From Stockton to Malone, to Williams to Boozer, the fine folks of Salt Lake City, Utah have long been accustomed to formidable point guard to power forward connections. Of course, over that time, they have also known no other coach other than Jerry Sloan. Discuss the NBA in our NBA forum. That, of course, has [...]

Chicago Bulls reserve center Omer Asik will miss the rest of the playoffs because of a broken left fibula. Asik, the 7-0 255lb center from Turkey, was injured in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals at Miami. The team says an MRI and CT scan taken before Game 4 on Tuesday confirmed the injury. [...]

There was a flurry of activity in the NBA before Thursday’s 3pm trade deadline with Goran Dragic of Slovenia, Nenad Krstic of Serbia and Turkey’s Semih Erden among the internationals changing addresses. Dragic, thought to be the heir apparent to point guard Steve Nash in Phoenix, was dealt to Houston along with a first-round pick [...]

Less than 24 hours after the dismissal of Burak Bıyıktay, Beşiktaş already found their new coach: Ergin Ataman. (Discuss the Euroleague/Club Competition Signings & Rumours in our Euroleague & Club Competition Forum) The 44-year-old Ataman, who had last coached Efes Pilsen, agreed to lead Beşiktaş for the remaining of the season and one more year. [...]

Lithuanian star and former-NBA player Šarūnas Jasikevičius has joined Turkish league champion Fenerbahce Ulker on Friday. (Read our thread “Jasikevicius to Fenerbahçe?“) The Turkish club’s website announced that the 34-year old Jasikevicius will leave Lietuvos Rytas in his native Lithuania. In six games, “Saras” averaged 7.3 points and 4.3 assists off the bench for Rytas [...]

Allen Iverson, a former NBA MVP and all-star, scored 15 points in his debut for Turkish club Besiktas Cola Turka. (Discuss the EuroCup in our basketball forum) Even with the 6-1 basketball powerhouse, Besiktas failed to hold off a furious comeback by opponent Hemofarm Stada. Hemofarm of Serbia stormed back from 15 points down to defeat [...]

A record 84 international players from 38 countries will be on opening night rosters when the NBA tips off a new season on Tuesday. (Discuss the record number of international players in the NBA) The 84 international players is just one player more than the previous record of 83, from the opening night in the [...]