Yao’s foot sponsors Trevor Ariza signing – After the Rockets discovered the severity of Yao’s injury, they immediately applied for a “disabled player exception” and that was approved by the league. The NBA agreed that it was very unlikely that Yao Ming […]
Pescara, Italy – Croatia took home the Mediterranean Games gold medal yesterday with an 82-70 win over Greece (discuss). Team Croatia outscored Team Hellas 16-9 in the final quarter to secure their first ever Mediterranean gold medal. Damir Rancic finished with […]
This year’s Eurobasket – European men’s basketball championship will take place in Poland from the 7th till the 20th of September. It will be hosted by seven cities – Gdańsk, Poznan, Warszawa, Wroclaw, Bydgoszcz, Lodz and Katowice. The lineups will […]
How we relate to basketball is generally decided by where we grew up and what we are exposed to. In the United States, the obvious influences are the N.B.A. and college basketball. And in Europe, the Euroleague competition is the […]
When we made our “Top Ten International Players to Watch during March Madness” list out, we made a huge mistake by not including USC’s Daniel Hackett in our initial list. Going into this weekend’s final four, we’ve watched the games […]
Rooster Having Trouble Crowing Danilo “the Rooster” Gallinari’s future in basketball is at a standstill. Reports from New York say that Gallinari has left the team and is now in Italy, discussing the possibility of season-ending surgery to heal his […]
* British national Pops Mensah-Bonsu had a solid game in his fourth outing with the Toronto Raptors. Mensah-Bonsu scored 21 points (5-10 shooting) in 21 minutes and grabbed 8 rebounds in a 110-87 drubbing of Indiana this Sunday. The Raptors […]
A recent New York Time’s article talks up Knicks’ rookie Danilo Gallinari‘s recent progress throughout the last month. The 6-10 Italian is displaying a surprising amount of toughness and intelligence, despite his being just 20 years of age and being […]
Andrea Bargnani isn’t exactly tearing it up this year, but when the bar is set low, everything is relative. Compared to the Italian’s first two years, the 6-10 forward-center is showing much more aggression and consistency this year, and displaying […]
According to ESPN, little 5-5 Earl Boykins, the Charlotte Bobcat’s backup point guard, just signed a one-year contract with Italian club Virtus Bologna worth $3.5 million. According to one of his agents, Mark Termini, Boykins’s contract includes income from the […]
With 2006’s overall #1 pick Andrea Bargnani’s poor performance for Toronto this past season, and Marco Bellineli riding the bench after a great preseason, some might assume NBA scouts would be a little hesitant to rate another Italian player so […]
The second round for EuroBasket 2007 is about to begin as 12 teams look to advance into the quarterfinals. Check the schedule below and follow the game in our forum by clicking the game thread link next to each game […]
Check out today’s game schedule below. Click the game thread to follow along in our forum and post your comments along with other fans. Israel (0-2) : Serbia (0-2) @ 18:00 (game thread) Lithuania (2-0) : Germany (2-0) @ 18:00 […]
EuroBasket 2007 commenced yesterday, here’s a quick recap of all the games… Slovenia 69: Italy 68 The game of the night had to be Slovenia-Italy, as the two teams changed leads four times in the last 30 seconds. The Italians […]
Eurobasket 2007 is upon us. Sixteen European National teams are vying to be the king of Europe and more importantly, for two spots to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. With Israel winning the final wild card spot on Friday against […]
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