Interbasket

With 2006’s overall #1 pick Andrea Bargnani’s poor performance for Toronto this past season, and Marco Bellineli riding the bench after a great preseason, some might assume NBA scouts would be a little hesitant to rate another Italian player so highly.
Luckily for Danilo Gallinari, this isn’t the late 1980s or early 90s.  This is a [...]

This is part one of five-part series in which Interbasket will evaluate and focus on an international NBA player’s regular, playoff, and off-season.  This week’s focus is fiery Jose Calderon, whose career season has created a point guard quandary in Toronto.

With Toronto’s season ending in a 4-1 series to the Orlando Magic and restricted free-agency [...]

Continuing yesterday’s post, Interbasket presents the five least valuable international NBA players for the 2008 NBA Playoffs through the first two games:
1. Andrea Bargnani - Everyone was talking about the benching of Rasho Nesterovic in favor or Jamario Moon, but watching Toronto play, I don’t think Rasho’s the reason why the Raptors haven’t been successul. [...]

With the NBA playoffs about to begin this weekend, Ibn would be remiss not to talk about the unprecedented competitive Western Conference this year and the roles that international players are having on every playoff-bound team. It’s just crazy to think that Dallas is the seventh seed, San Antonio or Phoenix will be sitting out [...]

I was watching an NBA game and the broadcasters put up a shot listing the top ten NBA jerseys sold in Europe.  I was shocked to see some of the names on the list (Iverson, Diaw), and more importantly, the names that weren’t on the list. Check out the list below:
1. Dwyane Wade
2. Allen [...]

Every Wednesday during the NBA season, Interbasket takes a closer look at ten international NBA players that has caught our eye. (This week is for period 01/23/2008- 01/29/2008)
Cleveland Hurting
The Cleveland Cavs are playing great since the first of the year, but have hit a touch stretch with injuries to Sasha Pavlovic and Anderson Varejao. [...]

Every Wednesday during the NBA season, interbasket takes a closer look at ten international NBA players that has caught our eye. This week is for period 11/15-11/21/2007.
After three years of gathering splinters on the bench (and two championship rings), and with Jacque Vaughn getting the backup PG calls, little-used Beno Udrih was finally traded [...]