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 [...]

Danilo Gallinari’s shocking, shirtless interview in which he admits that his game performance was due to his “taking a sheet.” It definitely had me saying “What did he just say?” The video summary says: “An unbelievable interview from Danilo Gallinari of the Denver Nuggets with sports broadcaster Melanie Collins.” Don’t ask me. I have no [...]

Odds are,  Toronto doesn’t have much of a chance on a game-to-game basis, and it’s been a long season for the Raptors. However, there have been a few bright spots and one of those has been the offensive play of Andrea Bargnani, who, for all of his defensive deficiencies, can put the ball in the [...]

The ‘Melodrama has finally come to an end in a three-team, 12-player trade that sent Carmelo Anthony back to his home city team – the New York Knicks. (Discuss: Where will Carmelo Anthony end up?) Including Anthony, the Denver Nuggets gave up six players that also included veteran point guard and former all-star Chauncey Billups, [...]

The Los Angeles Clippers looks like they’re on their way to having another terrible season, but Billy Crystal and other Clips fans have a legit reason to be hopeful for the future. (Discuss Blake Griffin and the Los Angeles Clippers in our NBA basketball forum) That reason being a 21-year old power forward by the [...]

Andrea Bargnani would prefer to compete for a world title this summer. (Discuss Italian Basketball in our forum) Instead, he’ll have to settle for being the talisman in the Azzurri squad when Simone Pianigiani’s men attempt to qualify for EuroBasket 2011 in Lithuania. Bargnani held a press conference in Rome to remove any doubts about [...]

In today’s Pic of the Day, Danilo Gallinari attacks the rim against Chase Budinger and the Houston Rockets. (Discuss Danilo Gallinari and Italian Basketball in our forum) In New York’s loss to Houston, Gallinari tallied 26 points on 8-15 shooting, 3-5 from beyond the three, and hit 7-9 free throws. On the season, Gallinari’s second, [...]