It was swingman on swingman as Argentinian Carlos Delfino had a monster block on Frenchman Mickael Pietrus. Check out the high-flying swat. The Orlando Magic won the game 100-98 over the Milwaukee Bucks. Delfino scored 9 points on 2-7 shooting, Pietrus was held scoreless. Dwight Howard dominated the middle with 25 points, 20 rebounds, and [...]

At the beginning of the NBA season last night, the league boasted 83 foreign-born players, from 37 different countries on opening day rosters. The 83 players ties the record for the most international players set in 2006-07. The Milwaukee Bucks’ fifteen player-roster (both active and inactive) features a league-high seven international players. The Bucks’ roster has Aussie [...]

The NBA season starts tomorrow, but before the regular season begins, we’d like to present some NBA preseason pics and images of Andris Biedrins, Nate Robinson, Dirk Nowitzki, Carlos Arroyo, Erik Spoelstra, Ersan İlyasova, David Andersen, Shaquille O’Neal, Danilo Gallinari, and others. (Photos are courtesy of the AP, Reuters, Getty Images, and the NBA)

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 [...]

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 [...]

After Pau Gasol was fouled by Mickael Pietrus last night in game four of the NBA Finals, R-rated words went flying between the two players as technical fouls were given to both players. After coming down from his two-handed dunk, Gasol began yelling at Pietrus for what he thought was more a punch than a push.  Gasol, who [...]