Tag: Congo

2013 FIBA Africa Basketball Championships Begin

2013 FIBA Africa Basketball Championships Begin

Sixteen African nations have commenced on the Ivory Coast for the Africa Men’s Champi onships of Basketball (forum). The competition started on August 20 and will go until the end of the month, August 31. Also known as the Afrobasket, the […]

Pic: Serge Ibaka blocks Mike Conley

Pic: Serge Ibaka blocks Mike Conley

Serge Ibaka blocks one of his six shot vs. the Memphis Grizzlies’s Mike Conley.  Despite Ibaka’s work inside, the Memphis Grizzlies shocked in game three of the Western Conference Semis with a 101-93 win, and took a 2-1 lead over […]

Cavs shock Lakers despite Gasol's 30-20

Cavs shock Lakers despite Gasol’s 30-20

The Cleveland Cavs shocked the defending NBA Champions Los Angeles Lakers last night 104-99, despite a monstrous game by Laker All-Star Pau Gasol. (Discuss the Los Angeles Lakers loss to the Cleveland Cavs) Gasol scored 30 points and pulled down […]

Serge Ibaka, shades of Dwight Howard

Serge Ibaka, shades of Dwight Howard

Serge Ibaka is a physical specimen to behold – a 6-10 power forward/center from the Republic of the Congo with strength and a mature body that belies his 20 years. (Discuss Serge Ibaka and African Basketball in our forum) His […]

DJ Menga setting career highs with Lakers

DJ Menga setting career highs with Lakers

In the last two games, DJ Mbenga has stepped into the starting lineup for the Los Angeles Lakers, to fill in for the injured Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum, and Mbenga did a serviceable job in the pivot. Mbenga, who […]

Afrobasket 2009: African Basketball Championships

Afrobasket 2009: African Basketball Championships

Title: Afrobasket 2009 Location: Tripoli, Libya Official Site: http://libya2009.fiba.com Information: The 2009 Africa Nations Basketball Championships, or Afrobasket, starts in less than a week. The 25th Afrobasket (discuss) is being held August 5-15 in Tripoli, Libya. Teams participating include Libya […]

With Yao and Mutombo out, Rockets sign Andersen

With the news that Yao Ming will miss the entire 2009-10 NBA season and Dikembe Mutombo officially retiring the other day, the Houston Rockets have brought in Aussie big man and Euroleague star David Andersen to help fill the hole […]

NBA Draft Photos: International Player Gallery

We collected some Getty Images of the international players that were present at last night’s NBA Draft.  Hope you enjoy them.  Patrick Mills seems pretty happy despite doubling his position in several mock drafts, dropping to the 55th pick. Sorry, […]

14 International Players chosen in 2009 NBA Draft

14 International Players chosen in 2009 NBA Draft

From the Congo to Israel to three players from Spain, there were fourteen international-born players selected in the 2009 NBA Draft. The fourteen players ended a sex-year slide in which fewer and fewer international players were chosen, from a record […]

2009 NBA Draft: 12 Int'l Players you should know

2009 NBA Draft: 12 Int’l Players you should know

NBA Draft night is upon us and Interbasket wants to keep you informed. We recently did a quick, unscientific roundup of several mock drafts on the ‘net to determine the top-12 international players you should know about in this year’s […]

Dikembe Mutombo's career ends suddenly| 2009 NBA Playoffs

Dikembe Mutombo’s career ends suddenly| 2009 NBA Playoffs

On Tuesday, April 21st, 2009, Dikembe Mutombo suffered a ruptured tendon in a game two loss to the Portland Trailblazers in the 2009 NBA Playoffs. The injury abruptly most likely ended the center’s 18-year NBA All-Star career. The 42-year old’s […]

News Around the World 10/10/2007

Ray Allen hopes NBA expands into Europe – I didn’t know Ray Allen spent a lot of time growing up in England and Germany  “People all over the world are now watching basketball. People in the United States don’t realize […]

AfroBasket 2007 Commences...

AfroBasket 2007 Commences…

The African regional championships have begun. Afrobasket 2007 will be held this year in Luanda, the largest city and the capital of Angola. The tourney features 16 teams from across the continent – Angola, Cameroon, Cape Verde Island, Central African […]