Spain defeated Greece 82-64 decisively to advance to the Eurobasket championships.
The win gives Spain another shot at the country’s first European championship after placing second in six other Eurobaskets.
The Spaniards shut down Greece’s leading scorer Vasileios Spanoulis, controlled the boards, and held Greece at arms length since midway through the second quarter until the end [...]

Here’s a slow motion replay of Slovenia’s Erazem Lorbek grabbing the offensive rebound and hitting a buzzer beating… um… fadeaway to tie the game at 78 apiece. As you can see for yourself, the shot is surrounded by controversy.

With one second remaning and the Slovenia down 78-76 in the fourth quarter, Goran Dragic purposely misses [...]

Down three points with one second remaining, 78-75 Slovenia’s Goran Dragić was fouled by Spain’s Ricky Rubio.
Dragic made the all important first free throw, bringing Slovenia within two points.
With the easy part over, now came the difficult part – Dragic had to miss the next free throw to give his teammates a chance at the offensive [...]

Francisco García suffered a minor finger injury in the Dominican Republic’s loss to Puerto Rico on Wednesday.
The 6-7 shooting guard sat out the Dominican Republic’s next game, a 86-73 win over Mexico.
“Francisco has a cut in one of his fingers. He basically has a nail out of place,” said head coach Julio Toro said. “I was [...]

After being dismissed by the Slovenian national team, Sasha Vujačić released an official statement telling his side of the story regarding the controversial move by head coach Jure Zdovc.
The 6-7 shooting guard asserts that because he sought treatment from a therapist after the team’s medical staff rubbed his injured knee with olive oil, was the reason for [...]

Sasha Vujačić won’t be playing for Slovenia in this year’s Eurobasket after being sent home by head coach Jure Zdovc days before the tournament.
Slovenia also cut center Miha Zupan, but the real news is Vujacic’s surprising dismissal from a team that has been asking the 6-7 guard to come home and represent Slovenia for the [...]

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 Takuya [...]