years, Michael Jordan set the tone for his new job as president of basketball operations and part owner of the Washington Wizards yesterday, saying he would answer only to majority owner Abe Pollin , that his influence would be felt throughout the organization and that "until we get ourselves on track everybody is disposable." After a five-month courtship, Jordan finalized a deal early yesterday morning that would give him five years to help transform the Wizards, who have not won a playoff game in 12 years, into a winner. Jordan said that Wes Unseld will remain with the team as general manager and that Susan O'Malley will continue as CEO and president of business operations. "I'm going to have my imprints and footp

IL JORDANESIMO E I FISCHI ALLA VEDOVA DI JERRY KRAUSE Simone Basso - facebook, domenica 14 gennaio 2024 https://www.facebook.com/simone.basso.583 La scena - inquietante.. - dei fischi e dei "booh" a Thelma Krause , la vedova di Jerry, nella serata che celebrava il marito (deceduto nel 2017), non ci ha sorpreso. E' un altro segnale di un racconto sportivo polarizzato da un marketing (vincente) ferocissimo. Che ha avuto come vettore principale, e big bang, quel fenomeno di Michael Jordan. Ne scrivemmo in diretta, dunque anticipando i tempi (sigh), anni fa. "La rivoluzione, del basket e dello sport pro, avvenne prima nell’immaginario mediatico, allestito da Knightpolis e Sternville, e poi – quasi per osmosi – nell’evento agonistico. Un piano di marketing senza precedenti, e di un successo ineguagliabile, che modificherà – per l’eternità – la concezione stessa della pallacanestro e del professionismo sportivo. L’invasamento martellante, ripetuto ad libitum, del cosiddett

https://pistonpowered.com/2020/04/30/detroit-pistons-michael-jordan-motivated-rip-hamilton-star/ by Josh Wilson 2 years ago Follow @J_wilsonsports TWEET Michael Jordan dangled a shoe sponsor out in front of Richard Hamilton , contingent on him becoming an All-Star. He would do that with the Detroit Pistons Playing for Michael Jordan late in his storied career had to be challenging. Detroit Pistons champion Richard Hamilton had to endure that early on in his own career when playing with the Washington Wizards. Jordan, past his prime and having already been a part-owner of the Wizards (he had to surrender ownership to play again) prior to suiting up for the team, was known to be testy in D.C., likely frustrated with the lack of talent on those Wizards teams and with the fact that his own skill level just wasn’t what it used to be. Starting your career off with Jordan in D.C. might be enough to run you straight out of the NBA. For Rip Hamilton, though, some of the discussions with Jord

https://www.nba.com/pistons/features/big-deal-late-summer-stunner-swapped-out-stackhouse-hamilton Keith Langlois●@keith_langlois Web Editor July 7, 20209:33 AM EDT (EDITOR’S NOTE: Pistons.com continues its periodic look at some of the most significant personnel moves – trades, free-agent signings, draft picks – in Pistons history.  Next up: The September 2002 trade, on the eve of training camp, that sent leading scorer Jerry Stackhouse to Washington for Rip Hamilton.) No matter when news had come that the Pistons traded their leading scorer, it would have been a “whoa” moment. But the timing of the Jerry Stackhouse-for-Rip Hamilton trade – a few weeks before the start of training camp, Sept. 11, 2002 – made it especially stunning across the NBA. September, after all, is typically the slowest month on the NBA calendar . If there’s anything done, it’s adding a veteran free agent to a minimum deal or inviting the last few NBA hopeful to training camp on non-guaranteed contracts . Trading

https://genius.com/Michael-jordan-nba-hall-of-fame-enshrinement-speech-annotated Thank you. Thank you. I told all my friends I was just gonna come up here and say 'thank you' and walk off. I can't. There's no way. I got too many people I gotta thank. In all the videos, you never just saw me; you saw Scottie Pippen . Every Championship I won. I've had a lot of questions over the last four weeks, and everybody's saying well 'why'd you pick David Thompson ?' I know why, and David knows why, and maybe you guys don't know why, but as I grew up in North Carolina, I was 11 years old in 1974 I think when you guys won the championship. And I was an anti-Carolina guy - I hated UNC, and here I ended up at UNC . But I was in love with David Thompson . Not just for the game of basketball, but in terms of what he represented. You know, we all - as Vivian said -we go through our trials and tribulations. And, he did. And I was inspired by him. And

http://www.gazzetta.it/Nba/04-11-2017/nba-washington-wizards-cleveland-cavaliers-122-130-james-57-punti-230371533292.shtml LeBron con la seconda miglior performance della sua carriera travolge Washington 130-122e pone fine alla striscia di 4 sconfitte di fila dei suoi cavs di Davide Chinellato, La Gazzetta dello Sport, 4 novembre 2017 @dchinellato Incontenibile, dominante, straripante. LeBron James gioca da più forte del pianeta e con 57 punti di pura forza e talento cancella Washington (battuta 130-122) e la striscia perdente dei suoi Cavs che durava da 4 partite. “Ho fatto quello che dovevo per far finire questa serie di sconfitte - racconta a NBATv uscendo dal campo dopo la seconda miglior performance della sua carriera -. Non mi piace perdere, ma non sono uno che parla: sono uno che fa, e ho fatto quello che dovevo”. Washington non sarebbe riuscita a fermare King James nemmeno ammanettandolo: LeBron fin dal primo quarto era un uomo in missione, un treno in corsa