According to a poll done by Sports Illustrated, 152 NBA players named three Argentinians as some of the biggest “floppers” in the NBA. Manu Ginóbili, Luis Scola and Andres Nocioni, all from Argentina, made the top-ten in this infamous category. Fellow South American, Anderson Varejão of Brazil topped the list at #1 – really no [...]

Cleveland’s Anderson Varejão beat himself up after a missed layup during a game vs. the Orlando Magic.  After taking a pass from Mo Williams, Varejão missed a reverse layup. He is able to grab the offensive rebound but is foued by Hedo Turkoglu. The 6-10 Brazilian proceeds to pound his fists against his own head multiple times. [...]

CSKA Moscow, one of the top teams in the Euroleague held onto a 90-87 win over the Lebron James-less Cleveland Cavs in the annual Euroleague-NBA tour. (Discuss the CSKA-Cavs game in our basketball forum) The win is the first-ever Euroleague win on U.S. soil – to cap the Euroleague American Tour Daniel Gibson scored 21 [...]

Looking to watch Argentina vs. Brazil in the World Basketball Championships? Click here. Brazil’s moment of truth has arrived. Do they have what it takes to beat an opponent when the stakes are high? (Discuss Argentina vs. Brazil in our Basketball forum) Brazil are playing beautiful and smart basketball under their coach Ruben Magnano, the Argentinian [...]

When Anderson Varejão is on the court, the Cleveland Cavs have outscored their opponents by 309 points in 1001 minutes this season. And the 6-11 Brazilian Player of the Year leads the league in that category, referred to as plus-minus. (Discuss Brazilian Basketball in our forum) When Varejão was on the court against the New [...]

In a battle of two of the East’s top teams, it took a great birthday performance by LeBron James and a late, shot-clock beating three-ponter from Anderson Varejão for the Cleveland Cavs to defeat the Atlanta Hawks 106-101. (Talk NBA Basketball in our forum) With the game tied at 101, LeBron James couldn’t find an [...]

The Cleveland Cavalier’s Anderson Varejão was honored with the 2009 Olympic Brazil award for the best player of the country. This year has been special for the 27-year old Brazilian Varejão as he was a key component to the 2008-09 Cavs,  who recorded an NBA-best 66-16 record, but fell to the Orlando Magic in the Eastern Conference [...]