Omri Casspi officially became the first Israeli to ever play in the NBA last night when he logged 19 minutes for the Sacramento Kings. (Discuss Omri Casspi in our Israeli Basketball Forum) The rookie played as well as his minutes allowed him, scoring 15 points on 7 of 9 field goal shooting and 1-2 free [...]

When the Sacramento Kings and Memphis Grizzlies take the floor tonight for their first game of the 2009-10 season, it will be especially significant for the countries of Israel and Tanzania. Joining Pepe Sánchez (Argentina), Wang Zhizhi (China), Šarūnas Marčiulionis (Lithuania), and others, rookies Omri Casspi (Israel) and Hasheem Thabeet (Tanzania) will be their countries’ first ever [...]

With Chris Kaman leading the way, the Los Angeles Clippers defeated Maccabi TelAviv 108-96 last night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Talk about the game in our forum. Kaman led seven Clipper players in double-figures with 18 points. Sebastian Telfair scored 15 points with seven assists, rookie Blake Griffin added a double-double with [...]

With the recent successes of Iran, Jordan, and Lebanon, should FIBA create Middle East region? That’s currently what is being proposed in our forum (discuss). The proposal is to move four current European basketball nations, Israel, Turkey, Azerbijan, and Armenia, out from FIBA Europe and combine them with the three current Asian subregions – West [...]

Just images of some of the international players, and other players of interest, from the 2009 NBA Summer League. Check out the pic of Blake Griffin’s jam and the Japanese National Team that participated in this year’s summer league. They played against the New Orleans Hornets in Las Vegas. The team photo does not include [...]

Omri Casspi made history when he became the first Israeli player to be selected in the NBA’s first round.  Casspi was chosen by the Sacramento Kings with the 23rd overall pick. “I can’t speak,” Casspi said through tears of joy. “I’ve been waiting for this moment all my life … I’m as happy as can be. We [...]

We collected some Getty Images of the international players that were present at last night’s NBA Draft.  Hope you enjoy them.  Patrick Mills seems pretty happy despite doubling his position in several mock drafts, dropping to the 55th pick. Sorry, we couldn’t find any photos of Victor Claver, Sergio Lull, and Emir Preldzic.  All three players [...]