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by rbala on Oct 7, 2011 9:30 AM EDT in Can Ball

Today we have the Senior Women moving up the FIBA rankings, a documentary on Steve Nash opening, Olu Ashaolu on the Score, a big high school commit and a whole lot more in this edition of Canadian Content ...

We start off the morning with a great little National Program story ... Bronze at FIBA Americas tournament boosts Canada's basketball ranking - Winnipeg Free Press

Next we have some pro news ...

If you're in the Vancouver area this weekend you should check this out ... Steve Nash VIFF Documentary After Party | The Vancouver Observer

A big shout to Montreal's own for getting this nod, and all those rings with MJ ... St. John's Bill Wennington To Be Inducted Into Quebec Sports Hall of Fame - ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE

Lincoln North Star grad Bullock signs with Canadian hoops team

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First Storm home game courtesy of Rogers - Local - The Journal Pioneer

Storm players arriving Saturday - Sports - The Journal Pioneer

A big thank you to our boy Tariq at Northpole Hoops for getting this look out ... Cape Breton Caper Paris Carter Signs 10-month Pro Contract in England - Northpolehoops.com

Now for some NC-Double-Eh stuff ...

A big shout to our colleague Jason Thom at the Score for getting this great look on Olu Ashaolu ... Canadian Basketball: Olu Ashaolu | Video | theScore

And if you missed it, Melvin Ejim is making some people stand up and notice his pro potential ... DraftExpress: Top NBA Draft Prospects in the Big 12, Part Three (#11-15)

And next up some high school news ...

Richard Peters to Washington State | ZagsBlog.com

Richard Peters Pops to Washington State | Flagrant Fouls

Negus Webster-Chan to Announce College Decision Tomorrow! - Northpolehoops.com

BCLocalNews.com - Hanson nets job as new Fox hoop coach

UPDATE: Negus Webster-Chan Has TIGER-Blood | Flagrant Fouls

Now for the CIS looks ...

Pinske picked to play for Canada at Pan Ams

Foot injury spoils Gavel’s Huskie homecoming

BCLocalNews.com - CIS hoops in Chilliwack

Hoop Huskies optimistic heading into season-opener

Our condolences to the family and the extended Cape Breton U family as well after this loss ... Former Capers basketball star Mombourquette dies at 37 - Sports - TheChronicleHerald.ca

And last but not least we have a nice CCAA story from the pre season ... BramptonGuardian Article: Three straight for basketball Bruins

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I hope that Olu Ashaolu will keep cranking out the double-doubles next year... I wonder if he can play SF in the NBA? I guess time will tell...

'....as a child, I dreamt of being a baseball.'

by Jenge on Oct 8, 2011 1:10 PM EDT reply actions

I'm a little leery about that right now ...

I think Olu is a classic tweener type at the NBA level. I he can likely defend the three but I’m not sure if he has true three skills on the perimeter. I think that his incredible rebounding ability may have helped to stunt his developement as a wing in college at Louisiana Tech. He was asked to be more on the low block I think and watching him last season when they played Texas it seemed evident they needed him there more than anywhere else. This season will be huge for him in that respect. He was a wing player in high school but can he compete in the Pac-12 at that position? I hope he can. It will only serve to open up more pro options for him. I can’t see him being a Jason Maxiell type in the NBA.

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by rbala on Oct 9, 2011 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions

I looked at his stats… he must make room to improve his free throw percentages and the occasional 3-ball. Perhaps he should hang out with Kleiza and Bargs? lol

Definitely curious to see how his season works out this year.

'....as a child, I dreamt of being a baseball.'

by Jenge on Oct 10, 2011 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions