After resting this summer, Manu Ginóbili hasn’t had the year we were expecting from him thus far, but last night in the San Antonio Spur’s 117-99 win over the the Minnesota Timberwolves, the 32-year old reminded us of his under-rated court vision and ability for the spectacular play. “Tonight was one of his best all around [...]

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. [...]

From the bottom to the top. With the four final wild cards handed out yesterday, the World Championships of Basketball continue to take shape from the bottom up. FIBA has now decided the four countries that will lead the four groups: Argentina, Greece, Spain and USA. These four federations will be the number one seeds [...]

Manu Ginóbili was supposed to come into the 2009-10 NBA season with a renewed vigor for the game after spending the entire summer away from basketball. Instead, the 6-6 superstar shooting guard for the San Antonio Spurs is lacking confidence and not playing his game. “I’m lacking a lot of stuff, mainly confidence,” he said. [...]

Andrés Nocioni, the forward from Argentina, was arrested early Thursday on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. The Sacramento Kings player that was acquired late last season, was pulled over in downtown Sacramento around 2am as the arresting police officer noticed his car was weaving. “I want to apologize to the Kings organization, [...]

It’s been nearly a year and a half since Manu Ginóbili has been healthy and well-rested. After injuring himself in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, playing in just 44 games the following season because of injury, Manu sat out this year’s FIBA Americas Tournament and was forced by the Spurs to limit his summer activity to [...]

On Tuesday, eleven basketball legends that greatly contributed to the game of basketaball as players, coaches, referees, or contributors were inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in Alcobendas (Madrid, Spain). The men and women of the 2009 inductees included US and NBA great Oscar Robertson (USA), national team hero Ricardo González (Argentina), women’s basketball [...]