Asvel Basket, a French basketball club, says that New York Knicks center and French patriot Ronny Turiaf will play for the team during the NBA lockout. Turiaf join fellow Frenchman Tony Parker, who is a part owner of Asvel and also has agreed to play for the club during the lockout. Turiaf told Asvel’s website [...]

This week’s global roundup covers player performances during the last week. This post includes discussion about Yao Ming‘s extra tall baby, Pops keeps getting waived, the first Korean player in the NCAA, Fadi El Khatib on the move, Phil Jackson’s fact-checking, and the Turkish All-Star Game. CHINA: Yao Ming and his with wife Ye Li, [...]

In the follow-up to the video, here’s a great photo of Warrior’s center Ronny Turiaf perfectly timing Kobe Bryant’s dunk attempt and blocking the NBA superstar when Golden State visited the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center on Tuesday. It could have easily gone differently, but the block initiated the fast break that ended [...]

Here’s the slightly belated video of Ronny Turiaf blocking Kobe Bryant’s dunk attempt when the Golden State Warriors visited the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night. Along with Andris Biedrins, Turiad returned injury to Golden State’s lineup a couple games previous to the one against the Lakers. Sure, Kobe scored 44 points and the Lakers [...]

Interbasket’s quick roundup of the international NBA player performances during the last few days in the NBA.. This week we’ll discuss Luol Deng doing work, injured international players in Golden State, Pau Gasol‘s golden return, and Hasheem Thabeet‘s very rough NBA start. Discuss the NBA in our forum. The unspectacular Luol Deng just gets the work done [...]

It hasn’t been a great week for international players in the NBA, as Manu Ginobili, Andrew Bogut and Ronny Turiaf will miss time with injuries. Here’s a Saturday roundup of the last few days in the NBA: According to the San Antonio Express-News, Manu Ginóbili has a groin injury that will likely force the 6-6 Argentinian [...]

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, [...]