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 Andrew Bogut, Carlos [...]

PORTLAND, Ore.  — On the eve before the NBA season begins, Portland Trail Blazers forward Nicolas Batum will undergo surgery on his right shoulder to repair torn cartilage.
After the surgery, Batum may need as much as 4 months to recover.
The injury was originally suffered late last season in a 93-89 loss to the Dallas Mavericks [...]

Despite being down 19 points in the first quarter, France used 28 points and 10 assists from Tony Parker and a full day of rest to hand Turkey their second defeat in less than 18 hours (discuss).
Turkey tasted defeat for the first time when they were eliminated by Greece in yesterday’s quarterfinals.
“Because of the schedule, [...]

Katowice - The first day of the quarterfinals are here and no less than 15 former, current, and future NBA players will be participating in the game.
(discuss the France – Spain quarterfinal)
Spain features nine players with NBA affiliations, while France has six players with ties to the NBA.
Everyone already knows the two stars, Spain’s Pau Gasol [...]

In the Eurobasket game of the day, it’s the NBA vs. Euroleague when France takes on Greece today for the top spot in Group E.
France boasts six current and prospective NBA players with four of their five starters, participating in the 2009-2010 NBA season.
Along with Mickaël Piétrus’ brother Florent, France starts star guard Tony Parker, Boris [...]

Fifteen of the sixteen Eurobasket teams have been determined, and they await the winner of France and Belgium, who will compete in a two game series for the final berth to Eurobasket.
The two teams will play a home-and-away two-game series for the right to move on to Poland, where Eurobasket is being held this year.
Belgium [...]

The French National Team is doing their best to qualify for the 2009 Eurobasket, a key tournament in earning a berth to the 2012 Olympics in London.
However, Les Bleus has had to fight battles on and off the court concerning three of the NBA players on their roster, Joakim Noah, Tony Parker, and Nicolas Batum.
Joakim Noah
Three [...]