Video: Rodrigue Beaubois goes Behind-the-Back

Rodrigue Beaubois is back from injury. The speedy point guard from France rolls up the floor against the Golden St. Warriors, goes behind his back and puts in a soft layup. Check out the video below: The play gives the Dallas Mavericks NBA.com’s #1 play for March 20th.

Appreciating Nenê and J.J. Barea

The New York Times has shown some love to a couple of under appreciated international players playing large roles for successful teams, Nenê of the Denver Nuggets and J.J. Barea of the Dallas Mavericks. …with all the focus on whether or not Anthony will still be a Nugget after this season’s trade deadline or next [...]

NBA: Revitalized Nash, Ginóbili fills in for injured Spurs

The almost 37-year old Steve Nash has been revitalized in the early season. Nash tallied 21 points and 20 assists in a Phoenix win against the the Sixers last night. Without Shaq holding down the offense, Nash is averaging 12.9 assists through 8 games and has had games of 14, 17, 20, and 20 assists, [...]

Milwaukee Bucks boasts most International NBA Players on opening night; Celtics, Pacers have none

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 [...]

Tony Parker caught between NBA and France

Right now Tony Parker is somewhere in San Antonio rehabbing an ankle sprain, but no doubt the 6-2 point guard would rather be in France. Alerted to a mild ankle sprain Parker suffered on July 23 in a warmup game against Austria, the San Antonio Spurs called Parker back to the U.S.A. so that he could be checked [...]

NBA Summer League: International Players 2009

Just images of some of the international players, and other players of interest, from the 2009 NBA Summer League. Check out the pic of Blake Griffin’s jam and the Japanese National Team that participated in this year’s summer league. They played against the New Orleans Hornets in Las Vegas. The team photo does not include [...]

NBA Draft Photos: International Player Gallery

We collected some Getty Images of the international players that were present at last night’s NBA Draft.  Hope you enjoy them.  Patrick Mills seems pretty happy despite doubling his position in several mock drafts, dropping to the 55th pick. Sorry, we couldn’t find any photos of Victor Claver, Sergio Lull, and Emir Preldzic.  All three players [...]

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