Some Braves followups and more...

Here's a pleasant followup on ex-Brave and fan favorite Mitchell JJ Anderson...
JJ suffered a stroke two years ago, and spent over a year recovering and rehabbing...but is now back at work as Director of Pro Personnel for the Memphis Grizzlies, working under GM Tony Barone.
In fact, with the recent draft and sorting out all the players available on the free agent market, JJ has been quite busy, including acting as an assistant coach for the Grizzlies' summer league team in Vegas that Dinma Odiakosa played on.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/2010-07-02-4009640725_x.htm
http://3sob.com/archives/56-july-2010/1109-summer-league-game-3-preview

JJ can be seen sitting on the Memphis bench in some of this video from the summer league.
Here, just 13 seconds into the video, stop the action and JJ is on the bench holding a clipboard.
http://www.nba.com/summerleague/games/20100712/MEMATL/gameinfo.html

and this is a better view...just stop the action right at about a minute into this video - and it'll show a great view of Mitchell Anderson...
http://www.nba.com/summerleague/games/20100715/DLSMEM/gameinfo.html

he's also on the bench in these videos...
http://www.nba.com/summerleague/games/20100713/MILMEM/gameinfo.html
http://www.nba.com/summerleague/games/20100715/DLSMEM/gameinfo.html
http://www.nba.com/summerleague/games/20100716/MEMMIN/gameinfo.html
http://www.nba.com/summerleague/games/20100718/SASMEM/gameinfo.html


Marcus Pollard got a short mention in the news recently...
His old high school basketball coach has a prized recruit on the team this year and the kid just verballed to Georgia...
"Greenville High basketball coach Richard Carter ranks (Kentavious) Caldwell as the “probably the best” he’s ever had in 40 years of coaching high school basketball at several schools.
While at Alabama’s Valley High, Carter’s basketball pupils included ...
Marcus Pollard (NFL Pro Bowl tight end who played 15 seasons, including 2009 with the Atlanta Falcons)"
http://blogs.ajc.com/georgia-high-school-sports/2010/07/18/basketball-one-of-nations-top-shooting-guards-commits-to-uga/?cxntfid=blogs_georgia_high_school_sports


Zach Andrews' Spanish team, Huesca, won their league title, and Zach - who is the most exciting player on their team - has his own web page on the Huesca site, showing all the highlights, videos, and dunks!!
http://www.cbphuesca.net/ShowZack.php


Michael Ochereobia turns 21 years old on July 27, 2010, and his NCAA "clock" starts ticking....he will have 5 years to complete four years of eligibility.
Did you know this is a new rule?? It used to be that your clock started ticking when you enrolled full time at a D-I school or juco. You could always (al still can) get a waiver for military service or missions, but otherwise, if you delay entry into college, then at your 21st birthday the clock starts ticking anyway.


Another team has released their schedule and it shows who one of Wichita State's opponents is going to be.
The Shockers will host University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) on Monday, November 29.
https://www.nmnathletics.com//pdf8/705800.pdf


Wisconsin yesterday picked up the verbal from 6-8 center Jarrod Uthoff. He has some outside game but he has played center in high school.
http://www.jhsmensbasketball.com/0910varsity/

This is right on the heels of landing the verbal from Illinois Wolves center Frank Kaminsky - from Benet HS, a very similar player...
Bo Ryan sure does like these tall guys who all play alike and even look a little alike!
http://media1.suntimes.com/multimedia/px182_4487_9.jpg_20100302_22_33_42_154-312-470.imageContent


BU recruiting target Phillip Greene got some serious attention at the Peach Jam...he'll end up at West Virginia, but if they don't want him, BU can get him.


Nice article on Nnana Egwu - and some mention of the Wolves.
http://illinois.scout.com/2/984945.html


The Boston Celtics' Paul Pierce just got married.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20402898,00.html

His new wife is a well known, Atlanta interior designer, Julie Landrum.
I wonder if she's friends with Taylor Brown's mom who is also a very well known Atlanta businesswoman...
http://www.chloetaylorbrown.com/


Adam Morrison - one of the greatest college basketball players a few years ago is unfortunately being reduced to a bit of a joke any more...but he's already made over $17 million in his four years in the NBA - so don't feel too sorry for him!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f11JJKEskKw


Nice to see that the NCAA is finally looking into all the sleaze associated with middle men and agents corrupting college sports..
at South Carolina--
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2010/07/south-carolina-tight-end-weslye-saunders-under-investigation-by-ncaa/1

and at Florida-
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2010/07/eye-opener-will-florida-football-be-the-next-usc/1

...but these are two big BCS schools, so expect any investigation to go slow, like the USC one did - taking 5 years...and expect a whitewash with very little coming of it...



Unfortunately there still is racism in some places - I guess we will never rid the world of all bigots, and I applaud that both sides can see it and call it out...

http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/20/naacp-appalled-by-black-usda-officials-racial-discrimination/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/19/media-exec-compares-black-tea-partiers-jewish-concentration-camp-guards/
http://chattahbox.com/images/2010/01/teaparty_robertson_spelling_racist_problem.jpg


And in the midst of an endless barrage of news on Tiger Woods, LeBron James, and Lindsay Lohan, you can count on us to remain free of all that useless stuff. We'll keep bringing the important stuff.

Like this...
golfer Miguel Jiminez finds his ball way too close to a wall to get a good shot toward the green....so he hits the ball backwards, directly into the wall...
and the ball rebounds OFF the wall and onto the green!
Nice shot........
http://deadspin.com/5591025/miguel-ngel-jimenez-wins-the-british-open-trick-shot-competition