Two international free agent centers that know how to get under the skin of their opponents, Anderson Varejão and Zaza Pachulia, came to terms with their respective teams yesterday. On the day that teams could officially sign (and re-sign) free-agents, the two reached multi-year deals. Varejão will remain with the Cleveland Cavs for a reportedly [...]

With Hedo Türkoğlu ready to sign on the dotted line with the Toronto Raptors tomorrow, there aren’t too many international NBA free agents left to be had. Interbasket scanned the list of remaining foreign-born free agents and came up with our top ten international free agents, both restricted and unrestricted, still swimming about in free agent waters. 1. Linas [...]

What: Tuto Marchand Cup 2009 When: August 18 – 20th, 2009 Where: San Juan, Puerto Rico Talk: Tuto Marchand Cup Discussion Info: The Tuto Marchand cup in being held in the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot in San Juan. The second annual tournament will feature the exact four teams that participated in the 2007 [...]

With the Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic moving past the Denver Nuggets and Cleveland Cavaliers respectively in the NBA’s conference finals,  there are huge implications for both Cleveland and Denver next season as well Brazil‘s outlook for international competition this summer. Two Brazilian big men, Nene and Anderson Varejao, played significant roles for the frontcourts of the [...]

With athleticism, energy, and determination, the Denver Nuggets evened up their series up with a 120-101 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night. Along with J.R. Smith’s 24 points off the bench, the Nuggets’ front court athleticism were the story of the game as Denver’s big men completely overwhelmed the Laker frontcourt. With [...]

Anderson Varejao has had a busy week.   LeBron James‘ teammate Varejao added to his repertoire of flailing, offensive rebounding and getting under the skin of opponents.   The 6-10 Brazilian has taken to making fun of the Cavs’ all-world superstar.  First, Varejao put “CHOSEN 2″ on his back with permanent marker mocking Lebron’s “CHOSEN 1″ [...]