The name sounds synonymous with Indian basketball, Divya Singh is the point guard and the team captain of the women’s National Team for India. At her previous Asian Championship, Singh averaged a team high 15.2 ppg. Interbasket’s Yudhistir had the pleasure to sit down and talk to her about her basketball career, game, India basketball, coaching with [...]

Remember Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf? The now 40-year old has signed with a Japanese club, Kyoto Hannaryz, in the country’s basketball league’s second division (BJ-League). The 6-1 guard played nine seasons in the NBA, last putting on a Vancouver Grizzlies jersey back in the 2000-01 season.  Yes, the Vancouver Grizzlies. Following his last season in the NBA, [...]

Tianjin, China – The 2009 Asiabasket All-Tournament team was named yesterday amidst a little controversy over one of the selections. (edit: this was an unofficial selection from sports.cn – we apologize for the inconvenience) The team was led by Asia Championships MVP Hamed Haddadi of Iran, followed by Chinese veteran Wang Zhizhi, do-it-all Iranian swingman Samad [...]

Iran successfully defended their Asia Champions crown last night, dropping favored-China in a laughable 70-52 win. Led by Memphis Grizzly center Hamed Haddadi‘s 19 points and 17 rebounds, Iran dominated the Chinese in the first two quarters; outscoring their opponents by 11 in the first quarter and by six in the second. The Iranians took [...]

Yi Jianlian and Hamed Haddadi came up big for their respective national teams last night, propelling each squad to an unblemished 5-0 record in the 2009 Asia Basketaball Championships. With the two NBA big men leading their teams over Jordan and Korea, China and Iran are now the remaining teams without a loss. China to [...]

Even with the likelihood that they’ll head home without a win, the Sri Lankan Natonal Basketball Team is just happy to be in Tianjin, China for the Asia Basketball Championships. A day before the tournament began on August 6th, Sri Lanka almost had to pull out because they needed financial assistance for the team’s airfare. According [...]

Are you excited for Asiabasket 2009? You can follow the games of day one in our Asian basketball forum.  Click on the following links to stay updated on the games along with members from all around the world: Group A, Day 1: Philippines vs. Sri Lanka Group C, Day 1: Kazakhstan vs. Qatar Group A, [...]