Ricky Rubio, the Barcelona player who turned 19 years old in late October, recently posted six photos on his website, RickyRubio9.com. The basketball phenom and heart teenage throb posed for what looks like a fashion shoot with actress Clara Lago. Lago is also 19 years old. The photoshoot was done by Photographer Sergi Pons and Stylist [...]

NBA roundup of the NBA’s international player performances during the last few days in the NBA. Discuss the NBA in our forum. The Toronto Raptor’s José Calderón has already missed four free throws this season, that’s more missed free throws in 3 games this season (9-13), than he had missed the entire last season (151-154). On [...]

Spanish guard guard José Calderón accepts an award for having the best free throw percentage in NBA history for single-season from Bryan Colangelo, the Toronto Raptors General Manager. Calderón was presented with the award prior to the Raptors’ opening game vs. Cleveland Cavaliers in Toronto on October 28, 2009 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [...]

In his first game against his old Euroleague club DKV Joventut, Ricky Rubio dishes out 10 assists, in spectacular fashion, and several of those assists were to Barcelona teammate Fran Vázquez. The first dime is pretty amazing. Worth the four replays. As you recall, Rubio and DKV didn’t depart on the best of terms. Rubio [...]

I don’t know what it is about Pau Gasol, but the man seems to be very photogenic in an odd way. He’s had, by far, the most “Pic of the Day(s)”. Even his wax doppleganger gets into the mix. A worker holds the wax head of Spanish basketball player Pau Gasol as wax statues of [...]

Spain‘s Pau Gasol was chosen as Eurobasket’s Most Valuable Player and also named to the All-Tournament team. After coming into the tournament as the favorites, Spain was upset by Serbia and Gasol played terribly; scoring a tournament-low 9 points and shooting 1-8 from the free throw line. (Discuss: Who’s on your Eurobasket All-Star Team?) Gasol [...]

Kotawice – Spain ended the tournament the way it started, by playing Serbia. This time was much different though, there would be no Serbian upset of the Spanish. Spain displayed the talent and teamwork that had them pegged as the odds-on favorites of the tournament, trouncing Serbia 85-63 to win the country’s first ever Eurobasket [...]