From the New York Times comes an article about the evolution of the NBA’s three-point line and how it became such an important weapon in the game: The N.B.A. adopted the 3-pointer on a one-year trial because executives from the A.B.A. pushed for it after the leagues merged… The N.B.A. has hardly looked back since [...]

During the Euroleague American Tour, Greek club Olympiacos took on the Cleveland Cavs, and the official first meeting between Shaquille O’Neal and Greek Shaq/Baby Shaq Sofoklis Schortsianitis. Shaq scored 12 points on 6-10 shooting, grabbed 5 rebounds, a blocked one shot in 21 minutes.  Sofo also played 21 minutes, but recorded just 4 points on [...]

Olympiacos of the Euroleague, dropped two straight exhibition matches to NBAsquads in the 2009 Euroleague American Tour; losing by an average of 17 points. The Greek club with three NBA players that they signed away in the last two years, Josh Childress, Linas Kleiza, and Von Wafer, was felled by the San Antonio Spurs 107-89, [...]

Speaking with the press, NBA’s commissioner David Stern believes it’s inevitable that NBA franchises land in Europe. “There’s some good possibility over the course of many years, that if there’s appropriate arena development in Europe, there could be actual NBA franchises in Europe.” Stern said. “That’s the way we see the development of basketball in [...]

NBA teams thrive on confidence and emotion, and there may be no NBA team better than the Denver Nuggets when they get momentum. Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets scored 14 of the first 15 points against the eight-time Serbia league champions, never looked back, and ran past Partizan Belgrade in preseason action 102-70 in [...]

Detroit is going through a rough period with the economy in a recession, the auto industry failing, and unemployment rates the highest in the country, now Allen Iverson is bad-mouthing their pro basketball team. “(The year with the Detroit Pistons) was the worst year of my career.” Iverson told ESPN. The disparaging remarks from former [...]

The 2009 Euroleague American Tour and NBA Europe Live are set to begin pittingNBA teams and Euroleague clubs in preseason competition. Two Euroleague teams, Olympiacos Piraeus of Greece and Partizan Belgrade of Serbia, will go against four NBA opponents: the Denver Nuggets, the Phoenix Suns, the San Antonio Spurs and the Cleveland Cavaliers from October 03-12, [...]