(AP) Pau Gasol has traveled to Spain twice during previous NBA preseasons, so he knows all about being a tour guide for a bunch of wide-eyed American hoopsters in his native Barcelona. Las Ramblas, the Sagrada Familia, the paella—he has […]
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Eric Musselman’s journey to Puerto Rico
Eric Musselman, former NBA coach of the Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings, recently completed a trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Musselman was nice enough to provide Interbasket with the exclusive details of his trip. Saturday, April 4th Started Saturday […]
Interview with Lithuanian center Robertas Javtokas
Robertas Javtokas, a 30-year-old seven-footer, is another Lithuanian basketball star who enrolled into the European Masters of Basketball Coaching program delivered by the University of Worcester in cooperation with the Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education. Euroleague champion, ULEB Cup champion, […]
Pic of the Day: Danilo Gallinari scoops to the hoop
In today’s Pic of the Day, Danilo Gallinari attacks the rim against Chase Budinger and the Houston Rockets. (Discuss Danilo Gallinari and Italian Basketball in our forum) In New York’s loss to Houston, Gallinari tallied 26 points on 8-15 shooting, […]
Behind LeBron James, Cavs are favorites to win NBA Championship
As a fan of the NBA and with the 2010 playoffs around the corner, I already have my picks for those teams that might go all the way. Here are the NBA odds for my favorite teams to win the […]
Video: Ginóbili blocks Kevin Durant, Spurs top Thunder
We’ve seen Manu Ginóbili do some amazing things, but rarely is there a player that is will to take the risks he does, and be so successful. With the Thunder down one, and the NBA’s leading scorer going in for […]
1992 Dream Team, Pippen, Mailman are Hall of Fame Finalists
The 1992 U.S. Men’s Olympic Basketball Team, better known as the Dream Team, the first Olympic team to include NBA players, are one of the finalists for the team category for induction into the Jame Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. […]
Global Roundup: Yao Ming’s VERY tall baby
This week’s global roundup covers player performances during the last week. This post includes discussion about Yao Ming’s extra tall baby, Pops keeps getting waived, the first Korean player in the NCAA, Fadi El Khatib on the move, Phil Jackson’s […]
International Roundup: Tyreke Evans, Dirk, Aleks Marić
This week’s quick roundup of the player performances around the world during the last few days. This week includes discussion about Aleksandr Marić’s monster month, Dirk Nowitzki to the 2010 World Championships of basketball, Tyreke Evans and the Sacramento Kings’ amazing […]
Billionaire Prokhorov closer to owning New Jersey Nets
According to the New York Times, Mikhail D. Prokhorov is inching closer and closer to becoming the first overseas owner of an NBA franchise. The billionaire is planning on moving the Nets from New Jersey to Broolyn, New York: The […]
Linas Kleiza catches the Swine Flu
After leading Olympiacos with 19 fourth-quarter points in a comeback win against Entente Orleanaise on Thursday night, Linas Kleiza has come down with the Swine Flu. (Talk Euroleague Basketball in our forum) The virus knocked Kleiza out of commission for […]
NBA: Hasheem Thabeet on Yinka Dare track?
Interbasket’s quick roundup of the international NBA player performances during the last few days in the NBA.. This week we’ll discuss Luol Deng doing work, injured international players in Golden State, Pau Gasol’s golden return, and Hasheem Thabeet’s very rough […]
Turkish League penalizes, suspends Galatasaray
The Turkish Basketball League has rightfully come down hard on the Galatasaray players, coaches, and staff that were involved in a deceptive player scandal. Huge suspensions and fines were handed down after the recent scandal involving Turkish club Galatasaray Café Crown […]
Video: Russian Basketball Brawl: Dynamo vs. Lokomotiv
Last Saturday, a basketball melee broke out at the end of the match between Russian Superleague clubs BC Lokomotiv Kuban and Dynamo Moscow that involved players, referees, coaches, and fans. With Lokomomtiv pulling out a hard-fought 94-91 double-overtime win over […]
NBA: Injuries frustrate Ginóbili, Bogut, & Turiaf
It hasn’t been a great week for international players in the NBA, as Manu Ginobili, Andrew Bogut and Ronny Turiaf will miss time with injuries. Here’s a Saturday roundup of the last few days in the NBA: According to the […]
Galatasaray in Turkish Basketball League scandal
There’s a huge scandal going down in the Turkish Basketball League involving Galatasaray Café Crown, a Turkish club based in Istanbul. The story is filled with violence, suspensions, lies, brazen cheating involving multiple identities, and coaching staff being fired (discuss […]
NBA rookie Ty Lawson dunks on DJ Mbenga
Things were going so well for DJ Mbenga of the Los Angeles Lakers this year, until this happened. Ty Lawson, the 5-11 rookie out of North Carolina, dunking on 7-0 DJ Mbenga was pretty amazing considering it was in traffic. […]
Bourousis needs 12 minutes for Euroleague MVP
If someone was to tell me that Olympiacos center Ioannis Bourousis won the Euroleague MVP for week four, I wouldn’t be surprised whatsoever. However, I would be amazed if you told me that 7-0 Greek pivot accomplished it in just […]
Top International NBA Scorers: Oleksiy Pecherov!
On a slow news day, we thought it would be nice to list out the top 15 international scorers in the NBA through 11/06/2009. The list is certainly worth looking at, but obviously it’s not definitive as the most games […]
PETA upset with BatManu Ginóbili
Some reverberations after Manu Ginóbili smacked the life out of a stray bat that found its way into the Alamodome/AT&T center on Saturday night. After knocking the winged-mammal to the ground, Manu picked it up, carried it off the court […]