The NBA season starts tomorrow, but before the regular season begins, we’d like to present some NBA preseason pics and images of Andris Biedrins, Nate Robinson, Dirk Nowitzki, Carlos Arroyo, Erik Spoelstra, Ersan İlyasova, David Andersen, Shaquille O’Neal, Danilo Gallinari, and others. (Photos are courtesy of the AP, Reuters, Getty Images, and the NBA)

Two international free agent centers that know how to get under the skin of their opponents, Anderson Varejão and Zaza Pachulia, came to terms with their respective teams yesterday. On the day that teams could officially sign (and re-sign) free-agents, the two reached multi-year deals. Varejão will remain with the Cleveland Cavs for a reportedly [...]

With Hedo Türkoğlu ready to sign on the dotted line with the Toronto Raptors tomorrow, there aren’t too many international NBA free agents left to be had. Interbasket scanned the list of remaining foreign-born free agents and came up with our top ten international free agents, both restricted and unrestricted, still swimming about in free agent waters. 1. Linas [...]

After being drafted in the second round of the 2002 NBA Draft, Aussie big man and Euroleague star David Andersen might finally become an Atlanta Hawk. That’s all according to a report from El Mundo Deportivo, Andersen’s agent has informed his Spanish club FC Barcelona club that he wants to leave to play in the NBA. [...]

Early in the first quarter of game four between the Atlanta Hawks and Miami Heat, starter Al Horford was hit with his second foul. Atlanta head coach Mike Woodson turned and called upon backup center Zaza Pachulia. Already with a black eye suffered in game three, Zaza was nonetheless ready for battle again. Despite the [...]

DraftExpress reports that David Andersen, Australian center and Euroleague Star, is considering coming to the NBA for the 2009-2010 season. One of the premier big men in the Euroleague, Andersen has an opt-out clause in his contract, and is interested in going to the American league this next season.  The problem?  “The fact that the [...]

The NBA’s only player to hail from the Republic of Geogia, Zaur (Zaza) Pachulia, went on American television news station CNN last night and plead for peace between his home land and Russia.  The conflict between the two countries over South Ossetia, which claimed independence from Georgia in the early 1990s, escalated last week when [...]