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    Stern is promoting Britain's cause with world basketball's governing body FIBA by lending his backing to the team's bid to receive a wildcard for next year's world championships in Turkey. "The run-up to 2012 is very exciting for the growth of basketball in Great Britain ... Team GB qualified for the EuroBasket and we hope that, in its wisdom, FIBA sees fit to give it a wildcard. We're interested to see that, by then, Team GB could have as many as four NBA players on their team, and to see Luol Deng out there tonight is exciting for us and also exciting for fans of Team GB." Full Article at CNN
    The run-up to 2012 is very exciting for the growth of basketball in Great Britain ... Team GB qualified for the EuroBasket and we hope that, in its wisdom, FIBA sees fit to give it a wildcard. We're interested to see that, by then, Team GB could have as many as four NBA players on their team, and to see Luol Deng out there tonight is exciting for us and also exciting for fans of Team GB.
    David Stern – David Stern SOURCE: CNN 1 month ago
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NBA wants regular-season game in London
  1. We're running out of runway a little bit, but we still hope to do it
    David Stern – David Stern SOURCE: CNN 1 month ago
  2. Who knows? We have not set the schedule yet for 2010, so we'll see
    David Stern – David Stern SOURCE: CNN 1 month ago

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