Ben Gordon will not be making his international debut for Great Britain this summer after all. Discuss Ben Gordon and Eurobasket 2011 British Basketball on Monday confirmed that the Detroit Pistons guard won’t be a part of Chris Finch’s charges as they head for EuroBasket in Lithuania at the end of the month. The 28-year-old [...]

Luol Deng and Great Britain won’t know until the middle of March if they will have an automatic spot at the London Games. On the weekend of March 12-13, FIBA will announce at their Central Board meeting in Lyon, France, if the British teams will be granted automatic qualification for London 2012. The Chicago Bulls [...]

The 1992 U.S. Men’s Olympic Basketball Team, better known as the Dream Team, the first Olympic team to include NBA players, are one of the finalists for the team category for induction into the Jame Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Discuss the 1992 Dream Team or watch 1992 Dream Team DVDs The powerful, star-studded team [...]

Last night, the 1992 U.S. Men’s Olympic Basketball Team, better known as the Dream Team, was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. The 1992 Dream Team, the first Olympic team to include NBA players, was sent on a mission to regain the gold medal after a team of college stars lost it to [...]

It’s been a great month for Pau Gasol and his Los Angeles Lakers. Following up on my post from yesterday, the Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol was honored with Western Conference Player of the Month for February.  Gasol has played  more minutes filling in during Andrew Bynum’s absence and he’s been rewarded for it [...]

Interbasket is happy to announced our 2008 IBN Award Winners.  I feel this year’s winners are the most diverse and on-point in the three-year history of the awards. With both well-known and lesser known players being nominated this year, our third annual Interbasket award winners  mirrored many of the mainstream awards handed out by their [...]

As predicted, the New York Times has an article and analysis on the negative effects that some NBA Olympians are feeling during this NBA season.  From LeBron James to Manu Ginobili to Chris Kaman: “…of those 25 Olympians, 17 are scoring fewer points this season than they did a year ago. The slippage is not [...]