Going into the tournament, the US Women’s National Basketball Team had won come home from six straight Olympics with a gold medal. In the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, they advanced past Nigeria, Japan, Serbia, Spain, and Australia. Their closest game was […]
Historically, Japan has not been known to be a basketball country but a star in other sports such as athletics, karate, and kendo. This trend is slowly changing with the growing infrastructure and the emergence of a new generation of […]
Rui Hachimura is a player for the Washington Wizards having been drafted by the franchise at #9 in the 2019 NBA Draft. Not only does Rui Hachimura have the uncommon combination of size and skills, athleticism and shooting, to have […]
No matter how much potential a foreign prospect might be, they still have to obtain legal entry into the United States. In order to live and work in the United States, and particularly for an NBA team that signs them […]
Iran will have to come back strong in 2017 to be considered a dynasty after China outplayed them in the their semifinal match. China’s Yi Jianlian dominated the inside and anchored their defense with 13 points, 8 rebounds and 4 […]
The FIBA Asia Championships are now down to just four teams: China, Iran, Japan and the Philippines. Only two of these teams will make the title game to be played on Saturday and the winner of that match will walk […]
It’s been a whirlwind first week of the 2015 FIBA Asia Championships. There have been some surprises including Palestine’s surprising performance in their first Asia Championship, the Philippines’ 14-point win over Iran (discuss) and India’s appearance in the quarterfinals (and […]
The 2015 FIBA Asia Championship is upon us. Hosted in Changsha, Hunan in China, This year’s “Asiabasket” will run from September 23rd until October 3rd. This edition of Asiabasket will be the 28th continental basketball championship organized by FIBA Asia […]
The 2015 FIBA Asia Championship is set to begin in just a couple days which is the 28th edition of the continental basketball championship organized by FIBA Asia. With the tournament coming up, we thought it would be good to […]
After averaging just 5.3 points and shooting .467 from the field in four NBA summer league games, the Dallas Mavericks have signed Japanese guard Yuki Togashi. At just 5-6 and 145lbs, the Mavericks liked the diminutive guard’s speed, defense, hustle, […]
The 2013 FIBA Asia Championships are on their way and games are being held at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines. Discuss the 2013 Asia Championships of Basketball The Philippines hopes they can repeat their 1973 title, the last […]
The 2011 William Jones Cup tournament is a basketball tournament held in Asia every year. Discuss the 2011 William Jones Cup in our forum. This year’s cup is being hosted in Taiwan from August 06-14th. This is the 33rd annual […]
Jeremy Tyler is only 19 years old, but it seems as if the 6-11 phenom has been on the basketball scene years beyond his age. It seems like many years ago, a 17-year old Tyler skipped out on not only […]
Remember Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf? The now 40-year old has signed with a Japanese club, Kyoto Hannaryz, in the country’s basketball league’s second division (BJ-League). The 6-1 guard played nine seasons in the NBA, last putting on a Vancouver Grizzlies jersey back […]
The New York Times has a story about Wataru “Wat” Misaka’s first trip back to Madison Square Garden since the he played three games for the New York Knicks in 1947. Misaka is the first non-white and first Asian NBA player (the NBA […]
Title: Asia Championships of Basketball Location: Tianjin, China Official Website: http://china2009.fiba.com/ Description: The 2009 FIBA Asia Championships of basketball (discuss) will be held in Tianjin, China from August 6-16, 2009 with 16 teams divided into four groups. The sixteen teams […]
The final games of the 2009 Jones Cup were played last night and the standings for all nine teams have been determined – with Iran continuing their dominance in Asian play. 1. Iran (6 wins – 2 losses) 2. Jordan […]
Taipei, Taiwan – The 2009 Williams Jones Cup is underway. This international tournament, held every year in Taiwan, features nine teams this year: Iran, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, and Team Kwanghwa (Taiwan). (Discuss the 2009 Jones Cup tournament in our […]
Just images of some of the international players, and other players of interest, from the 2009 NBA Summer League. Check out the pic of Blake Griffin’s jam and the Japanese National Team that participated in this year’s summer league. They […]
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