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Well, it’s not quite a video of the dunk, but it’s a nice animated gif that shows just how great Rudy Fernandez’s dunk really was during the second half of the Olympic gold medal game.
On the play, Rudy Fernandez and Pau Gasol ran a very loose pick and roll on Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard.  [...]

The United States Men’s basketball team, dubbed the Redeem Team, captured the Olympic gold medal for basketball yesterday, defeating Spain 118-107 in a tightly-contested and high-scoring game (replay).
The 2008 US National Team has shunned any comparisons to the iconic Dream Team, and ironically, they’re probably the closest thing to the 1992 team in terms of [...]

The 2008 Olympic Basketball Gold Medal will go to either the United States or Spain.  Watch and discuss both the gold and bronze medal games live on your PC by clicking the appropriate regional link below:
August 24, 2008
Bronze Medal Game (discuss)
12:00: Argentina vs. Lithuania
Watch the game live in Argentina, Lithuania, Spain, USA
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The Olympic basketball’s final four has been determined, and there are no surprises as Argentina, Lithuania, Spain, and the USA, the top four seeds going into the round have advanced.
The four teams have a combined record of 21-3 with the United States the only undefeated team left in the field.  Argentina, Lithuania and Spain are [...]

Alright, so I don’t do this very often and I don’t know how long this has been around, but this has to be one of the most hilarious animated GIFs I have seen in.. I don’t know how long.  It’s a animated image of Kobe Bryant, Phil Jackson, Pau Gasol, and Sasha Vujacic joyriding in [...]

Day one of Olympic Basketball has finished with Russia, Germany, Spain, Lithuania, Croatia, and the USA getting their first wins.
Russia 71 : Iran 49 (Russia-Iran Boxscore)
Despite the 71-49 score, Russia didn’t have quite as easy a win as expected, though a late run in the game made for the final margin against feisty Iran.  Russia [...]

With a few days left before Olympic basketball begins, Interbasket is previewing the twelve national teams participating in the tournament.  We reviewed the six teams in Group A on Tuesday, and we’ll be reviewing Group B today. (Click here for Olympic Basketball Group A Preview).
With the United States, Spain and Greece all in Group B, [...]

With Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Bruce Bowen and Marcus Camby being named to the NBA’s All-defensive first-team today, and no international players named to the second team, it got me wondering.
What does an all-defensive team look like it, if it was solely comprised of all foreign-born NBA players?
Keeping in mind that we’re not [...]