Tijani Umar, the President of the NBBF (Nigeria Basketball Federation) recently returned from Zurich, Switzerland after a meeting with FIBA World officials to chat about the FIBA wild cards for the 2010 World Championships. However, Umar’s meeting with FIBA officials did not make him very positive on Nigeria’s chances. While speaking with Ungar, FIBA hinted that [...]

Ahmad Ibrahim, a native of Lebanon, is a 6-7 shooting guard/small forward that shined brightly for the Lebanese in the U18 Asian Championships. During that tournament, Ibrahim was praised by many coaches for his high basketball skills and IQ despite his age; Ahmad is just a 16 years kid. By many accounts, Ibrahim can shoot from outside, [...]

Lebanese superstar and living legend Fadi El-Khatib has signed with Champville of the Lebanese Basketball League, leaving his club Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut. (discuss the move in our forums) Riyadi gave Khatib his official release today, and the 6-6 forward’s move will change the landscape of the FLB. The 30-year has played for several clubs [...]

With the recent successes of Iran, Jordan, and Lebanon, should FIBA create Middle East region? That’s currently what is being proposed in our forum (discuss). The proposal is to move four current European basketball nations, Israel, Turkey, Azerbijan, and Armenia, out from FIBA Europe and combine them with the three current Asian subregions – West [...]

Title: Asia Championships of Basketball Location: Tianjin, China Official Website: http://china2009.fiba.com/ Description: The 2009 FIBA Asia Championships of basketball (discuss) will be held in Tianjin, China from August 6-16, 2009 with 16 teams divided into four groups. The sixteen teams competing for the gold and a spot in the 2010 World Championships are hosts China, [...]

The final games of the 2009 Jones Cup were played last night and the standings for all nine teams have been determined – with Iran continuing their dominance in Asian play. 1. Iran (6 wins – 2 losses) 2. Jordan (7-1) 3. Lebanon (6-2) 4. Taiwan-A (6-2) 5. Korea (5-3) 6. Philippines (2-6) 7. Taiwan-B [...]

Taipei, Taiwan -  The 2009 Williams Jones Cup is underway. This international tournament, held every year in Taiwan, features nine teams this year: Iran, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, and Team Kwanghwa (Taiwan). (Discuss the 2009 Jones Cup tournament in our forum) This year is the tournament’s 31st year,  and the diversity of the tournament is unmatched. [...]