Warsaw – After a shocking loss to Serbia in Eurobasket’s opening day, most believed that Spain would come out and stomp on their second opponent, Great Britain. It looked that way for awhile as Spain jumped out to a 12-0 lead, and held a 16 point lead midway through the third quarter, 55-39. However, Great Britain [...]

The 2009 Efes Pilsen World Cup begins today and will serve as national team preparations for the Eurobasket tournament. Held in the Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall, six Eurobasket teams, divided into two groups, will be participate in the five-day tournament leading up to the European Basketball Championships to be held in Poland. The six teams are [...]

The Toronto Raptors are hemorraging international players this offseason, while the Houston Rockets are stockpiling them to fill in for injured Chinese center Yao Ming. Today, the Houston Rockets reached a verbal agreement with the 6-10 Pops Mensah-Bonsu, the energetic British center that played for the Raptors last season. The deal is a one-year deal and [...]

It was just announced that Dirk Nowitzki will not participate in this year’s Eurobasket tournament. The loss of the 7-0 NBA all-star forward severely hampers Germany‘s chances in obtaining a spot in the 2010 World Championships. The owner of Nowitzki’s NBA team, Mark Cuban, would not allow Nowitzki to take part in the championship, said the German [...]

Jamie Vanderbeken has turned down the chance to represent Canada, the home of his birth and the land in which he was brought up, to play for Great Britain. The 21-year-old center, who plays in the NCAA for Iowa State, qualifies to suit up for Britain through his Scottish grandmother and hopes to represent his adopted country at [...]

Just as the Great Britain squad was announced, NBA star Luol Deng pulled out of September’s Eurobasket tournament. “It’s a very tough decision not being able to play but it was just a tough year last year with my injury,” Deng said. “The fracture of my leg was such a serious injury that I need [...]

Great Britain has apparently started to build their squad for EuroBasket after Unicaja Malaga revealed that their center Robert Archibald had made the cut as the first player names to their 12-man roster. The official squad announcement is not expected until the end of July but Unicaja appear to have the inside track on at [...]