Boomers assistant coach Luc Longley has praised the professionalism of star centre Andrew Bogut who has gone from an unlikely 2016 Olympian to a likely game-breaker for Australia in Rio.Bogut made a successful albeit brief return to basketball in a warm-up game for the Boomers against China on Sunday.Six weeks ago that seemed like a long shot as the disconsolate centres NBA season ended in game five of the finals with a knee injury.Im not great at math, but six to eight weeks minimum is what Ive been told, the then Golden State centre said. Its (the Games) very unlikely at this point, to be honest.Bogut had to watch on as his Warriors lost to Cleveland in the seven game series before finding out he was to be traded to the Dallas Mavericks.But despite the tumult he did everything that was required to have a shot at what would be a likely third and last Olympics.We didnt really know and neither did he, Longley said about whether Bogut would actually make it back in time for the Rio Games.He has been very professional about the way he has rehabilitated and taken care of himself.He was very determined to play. He sees this is going to be his last go around and this is a big deal and how important it is for us. That professionalism has paid off.While Bogut brings defensive cachet to the team he also brings the biggest of big game experience, having played in consecutive NBA Finals series, including the 2014/15 championship win by the Warriors.Hes a world class centre and everybody knows that so if you carry him into the Games you have more confidence, Longley said.He gives us more options with what we can do on the floor and he is just a very good basketball brain. He helps us on every angle. Cheap Fake Jerseys . Newcastle dominated in the early stages but City weathered the storm and then raised its game in extra time. Negredo broke the deadlock from close range after a simple move in the 99th minute before Dzeko took the ball round goalkeeper Tim Krul to seal the victory in the 105th. Fake College Jerseys . -- The proud fathers huddled near the Dallas Stars dressing room, smiling, laughing and telling stories while wearing replica green sweaters of their sons team. http://www.fakejersey.com/fake-soccer-jerseys/ . "It doesnt get any better than that," Giambi said. "Im speechless." The Indians are roaring toward October. Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race. Fake Adidas Jerseys . -- Sergey Tolchinksy scored his second goal of the game 3:56 into overtime as the Sault Ste. Fake MLB Jerseys . -- Claudio Bieler hadnt scored since early September, and not from the run of play since mid-July. Romain Grosjean says he was left hugely frustrated to only finish 11th at the Japanese Grand Prix following one of the best drives of his Formula One career.Having started seventh, Grosjean -- on a two-stop strategy -- dropped to ninth on the first lap and narrowly missed out on recording Haas first points finish since the Austrian Grand Prix in July, after he finished just behind the one-stopping Williams duo of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas at Suzuka.I think Im never been as frustrated as today in another race because I think we deserved much more, Grosjean said. The pace of the car was much faster than the Williams, we just got the life on the hard tyre wrong and we could have pitted earlier on the last stint but the pace was amazing.We struggled in the first stint with the green track and the softs, there was a lot of graining. But then the car was flying. It was really good, I had some great overtaking. Thats a lot of promise for the future, its just so bloody annoying being that close and we couldnt do anything. Honestly that is one of the best driives of my career, which is for no point.ddddddddddddAfter both Grosjean and teammate Estaban Gutierrez made it through to Q3 for the first time in Haas debut F1 season, Frenchman believes the team deserved better on Sunday, but insists there are plenty of positives to take forward heading into the American outfits home grand prix at Austin in two weeks time.I lost a bit of ground into Turn 1 with Hulkenberg just coming in front of me, I almost crashed into him, so that was very close. Just too much graining in the first stint so we need to work on that but there is a lot of optimism and positives from the way the car worked.We didnt deserve that -- it is was so frustrating. The car was so fast on the hard tyre, I was feeling confident, I was pushing, I was overtaking, I was having fun and just couldnt get the Williams. Such a great battle, so many positives from the race but its so frustrating being that close. They were there. ' ' '
