The NBA lockout has another player heading internationally to play basketball – NBA guard Leandro Barbosa has signed a deal to play in his home country of Brazil. Discuss Barbosa to Brazil Barbosa, who averagd 13.3 points, 2.1 assists with the Raptors, signed with basketball Regatas de Flamego, based out of Rio de Janeiro. Although [...]

Looking to watch Argentina vs. Brazil in the World Basketball Championships? Click here. Brazil’s moment of truth has arrived. Do they have what it takes to beat an opponent when the stakes are high? (Discuss Argentina vs. Brazil in our Basketball forum) Brazil are playing beautiful and smart basketball under their coach Ruben Magnano, the Argentinian [...]

The United States continued undefeated but came across a tough Brazilian squad in their third game, squeaking by Brazil 70-68 on Monday. (Discuss Team USA’s close win over Brazil in our forum) The Brazilians came up short when Leandro Barbosa’s shot was out at the buzzer. Kevin Durant led the United States with 27 points [...]

This week’s quick roundup of the international player performances during the last few days includes discussion about Andrew Bogut‘s return, Sergio Rodriguez’s career high, Euroleague’s November MVP Pete Mickeal, Serge Ibaka, injuries to Andrei Kirilenko, Luis Scola and more. Discuss the NBA in our forum. Andrew Bogut returned in successful fashion last night with 22 points, [...]

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 [...]

San Juan, PR – Brazil barely squeaked by Puerto Rico 61-60 to capture te gold medal in the 2009 FIBA Americas Championships. (Discuss the game) Brazil steadily built up a 13-point lead going into the fourth quarter before the hosts tightened up their defense to gradually pick away at Brazil’s margin. Puerto Rico’s AD Vasallo [...]

The top-two seeded teams will battle for FIBA Americas gold tomorrow. Brazil and Puerto Rico each won their semi-finals game today and will meet up for the second time in three days. Puerto Rico handed Brazil their first loss on Friday night 74-70, and though both teams had a 7-1 record, Brazil ended up with the [...]