There were two Vladimir Radmanovićs in the fourth quarter of last night’s Golden State Warriors – Sacramento Kings game. (Discuss the NBA in our NBA discussion forum) There was the Radmanovic that hit two consecutive threes to start the Warriors on 32-18 run at the beginning of the fourth. Then there was the Radmanovic who [...]

Canada has earned the fourth and final berth to the World Championships by downing the Dominican Republic 80-76 in the FIBA Americas quarterfinals. (Discuss the Dominican Republic vs. Canada match) The Canadians used ball movement and three-point shooting to slay the Dominican team, who was without their second leading scorer Francisco García. Canada hit 10 [...]

Francisco García suffered a minor finger injury in the Dominican Republic‘s loss to Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The 6-7 shooting guard sat out the Dominican Republic’s next game, a 86-73 win over Mexico. “Francisco has a cut in one of his fingers. He basically has a nail out of place,” said head coach Julio Toro said. [...]

I scoured some images from the FIBA Americas Championship and pulled out my favorite twenty photos featuring Carlos Arroyo, Esteban Batista, Francisco Garcia, Anderson Varejao, Omar Quintero, Luis Scola, Guillermo Diaz, and more. Photos are all courtesy of FIBA – Thanks FIBA!

We should know by now never to underestimate Argentina. Argentina started out the FIBA Americas tournament with two losses, looking completely out of character, losing badly to Brazil and Venezuela. One of the favorites coming into the tournament, the Argentinians started 0-2 and were at risk of being eliminated in the preliminary rounds. With their [...]

I know it’s only a preliminary game, but is anyone as excited about the first day match-up between Brazil and the Dominican Republic as I am? Brazil just came off a dominating performance in the Tuto Marchand Cup. With veterans Leandro Barbosa, Marcelo Machado, and Tiago Splitter leading the way, Brazil comes into the Tournament [...]

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 [...]