This week’s global roundup covers player performances during the last week. This post includes discussion about Yao Ming‘s extra tall baby, Pops keeps getting waived, the first Korean player in the NCAA, Fadi El Khatib on the move, Phil Jackson’s fact-checking, and the Turkish All-Star Game. CHINA: Yao Ming and his with wife Ye Li, [...]

After weeks of speculation, FIBA has chosen the four final countries, Germany, Lebanon, Lithuania, and Russia, that will represent in the 2010 World Championships of Basketball. (

We are onlyy one day away from FIBA announcing the final four countries that will fill the tournament field for the 2010 World Championships. (Predict the four teams to WC2010) The Wild Card process started with 14 teams hoping for one of the four remaining spots; now it’s been whittled down to just eight basketball [...]

The FIBA Wild Cards will determine four teams’ fates for the 2010 World Championships of basketball. With a few days remaining before FIBA announces their selections, which countries do you think FIBA will select for the event in Turkey in 2010? Below are Interbasket’s top 11 contenders: Cameroon Dominican Republic Germany Great Britain Korea Lebanon Lithuania [...]

The Houston Rockets waived Englishman Pops Mensah-Bonsu on Friday. The 6-9 Mensah-Bonsu played a total of 12 minutes in four games this season, averaging 1.3 points after a successful season with the Toronto Raptors last season. (Discuss the NBA in our forum) “This move is only being done to give us some roster flexibility in [...]

Tijani Umar, the President of the NBBF (Nigeria Basketball Federation) recently returned from Zurich, Switzerland after a meeting with FIBA World officials to chat about the FIBA wild cards for the 2010 World Championships. However, Umar’s meeting with FIBA officials did not make him very positive on Nigeria’s chances. While speaking with Ungar, FIBA hinted that [...]

Great Britain, Latvia, and Lithuania are in do-or-die situations on the last day of Eurobasket’s preliminary round after all three teams lost their first two games. Now they must win their third and final game today in order to have a chance in advancing to the next round. (Discuss Eurobasket Day Three) In group play, [...]