When the Sacramento Kings meet the Memphis Grizzlies tonight, it will mark the first time an Israeli player faces a player from a rival Middle East Muslim nation in the NBA. NBA rookie Omri Casspi is from Israel and plays for the Sacremento Kings, while Iranian center Hamed Haddadi plays for the Memphis Grizzlies. Both [...]

Omri Casspi officially became the first Israeli to ever play in the NBA last night when he logged 19 minutes for the Sacramento Kings. (Discuss Omri Casspi in our Israeli Basketball Forum) The rookie played as well as his minutes allowed him, scoring 15 points on 7 of 9 field goal shooting and 1-2 free [...]

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 [...]

With the recent successes of Iran, Jordan, and Lebanon, should FIBA create Middle East region? That’s currently what is being proposed in our forum (discuss). The proposal is to move four current European basketball nations, Israel, Turkey, Azerbijan, and Armenia, out from FIBA Europe and combine them with the three current Asian subregions – West [...]

The second round for EuroBasket 2007 is about to begin as 12 teams look to advance into the quarterfinals. Check the schedule below and follow the game in our forum by clicking the game thread link next to each game or you may just directly to our EuroBasket 2007 Discussion Forum. September 12, 2007 Germany: [...]

Greece 81: Croatia 78 Vasillis Spanoulis hit a long three at the buzzer to give Greece an exciting victory over Croatia. Marko Popovic hit two free-throws to tie the game at 78, with seven second remaining. Spanoulis, known as Kill Bill because of his fearlessness, took the inbound pass, raced up court, went behind his [...]

Day three of Eurobasket 2007 saw several upsets that changed the face of the next round: Israel 87: Serbia 83 (game thread) Israel shocked Serbia today behind an excellent performance from Yaniv Green. Israel was the 16th and final team to qualify for EuroBasket. Coming into the game, many believed that the size of the [...]