The European Basketball Championships, or Eurobasket, is set to begin. Twenty-four European nations will battle over the next 19 days (August 31 – September 18, 2011) in this 37th continental championship. Follow each game of Eurobasket 2011 in our Eurobasket forum. Not only are bragging rights at stake, but the top two teams will receive automatic [...]

Ben Gordon will not be making his international debut for Great Britain this summer after all. Discuss Ben Gordon and Eurobasket 2011 British Basketball on Monday confirmed that the Detroit Pistons guard won’t be a part of Chris Finch’s charges as they head for EuroBasket in Lithuania at the end of the month. The 28-year-old [...]

Luol Deng and Great Britain won’t know until the middle of March if they will have an automatic spot at the London Games. On the weekend of March 12-13, FIBA will announce at their Central Board meeting in Lyon, France, if the British teams will be granted automatic qualification for London 2012. The Chicago Bulls [...]

Dan Clark has to earn every single one of his minutes at Asefa Estudiantes in Spain. He believes Great Britain needs to earn its keep, too (Discuss British basketball in our forum). With the time quickly approaching when FIBA will announce if Britain’s men’s and women’s teams will be able to take up spots in [...]

Great Britain have received some good news with Detroit Pistons sharpshooter Ben Gordon declaring he wants to play for the country this summer in qualifying games for EuroBasket 2011. Gordon, a former teammate of Chicago Bulls forward and Great Britain star Luol Deng, will help the Brits when they go up against Hungary, Ukraine and [...]

Great Britain basketball chief Chris Finch is keen to get early confirmation from his three star players that they will be taking part in their Eurobasket qualifying campaign in August of this year. (Discuss Basketball in Great Britain) The British team had a tough draw basketball picks wise in last year’s tournament, playing without NBA [...]

In amongst all the NBA castoffs plying their trade across Europe, one is often shown up as the poster boy for going professional too soon, but Ndudi Ebi is starting to show the talent that had scouts excited for his future back in 2003. (Discuss Great Britain basketball in our forum) Ebi is now four [...]