This week’s quick international roundup of the player performances during the last few days. This post includes discussion about Yi Jianlian‘s return to the New Jersey Nets, Pau Gasol‘s extension, Luol Deng and Joakim Noah’s contributions to the Chicago Bulls, J.J. Barea’s career year, and Žalgiris Kaunas fills their head coach position. Yi Jianlian returned [...]

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. [...]

Just two seasons ago, Hamed Haddadi became the first Iranian player to play in the NBA. This year, Arsalan Kazemi became the first Iranian to play Division I men’s basketball in the U.S. and CNN/Sports Illustrated’s Luke Winn has written a lengthy article about the young man’s experiences, both on and off the court. (Discuss [...]

Iran Super League: 9th week results The last week before mid season ends with wins by Mahram Tehran, Saba Qazvin, Petro Bnader Emam, Gorgan and Shahrekord. (Discuss the 2009-10 Iranian Basketball season) In the most exciting match between Zob Ahan and 2008 Asia champion Mahram. Mahram won the match 81-73 and were named midseason champions [...]

7th week results in Iran Super League After the 7th week in Iranian Super League, it seems Mahram Tehran and Zob Ahan Esfahan are the two main candidates for the championship in the Iran Super League. Both teams remained undefeated after the league’s seventh week of play. Mahram won a out of home match against Saba [...]

It didn’t happen the first time around as Hamed Haddadi was deactivated before the game.However, when the Sacramento Kings visited the Memphis Grizzlies last night, Omri Casspi, the first Israeli NBA player met up with Hamed Haddadi, the NBA’s first Iranian player. Below is a pic of their meeting before the game. Why is this [...]

In addition to being one of the season’s best games thus far (who knew?), last night’s Sacramento Kings match vs. the Memphis Grizzlies had a lot of different storylines – diplomatic relations, NBA season-high point total, international intrigue, and surprise! Allen Iverson complanis about not wanting to come off the bench! So much for the gesture [...]