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With the Olympics all done and all the medals handed out. I thought it would be a good idea to collate some of the best Olympic basketball photos into one gallery. I’ve organized the Olympic photos by date, so you can follow the tournament as it progresses.
The images in this gallery are [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

Jason Kidd is apparently headed back to Dallas, where he started his career almost 14 years ago. The star power and talent continues to shift to the Western Conference. With Pau Gasol being sent to the Lakers in exchange for a bag of peanut butter cookies, and Shaquille O’Neal traded to the Phoenix [...]

I’ve been swamped at work this week, so I haven’t had the chance to jot my weekly top-10 International NBA Players Update this week. I hope to have time this weekend to write something up, but until then, check out Juan Carlos Navarro on NBATV’s Top-10 Plays of the day for January 15th.

Juan Carlos [...]