Just when Interbasket was getting all excited the Toronto Raptors and all the international players they had on their roster… Now comes this rumour that the Canadian NBA franchise is trading away Argentinian Carlos Delfino and Croatian backup point guard Roko Ukić to the Milwukee Bucks for Amir Johnson. If true, Toronto will no longer have [...]

It was just announced that Dirk Nowitzki will not participate in this year’s Eurobasket tournament. The loss of the 7-0 NBA all-star forward severely hampers Germany‘s chances in obtaining a spot in the 2010 World Championships. The owner of Nowitzki’s NBA team, Mark Cuban, would not allow Nowitzki to take part in the championship, said the German [...]

The Toronto Raptors, already the third most-international roster in the NBA last season, just added to their global diversity. The Raptors picked up 6-5 Italian Marco Belinelli to a roster that already included six international players. Toronto traded 31-year old journeyman Devean George and “cash considerations” to the Golden State Warriors for Belinelli. The 23-year old [...]

Everyone loves lists. and we’ve been meaning to come up with a list of the top international NBA players for a few years now, but never actually got around to it. With the season coming to the end, we decided to finally create our list of the best foreign-born players for the 2008-09 NBA season.  [...]

Rudy Fernandez scores 23 points for the Blazers, defeating the Suns 129-109, and dimming Phoenix’s playoff hopes.  The game marked Rudy’s first 20 point game since November 12th, 2008 – Fernandez’s quick start of the season. Behind Dirk Nowitzki‘s 26 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists, the Mavericks hammer the Warriors 128-106.  Puerto Rican waterbug [...]

* British national Pops Mensah-Bonsu had a solid game in his fourth outing with the Toronto Raptors. Mensah-Bonsu scored 21 points (5-10 shooting) in 21 minutes and grabbed 8 rebounds in a 110-87 drubbing of Indiana this Sunday. The Raptors wore green in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. Mensah-Bonsu was recently released by the San [...]

It’s no secret that basketball players are more athletic nowadays, they are quicker, stronger, faster, and can jump higher than their counterparts 10 years ago. However, despite all these changes in the game, there has been one facet of the game has remained relatively the same the last 50 years… The Free Throw Percentage. The [...]