The Onion Sports Network released a piece about the weirdest looking NBA players, referring to a purported report published by the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport. (Discuss the weirdest looking NBA players in our forum) According to CFIDES, Europeans, for the eighth straight season, had the “highest percentage of [...]

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, [...]

When Turkey was awarded the 2010 FIBA World Championship several years ago, every fan from Istanbul to Ankara to Kayseri to Izmir and everywhere else in this beautiful country hoped for one thing and one thing only. They wanted a Final between Turkey and the United States. Well, they’ve got what they wanted. (Discuss the [...]

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) [...]

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, [...]

On a slow news day, we thought it would be nice to list out the top 15 international scorers in the NBA through 11/06/2009. The list is certainly worth looking at, but obviously it’s not definitive as the most games any player has played has been five. Definitely seeing some surprises on the list. 1. [...]

During the 2008-09 NBA season, a rejuvenated Shaquille O’Neal moved up five spots on the NBA’s all-time scorers’ list. After scoring 1333 points, his highest total in four seasons, O’Neal is now #5 on the all-time list having surpassed Dominique Wilkins, Moses Malone, Elvin Hayes, Oscar Robertson, and international player Hakeem Olajuwon. What of International [...]