From the crew @ Interbasket (and Pau Gasol), we wish you a very Merry Christmas, a super Hannukkah; a happy holidays.  Whatever you you do, however you are celebrating, whoever you are with, wherever you are in the world – we sincerely hope you have a safe and happy holiday season. Pau Gasol walks up the [...]

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. [...]

At the beginning of the NBA season last night, the league boasted 83 foreign-born players, from 37 different countries on opening day rosters. The 83 players ties the record for the most international players set in 2006-07. The Milwaukee Bucks’ fifteen player-roster (both active and inactive) features a league-high seven international players. The Bucks’ roster has Aussie [...]

PORTLAND, Ore.  — On the eve before the NBA season begins, Portland Trail Blazers forward Nicolas Batum will undergo surgery on his right shoulder to repair torn cartilage. After the surgery, Batum may need as much as 4 months to recover. The injury was originally suffered late last season in a 93-89 loss to the [...]

On Tuesday, eleven basketball legends that greatly contributed to the game of basketaball as players, coaches, referees, or contributors were inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in Alcobendas (Madrid, Spain). The men and women of the 2009 inductees included US and NBA great Oscar Robertson (USA), national team hero Ricardo González (Argentina), women’s basketball [...]

Despite being down 19 points in the first quarter, France used 28 points and 10 assists from Tony Parker and a full day of rest to hand Turkey their second defeat in less than 18 hours (discuss). Turkey tasted defeat for the first time when they were eliminated by Greece in yesterday’s quarterfinals. “Because of [...]

Katowice - The first day of the quarterfinals are here and no less than 15 former, current, and future NBA players will be participating in the game. (discuss the France – Spain quarterfinal) Spain features nine players with NBA affiliations, while France has six players with ties to the NBA. Everyone already knows the two stars, [...]