When James Naismith came up with the idea of basketball, he was concerned about how to actually make a game that was fun and competitive from the ground level. He wasn’t thinking of giant men hanging out by the basket, […]
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NBA Predictions: Who’ll win the 2016-17 NBA title and postseason honors?
The 2016-17 NBA season is a few weeks old and the storylines provide for one of the more interesting seasons in the last decade. A lot of the stories signal a changing of the guard. With Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett […]
How Big Moves Have Impacted Odds to Win the 2017 NBA Championship
How Big Moves Have Impacted Odds to Win the 2017 NBA Championship There have been a lot of landscape shifts over the past month in the Association. Free agent signings, trades, huge draft picks and even retirements have all been part […]
Kobe Bryant as the Michael Jordan of this generation (and what that means)
In the world of sports, it often takes one individual’s brilliance over a decade (or two) to change the game altogether. That specific player gets celebrated and is often regarded as a legend in that game– not just in the […]
The NBA franchise with the most All Star draft picks
The 2015 NBA draft is approaching and the talks about pre-draft trades are increasing. Huge mistakes are made on the day of the draft and some players end up as busts even if they’re lottery picks. Here’s the one team […]
The new Game of Zones episode features Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant
Bleacher Report has done a great job with their Game of Zones short animated series. Check out the latest release featuring Michael Jordan answering some of Derrick Rose greatest questions, and Kobe Bryant trying to recruit a very unpleasant Rajon […]
Chicago Bulls closing on a deal with Fred Hoiberg
Fred Hoiberg started his playing career at the university of Iowa before being drafted 52 overall by the Indiana Pacers in the 1995 NBA draft, spending ten seasons in the NBA with the Pacers, Bulls and Timberwolves. [su_button url=”http://www.interbasket.net/forums/” target=”blank” […]
Derrick Rose hits a crazy buzzer beater to win game 3 against Cleveland
Derrick Rose had 30 points together with 7 assists and 7 rebounds in last night’s win against the Cleveland Cavaliers, but none were more important than his last three. [su_button url=”http://www.interbasket.net/forums/” target=”blank” style=”soft” size=”3″ wide=”no” center=”no” icon=”icon: comments-o”]Discuss this on our […]
The Bulls and Clippers take over home advantage from Cavaliers and Rockets
After a seven game epic series against the San Antonio Spurs, the Los Angeles Clippers had enough power to overcome the well rested Houston Rockets, even without Chris Paul, the star of the team. The Chicago Bulls looked like they […]
Video: Derrick Rose’s Double-Pump Pass Shows Guard’s Amazing Hangtime
With see-everything playmakers like Ricky Rubio, Jason Kidd, Steve Nash and Rajon Rondo in the league over the last several years, it’s great to see these tricksters play with angles, speed, and misdirection to get their passes to their targets. […]
Chicago Bulls Start 2014-15 NBA Season Strong With and Without Rose
Derrick Rose played Monday night against the Detroit Pistons. The dynamic guard scored 24 points and dished out a couple of spectacular assists, but the day started out like many other days over the last couple seasons. It was another […]
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 […]
Where to Watch USA Basketball on TV / Online (FIBA World Cup)
Starting in just a few hours, the USA Men’s National Basketball Team sets out on their journey for FIBA World Cup gold and an automatic spot to the 2016 Olympics to be held in Brazil. The 12-man team filled with young NBA […]
FIBA Basketball World Cup Schedule 2014
Tomorrow is day one of the 2014 FIBA World Cup and we can expect interesting matchups from day one. USA and Spain, the top two favorites to win the tournament, will not have a big challenge on this day and […]
DeMar DeRozan scores 13 points for USA, still can’t get Rudy Gay’s attention
DeMar DeRozan, along with Rudy Gay, scored a team high 13 points in a 105-62 blowout of the Dominican Republic Wednesday night. After his best showing on the USA National Team (well, his only showing, he’s only played one game), […]
Video: Harden, Irving, Rose, USA Get Hype on Defense vs. Dominican Republic
I had the pleasure to cover the USA Men’s National Basketball Team’s warmup game vs. Dominican Republic at Madison Square Garden last night. Team USA getting more and more hyped on defense as the shot clock ticks down. As Damian […]
FIBA World Cup Predictions
Team Predictions The Bust Argentina is favored as one of the best teams on this 2014 FIBA World Cup and bookies place them after USA and Spain on their favorite lists, but in reality things don’t look like that. They […]
Jingle Hoops: NBA’s Jingle Bells Christmas Ad (Video)
Last year, the NBA released a creative commercial called “Dribbling the Bells” where NBA superstars Russell Westbrook, Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, Dwyane Wade, and Joe Johnson, dribbled to the tune of “The Carols of the Bells.” In this year’s edition, […]
Can The Miami Heat Three-Peat?
2013 NBA Season Preview: Can The Miami Heat Three-Peat? With the start of the NBA season on Tuesday – three games take the stage: the Orlando Magic taking on the Indiana Pacers, the “Battle of Los Angeles” between the Clippers […]
Derrick Rose believes he’s the best player in the league
Despite not playing since the 2012 playoffs, Derrick Rose is still supremely confident in his abilities. So much so, that when asked who he felt was the best player in the league in an interview on Wednesday, he responded with […]