The NBA is an increasingly international game, with foreign playing styles commonly being adopted into game play. This is largely because players from all over the planet are finding their place in the best league in the world. . In […]
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Eurobasket 2013: 24 Teams Compete to be Europe’s Basketball Champions
The 2013 FIBA European Championships of Basketball, formerly Eurobasket, started several days ago with 24 teams competing for bragging rights in Europe. The tournament began on September 4, and will finish with the title game on September 22, 2013. Spain […]
Happy Holidays from Interbasket (& Pau Gasol)
From the crew @ Interbasket (and Pau Gasol), we wish you a very Merry Christmas, a super Hannukkah; a happy holidays. Whatever you you do, however you are celebrating, whoever you are with, wherever you are in the world – we […]
Jonas Jerebko mixing it up for Detroit Pistons
Jonas Jerebko, the first NBA player from Sweden, has been on a tear as of late. In the last six games, the 22-year old rookie has averaged 13.7 points on 52.6% from the field, 7.7 rebounds and has recorded three […]
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 […]
NBA suspends Jonas Jerebko, Magloire for fight
It was rookie vs. veteran player when rookie Jonas Jerebko of Sweden took on Jamaal Magloire of Canada on Monday night. It all started with 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter of the Miami Heat – Detroit Piston’s preseason […]
Average Height by Country (Males >20 years)
If basketball popularity coincided with the average height of the country’s population, then Scandinavia should have many more professional basketball players. At least according to some data that was compiled by one of our forum members, tpraseri (see Average Height […]
NBA Summer League: International Players 2009
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 […]
Jonas Jerebko Interview: First Swede in the NBA
Jonas Jerebko is an athletic and aggressive 6-10 power forward from Sweden and is likely to become the first Swede to step foot on an NBA court come next season. Selected with the 39th pick in this year’s NBA draft, […]
NBA Draft Photos: International Player Gallery
We collected some Getty Images of the international players that were present at last night’s NBA Draft. Hope you enjoy them. Patrick Mills seems pretty happy despite doubling his position in several mock drafts, dropping to the 55th pick. Sorry, […]
14 International Players chosen in 2009 NBA Draft
From the Congo to Israel to three players from Spain, there were fourteen international-born players selected in the 2009 NBA Draft. The fourteen players ended a sex-year slide in which fewer and fewer international players were chosen, from a record […]
2009 NBA Draft: 12 Int’l Players you should know
NBA Draft night is upon us and Interbasket wants to keep you informed. We recently did a quick, unscientific roundup of several mock drafts on the ‘net to determine the top-12 international players you should know about in this year’s […]
Jonas Jerebko: First Swede drafted in NBA’s first round?
While Ricky Rubio and Brandon Jennings continue their petty little pre-draft spat there are plenty of other players in Europe that are of interest to NBA scouts as the big night looms on the horizon just a couple of weeks away. […]
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