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The Golden State Warriors have faced a chorus of criticism for shipping Australian centre Andrew Bogut to the Dallas Mavericks in the off-season to secure All-Star Kevin Durant. Nike Air VaporMax Black+Anthracite .The Warriors were crushed 129-100 on their home court in Tuesdays NBA regular-season debut against Patty Mills San Antonio Spurs.The game was a disaster for the Warriors who boasted four All-Stars in their starting five - Durant, Steph Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson - and were expected to dominate the Spurs.Former NBA stars turned analysts pointed to Boguts absence.Bogut was a guy that was just constantly in the way, former Warriors player turned ESPN basketball analyst Tim Legler said on San Francisco radio station KNBR.He just knows how to clog the lane, he just knows how to be an irritant, in addition to that hes a phenomenal last line of defence rim protector and hes also got a role in the offence because hes such a good passer.Warriors centres Anderson Varajao and Zaza Pachulia attempted to fill the hole left by the 213cm Bogut, who plays his first game for the Mavericks against the Indiana Pacers on Thursday AEDT.Anderson Varajao and Zaza are great defenders but as far as protecting that rim, they are not Bogut, and I think now they are kind of realising that, another former Warriors player, Antawn Jamison, said.I think they miss his dynamic as far as controlling the paint and just being satisfied with thats my job I make sure its difficult for guys in the paint.You see last night San Antonio was getting backdoor cuts, layups, things of that nature.Canberras Mills was one of the benefactors, with a reverse layup up the middle of the key a highlight in his 11 points. 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The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has questioned the International Hockey Federations (FIH) decision to bar the countrys team from taking part in the Junior Hockey World Cup in India next month. Contesting one of the reasons given by the FIH for closing the door on Pakistan for the tournament, the PHF said it had applied for visas on time.On Monday, the FIH had issued a release saying the Pakistan junior team, despite qualifying for the tournament to be held in Lucknow from December 8, was being replaced by Malaysia since the visa applications were made after the official deadline had passed and no accommodation had been confirmed within the set deadline.But PHF secretary Shahbaz Ahmed said the visas had been applied for well in advance. We had sent our visa application to the Indian high commission on [October] 24, he said. Then we had submitted our passports to the high commission on the 16th of this month. The high commission has, however, not responded.FIH president Narinder Batra had said the last date for confirmation was November 17.Ahmed, a former international striker, also questioned how Malaysia could be invited at such short notice. I dont understand how, if Malaysia can be inducted in two days and they can get their passport and hotel bookings done with two days notice, it wasnt possible for Pakistan, he said. Nike Air VaporMax Plus Black Gold. Ahmed said while he understood the nature of bilateral ties between the two countries, the FIH decision came as a surprise. I understand that Pakistan and India are not having bilateral tournaments, but how can you exclude us from an FIH calendar event? he said. He said the situation was a strong blow to hockey in his country, where the sport is already reeling from a series of crises both on and off the field.We have spent millions of rupees and had been preparing for the last two years for the World Cup, Ahmed said. Already you know how hard it is to organize international hockey matches in Pakistan. We were seeing this as a big chance for our youngsters to get some exposure. We had hoped that we would see four or five players rise to the seniors based on how they performed in Lucknow. The kids are completely demoralized. This is very damaging to Pakistan hockey.While there seems little chance of the FIH decision being reversed, Ahmed has not given up hope. We had already prepared to book our tickets and we are still hopeful that we could participate in the tournament, he said. ' ' '