From the Congo to Israel to three players from Spain, there were fourteen international-born players selected in the 2009 NBA Draft. The fourteen players ended a sex-year slide in which fewer and fewer international players were chosen, from a record high of 21 international players chosen in 2003 to 2008, when there were just thirteen [...]
A report by the AP has many less foreign players ready to be selected in the NBA draft this year. “This year, in Europe, there really weren’t as many players ready,” Pacers president Larry Bird said. “There’s some guys ready to come over, but they’re not ready to play in the NBA.” A record 21 [...]
NBA Draft night is upon us and Interbasket wants to keep you informed. We recently did a quick, unscientific roundup of several mock drafts on the ‘net to determine the top-12 international players you should know about in this year’s draft, and where they’re likely to be selected. The consensus #1 pick is NBA-ready power [...]
Patrick Mills of Canberra and Joe Ingles of HappyValley are among four Australian players that hope to be selected in this year’s NBA draft (discuss). Mills and Ingles are the top two prospects coming out from down under. With Luke Nevill and Aron Baynes likely fighting to be a second round pick or securing a [...]
Today was the last day that fence-sitting underclassman had to decide whether they wanted to remain in this year’s NBA draft or to pull out. And two key international point guards, Patrick Mills and Greivis Vasquez, made their decisions today. This year’s draft is point-guard heavy; already including ballhandling prospects Ricky Rubio and Brandon Jennings, [...]
For all your iphone (and ipod Touch) owners, check out this great new college basketball application that was just released. With the app you can watch every game of the NCAA basketball tournament on your iphone. Every single one of the 63 games will be broadcasted and streamed via this Iphone app from CBS Sports [...]
Interbasket is happy to announced our 2008 IBN Award Winners. I feel this year’s winners are the most diverse and on-point in the three-year history of the awards. With both well-known and lesser known players being nominated this year, our third annual Interbasket award winners mirrored many of the mainstream awards handed out by their [...]
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