Bobcats to trade Boris Diaw for Raptor’s Calderón?

Rumors have French forward Boris Diaw being traded from the Charlotte Bobcats to the Toronto Raptors for Spanish point guard Jose Calderón. (Discuss the trade in our NBA Forum) The move is to help the Bobcats obtain another point guard after their Raymond Felton, Charlotte’s starting point guard from last season, signed with the New [...]

NBA: Revitalized Nash, Ginóbili fills in for injured Spurs

The almost 37-year old Steve Nash has been revitalized in the early season. Nash tallied 21 points and 20 assists in a Phoenix win against the the Sixers last night. Without Shaq holding down the offense, Nash is averaging 12.9 assists through 8 games and has had games of 14, 17, 20, and 20 assists, [...]

NBA: Carmelo Anthony unstoppable, Vujacic not so much

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 [...]

Pic of the Day: Jose Calderon’s Free-Throw Award

Spanish guard guard José Calderón accepts an award for having the best free throw percentage in NBA history for single-season from Bryan Colangelo, the Toronto Raptors General Manager. Calderón was presented with the award prior to the Raptors’ opening game vs. Cleveland Cavaliers in Toronto on October 28, 2009 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [...]

NBA’s five most Internationally Diverse Teams (and the correlation with wins/losses)

A few days ago, we looked at five NBA teams with the least amount of international diversity. From a look at the comments, it definitely hit a nerve with many readers. The overall feeling was that international diversity didn’t really matter; that Interbasket was creating some form of controversy out of nothing. (Discuss the NBA’s [...]

Top NBA Jerseys in Europe: Kobe Bryant #1

For the second-year in a row, Kobe Bryant has topped the list of the most popular NBA jerseys in Europe. Bryant also has the most popular jersey in the U.S. Bryant, who was recently named the most-hated basketball player, continues to polarize; a player that is so popular around the world, can also be the most-disliked. [...]

Despite 84-76 win, battle with Great Britain scars Spain

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 [...]

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