NBA: Hasheem Thabeet on Yinka Dare track?

Interbasket’s quick roundup of the international NBA player performances during the last few days in the NBA.. This week we’ll discuss Luol Deng doing work, injured international players in Golden State, Pau Gasol‘s golden return, and Hasheem Thabeet‘s very rough NBA start. Discuss the NBA in our forum. The unspectacular Luol Deng just gets the work done [...]

Kelenna Azubuike out for season with knee injury

Kelenna Azubuike is out for the season after suffering a knee injury when the Golden State Warriors took on the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday. Azubuike drove to the basket in the Warriors 129-125 loss to the Bucks, lost his footing and went down to the ground when he landed incorrectly. This was the same game [...]

NBA Images: Media Day 2009-10

The NBA season is upon us and the clubs were in action this past week with NBA Media Day – a chance for the local and national media to interview the players about this upcoming season, have the players stick their feet in their mouth, pose for photographs, and have a jolly old time. Below [...]

Toronto Raptors pick up Marco Belinelli

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 [...]

Robert Archibald to represent England in Eurobasket

Great Britain has apparently started to build their squad for EuroBasket after Unicaja Malaga revealed that their center Robert Archibald had made the cut as the first player names to their 12-man roster. The official squad announcement is not expected until the end of July but Unicaja appear to have the inside track on at [...]

Mutombo has some finger-wagging left in the tank

Tonight, Dikembe Mutombo showed that age is nothing but a number. Well, at least not old age. Against one of the NBA’s youngest teams, the Golden State Warriors, the reportedly 42-year old Mutombo posted 10 points, 15 rebounds, and 4 blocks in Houston’s 113-109 win. Filling in for Yao Ming, who was a late scratch [...]

Around the Globe: NBA Season Starts (11/01)

The Toronto Raptors are out to a 2-0 start with Jose Calderon as the starting point guard.  After the Raptors traded away TJ Ford this past summer, they all but handed the starting role to Calderon, and so far results are good.  Yeah, it’s two games into the season, but I like building it up, [...]

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