Epiphanny Prince, a female basketball star for Rutgers college, has officially ended her college playing career by signing with an agent in pursuit of a professional basketball career overseas. (Discuss Epiphanny Prince to Europe) Prince, a junior, is skipping her final season at the New Jersey university. Instead of finishing out her senior year, she’ll [...]
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 [...]
With the 2009 NBA draft commencing later tonight, the internet is buzzing with speculation and mock drafts. Interbasket has done its best to gather the articles and quotes concerning the intenational man (er, teenager) of mystery, Ricky Rubio. We’ll be continually updating the quotes throughout the day, so check back every hour or so… “Then [...]
While Ricky Rubio and Brandon Jennings continue their petty little pre-draft spat there are plenty of other players in Europe that are of interest to NBA scouts as the big night looms on the horizon just a couple of weeks away. Among the more intriguing prospects this season is Sweden’s Jonas Jerebko (discuss), who has been [...]
Today was the last day that fence-sitting underclassman had to decide whether they wanted to remain in this year’s NBA draft or to pull out. And two key international point guards, Patrick Mills and Greivis Vasquez, made their decisions today. This year’s draft is point-guard heavy; already including ballhandling prospects Ricky Rubio and Brandon Jennings, [...]
Posted by admin on 12 Jun 2009 at 6:06 pm under NBA, Spain
Brandon Jennings used some strong words in an upcoming Sports Illustrated article to explain how he isn’t as impressed with Ricky Rubio as everyone else seems to be. In fact, Jennings is underwhelmed. The 6-2 Jennings believes that he is the better player of the two, and that the Spanish prospect is a product of [...]
Following in Brandon Jennings footsteps, top high school prospect 6-11 Jeremy Tyler, has decided to go to Europe to play professionally instead of going to college (discuss). The difference between Jennings and Tyler’s situation? Tyler is not forgoing college – he can’t because Tyler isn’t in the position to forgo college yet, that’s because he [...]
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