Arvydas Sabonis was inducted into the James Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame last night. The legendary big man from Lithuania made his mark overseas before coming over to the NBA after several injuries (and Soviet syringes) had already taken their toll on his legs and ankles. Discuss Arvydas Sabonis and his Hall of Fame Career [...]

Lithuanian center, international basketball legend, and former Portland Trailblazer Arvydas Sabonis will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall-of-Fame in the class of 2011. Discuss Dennis Rodman, Arvydas Sabonis, & Chris Mullin’s career in our forum Already a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame (he joined with the 2010 class), Sabonis will be inducted [...]

Last night in a game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Indiana Pacers, the Buck’s big Aussie center Andrew Bogut dropped a soft behind-the-back pass to a cutting Carlos Delfino. Watch the video below: Bogut doesn’t always get the chance to display his passing skills (2.0 assists a game), but that was Arvydas Sabonis-esque. Bogut’s [...]

SABONIS FOR GOVERNOR 2010! (Discuss) These Sabonis posters were sarcastically plastered around the Portland area as former Blazer Chris Dudley lost his bid to become Oregon’s new Governor. Interbasket wonders if Big Red is a Democrat, GOP or independent?

A who’s who of international legends will be inducted into the FIBA’s Hall Of Fame’s third class in a presentation on court at the men’s World Basketball Championship final. (Discuss the FIBA Hall Of Fame in our international basketball forum) Arvydas Sabonis, Cheryl Miller, Oscar Schmidt, Vlade Divac, and Dino Meneghin are amongst 17 players, [...]

Today, August 27th, 2009, is Interbasket.net’s sixth anniversary. Can you believe it’s been six years since Interbasket began?  From a small Arvydas Sabonis yahoo group has spawned into one of the internet’s largest basketball news site and forum. In honor of our sixth anniversay, we’ve decided to switch things up a little bit.  We’ve created [...]

Last night, the 1992 U.S. Men’s Olympic Basketball Team, better known as the Dream Team, was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. The 1992 Dream Team, the first Olympic team to include NBA players, was sent on a mission to regain the gold medal after a team of college stars lost it to [...]