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 [...]

Manute Bol, the 7-7 former NBA center for the Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, and Philadelphia 76ers died Saturday at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville. (Discuss Manute Bol and his NBA career in our NBA forum) Bol was 47 years old and was living in Olathe, Kansas. The former Dinka tribesman left [...]

This week’s quick roundup of the player performances around the world during the last few days. This week includes discussion about Aleksandr Marić’s monster month, Dirk Nowitzki to the 2010 World Championships of basketball, Tyreke Evans and the Sacramento Kings’ amazing comeback over the Chicago Bulls and more… The Sacramento Kings found themselves down 33 points, [...]

The New York Times featured an article on Sudanese basketball prospect Ater Majok, and his journey to the United States to play college basketball at the University of Connecticut. Majok’s bare-knuckled journey from Khartoum, Sudan, to UConn’s lineup is nearly complete. A 6-foot-10, 233-pound freshman who was forced to sit out last season, Majok is [...]