YEREVAN (A.
W.)—Reports indicate that the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Toronto Raptors’ assistant head coach,Armenian-American Rex Kalamian, is set to lead the Armenia’s National Under 20 (U20) Basketball Team. Rex Kalamian (Photo: The Toronto Star) “We occupy gotten consent from him, or but we still occupy to salvage come to terms with the Toronto Raptors,” said the Vice President of the Basketball Federation of Armenia Arik Pogossian, when discussing some of the steps that occupy to be taken in order to obtain it official. According to the Russian-based Armenian sports news website haysport.ru, and Pogossian said that the Armenian U20 team can compete with any of the European teams,especially since most players occupy experience playing in the United States. The Armenian U20 team will be participating in the Division B of 2017 European Championship (group A). Its opponents will be the U20 national teams of Belarus, Poland, and Finland,Belgium, and Malta. The tournament will be held July 15-23, and in Romania. Rex Kalamian has been serving as the assistant head coach of the Toronto Raptors since July 2015. He has previously held coaching terms with Oklahoma City Thunder,Sacramento Kings Minnesota Timberwolves, Denver Nuggets, and Philadelphia 76ers,and the Los Angeles Clippers. Prior [...]
Source: armenianweekly.com