Lithuanian center, international basketball legend, and former Portland Trailblazer Arvydas Sabonis will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall-of-Fame in the class of 2011. Discuss Dennis Rodman, Arvydas Sabonis, & Chris Mullin’s career in our forum Already a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame (he joined with the 2010 class), Sabonis will be inducted [...]

Winning Philosophies in Basketball Last Sunday I watched Regatas Corrientes (Argentina) blow out the Arecibo Captains (Puerto Rico) 89-73 to become the 2011 FIBA America League Champions. Arecibo was the clear favorite, arriving undefeated for the final game with a loaded team (Daniel Santiago, Larry Ayuso and Danilo Pinnock) against a Regatas team that had [...]

Jonas Jerebko, the first NBA player from Sweden, has been on a tear as of late. In the last six games, the 22-year old rookie has averaged 13.7 points on 52.6% from the field, 7.7 rebounds and has recorded three games of double-doubles. The Pistons have won four of six. The second round pick is [...]

Sometimes you just come across a great image that doesn’t need much explanation; this picture of Ben Gordon speaks for itself. Just marvel at the beauty of this photograph. Ben Gordon of the Detroit Pistons, caught here in midair, squares up and shoots the ball against the Philadelphia 76ers. Gordon scored 23 points in the [...]

The almost 37-year old Steve Nash has been revitalized in the early season. Nash tallied 21 points and 20 assists in a Phoenix win against the the Sixers last night. Without Shaq holding down the offense, Nash is averaging 12.9 assists through 8 games and has had games of 14, 17, 20, and 20 assists, [...]

When the Sacramento Kings and Memphis Grizzlies take the floor tonight for their first game of the 2009-10 season, it will be especially significant for the countries of Israel and Tanzania. Joining Pepe Sánchez (Argentina), Wang Zhizhi (China), Šarūnas Marčiulionis (Lithuania), and others, rookies Omri Casspi (Israel) and Hasheem Thabeet (Tanzania) will be their countries’ first ever [...]

During the 2008-09 NBA season, a rejuvenated Shaquille O’Neal moved up five spots on the NBA’s all-time scorers’ list. After scoring 1333 points, his highest total in four seasons, O’Neal is now #5 on the all-time list having surpassed Dominique Wilkins, Moses Malone, Elvin Hayes, Oscar Robertson, and international player Hakeem Olajuwon. What of International [...]