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Special issue FIBAAMERICAS.COM 01 Feature August 26, 2009 FIBA-Americas Championship 2009 MURATORE in play their trip for Turkey a man of basquekball Photo: José Jiménez/FIBA The story of FIBA Americas President, Horacio Muratore, is interesting and full of success starting in the city of San Miguel de Tucuman as a player for Tucuman Basketball Club. Muratore, who was named FIBA Americas President in March of 2009, has been thru all the divisions in basketball, from club to the organization that rules the game of basketball in America. "I started as a player in Tucuman Basketball in San Miguel de Tucuman and because I studied in the Economic Science faculty, I was named the treasurer of the basketball commission," said Muratore in an interview. His long journey in the basketball world started right there where his years of service and leadership have given Muratore recognition around the community where he helped develop basketball in South America and now has the opportunity to do it in all America. Muratore was President of Tucuman Basketball from 1978-1980 and from 1980 to 1983 to the Tucuman Association. Then he passed to the Presidency of the Tucuman Federation for ten years. On December of 1992 he was elected as President of the Argentinean Basketball Confederation and he was there for 16 years. In November of 1993 he was selected as the President of the South American Confederation (Consubasquet) for 13 years. During his presidency in Consubasquet and CABB, Muratore saw the biggest achievements in the region as Argentina won Gold in the 2004 Olympics and countries like Venezuela, Brazil, Chile, among others, were doing a great job in continental tournaments. At the same time the club competitions and national teams increased to give players the chance to develop in international competitions. Now at the start of his presidency in FIBA Americas the continent had a great performance in the U19 FIBA World Championship as they finished at the top nine in both men's and women's tournaments. In the women's tournaments USA won Gold and Argentina Bronce. The key is to have a great base to have good results, says Muratore, who saw Argentina, who is not a women's powerhouse, win in that tournament. " Everything is thanks to a good job right at the base with good planification in the national team and club competition. This is what we did in all Argentina so the kids could play basketball in the selections and provinces and also in the clubs. We have a National League where the young players want to go in order to develop," said Muratore who graduated from Accounting from Tucuman National University. His job to develop basketball doesn't rest in the tournament that are already there, now they will continue to work to show the potential of American Basketball with many tournaments, including the South American Championship for Women;s Clubs done in Quito, Ecuador. When talking about the FIBA Americas Championship, that begins on August 26 at Coliseo Roberto Clemente of San Juan, Muratore thinks that it will be a hard and close competition. "Something will happen this year that has never happened before and that is that the ten teams have high expectations to win. They are preparing well and they want to have the best team possible. It will be a very competitive tournament and good for the people of Puerto Rico who are passionate about basketball." The FIBA Americas Championship will qualify the top four teams for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. STAFF fibaamericas.com FIBA globAL sponsors Javier Otero - Director of Comnunication FIBA-Américas Chu García - Editor Fernando Luis Rolón - Creative Director Luis ModHeightti - Comunications Albert Ortiz - Comunications/IT Assistant Néstor Rodríguez - Eligibility & Doping Control José Jiménez - Photography FIBA-Américas photo Archive and El Nuevo Día newspaper Varejao & Anthony: colossus from Brasil & Canada. Photo: José Jiménez/FIBA 10 countries from the Americas looks four spots for the FIBA Word Championship 2010 in Turk soil. SCHUDDLE wednesday 26 ISV vs 1:30 DOM vs 4:00 VEN vs MEX vs 6:30 9:00 URU BRA thurday 27 PAN vs 1:30 CAN vs 4:00 ARG PUR 6:30 9:00 BRA vs PUR vs DOM MEX friday 28 ARG vs 1:30 ISV vs 4:00 BRA CAN VEN isv 6:30 9:00 VEN vs URU vs PAN PUR 01 Did you know? eleven games of action y passion The II Marchand Continental Championship Cup, held last week at Jose Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, not only served to show that Brazil repeated the 2007 title, but also they gave Argentina, Canada and Puerto Rico the opportunity to warm up prior to the FIBA Americas Championship. There were many players who had an A: Brazilian Leandro Barbosa, who led in scoring with a 20.7 point per game averaged and was followed by Luis Scola with 17.7 and Tiago Splitter of Brazil with 15.0 In rebounds Puerto Rican Daniel Santiago led with 8.7 followed by Anderson Varejao with 8 along with Canadian Joel Anthony. Filiberto Rivera of Puerto Rico led assists with 5.7 while Marcelinho Machado had 5.3 and Marcelo Huertas with 3.9 per game. Filiberto Rivera tries to score againts Canada’s Joel Anthony. Filiberto Rivera In free throws Filiberto Rivera had 100% by making all eleven of them. Scola and Barbosa followed with a 78.9%. In three point shows Jermaine Anderson of Canada was the bHeight with a 66.7% while Machado had 58.7 and Ricky Sanchez 54.5. Carmelo Lee of Puerto Rico had 2.3 blocks per game while Anthony also had 2.3 and Luis Villafañe 1.3. 2 Photo: José Jiménez/FIBA FIBA Americas President, Horacio Muratore, and Alberto Garcia who is the Secretary General, welcome the ten participating countries for the 2010 FIBA World Championship qualifier. They also thanked the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation for salvaging and organizing this tournament who had Mexico as the original host. Starting today until Sunday, August 30, Coliseo Roberto Clemente serves as the host of four daily games starting on 1:30 and ending at 9:00 with intermediate games on 4:00 and 6:30. The Puerto Rican team will always play last in the first round. The competition is divided into two groups. Group A has Mexico, Uruguay, Canada, US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Group B has Argentina, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Panama and Venezuela. August 31 is an off day and starting on September 1, with eight national teams, four from each group, will play in the second round. The semifinals will be played on August 5 and the finals on August 6. Individual tickets are priced: $35.00 (Palco), $25.00 (Preferencia) and second floor $14.00. The cost doesn't include a 7% tax. 7 01 Dominican REPUBLIC SHOWS A LOT IMPROVEMENT NBA PLAYERS IN san juan If it wasn't for the injury of Puerto Rican Jose Juan Barea, who hasn't recovered completely from his left shoulder surgery, the NBA would have had seven NBA players in the FIBA Americas Championhip where the Dominican Republic has three members. They are Al Horford of Atlanta who last season he played in 67 games and averaged 11.5 points and 9.3 rebounds. Shooting guard Francisco Garcia who had 12.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 65 games. Charlie Villanueva of Milwaukee registered 16.2 points and 5.7 rebounds in his debut with the Dominican national team after playing with the USA Junior National Team. Meanwhile Argentina has Luis Scola (Houston) as their key player who never missed a regular season game (82) and averaged 12.7 points and 8.8 rebounds. Finally Brazil has guard Leandro Barbosa of Phoenix with 14.4 points and 88.8% from the free throw and forward Anderson Varejao of Cleveland with 8.6 points and 7.2 rebounds. Luis Scola: the fuel that sparks the Houston Rockets. Photo: José Jiménez/FIBA three puerto rican coaches on stage It is almost unheard of that three coaches from the same nationality play in an important FIBA competition and two of them are leading nationalists' countries like the Dominican Republic and Panama. Julio Toro, with 12 BSN titles, coaches the Dominicans while David Rosario of Capitanes de Arecibo, leads the Panamanians; leaving Manolo Cintron, disciple and substitute of the first, leading the Puerto Rican team. A possible fourth would have been Flor Melendez who could have been coaching Venezuela but at the end they stayed with Néstor Salazar. Manolo Cintrón David Rosario Julio Toro puertorico2009.FIBAAMERICAs.com 15 Daniel Santiago Francisco García Al Horford In paper the ten participants of the FIBA Americas Championship has a legitimate opportunity for the title and get one of the four spots in the 2010 FIBA World Championship. Meanwhile Brazil is going thru a good moment and the Dominican Republic, coached by Julio Toro, has NBA stars like Al Horford of the Atlanta Hawks, Francisco Garcia of the Sacramento Kings and Charlie Villanueva who played with the Milwaukee Bucks. The Dominicans are one of the favorites while you can't discount Argentina for their winning tradition and Puerto Rico because they are the host. Uruguay is improved in the middle of a reconstruction period and Canada who has a solid team and plays great defense. Charlie Villanueva Mexico, who will make their debut against Puerto Rico, is dangerous because of their offense who got them the COCABA title while Venezuela and US Virgin Islands are characterized for giving surprises in international tournaments. Panama comes in as the underdog because they replace Cuba who decided to not play in this tournament. In a long competition like this, the physical and mental condition are significant, also a bit of luck is needed. INFORMACIótion,pics, stats & MUCH MORE... puertorico2009.FIBAAMERICAs.com 6 Key player The rank of star in the Puerto Rican national team belongs without a doubt to Carlos Arroyo by being their main offensive weapon and having FIBA and NBA experience, but in the current edition, center Daniel Santiago is a key player because of the extra needed for starting center Peter John Ramos. Santiago, who has been playing in the last couple of years in the ACB League with Malaga and Barcelona, has won two titles and came back to the national team after playing with Vaqueros de Bayamon where he had a great performance in the semifinals and the finals. He faced Ramos in the finals where Vaqueros got their 14 league title. Despite his inactivity for the last two weeks, Santiago participated in the II Marchand Continental Championship Cup and was the leading rebounder with 8.7 per game, having a lot of intensity under the baskets and showing an improvement in his physical condition as the tournament went on. Brazil won with a 3-0 record while Puerto Rico was 2-1. Head coach Manolo Cintron could use Daniel as a replacement of Ramos or both together at the same time, forming an impressive trio with Ricky Sanchez as the three of them are 6'11" or taller. The national team will go at the same pace as Santiago who needs to avoid foul trouble and concentrate on the rebounds and remaining defensive aspects which elevates his status to key figure. 3 01 MEX Player # Roster URU Height POS Team FIBA AMeRICAS championship 2009 BRA PAN # Player Sebastián Izaguirre 6’9 F Height POS Team # Player Capitol (URU) 4. Joel Muñoz 5’8 C Height POS # Player Magnates de Caledonia (PAN) 4. Marcelo Machado 6’ 7 G Flamengo Rio de Janeiro (BRA) Team Height POS Team 4. Karim Malpica 6’2 G Leones del Pone (PUR) 4. 5. Jesús Hiram López 6’6 F Halcones Xalapa (MEX) 5. Gistavo Barrea 6’4 G Trotamundos (VEN) 5. Jamar Warren 6’2 G Mogren, (SER) 5. Eduardo Machado 6’2 G Flamengo Rio de Janeiro (BRA) Mauricio Aguiar 6’6 F Vanoli (ITA) 6. Danilo Pinnock 6’4 G Free agent 2007 6. Diego Pinheiro 6’4 G Pinheiros (BRA) 6’3 G Toros Chorrillo (PAN) 7. Carlos Alexandre 6’6 F Pinheiros (BRA) 8. Alex García 6’3 G Universo/BRB (BRA) 6. Anthony Pedroza 6’3 G Soles de Mexicali (MEX) 6. 7. Horacio Llamas 6’11 C Soles de Mexicali (MEX) 7. Emilio Taboada 6’4 G Regatas Corrientes (ARG) 7. Maximiliano Gómez 8. Adam Parada 6’7 F 8. Diego González 5’9 G Defersor Sporting (URU) 8. Orlando Ortega 9. Romel Beck 6’7 G Gatos de Monagas (VEN) 9. Reque Newsome 6’8 F Olimpia (URU) 9. Joel Tesis 6’3 F Toros Chorrillo (PAN) 9. Marcelo Huertas 6’2 G Fortitudo P. Bologna (ITA) 10. Miguel Ayala 6’4 G Tepic (MEX) 10. Leandro Garcia 6’1 G Cocodrilos (VEN) 10. Eduardo Archibold 6’6 G Navieros Colón (PAN) 10. Leandro Barbosa 6’4 G Phoenix Suns (USA) 11. Omar Quintero 6’0 G Gigantes de Guayana (VEN) 11. Martín Osimani 6’3 G Atléticos de San Germán (PUR) 11. ErnHeighto Oglivie 6’5 F University of Massachusetts (USA) 11. Anderson Varejao 6’10 F Cleveland Cavaliers (USA) 12. Noe Alonzo 6’5 F Tecos UAG(MEX) 12. Gastón Páez 6’9 C Hebraica (URU) 12. Reyjavick Degracia 6’5 F University of Massachusetts (USA) 12. Guilherme Giovanoni 6’7 F Virtus Bologna (ITA) 13. Enrique Zúñiga 6’3 G Frayles de Guasave (MEX) 13. Juan Pablo Silveira 6’2 G 25 de Agosto (URU) 13. Ricardo Lindo 6’7 F Peñarol (URU) 13. Joao Paulo Batista 6’9 C Le Mans (FRA) 14. Gustavo Ayón 6’9 F Vaqueros de Agua Prieta (MEX) 14. Nicolás Borsellino 6’8 F Urunday (URU) 14. José Lloreda 6’9 C Ignis Legadue (IT) 14. Jonathan Tavernari 6’4 G BYU (USA) 15. Lorenzo Mata 6’9 F Halcones Xalapa (MEX) 15. Heighteban Batista 6’10 C Libertad Sunchales (ARG) 15. Tiago Splitter 6’11 C Tau Ceramica (ESP) Director Técnico: Arturo Guerrero Asistente Técnico: Ignacio Moreno ISV # Player Height POS Team Rasheem Richards 5’10 G Edwards Waters College (USA) 5. Kevin Sheppard 6’0 G Jacksonville University (USA) 7. 8. 9. Walter Hodge Cuthbert Victor Phillip Jones Jason Edwin 6’0 6’5 6’11 6’5 G F Pittsburgh University (USA) Murray State Univ. (USA) C G Mersin (TUR) Ken State University (USA) # Player Height POS 7’3 C Piratas de Quebradillas (PUR) Guillermo Díaz 6’2 G Eldo Caserta (ITA) 6. Filiberto Rivera 6’2 G Gigantes de Carolina (PUR) 7. Carlos Arroyo 6’2 G Maccabi Tel Avi (ISR) 8. Angel Vasallo 6’6 F Criollos de Caguas (PUR) 9. Christian Dalmau 6’2 G Vaqueros de Bayamón (PUR) 5. 10. Aaron Brown 6’4 G Notre Dame Univ. (USA) 10. Larry Ayuso 6’11 G Cangrejeros de Santurce (PUR) 11. Calvert White 6’5 G Marist (USA) 11. Ricky Sánchez 6’4 F Cangrejeros de Santurce (PUR) 12. Reginald Freeman 6’7 F Columbus St. University 12. Luis Villafañe 6’10 G Gigantes de Carolina (PUR) 13. Gregory Washington 6’11 C Oklahoma University (USA) 13. Angelo Reyes 6’7 F Gigantes de Carolina (PUR) 14. Kitwana Rhymer 6’10 C UMass (USA) 14. Carmelo Antrone Lee 6’7 F Vaqueros de Bayamón (PUR) 15. David Cooper 6’7 F Drexler University (USA) 15. Daniel Santiago 7’1 C Vaqueros de Bayamón (PUR) Director Técnico: TevHeighter Anderson Asistente Técnico: Donal Bough Williams & Mary University (USA) Asistente Técnico: Erique Grenald Director Técnico: Manolo Cintrón Director Técnico: Moncho Monsalve Asistente Técnico: Jose Neto ARG # Player Trotamundos de Carabobo (VEN) 4. Luis Scola 6’ 8 F Houston Rockets (USA) F Gaiteros del Zulia (VEN) 5. Pablo Prigioni 6’2 G Real Madrid (ESP) G Rutgers (USA) 6. Román González 6’11 C Quimsa Santiago del Heightero (ARG) # Player 4. Miguel Marriaga 6’10 C 5. Alejandro Barrios 6’6 6. Gregory Echenique 6’3 Team Peter John Ramos 4. 15. Leonardo Pomare Director Técnico: David Rosario VEN PUR 4. 6. Director Técnico: Gerardo Jauri Asistente Técnico: Alvaro Tito Height POS Team Height POS Team 7. Richard Lugo 6’9 F Trotamundos de Carabobo (VEN) 7. Leo Mainoldi 6’7 F Alta GHeightión Fuenlabrada (ESP) 8. Jesús Centeno 6’5 F Cocodrilos de Caracas (VEN) 8. Diego García 6’1 G Autocid Burgos (ESP)Temple (USA) 6’9 F Marinos de Oriente (VEN) 9. Juan Pablo Cantero 6’1 G Atenas de Córdoba (ARG) 10. Luis Bethelmy 6’8 F Cocodrilos de Caracas (VEN) 10. Leonardo Gutiérrez 6’8 FC Peñarol (ARG) 11. José Vargas 6’5 G Trotamundos de Carabobo (VEN) 11. Matías Sandes 6’6 F Alta GHeightión Fuenlabrada (ESP) 12. Héctor Romero 6’8 F Marinos de Oriente (VEN) 12. Andrés Pelussi 6’5 F Libertad Sunchales (ARG) 13. Axier Sucre 6’9 C Marinos de Oriente (VEN) 13. Paolo Quinteros 6’1 G CAI Zaragoza (ESP) 14. Greivis Vázquez 6’4 G Maryland University (USA) 14. Juan Pedro Gutierrez 6’7 F CB Granada (ESP) 15. Rafael Pérez 6’11 C Trotamundos de Carabobo (VEN) 15. Federico Kammerichs 6’7 F Regatas Corrientes (ARG) 9. Oscar Torres Director Técnico: NHeightor Salazar Asistente Técnico: Nelson Solorzano Director Técnico: Sergio Hernández Asistente Técnico: Gonzalo Gracía Asistente Técnico: Omar González Can referees # Player 4. Jermaine Anderson 6’ 2 G Teubingen (GER) 5. Tyler Kepkay 5’10 G University of Utha (USA) Nombre 6. Ryan Bell 6’5 G Shalke (GER) José Anibal Carrión Puerto Rico 7. Jermaine Bucknor 6’7 F Maurienne (FRA) Alejandro César Chiti Argentina 8. Carl English 6’5 G Saski Baskonia (ESP) Marc Jerald Davis Heightados 9. Olu Famutimi 6’6 F Khimik (UKR) 10. Andy Rautins 6’5 G Syracuse (USA) 11. Aaron Doornekamp 6’7 F Carleton University (CAN) 12. Jesse Young 6’10 F Murcia (ESP) 13. Kyle Landry 6’9 F Mons-Hainaut (BEL) 14. Levon Kendall 6’10 F Panionios (GRE) 15. Joel Anthony 6’9 C Miami Heat (USA) Director Técnico: Leo Rutins Height POS Team Asistente Técnico: Renato Pasquali Pais Unidos Pablo Heightévez Argentina Cristino Jesus Maranho Brasil José Hernan Melgarejo Colombia Reynaldo Mercedes Rep. Dominicana 4 # Player 4. Franklin WHeightern 6’6 F 5. Carlos Morbán 6’2 G 6. Kelvin Peña 6’4 G 7. Luis Flores 6’2 G 8. Juan Coronado 6’2 G Francisco García 6’7 G Sacramento Kings (USA) 10. Al Horfor 6’10 C Atlanta Hawks (USA) 11. Alejandro Flores 6’8 F 12. Ricardo Greer 6’5 G 9. Height POS Roberto Oliveros Venezuela Fabio Facchini Italia 13. Charlie Villanueva 6’11 C Marcos Fornies Benito Brasil 14. Marlon Martínez 6’7 F John Daniel Goble Heightados 15. Jack Michael Martínez 6’8 F Luigi LaMonica Italia Eddie Fernanzo Heightados Unidos Team Vaqueros de Bayamón (PUR) Milwaukee Bucks (USA) Director Técnico: Julio Toro Asistente Técnico: Melvin López Unidos puertorico2009.FIBAAMERICAs.com DOM Note: Non official roster. 5 01 MEX Player # Roster URU Height POS Team FIBA AMeRICAS championship 2009 BRA PAN # Player Sebastián Izaguirre 6’9 F Height POS Team # Player Capitol (URU) 4. Joel Muñoz 5’8 C Height POS # Player Magnates de Caledonia (PAN) 4. Marcelo Machado 6’ 7 G Flamengo Rio de Janeiro (BRA) Team Height POS Team 4. Karim Malpica 6’2 G Leones del Pone (PUR) 4. 5. Jesús Hiram López 6’6 F Halcones Xalapa (MEX) 5. Gistavo Barrea 6’4 G Trotamundos (VEN) 5. Jamar Warren 6’2 G Mogren, (SER) 5. Eduardo Machado 6’2 G Flamengo Rio de Janeiro (BRA) Mauricio Aguiar 6’6 F Vanoli (ITA) 6. Danilo Pinnock 6’4 G Free agent 2007 6. Diego Pinheiro 6’4 G Pinheiros (BRA) 6’3 G Toros Chorrillo (PAN) 7. Carlos Alexandre 6’6 F Pinheiros (BRA) 8. Alex García 6’3 G Universo/BRB (BRA) 6. Anthony Pedroza 6’3 G Soles de Mexicali (MEX) 6. 7. Horacio Llamas 6’11 C Soles de Mexicali (MEX) 7. Emilio Taboada 6’4 G Regatas Corrientes (ARG) 7. Maximiliano Gómez 8. Adam Parada 6’7 F 8. Diego González 5’9 G Defersor Sporting (URU) 8. Orlando Ortega 9. Romel Beck 6’7 G Gatos de Monagas (VEN) 9. Reque Newsome 6’8 F Olimpia (URU) 9. Joel Tesis 6’3 F Toros Chorrillo (PAN) 9. Marcelo Huertas 6’2 G Fortitudo P. Bologna (ITA) 10. Miguel Ayala 6’4 G Tepic (MEX) 10. Leandro Garcia 6’1 G Cocodrilos (VEN) 10. Eduardo Archibold 6’6 G Navieros Colón (PAN) 10. Leandro Barbosa 6’4 G Phoenix Suns (USA) 11. Omar Quintero 6’0 G Gigantes de Guayana (VEN) 11. Martín Osimani 6’3 G Atléticos de San Germán (PUR) 11. ErnHeighto Oglivie 6’5 F University of Massachusetts (USA) 11. Anderson Varejao 6’10 F Cleveland Cavaliers (USA) 12. Noe Alonzo 6’5 F Tecos UAG(MEX) 12. Gastón Páez 6’9 C Hebraica (URU) 12. Reyjavick Degracia 6’5 F University of Massachusetts (USA) 12. Guilherme Giovanoni 6’7 F Virtus Bologna (ITA) 13. Enrique Zúñiga 6’3 G Frayles de Guasave (MEX) 13. Juan Pablo Silveira 6’2 G 25 de Agosto (URU) 13. Ricardo Lindo 6’7 F Peñarol (URU) 13. Joao Paulo Batista 6’9 C Le Mans (FRA) 14. Gustavo Ayón 6’9 F Vaqueros de Agua Prieta (MEX) 14. Nicolás Borsellino 6’8 F Urunday (URU) 14. José Lloreda 6’9 C Ignis Legadue (IT) 14. Jonathan Tavernari 6’4 G BYU (USA) 15. Lorenzo Mata 6’9 F Halcones Xalapa (MEX) 15. Heighteban Batista 6’10 C Libertad Sunchales (ARG) 15. Tiago Splitter 6’11 C Tau Ceramica (ESP) Director Técnico: Arturo Guerrero Asistente Técnico: Ignacio Moreno ISV # Player Height POS Team Rasheem Richards 5’10 G Edwards Waters College (USA) 5. Kevin Sheppard 6’0 G Jacksonville University (USA) 7. 8. 9. Walter Hodge Cuthbert Victor Phillip Jones Jason Edwin 6’0 6’5 6’11 6’5 G F Pittsburgh University (USA) Murray State Univ. (USA) C G Mersin (TUR) Ken State University (USA) # Player Height POS 7’3 C Piratas de Quebradillas (PUR) Guillermo Díaz 6’2 G Eldo Caserta (ITA) 6. Filiberto Rivera 6’2 G Gigantes de Carolina (PUR) 7. Carlos Arroyo 6’2 G Maccabi Tel Avi (ISR) 8. Angel Vasallo 6’6 F Criollos de Caguas (PUR) 9. Christian Dalmau 6’2 G Vaqueros de Bayamón (PUR) 5. 10. Aaron Brown 6’4 G Notre Dame Univ. (USA) 10. Larry Ayuso 6’11 G Cangrejeros de Santurce (PUR) 11. Calvert White 6’5 G Marist (USA) 11. Ricky Sánchez 6’4 F Cangrejeros de Santurce (PUR) 12. Reginald Freeman 6’7 F Columbus St. University 12. Luis Villafañe 6’10 G Gigantes de Carolina (PUR) 13. Gregory Washington 6’11 C Oklahoma University (USA) 13. Angelo Reyes 6’7 F Gigantes de Carolina (PUR) 14. Kitwana Rhymer 6’10 C UMass (USA) 14. Carmelo Antrone Lee 6’7 F Vaqueros de Bayamón (PUR) 15. David Cooper 6’7 F Drexler University (USA) 15. Daniel Santiago 7’1 C Vaqueros de Bayamón (PUR) Director Técnico: TevHeighter Anderson Asistente Técnico: Donal Bough Williams & Mary University (USA) Asistente Técnico: Erique Grenald Director Técnico: Manolo Cintrón Director Técnico: Moncho Monsalve Asistente Técnico: Jose Neto ARG # Player Trotamundos de Carabobo (VEN) 4. Luis Scola 6’ 8 F Houston Rockets (USA) F Gaiteros del Zulia (VEN) 5. Pablo Prigioni 6’2 G Real Madrid (ESP) G Rutgers (USA) 6. Román González 6’11 C Quimsa Santiago del Heightero (ARG) # Player 4. Miguel Marriaga 6’10 C 5. Alejandro Barrios 6’6 6. Gregory Echenique 6’3 Team Peter John Ramos 4. 15. Leonardo Pomare Director Técnico: David Rosario VEN PUR 4. 6. Director Técnico: Gerardo Jauri Asistente Técnico: Alvaro Tito Height POS Team Height POS Team 7. Richard Lugo 6’9 F Trotamundos de Carabobo (VEN) 7. Leo Mainoldi 6’7 F Alta GHeightión Fuenlabrada (ESP) 8. Jesús Centeno 6’5 F Cocodrilos de Caracas (VEN) 8. Diego García 6’1 G Autocid Burgos (ESP)Temple (USA) 6’9 F Marinos de Oriente (VEN) 9. Juan Pablo Cantero 6’1 G Atenas de Córdoba (ARG) 10. Luis Bethelmy 6’8 F Cocodrilos de Caracas (VEN) 10. Leonardo Gutiérrez 6’8 FC Peñarol (ARG) 11. José Vargas 6’5 G Trotamundos de Carabobo (VEN) 11. Matías Sandes 6’6 F Alta GHeightión Fuenlabrada (ESP) 12. Héctor Romero 6’8 F Marinos de Oriente (VEN) 12. Andrés Pelussi 6’5 F Libertad Sunchales (ARG) 13. Axier Sucre 6’9 C Marinos de Oriente (VEN) 13. Paolo Quinteros 6’1 G CAI Zaragoza (ESP) 14. Greivis Vázquez 6’4 G Maryland University (USA) 14. Juan Pedro Gutierrez 6’7 F CB Granada (ESP) 15. Rafael Pérez 6’11 C Trotamundos de Carabobo (VEN) 15. Federico Kammerichs 6’7 F Regatas Corrientes (ARG) 9. Oscar Torres Director Técnico: NHeightor Salazar Asistente Técnico: Nelson Solorzano Director Técnico: Sergio Hernández Asistente Técnico: Gonzalo Gracía Asistente Técnico: Omar González Can referees # Player 4. Jermaine Anderson 6’ 2 G Teubingen (GER) 5. Tyler Kepkay 5’10 G University of Utha (USA) Nombre 6. Ryan Bell 6’5 G Shalke (GER) José Anibal Carrión Puerto Rico 7. Jermaine Bucknor 6’7 F Maurienne (FRA) Alejandro César Chiti Argentina 8. Carl English 6’5 G Saski Baskonia (ESP) Marc Jerald Davis Heightados 9. Olu Famutimi 6’6 F Khimik (UKR) 10. Andy Rautins 6’5 G Syracuse (USA) 11. Aaron Doornekamp 6’7 F Carleton University (CAN) 12. Jesse Young 6’10 F Murcia (ESP) 13. Kyle Landry 6’9 F Mons-Hainaut (BEL) 14. Levon Kendall 6’10 F Panionios (GRE) 15. Joel Anthony 6’9 C Miami Heat (USA) Director Técnico: Leo Rutins Height POS Team Asistente Técnico: Renato Pasquali Pais Unidos Pablo Heightévez Argentina Cristino Jesus Maranho Brasil José Hernan Melgarejo Colombia Reynaldo Mercedes Rep. Dominicana 4 # Player 4. Franklin WHeightern 6’6 F 5. Carlos Morbán 6’2 G 6. Kelvin Peña 6’4 G 7. Luis Flores 6’2 G 8. Juan Coronado 6’2 G Francisco García 6’7 G Sacramento Kings (USA) 10. Al Horfor 6’10 C Atlanta Hawks (USA) 11. Alejandro Flores 6’8 F 12. Ricardo Greer 6’5 G 9. Height POS Roberto Oliveros Venezuela Fabio Facchini Italia 13. Charlie Villanueva 6’11 C Marcos Fornies Benito Brasil 14. Marlon Martínez 6’7 F John Daniel Goble Heightados 15. Jack Michael Martínez 6’8 F Luigi LaMonica Italia Eddie Fernanzo Heightados Unidos Team Vaqueros de Bayamón (PUR) Milwaukee Bucks (USA) Director Técnico: Julio Toro Asistente Técnico: Melvin López Unidos puertorico2009.FIBAAMERICAs.com DOM Note: Non official roster. 5 01 Dominican REPUBLIC SHOWS A LOT IMPROVEMENT NBA PLAYERS IN san juan If it wasn't for the injury of Puerto Rican Jose Juan Barea, who hasn't recovered completely from his left shoulder surgery, the NBA would have had seven NBA players in the FIBA Americas Championhip where the Dominican Republic has three members. They are Al Horford of Atlanta who last season he played in 67 games and averaged 11.5 points and 9.3 rebounds. Shooting guard Francisco Garcia who had 12.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 65 games. Charlie Villanueva of Milwaukee registered 16.2 points and 5.7 rebounds in his debut with the Dominican national team after playing with the USA Junior National Team. Meanwhile Argentina has Luis Scola (Houston) as their key player who never missed a regular season game (82) and averaged 12.7 points and 8.8 rebounds. Finally Brazil has guard Leandro Barbosa of Phoenix with 14.4 points and 88.8% from the free throw and forward Anderson Varejao of Cleveland with 8.6 points and 7.2 rebounds. Luis Scola: the fuel that sparks the Houston Rockets. Photo: José Jiménez/FIBA three puerto rican coaches on stage It is almost unheard of that three coaches from the same nationality play in an important FIBA competition and two of them are leading nationalists' countries like the Dominican Republic and Panama. Julio Toro, with 12 BSN titles, coaches the Dominicans while David Rosario of Capitanes de Arecibo, leads the Panamanians; leaving Manolo Cintron, disciple and substitute of the first, leading the Puerto Rican team. A possible fourth would have been Flor Melendez who could have been coaching Venezuela but at the end they stayed with Néstor Salazar. Manolo Cintrón David Rosario Julio Toro puertorico2009.FIBAAMERICAs.com 15 Daniel Santiago Francisco García Al Horford In paper the ten participants of the FIBA Americas Championship has a legitimate opportunity for the title and get one of the four spots in the 2010 FIBA World Championship. Meanwhile Brazil is going thru a good moment and the Dominican Republic, coached by Julio Toro, has NBA stars like Al Horford of the Atlanta Hawks, Francisco Garcia of the Sacramento Kings and Charlie Villanueva who played with the Milwaukee Bucks. The Dominicans are one of the favorites while you can't discount Argentina for their winning tradition and Puerto Rico because they are the host. Uruguay is improved in the middle of a reconstruction period and Canada who has a solid team and plays great defense. Charlie Villanueva Mexico, who will make their debut against Puerto Rico, is dangerous because of their offense who got them the COCABA title while Venezuela and US Virgin Islands are characterized for giving surprises in international tournaments. Panama comes in as the underdog because they replace Cuba who decided to not play in this tournament. In a long competition like this, the physical and mental condition are significant, also a bit of luck is needed. INFORMACIótion,pics, stats & MUCH MORE... puertorico2009.FIBAAMERICAs.com 6 Key player The rank of star in the Puerto Rican national team belongs without a doubt to Carlos Arroyo by being their main offensive weapon and having FIBA and NBA experience, but in the current edition, center Daniel Santiago is a key player because of the extra needed for starting center Peter John Ramos. Santiago, who has been playing in the last couple of years in the ACB League with Malaga and Barcelona, has won two titles and came back to the national team after playing with Vaqueros de Bayamon where he had a great performance in the semifinals and the finals. He faced Ramos in the finals where Vaqueros got their 14 league title. Despite his inactivity for the last two weeks, Santiago participated in the II Marchand Continental Championship Cup and was the leading rebounder with 8.7 per game, having a lot of intensity under the baskets and showing an improvement in his physical condition as the tournament went on. Brazil won with a 3-0 record while Puerto Rico was 2-1. Head coach Manolo Cintron could use Daniel as a replacement of Ramos or both together at the same time, forming an impressive trio with Ricky Sanchez as the three of them are 6'11" or taller. The national team will go at the same pace as Santiago who needs to avoid foul trouble and concentrate on the rebounds and remaining defensive aspects which elevates his status to key figure. 3 01 Did you know? eleven games of action y passion The II Marchand Continental Championship Cup, held last week at Jose Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, not only served to show that Brazil repeated the 2007 title, but also they gave Argentina, Canada and Puerto Rico the opportunity to warm up prior to the FIBA Americas Championship. There were many players who had an A: Brazilian Leandro Barbosa, who led in scoring with a 20.7 point per game averaged and was followed by Luis Scola with 17.7 and Tiago Splitter of Brazil with 15.0 In rebounds Puerto Rican Daniel Santiago led with 8.7 followed by Anderson Varejao with 8 along with Canadian Joel Anthony. Filiberto Rivera of Puerto Rico led assists with 5.7 while Marcelinho Machado had 5.3 and Marcelo Huertas with 3.9 per game. Filiberto Rivera tries to score againts Canada’s Joel Anthony. Filiberto Rivera In free throws Filiberto Rivera had 100% by making all eleven of them. Scola and Barbosa followed with a 78.9%. In three point shows Jermaine Anderson of Canada was the bHeight with a 66.7% while Machado had 58.7 and Ricky Sanchez 54.5. Carmelo Lee of Puerto Rico had 2.3 blocks per game while Anthony also had 2.3 and Luis Villafañe 1.3. 2 Photo: José Jiménez/FIBA FIBA Americas President, Horacio Muratore, and Alberto Garcia who is the Secretary General, welcome the ten participating countries for the 2010 FIBA World Championship qualifier. They also thanked the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation for salvaging and organizing this tournament who had Mexico as the original host. Starting today until Sunday, August 30, Coliseo Roberto Clemente serves as the host of four daily games starting on 1:30 and ending at 9:00 with intermediate games on 4:00 and 6:30. The Puerto Rican team will always play last in the first round. The competition is divided into two groups. Group A has Mexico, Uruguay, Canada, US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Group B has Argentina, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Panama and Venezuela. August 31 is an off day and starting on September 1, with eight national teams, four from each group, will play in the second round. The semifinals will be played on August 5 and the finals on August 6. Individual tickets are priced: $35.00 (Palco), $25.00 (Preferencia) and second floor $14.00. The cost doesn't include a 7% tax. 7 Special issue FIBAAMERICAS.COM 01 Feature August 26, 2009 FIBA-Americas Championship 2009 MURATORE in play their trip for Turkey a man of basquekball Photo: José Jiménez/FIBA The story of FIBA Americas President, Horacio Muratore, is interesting and full of success starting in the city of San Miguel de Tucuman as a player for Tucuman Basketball Club. Muratore, who was named FIBA Americas President in March of 2009, has been thru all the divisions in basketball, from club to the organization that rules the game of basketball in America. "I started as a player in Tucuman Basketball in San Miguel de Tucuman and because I studied in the Economic Science faculty, I was named the treasurer of the basketball commission," said Muratore in an interview. His long journey in the basketball world started right there where his years of service and leadership have given Muratore recognition around the community where he helped develop basketball in South America and now has the opportunity to do it in all America. Muratore was President of Tucuman Basketball from 1978-1980 and from 1980 to 1983 to the Tucuman Association. Then he passed to the Presidency of the Tucuman Federation for ten years. On December of 1992 he was elected as President of the Argentinean Basketball Confederation and he was there for 16 years. In November of 1993 he was selected as the President of the South American Confederation (Consubasquet) for 13 years. During his presidency in Consubasquet and CABB, Muratore saw the biggest achievements in the region as Argentina won Gold in the 2004 Olympics and countries like Venezuela, Brazil, Chile, among others, were doing a great job in continental tournaments. At the same time the club competitions and national teams increased to give players the chance to develop in international competitions. Now at the start of his presidency in FIBA Americas the continent had a great performance in the U19 FIBA World Championship as they finished at the top nine in both men's and women's tournaments. In the women's tournaments USA won Gold and Argentina Bronce. The key is to have a great base to have good results, says Muratore, who saw Argentina, who is not a women's powerhouse, win in that tournament. " Everything is thanks to a good job right at the base with good planification in the national team and club competition. This is what we did in all Argentina so the kids could play basketball in the selections and provinces and also in the clubs. We have a National League where the young players want to go in order to develop," said Muratore who graduated from Accounting from Tucuman National University. His job to develop basketball doesn't rest in the tournament that are already there, now they will continue to work to show the potential of American Basketball with many tournaments, including the South American Championship for Women;s Clubs done in Quito, Ecuador. When talking about the FIBA Americas Championship, that begins on August 26 at Coliseo Roberto Clemente of San Juan, Muratore thinks that it will be a hard and close competition. "Something will happen this year that has never happened before and that is that the ten teams have high expectations to win. They are preparing well and they want to have the best team possible. It will be a very competitive tournament and good for the people of Puerto Rico who are passionate about basketball." The FIBA Americas Championship will qualify the top four teams for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. STAFF fibaamericas.com FIBA globAL sponsors Javier Otero - Director of Comnunication FIBA-Américas Chu García - Editor Fernando Luis Rolón - Creative Director Luis ModHeightti - Comunications Albert Ortiz - Comunications/IT Assistant Néstor Rodríguez - Eligibility & Doping Control José Jiménez - Photography FIBA-Américas photo Archive and El Nuevo Día newspaper Varejao & Anthony: colossus from Brasil & Canada. Photo: José Jiménez/FIBA 10 countries from the Americas looks four spots for the FIBA Word Championship 2010 in Turk soil. SCHUDDLE wednesday 26 ISV vs 1:30 DOM vs 4:00 VEN vs MEX vs 6:30 9:00 URU BRA thurday 27 PAN vs 1:30 CAN vs 4:00 ARG PUR 6:30 9:00 BRA vs PUR vs DOM MEX friday 28 ARG vs 1:30 ISV vs 4:00 BRA CAN VEN isv 6:30 9:00 VEN vs URU vs PAN PUR