According to the New York Times, Mikhail D. Prokhorov is inching closer and closer to becoming the first overseas owner of an NBA franchise. The billionaire is planning on moving the Nets from New Jersey to Broolyn, New York:
The Russian billionaire Mikhail D. Prokhorov moved closer to taking control of the Nets on Tuesday night [...]

It’s been a busy week for FIBA as they announced the four wild cards on Saturday, and determined the top four seeds for the World Championships of Basketball on Sunday.
Now the federation that overseas international basketball has announced the draw results that will determine the groupings for the 2010 world basketball event in Istanbul, Turkey.
The 24 [...]

After weeks of speculation, FIBA has chosen the four final countries, Germany, Lebanon, Lithuania, and Russia, that will represent in the 2010 World Championships of Basketball.
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Former NBA player Gerald Green has signed with Lokomotiv Kuban, a club in Russia.
The high-flying 6-8 forward, who has played for the Boston Celtics, Minnesota, Houston and Dallas, has been without a basketball team since the start of the NBA season.
Green, who was selected 18th overall in the 2005 NBA draft, is talented, gifted, can [...]

We are onlyy one day away from FIBA announcing the final four countries that will fill the tournament field for the 2010 World Championships.
(Predict the four teams to WC2010)
The Wild Card process started with 14 teams hoping for one of the four remaining spots; now it’s been whittled down to just eight basketball federations and [...]

The FIBA Wild Cards will determine four teams’ fates for the 2010 World Championships of basketball.
With a few days remaining before FIBA announces their selections, which countries do you think FIBA will select for the event in Turkey in 2010? Below are Interbasket’s top 11 contenders:

Cameroon
Dominican Republic
Germany
Great Britain
Korea
Lebanon
Lithuania
Nigeria
Poland
Russia
Taiwan

Seems that Interbasket members mostly agree that Russia and [...]

Talkbasket recently had a great feature with images of 10 basketball courts from around the world; from colorful courts in Berlin, abandoned courts in Chernobyl and Russia, to snow-covered courts in the Himalayas.
Other courts featured include backboards (and sometimes even rims) from Germany, Singapore, Belize, Ukraine, El Salvador, Cambodia, and Mexico. Here’s a sampling of the images:
Basketball [...]