Just images of some of the international players, and other players of interest, from the 2009 NBA Summer League. Check out the pic of Blake Griffin’s jam and the Japanese National Team that participated in this year’s summer league. They played against the New Orleans Hornets in Las Vegas. The team photo does not include [...]

Patrick Mills of Australia, one of the Portland Trailblzers’ 2009 NBA draft picks, broke his foot during an NBA summer league practice and will be forced to sit out the entire summer league. The former St. Mary’s college star fractured the fifth metatarsal in his right foot.  The 20-year old Mills was the 55th pick [...]

After being drafted in the second round of the 2002 NBA Draft, Aussie big man and Euroleague star David Andersen might finally become an Atlanta Hawk. That’s all according to a report from El Mundo Deportivo, Andersen’s agent has informed his Spanish club FC Barcelona club that he wants to leave to play in the NBA. [...]

The 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Men are going on right now in Auckland, New Zealand. The tournament runs from July 02, 2009 – July 12, 2009. Discuss the 2009 U19 World Championships The 9th annual World Championships for U19 Men features 16 U19 national teams from around the world. The coutries participating in the 2009 FIBA-sanctioned [...]

We collected some Getty Images of the international players that were present at last night’s NBA Draft.  Hope you enjoy them.  Patrick Mills seems pretty happy despite doubling his position in several mock drafts, dropping to the 55th pick. Sorry, we couldn’t find any photos of Victor Claver, Sergio Lull, and Emir Preldzic.  All three players [...]

From the Congo to Israel to three players from Spain, there were fourteen international-born players selected in the 2009 NBA Draft. The fourteen players ended a sex-year slide in which fewer and fewer international players were chosen, from a record high of 21 international players chosen in 2003 to 2008, when there were just thirteen [...]

A report by the AP has many less foreign players ready to be selected in the NBA draft this year. “This year, in Europe, there really weren’t as many players ready,” Pacers president Larry Bird said. “There’s some guys ready to come over, but they’re not ready to play in the NBA.” A record 21 [...]