The FIBA World Cup is about to kick off and the international tournament is seen as more important to non-US players like Giannis Antetokoumnpo and Luka Doncic than an actual NBA championship — they are representing their country after all. […]
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Let’s talk the Gasols: Spain’s legendary basketball bros, NBA champions, and future Hall of Famers
Image: Marc Gasol by Augustas Didzgalvis (CC BY-SA 3.0) via Wikimedia On September 15, 2019, in Beijing China, Marc Gasol was pictured kissing the enormous golden chalice awarded to the FIBA World Cup champions. The 34-year-old center had just won […]
It’s crazy that 35 NBA players pulled out of the FIBA Basketball World Cup tournament
We all know by now that the United States fielded a relatively unimpressive roster for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup and paid for it. The team that was headlined by third tier NBA star Kemba Walker did even worse […]
Serbia steamrolls Team USA 32-7 in first quarter, goes on to win 94-89 in FIBA World Cup
In what most everyone expected to be the Gold Medal match up, Serbia and Team USA instead met up in the fifth place game of the FIBA World Cup and it wasn’t pretty for the Americans. They were completely destroyed […]
Facundo Campazzo leads Argentina over Serbia in huge FIBA World Cup upset
Serbia came into the FIBA World Cup as one of the favorites in the tournament, so much so, that many even considered them the best team in the competition over Team USA. Even with the team clicking on all cylinders […]
Team USA survives Turkey 93-92 in FIBA World Cup behind Khris Middleton and Turkey’s missed free throws
With time running out, Turkey had a chance to defeat the United States in the 2019 FIBA World Cup, but free throws didn’t fall for Team Turkey and they did for Khris Middleton. With a one point lead late in […]
Team USA finalizes roster; cuts Kuzma, Adebayo, Young ahead of FIBA World Cup of basketball
It’s only been a couple weeks since the U.S. Senior Men’s National Team got together for training camp. Now comes the tough part — parting ways with talented players that want to make the team. Following up on a scrimmage […]
Here’s a list of every NBA player participating in the FIBA World Cup
Much has been made about the players not playing in the upcoming 2019 FIBA World Cup tournament, but there are plenty of NBA players participating in the international competition. Sure, they’re not all big names like Anthony Davis (USA), James […]
The Top 5 NBA players to watch for the 2019 FIBA World Cup
The 2019 FIBA World Cup is fast approaching with the tournament set to kick off on the final day of August. While the list of NBA players not paying in the international competition far outshines those that are including LeBron […]
The FIBA World Cup Bracket: Download and print out for the 2019 basketball tournament
If the FIBA World Cup doesn’t sound familiar that’s because it was called the FIBA World Championships of Basketball for nearly 60 years before taking on the World Cup moniker. Only since 2010 has it been referred to as the […]
Watch video of Team USA losing to Select Team of G-League players in USA Basketball scrimmage
Oh boy, it happened again. In another embarrassing scrimmage performance, Team USA weren’t able to defeat a Select Team roster of former NBA bench warmers, G league players and international players. That’s not even telling the full story, not only […]
Team USA struggles against Select Team in scrimmages ahead of FIBA World Cup
On the third day of Team USA training camp for the upcoming FIBA World Cup, the media was allowed into the gym to watch scrimmages between the U.S. men’s senior national team and a Select Team roster of younger, less […]
adidas to release 2019 FIBA World Cup-inspired shoe collection
With the FIBA World Cup set to begin in fewer than two weeks, adidas basketball will launch a “Ball Around The World” sneaker collection. The set of FIBA-inspired kicks looks like it sounds. The global collection is three shoe set.. […]
As NBA stars drop, Team USA no longer 2019 FIBA World Cup favorites
This NBA off season of player empowerment didn’t just have an shocking amount of NBA superstars changing jerseys, but is seemingly having an impact on Team USA. Not only are many of the players swapping teams for the next season, […]
Brittney Griner dunks against China in FIBA World Cup (Video)
Though just 23 years old, Brittney Griner has made a career of being the “first women’s player to dunk.” She added to that list in a win over China in the FIBA World Cup of Basketball last night – in what […]
Spain Ousted: Is this Pau Gasol’s Final FIBA World Cup?
With the hosts bowing out of the FIBA World Cup on Wednesday evening against France, did Pau Gasol’s chance of lifting the trophy for a second time also vanish from sight? At the grand old age of 34, Gasol is certainly […]
Watch Rudy Gobert Block Pau Gasol in France’s Win Over Spain
Rudy Gobert had a coming out party in France’s big win over Spain in the FIBA World Cup. He didn’t light it up on the offensive end though both his baskets came on big dunks in the first half. The […]
France vs. Spain Boxscore: France Stuns Spain in FIBA World Cup 65-52
It’s not that France is a bad team, it’s just that Spain is that good. France was a 17 point underdog going into the game, and instead they pulled out a double-digit win with great passing, outside shots, and interior […]
USA-Slovenia Boxscore, Recap: U.S. slaughters Slovenia by 43 points
After a close first half which saw the United States up just seven points at halftime, the USA exploded in the second half, ultimately beating Slovenia by 43 points — 119-76 — in what was supposed to be a much […]
DubNation Diary: Bravo, Bilbao! Viva Le FIBA!
HOTEL MELIA, BILBAO, SPAIN — Bob Hill is an assistant coach for Ukraine, under head coach Mike Fratello, whose name you might find familiar as the “Czar of the Telestrator” as an analyst for The NBA on TNT and former […]
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