In a strategic move that flies in the face of David Stern’s NBA global domination, the NBA players union recently released a memo in support of players going overseas to play while the NBA locks out its players. Will the NBA Lockout break the NBA’s grasp on the best players? Billy Hunter knows that if [...]

It’s no secret that the NBA’s strategy during David Stern’s reign as the commisioner of the league has been to move into other markets. From moving into populous countries China and India to NBA-Euroleague partnerships, the National Basketball Association has played an integral in changing the “National” into “International.” Mahanth Joishy, the South Asia editor [...]

With succssful forays into China, the next step in NBA globalization now has set their sights on India as they continue their campaigns for international expansion. (Discuss Indian and Asian basketball in our forum) India, the next largest country in terms of population, is being targeted not only because of their sheer size, but according [...]

When the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics won their NBA champioships in 2006 and 2008 respectively, they did so without one international player on their roster that entire season. When I saw that, I thought to myself “In today’s NBA, what are the chances that a team could go throughout a season without on foreign-born player [...]

The influx of international-born players into college athletic programs has triggered a proposed change that would allow NCAA coaches in most sports to recruit athletes from professional teams. (Talk about the proposed NCAA change in our forums) According to ESPN: Michael Rogers, chair of the NCAA Division I Amateurism Cabinet, said that coaches associations have lined [...]

Speaking with the press, NBA’s commissioner David Stern believes it’s inevitable that NBA franchises land in Europe. “There’s some good possibility over the course of many years, that if there’s appropriate arena development in Europe, there could be actual NBA franchises in Europe.” Stern said. “That’s the way we see the development of basketball in [...]