After nearly three weeks of play, Eurobasket has been whittled down from 24 teams to just two national teams. France and Lithuania are the only teams standing and they’ll meet in the Eurobasket championship game on Sunday, September 22 (Watch […]
Tag: Tony Parker
Tony Parker Out 4 Weeks
The San Antonio Spurs have had another fantastic regular season and many would argue that veteran guard Tony Parker has been the biggest reason why. That’s why the organization and Spurs fans were dismayed to hear about his latest injury. […]
Video: Jeremy Lin goes for 38 points in San Antonio Loss
Things almost got crazy. Jeremy Lin was reminiscent of his Linsanity days in New York when he tied a career high of 38 points in a loss to the San Antonio Spurs last night. Without James Harden, Lin went on […]
Parker’s Buzzer-Beater Propels Spurs Over Thunder
After sending James Harden to the Rockets just before the season began, the Thunder knew things would be different. Oklahoma City beat up on the Spurs during last year’s Western Conference Finals, but last night the Spurs exacted a little […]
Turiaf to join Tony Parker on French Team
Asvel Basket, a French basketball club, says that New York Knicks center and French patriot Ronny Turiaf will play for the team during the NBA lockout. Turiaf join fellow Frenchman Tony Parker, who is a part owner of Asvel and […]
Navarro scores 27: Spain repeats at Eurobasket; downs France 98-85
Discuss the most valuable, disappointing players in Eurobasket 2011Juan Carlos Navarro led Spain to back-to-back EuroBasket titles, scoring 27 points on a night when four of his team-mates joined him in double figures as they knocked over France 98-85. As […]
How does the NBA lockout impact FIBA?
How does the NBA lockout affect all the international basketball tournaments that are coming up and the players participating for their national teams? (Discuss the NBA Lockout) Interbasket received an email from FIBA explaining the impact of the NBA’s decision […]
Tony Parker helps Spurs set franchise record
Tony Parker had 19 points and nine assists as the San Antonio Spurs beat the Golden State Warriors 111-94 and improved to 18-3, setting a new franchise record for best start to a season. (Discuss the NBA in our NBA […]
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 […]
NBA’s five most Internationally Diverse Teams (and the correlation with wins/losses)
A few days ago, we looked at five NBA teams with the least amount of international diversity. From a look at the comments, it definitely hit a nerve with many readers. The overall feeling was that international diversity didn’t really […]
Milwaukee Bucks boasts most International NBA Players on opening night; Celtics, Pacers have none
At the beginning of the NBA season last night, the league boasted 83 foreign-born players, from 37 different countries on opening day rosters. The 83 players ties the record for the most international players set in 2006-07. The Milwaukee Bucks’ fifteen […]
NBA Preseason Gallery: International Players
The NBA season starts tomorrow, but before the regular season begins, we’d like to present some NBA preseason pics and images of Andris Biedrins, Nate Robinson, Dirk Nowitzki, Carlos Arroyo, Erik Spoelstra, Ersan İlyasova, David Andersen, Shaquille O’Neal, Danilo Gallinari, 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 […]
NBA Images: Media Day 2009-10
The NBA season is upon us and the clubs were in action this past week with NBA Media Day – a chance for the local and national media to interview the players about this upcoming season, have the players stick […]
Top NBA Jerseys in Europe: Kobe Bryant #1
For the second-year in a row, Kobe Bryant has topped the list of the most popular NBA jerseys in Europe. Bryant also has the most popular jersey in the U.S. Bryant, who was recently named the most-hated basketball player, continues to […]
France clinches berth, downs Turkey 80-68 in Eurobasket
Despite being down 19 points in the first quarter, France used 28 points and 10 assists from Tony Parker and a full day of rest to hand Turkey their second defeat in less than 18 hours (discuss). Turkey tasted defeat […]
Nando De Colo big in France’s 71-69 win over Greece
Bydgoszcz – French team rookie Nando De Colo scored a total of six points; the good thing for France was that those six points were all in the last 1:31. With Tony Parker on the bench, the 22-year old guard, who was […]
France, Greece collide in key Eurobasket match
In the Eurobasket game of the day, it’s the NBA vs. Euroleague when France takes on Greece today for the top spot in Group E. France boasts six current and prospective NBA players with four of their five starters, participating […]
Eurobasket: Greece, France, Turkey unbeaten
After three games of group play, three teams came out of the first phase of Eurobasket unscathed. France, Greece, and Turkey all were undefeated. In Group A, Greece won their three matches by an average of 22 points per game. […]
France slams Belgium 158-124 to reach Eurobasket 2009
The final two teams playing for a berth to Eurobasket, France and Belgium, played a two game series to determine who would go to Eurobasket. Belgium took the first game over Les Bleus 70-66. That meant that France had to […]