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Olympics Day One Recap: Lithuania defeats Argentina on Kleiza three; Spain, USA, Croatia win

Day one of Olympic Basketball has finished with Russia, Germany, Spain, Lithuania, Croatia, and the USA getting their first wins.
Russia 71 : Iran 49 (Russia-Iran Boxscore)
Despite the 71-49 score, Russia didn’t have quite as easy a win as expected, though a late run in the game made for the final margin against feisty Iran.  Russia [...]

What’s your All-defensive international NBA team look like?

With Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Bruce Bowen and Marcus Camby being named to the NBA’s All-defensive first-team today, and no international players named to the second team, it got me wondering.
What does an all-defensive team look like it, if it was solely comprised of all foreign-born NBA players?
Keeping in mind that we’re not [...]

Mini-Update: 10 NBA Players from Around the World (01/23

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 01/16/2008- 01/22/2008)
So the three of the top-four scorers off the bench are international players– Manu Ginobili (19.1), Leandro Barbosa (15.4), and Andres Nocioni (13.5). Jason Terry is [...]

Sleepless in Seattle: 10 NBA Players from Around the World (12/11)

This week we look at the Anderson Varejao’s return to Cleveland, Manu’s amazing week, Tony Parker without Tim Duncan, international baby-Bulls, Marco Belinelli says no to the NBDL, Jose Calderon’s consistency, and the Seattle Sonics’ Mickael Gelabale, Johan Petro and Mohamed Sene. Every Wednesday during the NBA season, interbasket takes a closer look [...]