Interbasket

Coming into the Olympic World Qualifying Tournament, the national teams from Cameroon and Korea weren’t exactly viewed as basketball powerhouses, nor were they considered serious threats to medal.  And if you looked at FIBA’s latest world rankings and compared that to the teams participating, you would probably come to the same conclusion.
Host country and favorites [...]

Today, the FIBA World Qualifying Tournament begins with 12 national teams from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and Oceania trying to grab one of the three remaining spots for the 2008 Beijing Olympics next month.
Follow the intense action of every game, the heated battles, and all the upsets in our 2008 Olympic Qualifier Forum.
So, with [...]

The 1992 Olympic Mens Basketball Team, or the Dream Team as they were commonly known, were the first US Olympic Team to feature professionals.
This legendary team featured three of the best basketball players EVER in Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. And the rest of the roster was filled with luminaries from the [...]

The three-point line has become such a integral part of basketball that it’s difficult to fathom the game was ever played without the ability to shoot from afar for an extra point.
However taking a quick look over the history of  the three-point line; the three-pointer has only been around for roughly 40 years - with [...]

The FIBA central board approved some historic game-changing rules during their meeting on Friday and Saturday. These international rule changes will definitely have a huge impact on future FIBA-sanctioned play and will likely rile up some international basketball purists as there is little doubt that some of the new plans were influenced by the [...]

Fadi El-Khatib’s Visa was refused by the Belgium embassy, possibly putting an end to Cherkasi-Mavpi’s participation in the 2008 FIBA Eurocup Games (at least for now), the top men’s basketball tournament run by FIBA Europe.
Cherkas-Mavpi, in a move of solidarity by it’s players (including former NBA player Martynas Andriuskevicius), the director, and the organization, sent [...]

Who will host the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament?
With all the regional championships completed and nine teams set for next year’s Olympic games, three berths remain for teams vying for Beijing. And those three remaining spots will be determined by the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men that will be held [...]

On September 12, 2007, FIBA will induct the 2007 class of international players into the new FIBA Hall-of-Fame. The inductees were chosen from a large list of nominees that numbered nearly 200 of some of the most influential players, coaches, referees and contributors not already in the hall. The ceremony will take place [...]