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23. Basket Ball Eurosport Live Athenes 2004 Pro A, EuroLigue, NBA, Playoffs, Jordan, title Barcelona coach Svetislav Pesic thanked his fellow Serb dejan bodiroga forturning the great underachievers of European basketball into winners at last. http://www.eurosport.com/sport.asp?LangueID=0&SportID=8&StoryID=431347&eventid=5

24. Basketball - Eurosport, All Sports, Live, Results, Standing basketball. presented by. Yugoslavia rallied, however, and tied the gameon a pair of free throws by dejan bodiroga with 17.4 seconds to go. http://www.eurosport.com/sport.asp?LangueID=0&SportID=8&StoryID=329608

25. Interview With Dejan Bodiroga Exclusive interview with dejan bodiroga back that have been injured for a long timethis season and we are starting to play some great basketball again as you http://www.fcbarcelona.com/eng/noticias/noticias/n04043015.shtml

document.layers) ? document.write("") : document.write("") Home Sitemap Contact us Type Today's headlines Reactions Official notes Interviews ... Others Subject All The Club Football Basketball ... Roller hockey Specials 125th aniversary Joan Gamper Back More News Basketball 30, ABR 04 19:00 Interview with Dejan Bodiroga Exclusive interview with Dejan Bodiroga How will the team approach the final phase of the season? Well, we're getting players back that have been injured for a long time this season and we are starting to play some great basketball again as you could see against Pamesa and TAU. The game against the Valencians (Pamesa) meant we finished second and that was important for the play-offs. We can beat anyone now we've got our injured players back. The return of Fucka and Grimau is significant? It's very important to have those guys fit as well as all the other players in the team after what we have been through this season. Let's speak about Auna. Two games, two defeats: will it be a tight series? Definitely. There are people that think that it won't be and that there is a big difference between the two sides but they have shown that this year they have the measure of us and we'll have to be alert so they don't surprise us again. We'll need to be up for it and be wary of them.

26. Basketball Team Take Play Off Lead (72-65) Barca s basketball team made a great start to their semi final play offs Unicajawere breathing down Barca s necks at 6361, but dejan bodiroga steadied the http://www.fcbarcelona.com/eng/noticias/noticias/n04052026.shtml

document.layers) ? document.write("") : document.write("") Home Sitemap Contact us Type Today's headlines Reactions Official notes Interviews ... Others Subject All The Club Football Basketball ... Roller hockey Specials 125th aniversary Joan Gamper Back More News Basketball 20, MAY 04 23:00 Basketball team take play off lead (72-65) STATS FC BARCELONA, 72 UNICAJA MALAGA, 65 FC Barcelona (23+11+24+14): Ilievski (7), Navarro (14), Bodiroga (17), Fucka (10), Dueñas (6) STARTING FIVE-, De la Fuente (6), Rodríguez (-), Drejer (3), Femerling (7) and Grimau (2). Unicaja (13+18+16+18): Sonko (8), Bullock (17), Lewis (3), Herrmann (8), Kornegay (2) STARTING FIVE- Germán (-), Berni Rodríguez (2), Risacher (12), Giannoulis (-), Cabezas (11) and Weis (2). Referees: Amorós, García O. and Pérez Pizarro Barca's basketball team made a great start to their semi final play offs, beating Unicaja in a game they dominated from start to finish. Pesic's team need to push on now and confirm their superiority in Saturday's second game at the Palau. Following their tricky quarter final series against Auna, Barca made their intentions clear against Unicaja in the first semi final play off game. More good news for Pesic was the presence of Roger Grimau, back on court after a three month injury lay-off. Great start The Barca players came out on fire and soon built up a healthy lead(26-13) in the first quarter, thanks to some great attacking work from Bodiroga and Gregor Fucka. In the second quarter, Scariolo's team hit back, but Barca still held the lead 34-31 at half time.

27. European Basketball Players Network 2002) Bio 1.87m 75 kilogram Yugoslav basketball (born 1982 Panathinaikos (Atens,Greece) under coach Dimitrius (Teammates dejan bodiroga (Panathinaikos) and http://www.internationalbasketball.com/nweurope.html

European Basketball Players Network http://www.internationalbasketball.com/nweurope.html Part of International Basketball Network Back to Main Page Back to Listings Basketball Resumes: International Africa Europe Nigeria ... Basketball Events (Camps / Tryouts) Classified Ads: General USA Players International Players E-mail your resume to worldbasketball@yahoo.com or info@internationalbasketball.com Lists resumes of European professional, college / university or amateur / high school basketball players. Country of origin appears in parenthesis . Stephen Ogounjmi (England) . Milosz Stanislawski (Poland) . Miloš Buza (Serbia) . Marko Popovic (Serbia) . Momir Kljajic (Serbia) . Filip Adamovic (Serbia) . Uros Pilipovic (Serbia) . Angel Arnaudov (Macedonia) . Mustafa Keskinturk (Turkey) 10. Yann Balikouzou (France) 11. Cosmin Petru Dehelean (Romania) 12. Predrag Pramenko 'Pedja' (Serbia) 13. Dmitry Manzelev (Belarus) 14. Allen Koochof (Armenia / USA) 15. Curovic Miljan (Serbia)

28. BASKETBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Forwards dejan bodiroga and Milan Gurovic can both score. Canada finished third fora bronze medal in the Championship of the Americas basketball Tournament. http://www.insidehoops.com/wbc_teams.shtml

ABOUT US CONTACT US WRITE AN ARTICLE SPONSOR US/ADVERTISE HERE THE TOP DAILY BASKETBALL SITE. PACKED WITH STUFF. BOOKMARK US. VISIT DAILY. MAIN SECTIONS InsideHoops.com NBA Basketball College Hoops High School ... Media Links NBA FEATURES 2004 Mock Draft Power Rankings Awards Watch Articles Archive ... Rookie Watch SPECIAL League History All-Star Weekend NBA Draft Live Chat ... Attendance MORE LEAGUES Slamball NBDL Playing Tips International ... Summer Leagues WEBSITE INFO About Contact Write for us Advertise with us ... NBA MESSAGE BOARD WORLD BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP August 22, 2002 2002 World Basketball Championships: Team Capsules for Pool A and B By InsideHoops.com Click here for World Championships front page. Click here for profiles of teams in Pools C and D. Pool A: Yugoslavia, Spain, Canada, Angol YUGOSLAVIA Yugoslavia went 6-0 to win the most recent European Championships. Their top star is Sacramento Kings forward Peja Stojakovic. Kings center Vlade Divac and Seattle Sonics big-man Predrag Drobnjak are on the team as well. Forwards Dejan Bodiroga and Milan Gurovic can both score. Point guard Marko Jaric. Guard Milos Vujanic was drafted by the New York Knicks in the second round of the 2002 NBA draft, and swingman Mladen Secularac was taken late second round by Dallas. These guys can score and defend, and are the favorites in this pool. SPAIN Spain finished third to win the bronze medal in the most recent European Championships. They're led by Memphis Grizzlies star Pau Gasol, who scores like crazy on the inside and also pounds the boards. Guard Juan-Carlos Navarro hits outside. Felipe Reyes can get hot offensively, and Lucio Angulo can run. Spain can pour in points pretty quickly, and aren't as strong defensively.

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Bodiroga, Dejan Reviews Related Subjects: Books Under Review More Pages: Bodiroga, Dejan Page 1 Book reviews for "Bodiroga, Dejan" sorted by average review score: Published in Paperback by McGraw-Hill Osborne Media (16 May, 2003) Author: Dejan Sunderic Amazon base price: List price: that's off! Used price: Buy one from zShops for: Average review score: Good value - TSQL book and SQLXML book in one Easy to understand; down to earth. Everything that you need for stored procedure development - from naming conventions to methods to deploy changes in production. Additional software on uathors web site for code management. The best information source An informative and comprehensive book. A lot of realistic examples and suggestions that help to solve complex and everyday SQL problems quickly. I was able to make a database deployment process easier and faster using this book solution. One of the best book on the market for the SQL Server developers of all levels. Helps me earn my living! I am actually a BizTalk Server Developer but need frequent access to SQL Server data, preferably in XML. This great book has helped me jump over to writing stored procedures with being an SQL guru. It addresses things in a well organized way and saved me the cost of the book on Day 1. I like Dejan and appreciate his efforts. Mobility : Processes, Computers, and Agents

30. Hellenic Hoops - Crisis In Greece of the season for the (absurd) rule of the Greek basketball Federation that now thiscountry looks like as the Hell Zeljko Rebraca, dejan bodiroga, Dino Radja http://www.interbasket.net/greek/Articles/crisis2004.htm

Hellenic Hoops Home InterBasket.Net Home InterBasket.Net Forums The Crisis of Greek Basketball By Gianfranco Bina April 10, 2004 This is probably the worst period crossed by the Hellenic basketball since 1987. And something must change soon, very soon, considering the old strength and prestige of the Greek movement in Europe. th place at the Eurobasket 1993, 1995 and 1997, 4 th place at World Championships 1994 and 1998, 5 th place at the Olympic Games of Atlanta. No-more candies, and the players move to find the golden paradise elsewhere. Once the Paradise was Greece, now this country looks like as the Hell: Zeljko Rebraca, Dejan Bodiroga, Dino Radja, Alphonso Ford, Andrew Betts, Jimmy Oliver these great players were in Greece only three years ago. And now, Olympiakos and Panathinaikos fights to sign Haris Mujezinovic. Let’s take two minutes to compare the actual starting fives of the current top-teams, and those of the same teams in the period 1999-2002. Panathinaikos Athens Jaka Lakovic Jaka Lakovic Damir Mulaomerovic Giorgos Kalaitzis Giorgos Kalaitzis Arriel Mc Donald Rodney Buford (*) Dejan Bodiroga Dejan Bodiroga Oded Katash Fragkiskos Alvertis Fragkiskos Alvertis(*) Fragkiskos Alvertis(*) Fragkiskos Alvertis Dejan Bodiroga Mike Batiste Antonis Fotsis Antonis Fotsis Antonis Fotsis (**) Johnny Rogers Darryl Middleton Darryl Middleton Darryl Middleton Zeljko Rebraca Zeljko Rebraca (*) Ibrahim Kutluay replaced often Fragkiskos Avlertis and Rodney Buford in the starting five

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Tony Hinchliffe's Sports Facts History Basketball European Championships 1995-2003 HOME DIARY HISTORY LINKS ... Basketball On This Page See Also Previous Winners 1995 MEN'S EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS 1 Yugoslavia 5 Italy 9 Israel 13 Finland 2 Lithuania 6 Spain 10 Slovenia 14 Sweden 3 Croatia 7 Russia 11 Germany 4 Greece 8 France 12 Turkey 1997 MEN'S EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS 1 Yugoslavia 5 Spain 9 Israel 13 Ukraine 2 Italy 6 Lithuania 10 France 14 Slovenia 3 Russia 7 Poland 11 Croatia 15 Bosnia 4 Greece 8 Turkey 12 Germany 16 Latvia 1999 MEN'S EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS 1 Italy 5 Lithuania 2 Spain 6 Russia 3 Yugoslavia 7 Germany 4 France 8 Turkey 9-12 Slovenia, Israel, Croatia, Czech Republic 13-16 FYR Macedonia, Hungary, Bosnia, Greece Final Italy 64-56 Spain Yugoslavia 74-52 France Lithuania 103-72 Russia Germany 86-67 Turkey Semifinals Spain 70-63 France Italy 71-62 Yugoslavia 5-8 Play Offs Russia 74-70 Germany Lithuania 80-56 Turkey Quarter-finals Italy 102-79 Russia Yugoslavia 78-68 Germany France 66-63 Turkey Spain 74-72 Lithuania Group E Group F 1 Yugoslavia 1 Lithuania 2 France 2 Italy 3 Russia 3 Turkey 4 Spain 4 Germany 5 Slovenia 5 Croatia 6 Italy 6 Czech Republic Spain 88-74 Israel Germany 102-85 Croatia Russia 76-68 Yugoslavia Turkey 78-73 Czech Rep France 74-69 Slovenia Lithuania 74-62 Italy Yugoslavia 77-63 Spain Lithuania 91-75 Croatia Israel 67-66 Slovenia Turkey 63-55 Germany France 66-62 Russia Italy 95-68 Czech Rep France 74-57 Spain Lithuania 74-48 Turkey Yugoslavia 71-66 Slovenia Croatia 86-64 Czech Rep Russia 93-84 Israel (OT) Italy 74-53 Germany

35. CNNSI.com - Pro Basketball - Yugoslavia Rallies Past Argentina, Wins Worlds In O dejan bodiroga The Kings drafted dejan bodiroga in 1995, but he optedto stay in Europe. AP. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Peja Stojakovic http://www.cnnsi.com/basketball/news/2002/09/08/yugo_arg_ap/

Bodiroga blows up European star scores 27 as Yugos take title Posted: Sunday September 08, 2002 6:54 PM Updated: Sunday September 08, 2002 8:19 PM The Kings drafted Dejan Bodiroga in 1995, but he opted to stay in Europe. AP INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Peja Stojakovic, Dejan Bodiroga, Vlade Divac and the team from Yugoslavia linked their arms and raised them in unison, then danced in a circle around the championship trophy. Thousands of their supporters loudly chanted "Serbia!" and sang their national anthem. The heartland of America felt a lot like downtown Belgrade after Yugoslavia came back from an eight-point deficit in the final 21/2 minutes of regulation and survived a crucial pair of missed free throws by Divac to beat Argentina 84-77 in overtime for the gold medal Sunday in the World Championships. "It's wonderful we were able to defend the gold medal and for the fifth time prove we are champions of the world," Bodiroga said. The thrilling and controversial championship game ended with Argentina's players angrily pointing their fingers and yelling at a Greek referee who failed to call a foul on the final play of regulation. Bodiroga scored 27 points, including nine straight late in the fourth quarter when Yugoslavia rallied to tie it, and Stojakovic had 26.

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Americans idled Stunning 81-78 defeat knocks U.S. out of medals Posted: Thursday September 05, 2002 11:28 PM Updated: Friday September 06, 2002 1:59 AM Nathaniel Butler/NBAE/ Getty Images INDIANAPOLIS (AP) George Karl sighed as he dug his fingers into his forehead, struggling to find the correct words to express his disappointment. Next to him sat Michael Finley , his chin resting on his fist and his eyes barely open. The Americans were a picture of failure and frustration Thursday night after their second loss in as many nights at the World Championships. In yet another stunning outcome, Yugoslavia came back from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter and defeated the U.S. team 81-78. The loss ensured that there will be no medal gold, silver or bronze for the host team at the World Championships. "Last night was much more discouraging. Tonight is disappointing," Karl said. After going 58-0 using NBA players in international competitions, the Americans have shockingly lost twice in a row. The best they can do is finish in fifth place in this topsy-turvy tournament.

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38. Serbia Info News / Domination Of Yugoslav Basketball Continues compose the team on the eve of the 13th World basketball Championship The followingplayers of the national team went to Athens dejan bodiroga, Vlado Scepanovic http://www.serbia-info.com/news/1999-06/08/12395.html

www.serbia-info.com/news CIVIL ISSUES POLITICS MILITARY KOSOVO AND METOHIA ... CULTURE AND RELIGION SPORT Domination of Yugoslav basketball continues June 08, 1999 Yugoslav basketball players has confirmed in 1998 that they are playing, besides American professionals from the NBA, the most attractive and the best basketball in the world. After lifting the sanctions, the Yugoslav national basketball team does not know what is failure. They returned to the great world scene in 1995 when they won the European champion title in Athens. One year later, the best Yugoslav basketball players lost to USA "Dream Team" in the finals of the Olympic Games in Atlanta, and in 1997 confirmed their superiority in Europe. In 1998, once again for the fourth time, they became the world champions. The first coach of the Yugoslav national team Zeljko Obradovic had a lot of troubles to compose the team on the eve of the 13th World Basketball Championship. He could not count on the starters from Atlanta, Zoran Savic, Vlade Divac and Predrag Danilovic. Administrative obstacles prevented the Yugoslav players with the Greek citizenship, Stojakovic, Tarlac and Gurovic to finally play for Yugoslavia. Moreover, the captain of the national team Aleksandar Djordjevic arrived to preparations for the championship insufficiently ready due to operation of his injured leg. The following players of the national team went to Athens: Dejan Bodiroga, Vlado Scepanovic, Sasa Obradovic, Nikola Loncar, Dragan Lukovski, Miroslav Beric, Aleksandar Djordjevic, Zeljko Rebraca, Predrag Drobnjak, Nikola Bulatovic, Dejan Tomasevic and Milenko Topic.

39. Serbia Info News / Championship of the Old Continent, the Yugoslav basketball players justified The startlineup (dejan bodiroga, Sasa Obradovic, Predrag Danilovic, Dragan Tarlac http://www.serbia-info.com/news/1999-06/22/12794.html

BASKETBALL: Smooth win of Yugoslavia www.serbia-info.com/news CIVIL ISSUES POLITICS MILITARY KOSOVO AND METOHIA ... CULTURE AND RELIGION SPORT BASKETBALL: Smooth win of Yugoslavia June 22, 1999 Toulouse, France, 21st June - In the first round of group "A" of the 31st European Basketball Championship, the Yugoslav national team beat the Israel representation with 81-61 (38-23). With the game shown at the start of the 31st Men's Championship of the Old Continent, the Yugoslav basketball players justified forecasts of experts that they are, in spite of the absence of injured captain Aleksandar Djordjevic and Zeljko Rebraca, the greatest favourite for winning the golden medal. The start lineup (Dejan Bodiroga, Sasa Obradovic, Predrag Danilovic, Dragan Tarlac and Dejan Tomasevic), already after 15 minutes of the game, realized the great lead (28-7) and practically determined the winner. The head coach of the Yugoslav national team Zeljko Obradovic played almost the entire match with nine players. Only near the end he introduced until recently sick Milan Gurovic. Milenko Topic was saved from heavy efforts due to slight injury. Due to knee injury Sacramento Kings's (USA) player Predrag Stojkovic did not play and, according to Obradovic, he will not be ready to play for the Yugoslav team till the end of group "A" matches.

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ALLEYOOP.COM The Basketball Page for Thinking Fans Home From the Baseline Player Ratings Fantasy Ratings ... The Book FROM THE BASELINE September 9, 2002 Whu' Happened? Three times . You could understand if the U.S. team lost just once; that could be written off as a fluke. But three times? (I feel like Ferris Bueller's principal: Three times .) How do you explain that? I have a few thoughts on how this debacle came about and what can be done to improve it, so in no particular order, here's my list: Laissez-faire : Far and away the biggest reason the U.S. team lost was that they didn't play with anywhere near the intensity of the other teams in the tournament. That showed up in myriad ways, from Baron Davis' hot-dogging, to the parade of back-door layups against Argentina, to Paul Pierce's near-total disregard for defense, to the flubbed attempt at getting a final three-pointer in the Yugoslavia game. The oft-bemoaned "lack of fundamentals" and other skills is a small part of the issue; otherwise, we would see more foreign players dominating in the NBA. The bigger problem in the World Championships was that the other teams were in midseason form and the U.S. club had been slapped together a few hours before tip-off after chillin' for most of the summer. They looked and acted like a group of guys who were still on vacation. This also showed in the team's ability to run set plays. Wait, they never ran a set play. Never mind.

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