The FIBA Asia Championships are now down to just four teams: China, Iran, Japan and the Philippines. Only two of these teams will make the title game to be played on Saturday and the winner of that match will walk […]
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2015 FIBA Asia Championships: What you need to know, schedule, groupings
The 2015 FIBA Asia Championship is upon us. Hosted in Changsha, Hunan in China, This year’s “Asiabasket” will run from September 23rd until October 3rd. This edition of Asiabasket will be the 28th continental basketball championship organized by FIBA Asia […]
Pic: Yi Jianlian & Nick Collison fight for rebound
Yi Jianlian has spent most of the season injured, but the 7-0 forward from China has been living up to expectations when he has played. In his third season, through 10 games Jianlian is averaging career highs of 16.2 points, […]
Global Roundup: Yi’s return, Pau Gasol
This week’s quick international roundup of the player performances during the last few days. This post includes discussion about Yi Jianlian’s return to the New Jersey Nets, Pau Gasol’s extension, Luol Deng and Joakim Noah’s contributions to the Chicago Bulls, […]
Yi Jianlian re-injured in practice, requires 50 stitches
The Nets season just continues to be cursed. Chinese forward Yi Jianlian, who has missed 15 games this season, will miss at least another week after being injured by New Jersey Net’s teammate Sean Williams during practice Yi needed 50 […]
Iran repeats as Asia Champions, beats down China 70-52
Iran successfully defended their Asia Champions crown last night, dropping favored-China in a laughable 70-52 win. Led by Memphis Grizzly center Hamed Haddadi‘s 19 points and 17 rebounds, Iran dominated the Chinese in the first two quarters; outscoring their opponents […]
Yi Jianlian, Haddadi big for undefeated China, Iran
Yi Jianlian and Hamed Haddadi came up big for their respective national teams last night, propelling each squad to an unblemished 5-0 record in the 2009 Asia Basketaball Championships. With the two NBA big men leading their teams over Jordan […]
AsiaBasket 2009: Asia Basketball Championships
Title: Asia Championships of Basketball Location: Tianjin, China Official Website: http://china2009.fiba.com/ Description: The 2009 FIBA Asia Championships of basketball (discuss) will be held in Tianjin, China from August 6-16, 2009 with 16 teams divided into four groups. The sixteen teams […]
Breaking: Document Suggests Yi Jianlian 3-Years Older than Reported
Recent evidence referencing a Sports Illustrated-China piece suggests that Yi Jianlian, the 7-0 forward from Heshan City, China, is much older than 21 years old, as all his official NBA profiles report. The document is Yi’s senior registration form at […]
Around the Globe: Brandon Jennings and Josh Childress Debut
Injuries to NBA Stars and the Olympics With training camps in full swing, a list of NBA players that participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics are recovering from minor injuries, including Manu Ginobili, Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bogut, Carlos […]
Watch USA vs. Argentina Live; Spain vs. Lithuania
The Olympic basketball’s final four has been determined, and there are no surprises as Argentina, Lithuania, Spain, and the USA, the top four seeds going into the round have advanced. The four teams have a combined record of 21-3 with […]
Olympics Day One Recap: Lithuania defeats Argentina on Kleiza three; Spain, USA, Croatia win
Day one of Olympic Basketball has finished with Russia, Germany, Spain, Lithuania, Croatia, and the USA getting their first wins. Russia 71 : Iran 49 (Russia-Iran Boxscore) Despite the 71-49 score, Russia didn’t have quite as easy a win as […]
2008 Olympics Basketball Preview: Group B
With a few days left before Olympic basketball begins, Interbasket is previewing the twelve national teams participating in the tournament. We reviewed the six teams in Group A on Tuesday, and we’ll be reviewing Group B today. (Click here for […]
2008 Olympic Basketball Group Preview & Analysis
With the two Olympic Basketball Groups now set and determined, which group would you rather be in? Or as a thread in our Olympic Basketball Forum asks, “which is the Group of Death, A or B?” The twelve participating national […]
Yi Jianlian, Simmons swapped for Richard Jefferson
The Milwukee Bucks traded away Yi Jianlian and Bobby Simmons for Richard Jefferson of the New Jersey Nets. Though the trade happened on the day of the 2008 NBA Draft, no draft picks were exchanged. Even though no draft picks […]
Gasol to the Lakers: 10 NBA Players from Around the World
Every Wednesday during the NBA season, Interbasket takes a closer look at ten international NBA players that has caught our eye. (This week is for period 01/30/2008- 02/05/2008) Pau Gasol + Kobe + Bynum Shakes Up the West After months […]
Almost All-Stars 2008: 10 NBA Players from Around the World (01/29)
Every Wednesday during the NBA season, Interbasket takes a closer look at ten international NBA players that has caught our eye. (This week is for period 01/23/2008- 01/29/2008) Cleveland Hurting The Cleveland Cavs are playing great since the first of […]
10 NBA Players from Around the World (01/09)
Every Wednesday during the NBA season, Interbasket takes a closer look at ten international NBA players that has caught our eyes, our good eye or our stinkeye. (This week is for period 01/02/2008- 01/08/2008) This week Andrew Bogut and Yi […]
Yes there is Basketball in Egypt, Iran, and Syria
We’ve had a lot of positive traction on our forum from some under-represented regions as we’ve recently received some great members from Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, and Syria. Great Egytian and Iranian Basketball Threads First off, I wanted to recognize a […]
Happy New Years: 12 NBA Players from Around the World (01/02)
Every Wednesday (almost cough cough) during the NBA season, interbasket takes a closer look at ten international NBA players that has caught our eye. (This week is for period 12/19/2007- 01/01/2008) This week we see another European having troubles with […]
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