Australia needs a healthy Patty Mills to make a big impact at this year’s FIBA World Championship in Turkey and the signs are good that that will be the case with the point guard having enjoyed a dream start to the new year. (Talk Patrick Mills and Aussie Basketball in our forum) Mills has fully [...]

This week’s quick roundup of the player performances around the world during the last few days. This week includes discussion about Aleksandr Marić’s monster month, Dirk Nowitzki to the 2010 World Championships of basketball, Tyreke Evans and the Sacramento Kings’ amazing comeback over the Chicago Bulls and more… The Sacramento Kings found themselves down 33 points, [...]

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. [...]

Euroleague rookie Aleksandr Marić was amazing last night as he scored 34 points, pulled down 16 rebounds and amassed an amazing 49 performance index ranking. (Discuss Euroleague Basketball Round 7 in our forum) The 6-11 Aussie’s dominating performance, along with Dusan Kecman’s game-winning jumper with just under 3 seconds remaining, led Partizan Belgrade over Efes Pilsen [...]

LeBron James is planning on switching his jersey number from No. 23 to No. 6 and the superstar wants all NBA players wearing #23 to retire the number in order to honor Michael Jordan, but is the King really making the change for altruistic reasons? We don’t think so. The 24-year old Andrew Bogut may [...]

After injuring himself in the beginning of training camp, turning down offers from Europe, Patty Mills’ hard work and patience has paid off after signing a two-year deal with the Portland Trailblazers. “It feels like I finally got the gorilla off my back.” Mills said. “It was a massive gorilla and there were times when [...]

Aussie guard Patrick Mills is fighting for a spot on the Portland Trailblazer’s roster. After suffering a broken foot in his first summer league practice a few months ago, the 21-year old Mills has nearly recovered from his injury and is now playing catch up. The Blazers are stacked with young talent. They brought in [...]