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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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 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 […]
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, […]
Team China downs Charlotte Hornets 84-80, gets second win ever in NBA Summer League
The Chinese National Team has participated in friendlies against the NBA for many years now and last night, they got their second win in the NBA Summer League. Team China fell behind early against the Charlotte Hornets then took the […]
The FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup Bracket for 2019 Tournament
The NBA season is over but doesn’t mean that basketball is done. We have a lot of basketball happening over the off season — there’s the NBA-related leagues such as the WNBA and NBA Summer League. There are also two […]
Crazy fight breaks out during Philippines-Australia basketball World Cup match
An insane brawl broke out between the Philippines and Australia during a basketball match in the FIBA Asia World Cup qualifiers. Discuss the Philippines-Australia fight in this forum thread or this one With about four minutes remaining in the third quarter […]
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 […]
DubNation Diary: Finland’s “Suomi” (Clap-Clap-Clap!)
BILBAO EXHIBITION CENTRE, BILBAO, SPAIN — Per Brian Mahoney of the Associated Press and confirmed on the premises by the Finns in attendance, 8,000 basketball fans from Finland — aided by Rovio, the maker of Angry Birds, and government officials, […]
FIBA World Cup Scores, Remaining Schedule, and Predictions
After a grueling week of round robin play, the FIBA World Cup has a rare rest day today for the teams that have advanced to the next round. The 16 teams, the top four teams from Groups A, B, C, […]
Watch FIBA World Cup Live Online: Preliminary Rounds
It’s the preliminary rounds of the FIBA World Cup tournament as all 24 teams continue jockeying for position in the round robin where the best of the group move onto the next phase of competition. You can watch Day 4 and […]
DubNation Diary: Spain 2014 FIBA World Cup Arrival In Bilbao – Marvin’
BILBAO, SPAIN — Greetings, gentle readers of Interbasket.net! Poor Man’s Commish here again, reporting from Bilbao, Spain, site of the 2014 FIBA World Cup of Basketball (aka #Spain2014). I thought I’d give you a semi-daily report of my hoops adventure […]
Senegal Surprises: Upsets Puerto Rico, Croatia at FIBA World Cup
It’s three games in but Senegal is looking to be the “Cinderellas” of the tournament after the African nation pulled off a second straight upset in Group B. Senegal started out the tournament with a win against Puerto Rico 82-75 – […]
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