Behind Kevin Durant’s game -high 28 points, the United States of America beat Turkey 81-64 to win the 2010 FIBA World Championship (discuss the USA-Turkey in our forum). The result ended a 16-year wait for the USA, who had not won this tournament since 1994. In the first official game ever between the two teams, [...]

Discuss Serbia vs.Turkey in our forum After Hedo Turkoglu lost the ball, Kerem Tunceri picked up the ball and scored a game-winning lay-up as Turkey edged out Serbia 83-82 to set up a showdown with the USA in Sunday’s final of the 2010 FIBA World Championship. (Discuss the Turkey-Serbia game in our World Championships forum) [...]

It’s been four, long years since United States coach Mike Krzyzewski and his star-studded squad lost to Greece in the Semi-Finals of the FIBA World Championship in Japan, a result that sparked celebrations in the streets of Athens. (Join in on the action with our World Championships forum) Follow USA-Lithuania, Serbia-Turkey in our Championship forum [...]

The 2009  European Player of the Year nominees have been announced by FIBA Europe and the list includes the likes of Pau Gasol, Erazem Lorbek, Dirk Nowitzki, Hedo Türkoğlu, Novica Veličković, Juan Carlos Navarro, and Nikola Peković (vote now). The 16 nominees are below: Dirk Nowitzki (Germany, Dallas Mavericks) Erazem Lorbek (Slovenia, F.C. Barcelona) Ersan İlyasova (Turkey, [...]

It was swingman on swingman as Argentinian Carlos Delfino had a monster block on Frenchman Mickael Pietrus. Check out the high-flying swat. The Orlando Magic won the game 100-98 over the Milwaukee Bucks. Delfino scored 9 points on 2-7 shooting, Pietrus was held scoreless. Dwight Howard dominated the middle with 25 points, 20 rebounds, and [...]

When the Milwaukee Bucks obtained Carlos Delfino and Roko Ukic from the Toronto Raptors for Amir Johnson and Sonny Weems over the summer, they suddenly became the NBA leader in foreign players with seven. Below is a cool marketing image from the Milwaukee Bucks. The Milwaukee Bucks’ international players include a player from Argentina (Carlos [...]

NBA rookie Brandon Jennings scored a career-high 32 points and tied his career high of 9 assists in the Milwaukee Buck’s 108-102 win over the Denver Nuggets. (Discuss Brandon Jennings NBA career in our forum) The 6-1 Jennings, who famously spent last season learning the professional ropes in Europe, outplayed Chauncey Billups Milwaukee had three [...]