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Top International Players in the NBA, by NBA GMs

Just released last week was a survey of NBA general managers, with their thoughts on who was the best international player in the NBA, as well as outside of the league.  Some other questions included who would win the NBA Championship in 2008-09, best rookie, and many more.
Of course, here at Interbasket, we are going [...]

Euroleague to take on NBA in 2008 Preseason Action

The first Euroleague Basketball American Tour is set to commence with CSKA Moscow, FC Barcelona, and Lietuvos Rytas coming to the United States to test their mettle against the Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors, Los Angeles Lakers, and Golden State Warriors. All games of the 2008 Euroleague Basketball American Tour are played according to NBA rules [...]

2008 Olympic Basketball Photo Gallery

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 [...]

Watch USA vs. Argentina Live; Spain vs. Lithuania

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 [...]

Olympics Day One Recap: Lithuania defeats Argentina on Kleiza three; Spain, USA, Croatia win

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 [...]

2008 Olympic Basketball Preview: Group A

With less than a week left before Olympic basketball begins, Interbasket is previewing the twelve national teams participating in the tournament.  We will review the six teams in Group A today and Group B later on this week (Click here for Olympic Basketball Group B Preview).
Group A is filled with teams that are more equally-matched.  [...]

Vote for the 2007 Interbasket Awards

The nomination period is now over and the nominees for IBN’s 2007 Awards have been selected - now it’s up to you to decide which player has had the best 2007, as far as performances, awards, medals and records, in the following categories:
* 2007 IBN Player of the Year (<- click to vote)
* [...]

2007 Interbasket Award Nominations are Here!

It’s that time of year for the IBN awards to be handed out, but first we need players to be nominated. This year we’ve added a couple categories, and we’re looking for the best players from 2007, and only accomplishments in 2007 (need help remembering? click here). Hurry, post your nominations [...]