Event: 2009 Americas Championships Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico Discuss: Americas Championships Thread Info: The tournament will determine which four teams qualify for the 2010 FIBA World Championships of Basketball. The tournament will feature ten teams from Northern and Latin Americas: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The favorites coming into [...]

The Dominican Republic national team today cut Josh Asselin from their roster after a complaint was lodged with FIBA, the governing body of international basketball. DR was forced to choose between Josh Asselin and NBA player Charlie Villanueva as both are American-born players claiming Dominican status. FIBA allows one naturalized player per roster. The Dominicans [...]

The basketball federations of Argentina and Puerto Rico are presenting a claim against two Dominican players, Charlie Villanueva and Josh Asselin, questioning their eligibility for the upcoming FIBA Americas Championship. The claim states that both Villanueva and Josh Asselin should not be allowed to play for DR because both should be considered naturalized players. According [...]

Dominican Republic‘s current national basketball team may be the best squad the small island nation has ever fielded. With three current NBA players in Al Horford, Francisco García, naturalized Charlie Villanueva, and former NBA player Luis Flores, the Dominican Republic national team looks to improve on their third place finish in the 2008 Centrobasket and [...]