Rajon Rondo has scaled the heights with the Boston Celtics but he won’t do the same with Team USA this summer in Istanbul after deciding to withdraw from the squad. (Discuss the World Championships in our World Championships Forum) The electric point guard, an NBA champion in the 2007-08 campaign, struggled in a win against [...]

Madrid, Spain – It was supposed to be an exhibition game to prep both teams for the coming World Basketball Championships, but as expected, the intensity and overall play was anything but for the rematch between Spain and the USA. (Follow the World Championships in our World Championships of Basketball Forum) With the United States up [...]

The legendary 1992 Dream Team was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall Of Fame in the 2010 class that also includes two of the members of that team – Karl Malone and Scottie Pippen – whom were also inducted as individual players. (Read more about the 1992 Dream Team) Pippen and Malone along with Charles [...]

Tyreke Evans, Gerald Wallace, O.J. Mayo and JaVale McGee were the four unlucky players as Team USA cut their FIBA World Championship squad down to 15. (Discuss Team USA and the World Championships of Basketball) The moves were made following last week’s training camp in Las Vegas as the team prepares to head on to [...]

Team USA will be without some major star power when the World Championships of Basketball commences in Turkey next month. (Discuss the World Championships of Basketball in our forum) No Kobe Bryant, no LeBron James. No Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, Chris Bosh, Chris Paul, or Deron Williams. In fact, not one player from [...]

Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol get HUGE in the official promotional campaign of the FIBA World Championships of Basketball. The two Los Angeles Laker stars posed in front of a blue screen and were then superimposed in front of some of Turkey‘s most popular landmarks and buildings for the Giant Get-Together campaign. (Discuss the 2010 [...]

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. [...]