With the news that Kevin Durant and three other Brooklyn Nets tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday brings the number of NBA players with confirmed cases to seven. That announcement more than doubled the amount of players diagnosed with COVID-19. Can […]
Across almost every nation, sports is not just entertainment, but can be closely linked to the national past time; the culture. Depending on where one lives in the world, the most popular sport in one’s country varies — sometimes it’s […]
Clint Capela is a 21-year-old prospect from Switzerland that can play both the PF and C positions. He spent most of the 2014/2015 season in the D-League with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers before being recalled by the Houston Rockets […]
Sim Bhullar played only 14 seconds for the Sacramento Kings last night, but that was enough for him to make history becoming the first Indian born player to enter an official NBA game. For a nation that has a population […]
Dikembe Mutombo was one of the most colorful personas in the NBA over the past twenty years or so, even after his retirement back in 2009 at the age of 43. It looks like his whole career was a group […]
In its effort to further globalize the game of basketball while promoting the league in foreign countries, the NBA has announced two 2013-2014 regular season games outside of the U.S. and Canada. Mexico City will host a game between the […]
Under commissioner David Stern, the NBA has made a conscious effort to expand its brand and the sport of basketball internationally. After playing games in London and China this season, the league is taking its preseason schedule even farther abroad […]
In a strategic move that flies in the face of David Stern’s NBA global domination, the NBA players union recently released a memo in support of players going overseas to play while the NBA locks out its players. Will the […]
It’s no secret that the NBA’s strategy during David Stern’s reign as the commisioner of the league has been to move into other markets. From moving into populous countries China and India to NBA-Euroleague partnerships, the National Basketball Association has […]
With succssful forays into China, the next step in NBA globalization now has set their sights on India as they continue their campaigns for international expansion. (Discuss Indian and Asian basketball in our forum) India, the next largest country in […]
When the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics won their NBA champioships in 2006 and 2008 respectively, they did so without one international player on their roster that entire season. When I saw that, I thought to myself “In today’s NBA, what […]
The influx of international-born players into college athletic programs has triggered a proposed change that would allow NCAA coaches in most sports to recruit athletes from professional teams. (Talk about the proposed NCAA change in our forums) According to ESPN: Michael […]
Speaking with the press, NBA’s commissioner David Stern believes it’s inevitable that NBA franchises land in Europe. “There’s some good possibility over the course of many years, that if there’s appropriate arena development in Europe, there could be actual NBA […]
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