The Milwukee Bucks traded away Yi Jianlian and Bobby Simmons for Richard Jefferson of the New Jersey Nets. Though the trade happened on the day of the 2008 NBA Draft, no draft picks were exchanged. Even though no draft picks […]
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Juan Carlos Navarro leaves the NBA after just one season
Spanish superstar Juan Carlos Navarro has decided to leave the NBA after just one season with the Memphis Grizzlies. He is returning to Spain and will suit up for FC Barcelona this coming ACB season. Navarro’s announcement of his departure […]
Celtics win NBA Title without an International Player (Not counting Sam Cassell)
With the Boston Celtics blowing out the Lakers 131-92 last night, they went on to win their 17th championship for the franchise. Not only that, the Celtics became just the second team in the last 15 seasons to win the NBA […]
NZ Great Phil Jones retires from International Play
I know this is coming a few days late, but I definitely think this needs a mention: After 14 years of representing New Zealand in international play, star shooting-guard Phil Jones has decided to retire, but the left-handed, 34-year old […]
Rudy Fernandez jumps to NBA | Global Run-On Sentence
It’s hard to keep up with basketball news when your niche is to cover the world. I know we could do more in covering the world’s basketball news, but sometimes time doesn’t permit. In response to that, we have started […]
The history and inventor(s) of the three-point shot
[survey][prem]The three-point line has become such a integral part of basketball that it’s difficult to fathom the game was ever played without the ability to shoot from afar for an extra point. However taking a quick look over the history […]
Video: Sasha Vujacic is “The Machine”
Whomever gave Sasha Vujacic the nickname “The Machine” – whether it was Sasha himself (as it’s been widely reported) or Laker staff (Stu Lantz), the nickname has certainly gotten some play around the web. I ran across this video yesterday […]
With Season Over, Many International NBA Players focus on Olympic Qualification
With only four NBA teams remaining and the conference finals coming to a close, many of the NBA players from around the world are prepping for the Beijing Olympics this summer. Players such as Yao Ming, Andrei Kirilenko, Jose Calderon, […]
After poor performances, Manu Ginobili challenges himself before Game Three
It’s very unusual to see Manu Ginobili struggle. It was the first time I watched Ginobili and thought, “Wow, he looks tired.” And it didn’t help that he had the feisty, annoying Sasha Vujacic harassing him. It was evident that […]
Breaking News: Leandro Barbosa is Fast, Shaq is Slow!
Leandro Barbosa, known as the Brazilian Blur, spoke to a Brazilian Sports newspaper Lance and LB accessed the late-season, blockbuster acquisition of Shaquille O’Neal to the Suns. Apparently, in the shocking statement, Barbosa thinks the trade hurt the Suns in […]
Darko Milicic can’t Catch a Break (and probably doesn’t deserve one)
With Detroit Piston’s rookie Rodney Stuckey recently being named to the 2008 NBA all-Rookie second-team and his performances in the 2008 playoffs (while filling in for an injured Chauncey Billups), Darko Milicic is getting further haranged for things not directly […]
What’s your All-defensive international NBA team look like?
With Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Bruce Bowen and Marcus Camby being named to the NBA’s All-defensive first-team today, and no international players named to the second team, it got me wondering. What does an all-defensive team look like […]
Jose Calderon turns up the Heat on Raptor’s PG Situation
This is part one of five-part series in which Interbasket will evaluate and focus on an international NBA player’s regular, playoff, and off-season. This week’s focus is fiery Jose Calderon, whose career season has created a point guard quandary in […]
The Peja on a Stick Phenomenon
Yesterday, we mentioned a little about the Peja on a Stick phenomenon as we chatted about Peja Stojakovic’ss resurgence and his two great playoff performances against the Spurs. Interbasket has decided to create a post dedicated to the Peja on […]
2008 NBA Playoffs: Most Valuable International Players …of round one
With only one first-round series going to the distance (Atlanta-Boston), I believe it’s a good time to call out some international player performances of note. And with only Zaza Pachulia the only real impact international player remaining in the first […]
Erik Spoelstra becomes First Filipino-American NBA Coach
Erik Spoelstra was named head coach of the Miami Heat after 13 years on the Miami Heat coaching staff. This is significant because Spoelstra is the first APA-American (Asian-Pacific-Islander) and Fil-Am (Filipino-American) to reach the level of head coach of […]
Turkish Star Hedo Turkoglu Awarded 2008 NBA’s Most-Improved Player
Hedo Turkoglu was named the NBA’s most-improved player for the 2007-08 season. The Turkish superstar averaged career-bests in points (19.5), rebounds (5.7), assists (5.0) and a career-high 45.7% from the field. And despite bigger names in Dwight Howard and Rashard […]
FIBA approves major changes to International Basketball Rules come 2010
The FIBA central board approved some historic game-changing rules during their meeting on Friday and Saturday. These international rule changes will definitely have a huge impact on future FIBA-sanctioned play and will likely rile up some international basketball purists as […]
2008 Olympic Groups determined for Men’s Basketball
Fiba and the CBA (Chinese Basketball Association) got together in Beijing on Friday and hosted the official Olympic group drawings. Though all the participants haven’t been determined yet, the teams that have already been qualified were placed into two groups […]
2008 NBA Playoffs: Least Valuable International Players … through 2 games
Continuing yesterday’s post, Interbasket presents the five least valuable international NBA players for the 2008 NBA Playoffs through the first two games: 1. Andrea Bargnani – Everyone was talking about the benching of Rasho Nesterovic in favor or Jamario Moon, […]
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