Discuss the most valuable, disappointing players in Eurobasket 2011Juan Carlos Navarro led Spain to back-to-back EuroBasket titles, scoring 27 points on a night when four of his team-mates joined him in double figures as they knocked over France 98-85. As he has done throughout the tournament, Navarro once more led Spain to glory but perhaps [...]

Pau Gaol has had a rough playoffs. He hasn’t been Steve Blake, but the Los Angeles Lakers need much more from the Spanish superstar if they’re to have any chance of extending their postseason. Pau Gasol shoots over Dirk Nowitzki and Dallas Maverick’s defense Against the Mavericks, Pau is averaging just 13.3 points on 43% [...]

It just wasn’t the Lakers night. The Lakers came into Quicken Loans Arena cocky and ended up losing to the NBA’s worst team, the Cleveland Cavs, a team that was just two games removed from a NBA record 26 consecutive losses by the Cavs.   Not only that, their two NBA all-stars, Kobe Bryant and Pau [...]

The Cleveland Cavs shocked the defending NBA Champions Los Angeles Lakers last night 104-99, despite a monstrous game by Laker All-Star Pau Gasol. (Discuss the Los Angeles Lakers loss to the Cleveland Cavs) Gasol scored 30 points and pulled down 20 rebounds, but we’re sure he would have given all those up in exchange for [...]

The Onion Sports Network released a piece about the weirdest looking NBA players, referring to a purported report published by the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport. (Discuss the weirdest looking NBA players in our forum) According to CFIDES, Europeans, for the eighth straight season, had the “highest percentage of [...]

It’s no secret that the NBA’s strategy during David Stern’s reign as the commisioner of the league has been to move into other markets. From moving into populous countries China and India to NBA-Euroleague partnerships, the National Basketball Association has played an integral in changing the “National” into “International.” Mahanth Joishy, the South Asia editor [...]

Pau Gasol continues his upward trend as one of the world’s best basketball players, after he completed his fourth career-triple double to keep the Los Angeles Lakers undefeated after seven regular season games. (Discuss the Los Angeles Lakers in our basketball forum) Gasol dominated the Portland Trailblazers with 20 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists [...]