Milwaukee’s sensational rookie Brandon Jennings led the Bucks to a 91-87 come-from-behind win at Atlanta in the Eastern Conference play-offs on Wednesday. (Discuss the NBA playoffs in our NBA forum) Two of his teammates that are headed to the FIBA […]
The Toronto Raptor’s Hedo Türkoğlu of Turkey is one of the many players featured in the Giant Get-Together campaign which is the official promotional campaign of the 2010 FIBA World Championships of Basketball to be held in his home country. […]
This is not what Toronto expected when they signed the then-29 year old Hedo Turkoglu to a 5-year $53 million dollar contract in the offseason. (Talk Turkish Basketball in our forum) The 6-10 forward from Turkey is averaging just 11.8 […]
Kobe Bryant’s superstardom has no boundaries, as the Los Angeles Lakers star is HUGE in Turkey. Literally. The soon to be launched World Championship Giants promotional campaign is starting to create quite a buzz. (Discuss the 2010 World Championships of […]
Bogdan Tanjevic doesn’t mince his words when the subject of Ömer Asik comes up. The veteran coach works with Asik at Fenerbahce, and with Turkey’s national team. “Asik is somebody that is the biggest improvement in Turkish basketball in probably […]
Without any interest from NBA teams, Ricky Davis has moved on to Turkey and will join Türk Telekom. (Discuss Turkish basketball in our forum) The addition of the 6-7 guard/forward strengthens Telekom for the most important battles of the season […]
In the summer of 2009, the promising Tyler Smith underperformed at an NBA camp. Even still, the 6-7 forward from Tennessee was being looked at by NBA teams who felt he should stay for his senior year in college. Smith […]
This week’s global roundup covers player performances during the last week. This post includes discussion about Yao Ming’s extra tall baby, Pops keeps getting waived, the first Korean player in the NCAA, Fadi El Khatib on the move, Phil Jackson’s […]
The 2010 World Championships have a mascot and it’s the Van cat, a breed of feline that originates from the Lake Van area of southeastern Turkey. Unlike most cats, the Van cat loves water, which is why it is also […]
It’s been a busy week for FIBA as they announced the four wild cards on Saturday, and determined the top four seeds for the World Championships of Basketball on Sunday. Now the federation that overseas international basketball has announced the […]
The FIBA Wild Cards will determine four teams’ fates for the 2010 World Championships of basketball. With a few days remaining before FIBA announces their selections, which countries do you think FIBA will select for the event in Turkey in […]
Former Rutgers star Epiphanny Prince has joined Turkish club Botaş Spor, a team in Adana, Turkey, after an uneventful stint with Russian powerhouse Spartak Moscow. Uneventful because despite Prince’s obvious basketball talent, she was going up against WNBA stars Diana Taurasi […]
There’s a huge scandal going down in the Turkish Basketball League involving Galatasaray Café Crown, a Turkish club based in Istanbul. The story is filled with violence, suspensions, lies, brazen cheating involving multiple identities, and coaching staff being fired (discuss […]
Meet Sultan Kosen, the newly-minted tallest man in the world at 8-feet-1 inches tall (2.47 meters) according to the Guinness Book of World Records. (Discuss the tallest man on earth!) The 27-year old from Mardin in Southwest Turkey easily took […]
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 […]
Who is 2009’s Mr. Eurobasket? Grown men (and some women) talking about the looks/attractiveness of Nikos Zisis of Greece (pictured below), Rudy Fernández of Spain, Robertas Javtokas of Lithuania, Engin Atsür of Turkey, and other “good-looking” male participants in the […]
Behind Vasileios Spanoulis’s 23 points and 13 points from Nikos Zisis, Greece handed the prviously-undefeated Turks their first loss of the tournament 76-74 in the Eurobasket quarterfinals. (Discuss the Turkey-Greece match in our forum) Turkey’s Ender Arslan hit a left-handed, […]
The 12 giants from Turkey held their Serbian opponents without a point in overtime to win 69-64, to maintain their unblemished record at Eurobasket. In the extra period, Semih Erden again split his free throws, Ersan İlyasova scored a layup, […]
Łódź – Turkey held onto a 63-60 win over world champion Spain as Ersan İlyasova blocked Spanish guard Sergio Llull with on Spain’s penultimate possession. (Discuss the Turkey-Spain match in our forum) Down 61-60, Spain had a chance to win […]
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. […]
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