Anderson Varejao has had a busy week. LeBron James’ teammate Varejao added to his repertoire of flailing, offensive rebounding and getting under the skin of opponents. The 6-10 Brazilian has taken to making fun of the Cavs’ all-world superstar. […]
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Manu Ginobili’s EuroStep, Signature Moves
Why is Manu Ginobili so successful? For that matter, what makes any player successful? There could be a myriad of reasons why; such as talent, passion, intelligence, athleticism, hard work, height, desire, hustle… If all things are equal, the success […]
2008 Awards: Kobe, Spanish Players, Hamed Haddadi are Big Winners
Interbasket is happy to announced our 2008 IBN Award Winners. I feel this year’s winners are the most diverse and on-point in the three-year history of the awards. With both well-known and lesser known players being nominated this year, our […]
NYT: Some NBA Players feeling effects from Beijing Olympics
As predicted, the New York Times has an article and analysis on the negative effects that some NBA Olympians are feeling during this NBA season. From LeBron James to Manu Ginobili to Chris Kaman: “…of those 25 Olympians, 17 are […]
2008 Olympic Basketball Photo Gallery
With the Olympics all done and all the medals handed out. I thought it would be a good idea to collate some of the best Olympic basketball photos into one gallery. I’ve organized the Olympic photos by date, so you […]
USA defeats Spain 118-107, wins Gold Medal
The United States Men’s basketball team, dubbed the Redeem Team, captured the Olympic gold medal for basketball yesterday, defeating Spain 118-107 in a tightly-contested and high-scoring game (replay). The 2008 US National Team has shunned any comparisons to the iconic […]
Watch USA vs. Spain Live | 2008 Olympic Basketball Finals
The 2008 Olympic Basketball Gold Medal will go to either the United States or Spain. Watch and discuss both the gold and bronze medal games live on your PC by clicking the appropriate regional link below: August 24, 2008 Bronze […]
Watch USA vs. Argentina Live; Spain vs. Lithuania
The Olympic basketball’s final four has been determined, and there are no surprises as Argentina, Lithuania, Spain, and the USA, the top four seeds going into the round have advanced. The four teams have a combined record of 21-3 with […]
Olympics Day One Recap: Lithuania defeats Argentina on Kleiza three; Spain, USA, Croatia win
Day one of Olympic Basketball has finished with Russia, Germany, Spain, Lithuania, Croatia, and the USA getting their first wins. Russia 71 : Iran 49 (Russia-Iran Boxscore) Despite the 71-49 score, Russia didn’t have quite as easy a win as […]
2008 Olympics Basketball Preview: Group B
With a few days left before Olympic basketball begins, Interbasket is previewing the twelve national teams participating in the tournament. We reviewed the six teams in Group A on Tuesday, and we’ll be reviewing Group B today. (Click here for […]
Jason Kidd Back in Dallas
Jason Kidd is apparently headed back to Dallas, where he started his career almost 14 years ago. The star power and talent continues to shift to the Western Conference. With Pau Gasol being sent to the Lakers in exchange for […]
Video: Juan Carlos Navarro with two plays in the NBA Top-10 for January 15th
I’ve been swamped at work this week, so I haven’t had the chance to jot my weekly top-10 International NBA Players Update this week. I hope to have time this weekend to write something up, but until then, check out […]
Vote for the 2007 Interbasket Awards
The nomination period is now over and the nominees for IBN’s 2007 Awards have been selected – now it’s up to you to decide which player has had the best 2007, as far as performances, awards, medals and records, in […]
Kobe is Youngest, but not the Fastest NBA player to 20,000 points
Kobe Bryant surpassed the 20,000 point mark the other night making him the youngest player to meet that milestone at 29 years, 122 days. Update: Kobe is youngest to 30,000, still not the fastest His mark beat Wilt Chamberlain by […]
2007 Interbasket Award Nominations are Here!
It’s that time of year for the IBN awards to be handed out, but first we need players to be nominated. This year we’ve added a couple categories, and we’re looking for the best players from 2007, and only accomplishments […]
TOA: Four Teams Left, Only Two will get Olympic Berths
This is what most expected – Argentina, Brazil, Puerto Rico and the United States are in the semi-finals with two berths to the 2008 Olympics at stake. Considering their recent history, the Americans haven’t run into any problems this tournament. […]
TOA Day Five: USA Blasts Brazil, Argentina Survives.
USA 113: Brazil 76 What was supposed to be the United State’s toughest test turned into another blowout. Team USA continued their dominance of group B by manhandling Brazil last night 113-76. Brazil did hang tough for about one quarter […]
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