Depending on where you’re located, either we’re really late to the game or you could be hearing about Nikola Peković for the first time. Though the 6-10 center from Montenegro (which used to be Serbia & Montengro, which used to be part of Yugoslavia) is only 23 years old,  Peković is no longer considered an [...]

Just released last week was a survey of NBA general managers, with their thoughts on who was the best international player in the NBA, as well as outside of the league.  Some other questions included who would win the NBA Championship in 2008-09, best rookie, and many more. Of course, here at Interbasket, we are [...]

As expected, Italian prospect Danilo Gallinari was the first foreign player chosen at number six by the hometown Knicks and a total of thirteen international players were selected in the 2008 NBA draft. No doubt the influence of new Knick’s coach Mike D’Antoni had a huge impact of the pick.  D’Antoni played professional ball in [...]

With 2006′s overall #1 pick Andrea Bargnani’s poor performance for Toronto this past season, and Marco Bellineli riding the bench after a great preseason, some might assume NBA scouts would be a little hesitant to rate another Italian player so highly. Luckily for Danilo Gallinari, this isn’t the late 1980s or early 90s.  This is [...]

The nomination period is now over and the nominees for IBN’s 2007 Awards have been selected – now it’s up to you to decide which player has had the best 2007, as far as performances, awards, medals and records, in the following categories: * 2007 IBN Player of the Year (<- click to vote) * [...]