Interbasket

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 [...]

The All-NBA Teams were announced for the 2007-08 season and four international players Dirk Nowitzki, Steve Nash, Yao Ming, and Manu Ginobili were included on the second and third teams.
Ginobili and Yao were included on the third team at the expense of a couple Denver Nuggets. The Nugs had the next three highest [...]

In my previous post, I wrote about the important roles international players will have on this year’s NBA Playoffs — particularly the western conference. Each series has now played at least 2 games, and we’re going to assess the most valuable international players that have stepped-up and made crucial plays for their respective team.
We’ll [...]

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 [...]

Every Wednesday during the NBA season, Interbasket takes a closer look at ten international NBA players that has caught our eye. (This week is for period 01/30/2008- 02/05/2008)

Pau Gasol + Kobe + Bynum Shakes Up the West
After months of mild media speculation and uninspired play by Spanish superstar, world champion, and NBA all-star Pau Gasol, [...]

In this year’s NBA Western Conference, it’s a huge honor just to be nominated for the 2008 All-star game. Really, that’s how good the field of candidates is this year. Honestly, one could put-together a second team in the west that is very deserving - that team may even be more deserving than [...]

Every Wednesday (almost cough cough) during the NBA season, interbasket takes a closer look at ten international NBA players that has caught our eye. (This week is for period 12/19/2007- 01/01/2008)
This week we see another European having troubles with Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan, Dirk receives another award, Yi Jianlian and Linas Kleiza finding their [...]

This week we pay tribute to Zeljko Rebraca. We also look at the Yao’s anger, dissect Steve Nash’s comments, Diaw’s disappointing season, Nene’s back, the Brezec and Herrmann trade, under-rated Fabricio Oberto, Juan Carlos Navarro finding his stride, and plead Don Nelson to play Andris Biedrins more minutes. Every Wednesday during the [...]