Team USA will be without some major star power when the World Championships of Basketball commences in Turkey next month. (Discuss the World Championships of Basketball in our forum) No Kobe Bryant, no LeBron James. No Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, Chris Bosh, Chris Paul, or Deron Williams. In fact, not one player from [...]

Serge Ibaka is a physical specimen to behold – a 6-10 power forward/center from the Republic of the Congo with strength and a mature body that belies his 20 years. (Discuss Serge Ibaka and African Basketball in our forum) His ability to get off the floor, reaction time, and solid hands are a great foundation [...]

We’ve seen Manu Ginóbili do some amazing things, but rarely is there a player that is will to take the risks he does, and be so successful. With the Thunder down one, and the NBA’s leading scorer going in for a dunk, Ginóbili took a chance. “I was more expecting to be dunked on, to [...]

I came across this pic recently and despite it being a couple weeks old, it deserves to be displayed for all it’s Marcin Gortat-fury and Nick Collison-fear. At least Collison has a cool haircut. This dunk occurred during the Orlando Magic-Oklahoma City Thunder on November 18th, 2009.  The Orlando Magic won the game 108-94. Gortat [...]

This week’s quick roundup of the international player performances during the last few days includes discussion about Andrew Bogut‘s return, Sergio Rodriguez’s career high, Euroleague’s November MVP Pete Mickeal, Serge Ibaka, injuries to Andrei Kirilenko, Luis Scola and more. Discuss the NBA in our forum. Andrew Bogut returned in successful fashion last night with 22 points, [...]