The 2011 William Jones Cup tournament is a basketball tournament held in Asia every year. Discuss the 2011 William Jones Cup in our forum. This year’s cup is being hosted in Taiwan from August 06-14th.  This is the 33rd annual tournament and is taking place at Hsinchuang Stadium in New Taipei City, Taiwan. Teams participating [...]

Jeremy Tyler is only 19 years old, but it seems as if the 6-11 phenom has been on the basketball scene years beyond his age. It seems like many years ago, a 17-year old Tyler skipped out on not only college, but his senior year in high school to go overseas and play basketball, convinced [...]

Remember Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf? The now 40-year old has signed with a Japanese club, Kyoto Hannaryz, in the country’s basketball league’s second division (BJ-League). The 6-1 guard played nine seasons in the NBA, last putting on a Vancouver Grizzlies jersey back in the 2000-01 season.  Yes, the Vancouver Grizzlies. Following his last season in the NBA, [...]

The New York Times has a story about Wataru “Wat” Misaka’s first trip back to Madison Square Garden since the he played three games for the New York Knicks in 1947. Misaka is the first non-white and first Asian NBA player (the NBA was known as the Basketball Association of America at the time). From the New York Times: (Misaka) is [...]