With the NBA season a week away, NBA clubs are optimizing their rosters and many international players have been cut or signed this past month. The Utah Jazz cut three players, including their second round pick Goran Suton. The Houston Rockets let go of swingman Romel Beck of Mexico. Aussie Nathan Jawai was traded from [...]

Interbasket had the pleasure of sending a few questions over to Nathan Jawai and the 6-10 center from Australia was nice enough to answer. The 23-year old, nicknamed “Aussie Shaq,” is the first Indigenous Australian player to play in the NBA, after being drafted 41st overall by the Toronto Raptors in the 2008 NBA draft. [...]

Wellington – Playing at home and needing to win by seven or more points, New Zealand blasted Australia 100-78 to claim the 2009 Oceania Championships. (discuss the 2009 Oceania Championships) With the win, New Zealand not only gains a higher seeding in the 2010 World Championships, but takes home the Al Ramsay Shield, the all-important [...]

Sydney, Australia- Playing in a home-and-away series, Australia defeated New Zealand 74-67 in the first game of the 2009 Oceania Championships. Australia went into the fourth quarter trailing by three points, but Joe Ingles would catch fire and score ten straight points in 90 seconds to help the Aussies take control of the game. The [...]

Title: FIBA Oceania Championships 2009 Location: Canberra, Australia and Wellington, New Zealand Discuss: Oceania Championships Description: The Oceania championships features major players Australia and New Zealand, and very rarely smaller, island countries such as Guam, French Polynesia, American Samoa, and New Caledonia. This year, Australia and New Zealand will once again be the only countries [...]

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 [...]

The severely-undermanned Thunder continues to surprise.  OKC have won 5 of their last 6 games with Kevin Durant out with an injury, thanks in large part to Nenad Krstic’s 15.2 points, 7 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks during the run.  Oklahoma City is also doing it without the second leading scorer, Jeff Green. Dirk Nowitzki scores [...]