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World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Semi-Finals; Rasho Retires; Splitter Speaks

FIBA’s Olympic World Qualifying Tournament is coming to a close tomorrow and there are only four national teams remaining; Croatia, Germany, Greece and Puerto Rico, and only three of those four teams will make the Olympics.
The four teams will play in semi-final action today, and the final game between the today’s losers semifinals will [...]

2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament Preview & FIBA Forum

Today, the FIBA World Qualifying Tournament begins with 12 national teams from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and Oceania trying to grab one of the three remaining spots for the 2008 Beijing Olympics next month.
Follow the intense action of every game, the heated battles, and all the upsets in our 2008 Olympic Qualifier Forum.
So, with [...]

With Season Over, Many International NBA Players focus on Olympic Qualification

With only four NBA teams remaining and the conference finals coming to a close, many of the NBA players from around the world are prepping for the Beijing Olympics this summer.
Players such as Yao Ming, Andrei Kirilenko, Jose Calderon, Linas Kleiza, Luis Scola and Andrew Bogut will be suiting up for their respective countries in [...]

2008 NBA Playoffs: Least Valuable International Players … through 2 games

Continuing yesterday’s post, Interbasket presents the five least valuable international NBA players for the 2008 NBA Playoffs through the first two games:
1. Andrea Bargnani - Everyone was talking about the benching of Rasho Nesterovic in favor or Jamario Moon, but watching Toronto play, I don’t think Rasho’s the reason why the Raptors haven’t been successul. [...]

Impact International Players in the 2008 NBA Playoffs

With the NBA playoffs about to begin this weekend, Ibn would be remiss not to talk about the unprecedented competitive Western Conference this year and the roles that international players are having on every playoff-bound team. It’s just crazy to think that Dallas is the seventh seed, San Antonio or Phoenix will be sitting out [...]

Papaloukas Leads Greece in Amazing Comeback

Theodoros Papaloukas Leads Greece in Amazing Comeback against previously unbeaten Slovenia.
Greece 63: Slovenia 62
In the final game of the Eurobasket Quarterfinals, the Greek National Team came up big when it mattered most - the last few minutes of the game.
Greece looked as if they were finished, the majority of the game Hellas played without much [...]