Are you looking to watch Greece take on China, or Lithuania vs. New Zealand in the first day of World Championships? Follow all the group play matches in Interbasket’s World Championships of Basketball forum where we’ve created individual game threads so you find out where to watch the game, comment on the game, and follow [...]

The Nets may not be winning any more games since Yi Jianlian returned to the lineup, but the 7-0 forward from China has emerged as a bright spot and an unexpected offensive force for the hapless Nets. (Discuss Yi Jianlian and Chinese basketball in our forum) The 22-year old Yi has played seven games since [...]

This week’s global roundup covers player performances during the last week. This post includes discussion about Yao Ming‘s extra tall baby, Pops keeps getting waived, the first Korean player in the NCAA, Fadi El Khatib on the move, Phil Jackson’s fact-checking, and the Turkish All-Star Game. CHINA: Yao Ming and his with wife Ye Li, [...]

The desire for Yao Ming to play in the 2010 World Championships is there, now all it takes is the authorization. This is according to a representative for Yao Ming, Zhang Mingji, who recently revealed the wish of the Houston Rockets centre to play for the Chinese national team. (Discuss Chinese Basketball in our forum) [...]

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. [...]

Talkbasket recently had a great feature with images of 10 basketball courts from around the world; from colorful courts in Berlin, abandoned courts in Chernobyl and Russia, to snow-covered courts in the Himalayas. Other courts featured include backboards (and sometimes even rims) from Germany, Singapore, Belize, Ukraine, El Salvador, Cambodia, and Mexico. Here’s a sampling of the [...]

Though healing well and showing good progress, Yao Ming said there is no chance of him making a comeback during the 2009-2010 season. “You don’t want to rush it, because they want it to totally heal this time,” Yao said, “I have been in this situation enough.” “The (X-ray) picture looks good. The bones heal [...]