David Andersen sank two free throws Saturday to give Australia a come-from-behind 76-75 victory over Jordan in its opening match at the basketball world championship. (Discuss the Australia-Jordan match in our World Championships forum) Andersen finished with 22 points and center Alex Maric led Australia with 23, while forward Zaid Abbas led Jordan with 20 [...]

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 [...]

The NBA season starts tomorrow, but before the regular season begins, we’d like to present some NBA preseason pics and images of Andris Biedrins, Nate Robinson, Dirk Nowitzki, Carlos Arroyo, Erik Spoelstra, Ersan İlyasova, David Andersen, Shaquille O’Neal, Danilo Gallinari, and others. (Photos are courtesy of the AP, Reuters, Getty Images, and the NBA)

The Toronto Raptors are hemorraging international players this offseason, while the Houston Rockets are stockpiling them to fill in for injured Chinese center Yao Ming. Today, the Houston Rockets reached a verbal agreement with the 6-10 Pops Mensah-Bonsu, the energetic British center that played for the Raptors last season. The deal is a one-year deal and [...]

With the news that Yao Ming will miss the entire 2009-10 NBA season and Dikembe Mutombo officially retiring the other day, the Houston Rockets have brought in Aussie big man and Euroleague star David Andersen to help fill the hole they have at center. “I’ve spoken with the coach and the general manager (Daryl Morey) [...]

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. [...]

Led by last year’s Euroleague Finals MVP, the playoff-tested Ramunas Siskauskas, CSKA Moscow advanced to the Euroleague’s championship game by narrowly defeating F.C. Barcelona 82-78 (discuss) Siskauskas scored 18 of his career-high 29 points in the fourth quarter which included consecutive three-pointers that gave CSKA their first lead of the game, 62-61 midway through the [...]