Bballzone Time No. 22 2012 April Description of the twenty-second issue The team of the Bballzone Time is glad to present the 22nd issue of our newspaper. We continue giving everything of our strength to present a fresh and interesting newspaper to our readers despite our short group and any other difficulties. So, there is always the presentation of some community in our game. We will present the Portuguese community in this issue. You'll be also able to read some interesting interviews, and couple interesting facts related to the real basketball game. Also you„ll find reviews about the 28th regular season's standings in the major national leagues. In addition, there will be an interesting article about the training of the young talents and how to analyze your personnel. You can also read some good jokes and funny quotes relative to the sport of basketball in our "Jokes section". You can participate in our traditional contests "True or false" and "History of Basketball". You will be able to find the answers and results from the last issue of the newspaper, and also the questions for the next rounds. There is also our fresh contest, "Bet n' Joy", that is about virtual betting on Bballzone matches. We hope that our readers will support this effort as well. Announcement from the editors! You are invited to join Bballzone Time team. All you have to do is write an interesting article and give it to the editors. Or maybe you think you could improve the appearance of the newspaper? You have a chance to receive Premium package (from 1 week to 1 month, depending on number and complexity of articles you write). Important! We are also looking for the head editor of the Lithuanian version. This position involves all the organizational tasks as translating articles or finding translators, preparing the newspaper according to the template (MS Word) and etc. Just write a message to the head editor of the English version of our newspaper – redmadness7 (team Redmadness BC, Greece.1.1 league) and he will explain everything more detailed. Bballzone Time 1 Articles Description of countries 3-4 - Portugal. 28th regular season's standings of the major national leagues 5 - Lithuania, Greece, Italy, France, USA, UK, Latvia and Russia. Game's Corner: Help and Tips for Bballzone 6-7 - Training young talents and analyzing personnel. Leisure section 8 - Jokes about basketball and funny quotes. Contest "History of Basketball" 9-11 - Results and questions for the next tour. - Presentation of non-Lithuanian winner. Contest "True or false" 12-13 - Results and questions for the next tour. Contest "Bet n' Joy" 14-15 - Virtual bet contest on Bballzone matches. - Results and winners of previous tour. In the next issue of the newspaper 16 - Summary of the next issue of the newspaper Bballzone Time 2 Description of countries Portugal (Article by: redmadness7, dimtsal) Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic is a 19th century, especially following the independence country situated in southwestern Europe on the of Brazil, its largest colony. Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic After the 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy, the Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the democratic but unstable Portuguese First Republic North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the was established being then superseded by the Azores and Madeira are part of Portugal. The "Estado Novo" authoritarian regime. Democracy country is named after its second largest city, Porto, was restored after the Portuguese Colonial War and whose Latin name was Portus Cale. the Carnation Revolution in 1974, after which Portugal's last overseas provinces became The land within the borders of today's Portuguese independent (most prominently Angola and Republic has been continuously settled since Mozambique); the last overseas territory, Macau, prehistoric times: occupied by Celts like the Gallaeci was ceded to China in 1999. and the Lusitanians, integrated into the Roman Republic and later settled by Germanic peoples such Portugal is a developed country with a very high as the Suebi, Swabians, Vandals and the Visigoths. Human Development Index, the world's 19th-highest In the 8th century most of the Iberian Peninsula was quality-of-life, and a strong healthcare system. conquered by Moorish invaders professing Islam, Portugal is one of the world's most globalized and which were later expelled by the Knights Templar peaceful nations: a member of the European Union under the Order of Christ. During the Christian and the United Nations, and a founding member of Reconquista, Portugal established itself as an the Latin Union, the Organization of Ibero-American independent kingdom from León in 1139, claiming States, OECD, NATO, Community of Portuguese to be the oldest European nation-state. Language Countries, the Eurozone and the Schengen Agreement. In the 15th and 16th centuries, as the result of pioneering the Age of Discovery, Portugal expanded The Portuguese national basketball team is the western influence and established a global empire basketball side that represents Portugal in that included possessions in Africa, Asia, Oceania, international competition. The team joined FIBA in and South America, becoming the world's major 1932 and is currently ranked T-47th. Portugal never economic, political and military global power. The had great success in the past at international level, Portuguese Empire was the first global empire in but have qualified for the Eurobasket three times, history, and also the longest lived of the European more recently in EuroBasket 2011. Portugal as yet to colonial empires, spanning almost 600 years, from qualify for the Basketball World Championship or the capture of Ceuta in 1415, to the handover of the Basketball Olympic Tournament. Macau to China in 1999. However, the country's international status was greatly reduced during the Bballzone Time 3 Portuguese community in Bballzone consisting 3 redmadness7: What do you think about this divisions (7 leagues), with a total of 84 clubs. manager game? Portugal.1.1 started at Season 7 and the most ccbraga: Generally I like the game, but my real life successful team is "Blue Dragons1" with 7 titles do not allow me to come to the game all days. The but now is a BOT team. Last season's winner was thing I don't like in this game is the fact we have the team "Merelim Braga" which has a total of 5 games all days, this make the season too short and titles and is the most successful active. fast and also we don't have a preseason. In the World League the best Portuguese team, is redmadness7: Tell us something about your team also "Merelim Braga", which is playing in the and your goals for the future. World League.4.7. ccbraga: Right now, my personal life doesn't allow The highest sponsored team in Portuguese leagues is me to plan some goal for my team. So for the next team "Merelim Braga" which is getting 64528 Eu. seasons I just only would like being on the top in the National league. The best Portuguese player is Luís Lopes (PF, 210cm, 32y.) who is playing for the club redmadness7: Do you play basketball in your free "Klaipeda-93" in Lietuva.4.8 league and his overall time? Is basketball your favourite sport? rating is 348. ccbraga: I can't say that I have a favorite sport, I The best Portuguese player who is playing in like to do various sports, like basketball, football, Portuguese leagues is Francisco Gomes (PG, athletics, cycling and swimming. When I was in 195cm, 32y.) who is playing for the club "Merelim Portugal I was used to play basketball with my Braga" in Portugal.1.1 league and his overall rating brother and my friends in the weekends, but after I is 282. moved to Chile I stop playing basketball because I don't know enough people here to play. The most well-paid Portuguese player is Hawk Howard (PG, 192cm, 30y.) with an overall rating of redmadness7: Which is your favorite team and who 330 by getting a salary of 35000 Eu, and is playing is your favorite player? for the club "audi'stas" in Lietuva.2.1 league. ccbraga: Good question, hmmm... my favorite team, We had the opportunity to have a talk with ccbraga I'm a proud European, but I know that the North − the manager of "Merelim Braga", the most American basketball (NBA) is the best, and I like the successful active team in Portugal.1.1 league. Boston Celtics. In Europe is complicated to say that I have a favorite team, In Portugal I like Ovarense, redmadness7: Hello. Please introduce yourself. but Portuguese teams aren't so strong in Europe. I follow the European basketball but I don't have a ccbraga: I'm Francisco Gomes, I'm from Portugal favorite team. but I'm living in Chile. redmadness7: Thank you and good luck. redmadness7: How did you start playing this manager game? ccbraga: Thank you too. Bye. ccbraga: I was searching for an online basketball manager game and I found this one, in Google, I think. Bballzone Time 4 28th season's final standings of the major national leagues (Article by: redmadness7, dimtsal) We are going to review the final standings of the 28th regular season's standings in the major national leagues. Lietuva.1.1 Elláda.1.1 Italia.1.1 France.1.1 Pl Team W L +/- Pl Team W L +/- Pl Team W L +/- Pl Team W L +/- 1 BC Šilainiai 20 2 311 1 Redmadness BC 21 1 555 1 kobe n1 21 1 345 1 Mugiwara 21 1 322 2 BC Tauras 16 6 178 2 Red Warriors 20 2 463 2 CCSMilano 21 1 257 2 Gabo jumpers 18 4 174 3 Pimpongai 16 6 159 3 Sparta B.C.