The reigning champions Los Angeles Lakers will have another go at the NBA title. But will the new additions to the Lakers roster be enough for them to make up for those players that left and defend the crown this […]
Tag: Marc Gasol
Let’s talk the Gasols: Spain’s legendary basketball bros, NBA champions, and future Hall of Famers
Image: Marc Gasol by Augustas Didzgalvis (CC BY-SA 3.0) via Wikimedia On September 15, 2019, in Beijing China, Marc Gasol was pictured kissing the enormous golden chalice awarded to the FIBA World Cup champions. The 34-year-old center had just won […]
How this year’s NBA trades made the Toronto Raptors and Milwaukee Bucks that much richer
While the NBA trade deadline has passed, the world of basketball is still in the midst of buzz. After all, we still barely know how the moved players are going to be performing for their new teams. We do know […]
10 player storylines to watch during the 2016-17 NBA playoffs
Yes, we’re still in All-Star Weekend, but we can’t help but look past the festivities into the second half of the season and beyond. The highs, lows, and drama of this NBA season will make for an exciting playoffs in […]
Porzingis, Mudiay and Hezonja are the international rookies to watch during 2015-16 NBA Season
We’re not too deep into the latest NBA season, in fact we’re barely a week in but the naysayers have already started biting their tongues. A few rookies from overseas have started showing that they can run with the big […]
3 Valuable free agents nobody’s talking about
Free agency is looming and everybody is talking about the Cleveland Cavaliers and how will they handle the Tristan Thompson – Kevin Love situation while managing to keep LeBron James happy, but nobody is digging deep into the free agents […]
Free agency looming, NBA teams continue to court Marc Gasol
While it seems unlikely that the Memphis Grizzlies will allow Marc Gasol to leave the franchise at the end of the season, it has not stopped a host of NBA teams from preparing to attempt to woo the Spaniard on […]
Pau Gasol becomes the top scoring Hispanic player in the NBA
Pau Gasol just passed Rolando Blackman as the leading scorer among Hispanic players that are born in Iberian, Latin American and other Spanish speaking countries. Gasol now has 17635 points in 8 seasons with the Memphis Grizzlies, 7 seasons with […]
Rudy Gobert grabs career high 24 rebounds
Rudy Gobert is one of the most interesting young talents at the center position in the NBA. The French international showed significant improvements in his understanding of the game during the World Cup last summer where he won the bronze […]
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 […]
Tony Parker joins Gasol, Dragic, Kleiza on All-Tournament Team
No surprise that Tony Parker was named MVP of the Eurobasket tournament, he was the indispensable to France’s offense. He headlined a team that featured three other NBA players in Goran Dragic of Slovenia, Linas Kleiza of Lithuania, and Marc […]
Eurobasket: Serbia vs. Italy, Slovenia vs. Ukraine
It’s all been settled. It’s France vs. Lithuania in the Eurobasket championship game on Sunday. Lithuania dominated Croatia in the third quarter and sailed to a decisive semifinal victory, 77-62. Jonas Maciulis led Lithuania with 23 points. Linas Kleiza had 22 […]
Final Four: Watch Spain vs. France, Lithuania vs. Croatia in Eurobasket Semis
It’s down to the final four teams in this year’s Eurobasket – Croatia, France, Lithuania and Spain will battle tomorrow to see who will play in the title game. The first game on the Friday night schedule will be a qualification […]
Basketball: It’s Do or Die for Spain at Eurobasket
Who ever guessed that it would come down to this? A team that was expected to dominate the Eurobasket is on the verge of being eliminated from the FIBA European Championships of Basketball. With all but one quarterfinal spot secured, […]
Marc Gasol Named Defensive Player of the Year
As the leader of the NBA’s best overall defense in 2012-2013, Marc Gasol was named the Defensive Player of the Year by the NBA on Wednesday. Gasol enjoyed an incredibly productive year on the defensive side of the floor, averaging […]
Memphis Grizzlies and the disease of more
For a moment in time the Memphis Grizzlies sat atop the basketball world, upsetting the no. 1 seed San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the 2011 NBA playoffs. It was a near historical run for a young Memphis […]
Video: Thunder survive 3OT, Threes by Mike Conley, Greivis Vasquez
This is what the NBA Playoffs is about. Game four of the Western Conference Semi-Finals was just crazy. Not only did the Oklahoma City Thunder outlast the Memphis Grizzlies 133-123 in triple overtime last night, they had to overcome two […]
Zach Randolph, Marc Gasol huge inside for Memphis Grizzlies
The Memphis Grizzlies are riding a wave of of confidence – momentum built in their shocking upset of the #1 seed San Antonio Spurs. (Follow the Memphis Grizzlies as they take on the OKC Thunder in our forum) Not only […]
Watch Spain vs. Greece, Serbia vs. Croatia Preview
There could be non-stop cannon blasts across Istanbul on Saturday night and it wouldn’t be as explosive as the basketball that’s going to be on show at the Sinan Erdem Dome. Croatia vs. Serbia (where to watch) Spain vs. Greece […]
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