Dirk Nowitzki may have won the most recent NBA player of the week, and will get much of the credit for leading the Dallas Mavericks to a 3-0 week after putting up 30.7 points and 10 rebounds, but it hasn’t […]
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Sun Yue plays 5 minutes in first NBA Game, fills boxscore
Sun Yue, the Chinese rookie for the Los Angeles Lakers was activated last night, and actually saw some playing time in a 105-92 win over the Milwukee Bucks. Yue was activated after Luke Walton was scratched from the active roster […]
Five Minutes Left… NBA’s Best Clutch Players
When someone talks about clutch play, what do you think of? The last minute, the final two minutes? Ok now which current NBA players do you think of? I am sure everyone runs to Kobe Bryant and LeBron James… or […]
Andrea Bargnani improving, yet still inconsistent
Andrea Bargnani isn’t exactly tearing it up this year, but when the bar is set low, everything is relative. Compared to the Italian’s first two years, the 6-10 forward-center is showing much more aggression and consistency this year, and displaying […]
Free Throws: Yao Ming Towers Over Shaq, NBA Big Men in Free Throw Percentage
Of all the NBA’s players, those that stand 7 foot and above, (213cm), whom stands the tallest when it comes to free throw accuracy? The question recently came up during a Phoenix-Houston telecast on ESPN. Color commentator Hubie Brown noted […]
Rudy Fernandez to Start for Blazers Soon?
Rotowire is reporting that Rudy Fernandez, the exciting “rookie” guard from Spain and Interbasket’s latest, greatest favorite player could be joining Brandon Roy, Lamarcus Aldridge, and Joel Pryzbilla in the Blazers’ starting lineup. The move would force either Steve Blake […]
Tony Parker scores career-high 55 points in Spurs first win
The San Antonio Spurs needed every one of Tony Parker’s career high 55 points in getting their first win of the season and defeating the Minnesota Timberwolves in two overtimes. Parker’s 55 points was 17 more than his previous career […]
Around the Globe: NBA Season Starts (11/01)
The Toronto Raptors are out to a 2-0 start with Jose Calderon as the starting point guard. After the Raptors traded away TJ Ford this past summer, they all but handed the starting role to Calderon, and so far results […]
Top International Players in the NBA, by NBA GMs
Just released last week was a survey of NBA general managers, with their thoughts on who was the best international player in the NBA, as well as outside of the league. Some other questions included who would win the NBA […]
Around the Globe: Brandon Jennings and Josh Childress Debut
Injuries to NBA Stars and the Olympics With training camps in full swing, a list of NBA players that participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics are recovering from minor injuries, including Manu Ginobili, Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bogut, Carlos […]
Euroleague to take on NBA in 2008 Preseason Action
The first Euroleague Basketball American Tour is set to commence with CSKA Moscow, FC Barcelona, and Lietuvos Rytas coming to the United States to test their mettle against the Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors, Los Angeles Lakers, and Golden State Warriors. […]
Video: Nicolas Batum Bio & Profile | SLAM Report
Nicolas Batum is a stringy 6-8 small forward from Lisieux, France. The 215lb, 19-year old has impressed many with his long wingspan, his abilities to drive to the hole and consistently hit jumpshots. With his height, Batum is able to […]
Goran Dragic signs with Phoenix Suns
Goran Dragic (GO-ran DRAG-itch), a 22-year old Slovenian point guard, has signed a four-year deal with the Phoenix Suns. The Suns are trying to find a backup and eventual replacement for the 34-year old, two-time NBA MVP, Steve Nash. “(Goran) […]
Hamed Haddadi signs with Memphis Grizzlies, NBA
Well, that didn’t take long at all. Just over a week after Hamed Haddadi (ha-MED ha-DAHD-dee) was cleared to talk and negotiate with NBA teams, the 7-2, 254lb center from Iran reportedly has signed a contract with the Memphis Grizzlies. […]
NBA cleared to talk, deal with Hamed Ehadadi
Just days after news broke that the NBA had disallowed any teams to talk or deal with Iranian superstar Hamed Ehadadi, as well as other Iranian basketball players, due to the lack of the correct license from the US Government, […]
Zaza Pachulia pleads for Georgian-Russian peace
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 […]
[pic] Lakers Kobe, Pau, Vujacic Joyriding through LA animated GIF
Alright, so I don’t do this very often and I don’t know how long this has been around, but this has to be one of the most hilarious animated GIFs I have seen in.. I don’t know how long. It’s […]
Josh Childress chooses Olympiakos over NBA
As we mentioned earlier this week, Hawk’s forward Josh Childress was mulling a 3-year contract with Greece instead of re-signing with the Atlanta Hawks Well, today it became official, Josh Childress, one of the NBA’s best sixth men last season, […]
Atlanta’s Josh Childress considering Olympiakos
Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports has reported that Josh Childress, a promising young player with the Atlanta Hawks, has a couple offers on the table; one from the Hawks and one from Olympiakos from the Greek league. And here’s the […]
Roko Leni-Ukic signs with the Toronto Raptors | Global Run-On Sentence
It’s been a while since we did a rundown of the happenings in international basketball, so, here goes our periodic international Run-On Sentence: Roko-Leni Ukic joins the Toronto Raptors Croatian star guard Roko Leni-Ukic has been busy this last week, […]
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