Beno Udrih has walked out on Slovenia’s training camp ahead of the 2010 FIBA World Championship in a dispute with coach Memi Becirovic over his role in the team. (Discuss in our World Championships of Basketball forum) The Sacramento Kings […]
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Kings send Nocioni, Hawes to Sixers for Dalembert
The AP reports that the Sacramento Kings have agreed to acquire Philadelphia 76ers center Samuel Dalembert of Haiti for Argentinian forward Andres Nocioni and American-born center Spencer Hawes. (Discuss the NBA trade in our NBA forum) The 6-foot-11 Dalembert has been […]
International Roundup: Tyreke Evans, Dirk, Aleks Marić
This week’s quick roundup of the player performances around the world during the last few days. This week includes discussion about Aleksandr Marić’s monster month, Dirk Nowitzki to the 2010 World Championships of basketball, Tyreke Evans and the Sacramento Kings’ amazing […]
Casspi scores career high 22 points in first start
Omri Casspi, the 21-year old rookie from Israel, made his first start of the season last night in the King’s 112-109 win over the Washington Wizards. (Discuss Omri Casspi’s rookie season in the NBA) Casspi played a season-high 37 minutes, […]
Omri Casspi impressive for Sacramento Kings
Omri Casspi, the first Israeli to play in the NBA has had a great start to his NBA career. The 6-9 swingman is averaging 10.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 1.1 assists in 14 minutes off the bench for the Sacramento […]
Roundup: Sergio Rodriguez’s career-high, Serge Ibaka
This week’s quick roundup of the international player performances during the last few days includes discussion about Andrew Bogut’s return, Sergio Rodriguez’s career high, Euroleague’s November MVP Pete Mickeal, Serge Ibaka, injuries to Andrei Kirilenko, Luis Scola and more. Discuss the […]
NBA: Hasheem Thabeet on Yinka Dare track?
Interbasket’s quick roundup of the international NBA player performances during the last few days in the NBA.. This week we’ll discuss Luol Deng doing work, injured international players in Golden State, Pau Gasol’s golden return, and Hasheem Thabeet’s very rough […]
Pic: When Hamed met Omri (or Iran met Israel)
It didn’t happen the first time around as Hamed Haddadi was deactivated before the game.However, when the Sacramento Kings visited the Memphis Grizzlies last night, Omri Casspi, the first Israeli NBA player met up with Hamed Haddadi, the NBA’s first […]
NBA: Revitalized Nash, Ginóbili fills in for injured Spurs
The almost 37-year old Steve Nash has been revitalized in the early season. Nash tallied 21 points and 20 assists in a Phoenix win against the the Sixers last night. Without Shaq holding down the offense, Nash is averaging 12.9 […]
Andrés Nocioni arrested for DUI in Sacramento
Andrés Nocioni, the forward from Argentina, was arrested early Thursday on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. The Sacramento Kings player that was acquired late last season, was pulled over in downtown Sacramento around 2am as the arresting […]
Kings/Grizzlies storylines: Iverson dislikes bench role
In addition to being one of the season’s best games thus far (who knew?), last night’s Sacramento Kings match vs. the Memphis Grizzlies had a lot of different storylines – diplomatic relations, NBA season-high point total, international intrigue, and surprise! Allen […]
NBA: Iran meets Israel in Kings vs. Grizzlies match
When the Sacramento Kings meet the Memphis Grizzlies tonight, it will mark the first time an Israeli player faces a player from a rival Middle East Muslim nation in the NBA. NBA rookie Omri Casspi is from Israel and plays […]
Omri Casspi successful in historic NBA debut
Omri Casspi officially became the first Israeli to ever play in the NBA last night when he logged 19 minutes for the Sacramento Kings. (Discuss Omri Casspi in our Israeli Basketball Forum) The rookie played as well as his minutes […]
Hasheem Thabeet, Omri Casspi to make NBA history
When the Sacramento Kings and Memphis Grizzlies take the floor tonight for their first game of the 2009-10 season, it will be especially significant for the countries of Israel and Tanzania. Joining Pepe Sánchez (Argentina), Wang Zhizhi (China), Šarūnas Marčiulionis (Lithuania), and […]
Top 30 International NBA Scorers of all-time
During the 2008-09 NBA season, a rejuvenated Shaquille O’Neal moved up five spots on the NBA’s all-time scorers’ list. After scoring 1333 points, his highest total in four seasons, O’Neal is now #5 on the all-time list having surpassed Dominique […]
Former NBA coach Eric Musselman finishes Russian tour
After turning down a coaching job with Russian club Spartak in July, Eric Musselman was invited back by the team for a four-day spain in which the former NBA coach will host a clinic for local coaches as well as […]
Sacramento Kings pull García out of FIBA Americas
Francisco García suffered a minor finger injury in the Dominican Republic’s loss to Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The 6-7 shooting guard sat out the Dominican Republic’s next game, a 86-73 win over Mexico. “Francisco has a cut in one of […]
Omri Casspi, NBA’s first player from Israel
Omri Casspi made history when he became the first Israeli player to be selected in the NBA’s first round. Casspi was chosen by the Sacramento Kings with the 23rd overall pick. “I can’t speak,” Casspi said through tears of joy. “I’ve been […]
Ricky Rubio’s secret workout with the Kings
Ricky Rubio had a quick, clandestine one-hour workout in front of the Sacramento Kings today, and the word is that both parties left a little underwhelmed from the whole experience. The Sacramento Bee reports that Rubio had a less-than-stellar performance […]
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