A hilariously-disguised Steve Nash walked onto an outdoor court in Beijing this past weekend, hoping to run a couple games with the locals (discuss). “I had on a Chinese opera bandana and I had on some protective goggles,” Nash told the AFP, laughing. “As soon as I walked on they recognized me. It didn’t really [...]

NBA.com just released their top ten plays by international NBA players during the 2008-09 season featuring Marcin Gortat‘s left hand smash on Samuel Dalembert, Steve Nash abusing Anderson Varejão off the dribble, Yao Ming‘s flip shot over Marc Gasol, Hedo Türkoğlu blocking Kobe Bryant, Manu Ginóbili, Andrei Kirilenko, Rudy Fernández flying through the air, and [...]

Interbasket was lucky enough to score a short interview with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer. The 7-2 center’s basketball career spanned 30 years where he left a mark at every level.  Kareem scored nearly 40,000 points in his NBA career (38,387 to be exact) and took several NBA records with him when he retired [...]

Looking at some NBA previews, it can be said that Ricky Rubio will have his eyes on the newswires on Tuesday night when the lottery for the 2009 NBA draft takes place in Secaucus, New Jersey. The Spanish guard sensation, whose name has been rising up the ranks of this year’s draft class quicker than [...]

Everyone loves lists. and we’ve been meaning to come up with a list of the top international NBA players for a few years now, but never actually got around to it. With the season coming to the end, we decided to finally create our list of the best foreign-born players for the 2008-09 NBA season.  [...]

Rudy Fernandez scores 23 points for the Blazers, defeating the Suns 129-109, and dimming Phoenix’s playoff hopes.  The game marked Rudy’s first 20 point game since November 12th, 2008 – Fernandez’s quick start of the season. Behind Dirk Nowitzki‘s 26 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists, the Mavericks hammer the Warriors 128-106.  Puerto Rican waterbug [...]

The severely-undermanned Thunder continues to surprise.  OKC have won 5 of their last 6 games with Kevin Durant out with an injury, thanks in large part to Nenad Krstic’s 15.2 points, 7 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks during the run.  Oklahoma City is also doing it without the second leading scorer, Jeff Green. Dirk Nowitzki scores [...]