From the crew @ Interbasket (and Pau Gasol), we wish you a very Merry Christmas, a super Hannukkah; a happy holidays.  Whatever you you do, however you are celebrating, whoever you are with, wherever you are in the world – we sincerely hope you have a safe and happy holiday season. Pau Gasol walks up the [...]

Following Carlo Recalcati’s stepping down as Italy‘s coach, the new man at the helm of the national team will be Simone Pianigiani. (Talk Italian Basketball in our forum) The 40-year-old coach who is the current head coach for Montepaschi Siena, will take charge of the national team until July 2011. The only thing left is [...]

Whatever happened to Travis Best, the 6-0 guard who last played for the New Jersey Nets in 2005? He’s been travelling since his days in the NBA; playing in Europe, with five European clubs in five years: Unics Kazan of Russia, Virtus Bologna of Italy, Prokom Trefl Sport of Poland, and Air Avellino of Italy. And the [...]

MSG.com was provided with some photos from Danilo Gallinari’s family, an album of Gallinari’s early years in basketball with a cameo by Omri Casspi when both were playing in the Italian league. The 6-10 Knick’s forward is currently averaging 14.0 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 1.5 assists through 14 games with New York this season. Gallinari [...]

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. [...]

NBA roundup of the NBA’s international player performances during the last few days in the NBA. Discuss the NBA in our forum. The Toronto Raptor’s José Calderón has already missed four free throws this season, that’s more missed free throws in 3 games this season (9-13), than he had missed the entire last season (151-154). On [...]

Despite losing their first three games, the Knicks must be excited about second-year player Danilo Gallinari. Already labeled “the best shooter I’ve ever seen” by head coach Mike D’Antoni, Gallinari has walked into his second season guns blazing. The 6-10 forward is currently leading the league in three-point attempts (12) and makes (6) per game [...]