Described as having a Eurocentric feel, Toronto and its basketball team has never shied away from international flavors, even if recent history suggests they should. When last given a top-five pick in the NBA Draft, Toronto Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo tabbed Andrea Bargnani with the first overall pick. Removing hindsight, the selection in itself [...]

Odds are,  Toronto doesn’t have much of a chance on a game-to-game basis, and it’s been a long season for the Raptors. However, there have been a few bright spots and one of those has been the offensive play of Andrea Bargnani, who, for all of his defensive deficiencies, can put the ball in the [...]

Last night we witnessed another high-wire act by Blake Griffin. This time around, it’s against the Toronto Raptors. After a turnover by Andrea Bargnani, the Clippers are running with Baron Davis leading the charge. Watch the video below: What’s so amazing about this dunk is that Davis leaves the ball hanging in the air before [...]

On a slow news day, we thought it would be nice to list out the top 15 international scorers in the NBA through 11/06/2009. The list is certainly worth looking at, but obviously it’s not definitive as the most games any player has played has been five. Definitely seeing some surprises on the list. 1. [...]

NBA roundup of the NBA’s international player performances during the last few days in the NBA. Discuss the NBA in our forum. The Toronto Raptor’s José Calderón has already missed four free throws this season, that’s more missed free throws in 3 games this season (9-13), than he had missed the entire last season (151-154). On [...]

A few days ago, we looked at five NBA teams with the least amount of international diversity. From a look at the comments, it definitely hit a nerve with many readers. The overall feeling was that international diversity didn’t really matter; that Interbasket was creating some form of controversy out of nothing. (Discuss the NBA’s [...]

The Toronto Raptor’s two Italian players Andrea Bargnani and Marco Belinelli will make an appearance at this weekend’s Sport & Design.it event being held at at Yonge-Dundas Square in downtown Toronto. The two will appear Saturday, October 24, 2009, from 3:00-4:00 p.m. The Sport & Design.it exhibition is a ten-day event of Italian-made sporting goods [...]