Bogdan Tanjevic doesn’t mince his words when the subject of Ömer Asik comes up. The veteran coach works with Asik at Fenerbahce, and with Turkey’s national team.
“Asik is somebody that is the biggest improvement in Turkish basketball in probably the last 20 years,” Tanjevic said to FIBA.com. “He learns so quickly and shows a great [...]

This week’s quick international roundup of the player performances during the last few days. This post includes discussion about Yi Jianlian’s return to the New Jersey Nets, Pau Gasol’s extension, Luol Deng and Joakim Noah’s contributions to the Chicago Bulls, J.J. Barea’s career year, and Žalgiris Kaunas fills their head coach position.

Yi Jianlian returned to [...]

This week’s quick roundup of the player performances around the world during the last few days. This week includes discussion about Aleksandr Marić’s monster month, Dirk Nowitzki to the 2010 World Championships of basketball, Tyreke Evans and the Sacramento Kings’ amazing comeback over the Chicago Bulls and more…

The Sacramento Kings found themselves down 33 points, 83-50, [...]

It’s been a rough couple of games for Joakim Noah.
First Noah was involved in a shouting match with the NBA’s biggest star, LeBron James. The 6-10 son of French great Yannick Noah, believed James was over celebrating when Cleveland held a comfortable lead over the Chicago Bulls.
The third-year player called out James from the bench, [...]

Here’s a pic of LeBron James‘ controversial dance moves during the Cleveland-Chicago match last night.

James’ off-court moves overshadowed his on-court accomplishments when the Chicago Bull’s Joakim Noah took exception to the King’s celebrations and posturing. What do you think of Lebron’s moves last night? Discuss LeBron’s and Cleveland’s celebrations i our forum.