Olympic basketball has seen dozens of international basketball legends represent their countries throughout several Summer Olympic Games. When it comes to scoring and Olympic success, there are names you would expect to hear: The Dream Team, Michael Jordan, Pau Gasol, […]
The NBA continues to become a position-less game, with 7-footers looking and playing much different than they did 10, 20, and 40 years ago. Today’s seven-footers are more likely to shoot a three point shot than Size is also the one […]
If you think there was an unusual amount of “greatest players” lists leading up to the 2021-22 season, you weren’t off. In addition to ESPN’s and Sports Illustrated annual ranking of the league’s best players going into the new season, […]
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 […]
When we talk about the greatest scorers in the NBA, Kobe Bryant‘s name comes early in the conversation for good reason. Kobe is third all-time in total points and only Wilt Chamberlain has scored more points in a single NBA […]
Joe Johnson has always been able to fill it up. For the Phoenix Suns, Atlanta Hawks, and off the bench for the Utah Jazz, “Iso Joe” as some call him, can fill it up. Against the Portland Trailblazers, Johnson further cemented […]
Both Joe Johnson and Pau Gasol are nearing 20,000 point with just a few games left in the regular season. Specifically Johnson has 5 games left and 42 points until the 20,000 point mark while Gasol has 6 games left […]
It used to be that international players were something to be gawked at; to be put under the magnifying glass when they were on the court. Europeans were stereotyped as slow, plodding, flopping and robotic players and anytime they let […]
European basketball has produced some outstanding NBA talent over the years and Milwaukee Bucks look to have the next face on the European “Mt. Rushmore” in Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Greek forward can play multiple positions, has arms for days which […]
When it comes down to it, there’s something special about teams with a history of performing. Both Spain and Lithuania stumbled a few times during the 2015 Eurobasket, but when they both faced teams that were undefeated, the two historical […]
The recent battles between France and Spain has been referred to as the “El classico” (The Classic) of European basketball. The last match of the day is a meetup of two titans. Yes, it’s Spain vs. France once again (watch […]
It’s getting down to serious business and the stakes just keep getting higher from here on out. September 15th is day one of the Eurobasket quarterfinals and we have two heavyweights duking it out as the opening band. . Greece vs. […]
With Eurobasket 2015 set to begin in less than a week, the largest and most competitive regional basketball championship leading up to the Rio Olympics in 2016 features a long list of big European names familiar to NBA fans. (Join […]
After a seven game epic series against the San Antonio Spurs, the Los Angeles Clippers had enough power to overcome the well rested Houston Rockets, even without Chris Paul, the star of the team. The Chicago Bulls looked like they […]
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 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 […]
It seems like Anthony Davis is getting injured on weekly basis this period. He suffered a knee contusion last week against the Denver Nuggets that kept him of the court for a while. Last night he went for a dunk […]
With the hosts bowing out of the FIBA World Cup on Wednesday evening against France, did Pau Gasol’s chance of lifting the trophy for a second time also vanish from sight? At the grand old age of 34, Gasol is certainly […]
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 […]
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 […]
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