The 2006-07 NBA season was a remarkable one for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Led by their iconic superstar, LeBron James, the Cavs would finish the regular season with a 52-30 record; good for 2nd in the Eastern Conference after the 53-29 […]
Tag: Žydrūnas Ilgauskas
Cleveland to Honor Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Retire His #11 Jersey
The Cleveland Cavaliers have announced that will retire Zydrunas Ilgauskas‘ #11 jersey this season. The jersey raising ceremony will occur on the March 8 game against the New York Knicks. Ilguaskas, a 7-3 Lithuanian center, spent 12 seasons with the […]
Zydrunas Ilgauskas to retire from NBA
Lithuanian center Zydrunas Ilgauskas will retire from the NBA after 13 seasons in the league. Discuss Zydrunas Ilgauskas career in our forum. Over his career, Ilgauskas played with just two teams – playing 12 seasons with the Cleveland Cavs and […]
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Gasol, Nowitzki, Euros are Weirdest-Looking NBA Player [satire]
The Onion Sports Network released a piece about the weirdest looking NBA players, referring to a purported report published by the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport. (Discuss the weirdest looking NBA players in our […]
Mike Fratello talks NBA, Basketball Globalization
It’s no secret that the NBA’s strategy during David Stern’s reign as the commisioner of the league has been to move into other markets. From moving into populous countries China and India to NBA-Euroleague partnerships, the National Basketball Association has […]
Linas Kleiza is Lithuania’s 2009 Player of the Year
(TalkBasket) – Forward Linas Kleiza has been named the best Lithuanian basketball player of 2009. The choice was made by a fan voting run by the Lithuanian Basketball Federation and the website delfi.lt. The 24-year-old Olympiacos player received nearly 30 […]
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 […]
Questionable timing as Zydrunas Ilgauskas sits
Sunday night’s game against the Mavericks was supposed to be a big night for Cleveland’s Žydrūnas Ilgauskas. The big center from Lithuania, already the franchise’s all-time leading rebounder and shot blocker, was about to play his 724th game as a Cleveland […]
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 […]
Ilgauskas happy to be backing up Shaq
Žydrūnas Ilgauskas has played all of his 625 NBA games with the Cleveland Cavs. He has started 586 of those games, including the last 534 games he has played in. However this season, the 7-3 center will likely be coming […]
Top 10 International NBA Free Agents (2009)
With Hedo Türkoğlu ready to sign on the dotted line with the Toronto Raptors tomorrow, there aren’t too many international NBA free agents left to be had. Interbasket scanned the list of remaining foreign-born free agents and came up with our […]
Dwight Howard dunks on LeBron | Pic of the Day
Today’s pic is dedicated to the man child of all man children dunking on another man child. Um… ok, English = Dwight Howard dunking on LeBron James, 7-3 Lithuanian Zydrunas Ilguaskas and Delonte West can’t get into the picture quick […]
The 15 Best International Players of the 2008-09 NBA Season
Everyone loves lists. and we’ve been meaning to come up with a list of the top international NBA players for a few years now, but never actually got around to it. With the season coming to the end, we decided […]
News & Notes Clutch Defense
CLUTCH DEFENSE: Generally the word “clutch” is associated with offense, but what of clutch defense? ESPN’s NBA Fastbreak measured it simplistically by combining clutch-time steals and blocks. And this is what they came up with…. with 2 minutes remaining and […]
Interbasket: Daily News & Notes 2009-02-01
Aussie NBA prospect Patrick Mills out 4 weeks after breaking hand in St. Mary’s game vs. Gonzaga. The 6-0 point guard is one the NCAA’s top guards with averages of 18.7 points, 3.9 assists, and 2.2 steals… http://tinyurl.com/patinjured Already leading […]
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 […]
Around the NBA: 10 Players from Around the World (11/21)
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 11/15-11/21/2007. After three years of gathering splinters on the bench (and two championship rings), […]
