As I’ve blogged about before, I will spend the upcoming two weeks in Turkey to watch and write about the FIBA World Championships 2010 (basketball) for Nokia/WOMWorld. Just arrived here this morning. The blog posts are available in Nokia’s basketball app, which can be downloaded to their phones from the Ovi Store. But of course I will both blog here

Basketball team Miami Heat in the NBA is taking headhunting to another level. As the contract of their superstar Dwyane Wade is about to end, they are making a grand effort to resign their player – by launching an offline and online campaign about the team’s and the society’s love for him: wewantwade.com. For anyone working with recruitment, following the

It’s been a while since I last blogged about Jonas Jerebko, the Swedish Sensation in the NBA’s Detroit Pistons. Jerebko has continued to star over the past couple of months and have not let the return of superstars Richard Hamilton och Tayshaun Prince hamper his progress. Instead, he reached another historical milestone yesterday, as he was named NBA Rookie of

Ah, the stories I could tell you after a decade working with and around sports. Why not have a light start to the blog week with one of them? A couple of years ago, me and two other representatives of Swedish basketball visited Poland to start talks about a international league with four countries around the Baltic sea. There, I

Washington Wizards’ Gilbert Arenas is in the line of fire, so to speak. The NBA-player has been under investigation after it was revealed that he had three guns in his locker at the home stadium. But as if that was not enough, his behavior after being caught has the club and league managements fuming. First, he went on Twitter mocking

Rodney Stuckey – Richard Hamilton – Tayshaun Prince – Jonas Jerebko – Ben Wallace. That was the starting five of the Detroit Pistons in the NBA tonight. Quite a big deal if you are a Swedish basketball fan like myself. Three players who were instrumental to the Pistons’ NBA reign, a guard (Stuckey) who made all-star Chauncey Billups expandable and

He keeps on slugging away at the NBA, seemingly improving for every game he plays. Detroit Pistons’ own Jonas is suddenly on the radar for NBA.com’s Rookie Rankings, making his debute last week at 9 and now climbing to 7. For a guy drafted at 39, that is quite the remarkable feat. Over the past six games, Jonas has averaged

22. Twenty two. T-w-e-n-t-y t-w-o. Just taste the words, let them roll around in your mouth for a while and enjoy the bouquet. Jonas Jerebko, Detroit Pistons vs Los Angeles Clippers. 33:56 minutes, 8 out of 11 field goals, 4 out of 4 three pointers, 2 out of 3 free throws, 5 rebounds. 22 points. Twenty two points. I’m just

A young(er) Jonas Jerebko during his rookie year with Plannja Basket in the Swedish league 2006/07. (Foto: Mats Bengtsson) Basketball is not the biggest of sports in Sweden. It might be worldwide, as many Swedish fanatics often argue when complaining about the media coverage, but it still is a relatively small sport here. And lets be real, a small sport

Jonas Jerebko, the Swedish basketball wonderkid just did it. It is November 1, 2009, 2 am here in Sweden and the forward from Kinna is playing NBA basketball as the first Swedish born player ever. Hard to describe the feeling, but this is big for Swedish basketball. Really, really big! I am guessing and hoping that there are a lot