Tag: Great Britain

NBA Announces Regular-Season Games in London, Mexico City

NBA Announces Regular-Season Games in London, Mexico City

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 […]

Eurobasket 2011 Set to Begin in Lithuania

The European Basketball Championships, or Eurobasket, is set to begin. Twenty-four European nations will battle over the next 19 days (August 31 – September 18, 2011) in this 37th continental championship. Follow each game of Eurobasket 2011 in our Eurobasket forum. […]

Ben Gordon pulls out of Eurobasket, Olympics in doubt

Ben Gordon pulls out of Eurobasket, Olympics in doubt

Ben Gordon will not be making his international debut for Great Britain this summer after all. Discuss Ben Gordon and Eurobasket 2011 British Basketball on Monday confirmed that the Detroit Pistons guard won’t be a part of Chris Finch’s charges […]

Deng quietly delivers for Chicago Bulls

Luol Deng and Great Britain won’t know until the middle of March if they will have an automatic spot at the London Games. On the weekend of March 12-13, FIBA will announce at their Central Board meeting in Lyon, France, […]

Dan Clark: Rising British Basketball Star

Dan Clark: Rising British Basketball Star

Dan Clark has to earn every single one of his minutes at Asefa Estudiantes in Spain. He believes Great Britain needs to earn its keep, too (Discuss British basketball in our forum). With the time quickly approaching when FIBA will […]

Ben Gordon says he’ll play for Great Britain in 2011

Great Britain have received some good news with Detroit Pistons sharpshooter Ben Gordon declaring he wants to play for the country this summer in qualifying games for EuroBasket 2011. Gordon, a former teammate of Chicago Bulls forward and Great Britain […]

Coach Chris Finch waiting on British stars

Coach Chris Finch waiting on British stars

Great Britain basketball chief Chris Finch is keen to get early confirmation from his three star players that they will be taking part in their Eurobasket qualifying campaign in August of this year. (Discuss Basketball in Great Britain) The British […]

After 2003 NBA Draft, Ndudi Ebi finds way in Europe

In amongst all the NBA castoffs plying their trade across Europe, one is often shown up as the poster boy for going professional too soon, but Ndudi Ebi is starting to show the talent that had scouts excited for his […]

Pops Mensah-Bonsu joins CSKA Moscow

Pops Mensah-Bonsu joins CSKA Moscow

After being released by two NBA teams this past season, the Toronto Raptors and the Houston Rockets, Pops Mensah-Bonsu has moved on to the Euroleague, signing with CSKA Moscow. (Discuss Euroleague basketball in our forum) The Russian club signed the […]

Global Roundup: Yao Ming’s VERY tall baby

This week’s global roundup covers player performances during the last week. This post includes discussion about Yao Ming’s extra tall baby, Pops keeps getting waived, the first Korean player in the NCAA, Fadi El Khatib on the move, Phil Jackson’s […]

FIBA wild cards to Germany, Lebanon, Lithuania & Russia

FIBA wild cards to Germany, Lebanon, Lithuania & Russia

After weeks of speculation, FIBA has chosen the four final countries, Germany, Lebanon, Lithuania, and Russia, that will represent in the 2010 World Championships of Basketball. (Discuss FIBA’s four wild card selections in our forum) The maximum three -from-one-region wild cards […]

FIBA Wild Cards: It's down to Eight

FIBA Wild Cards: It’s down to Eight

We are only one day away from FIBA announcing the final four countries that will fill the tournament field for the 2010 World Championships. (Predict the four teams to WC2010) The Wild Card process started with 14 teams hoping for […]

Which countries will get the FIBA Wild Cards?

Which countries will get the FIBA Wild Cards?

The FIBA Wild Cards will determine four teams’ fates for the 2010 World Championships of basketball. With a few days remaining before FIBA announces their selections, which countries do you think FIBA will select for the event in Turkey in […]

Houston Rockets dunk Pops Mensah-Bonsu

Houston Rockets dunk Pops Mensah-Bonsu

The Houston Rockets waived Englishman Pops Mensah-Bonsu on Friday. The 6-9 Mensah-Bonsu played a total of 12 minutes in four games this season, averaging 1.3 points after a successful season with the Toronto Raptors last season. (Discuss the NBA in […]

FIBA hints at "impactful teams" for WC wildcard

FIBA hints at “impactful teams” for WC wildcard

Tijani Umar, the President of the NBBF (Nigeria Basketball Federation) recently returned from Zurich, Switzerland after a meeting with FIBA World officials to chat about the FIBA wild cards for the 2010 World Championships. However, Umar’s meeting with FIBA officials […]

Eurobasket: Great Britain, Latvia, Lithuania must win

Great Britain, Latvia, and Lithuania are in do-or-die situations on the last day of Eurobasket’s preliminary round after all three teams lost their first two games. Now they must win their third and final game today in order to have […]

Despite 84-76 win, battle with Great Britain scars Spain

Warsaw – After a shocking loss to Serbia in Eurobasket’s opening day, most believed that Spain would come out and stomp on their second opponent, Great Britain. It looked that way for awhile as Spain jumped out to a 12-0 lead, […]

2009 Efes Pilsen World Cup of Basketball

2009 Efes Pilsen World Cup of Basketball

The 2009 Efes Pilsen World Cup begins today and will serve as national team preparations for the Eurobasket tournament. Held in the Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall, six Eurobasket teams, divided into two groups, will be participate in the five-day tournament leading […]

Toronto Raptors lose Pops Mensah-Bonsu to Houston

Toronto Raptors lose Pops Mensah-Bonsu to Houston

The Toronto Raptors are hemorraging international players this offseason, while the Houston Rockets are stockpiling them to fill in for injured Chinese center Yao Ming. Today, the Houston Rockets reached a verbal agreement with the 6-10 Pops Mensah-Bonsu, the energetic British […]