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 […]
Update 12/17 11:30am PST: The FORUM is alive! ALIVE. Update 12/17: The forum should be up within the next few hours and during this downtime, we’ll be doing a much-overdue upgrade to the forum software… stay patient, it will be […]
I saw this live on NBA Coast-to-Coast last night and screamed out loud despite having a sore throat and recovering from being sick. I reported it on Interbasket’s Twitter, but that was just text and I know most of you […]
In the last 7 games Pau Gasol has recorded 5 double-doubles and is averaging 20 points, 10.1 rebounds, 4.1 assists, and 1.4 blocks as the Lakers have gone 6-1. (Dec 14th) After going 6-6 without Manu Ginobili, the Spurs are […]
After weeks of talk and speculation, ex-NBA player Bonzi Wells has signed a one-year contract with Shanxi zhongyu of the Chinese Basketball Association. The 32-year old from Ball State was just in the NBA last season playing along Yao Ming […]
Dirk Nowitzki may have won the most recent NBA player of the week, and will get much of the credit for leading the Dallas Mavericks to a 3-0 week after putting up 30.7 points and 10 rebounds, but it hasn’t […]
Sun Yue, the Chinese rookie for the Los Angeles Lakers was activated last night, and actually saw some playing time in a 105-92 win over the Milwukee Bucks. Yue was activated after Luke Walton was scratched from the active roster […]
When someone talks about clutch play, what do you think of? The last minute, the final two minutes? Ok now which current NBA players do you think of? I am sure everyone runs to Kobe Bryant and LeBron James… or […]
Andrea Bargnani isn’t exactly tearing it up this year, but when the bar is set low, everything is relative. Compared to the Italian’s first two years, the 6-10 forward-center is showing much more aggression and consistency this year, and displaying […]
Of all the NBA’s players, those that stand 7 foot and above, (213cm), whom stands the tallest when it comes to free throw accuracy? The question recently came up during a Phoenix-Houston telecast on ESPN. Color commentator Hubie Brown noted […]
I was contacted by ESPN to let the readers of this blog know that international basketball prospect Ricky Rubio is one of ESPN The Magazine’s four finalists for “NEXT 2009.” The other three candidates are Atlanta Falcons QB Matt Ryan, […]
Rotowire is reporting that Rudy Fernandez, the exciting “rookie” guard from Spain and Interbasket’s latest, greatest favorite player could be joining Brandon Roy, Lamarcus Aldridge, and Joel Pryzbilla in the Blazers’ starting lineup. The move would force either Steve Blake […]
We’ve created a Interbasket Facebook fan page here: Interbasket.net Fan Page. So if you have a Facebook account, please become a fan, upload some photos, add a quick video, start a topic about Rudy Fernandez, etc… It’s somewhat like a […]
The San Antonio Spurs needed every one of Tony Parker’s career high 55 points in getting their first win of the season and defeating the Minnesota Timberwolves in two overtimes. Parker’s 55 points was 17 more than his previous career […]
The Toronto Raptors are out to a 2-0 start with Jose Calderon as the starting point guard. After the Raptors traded away TJ Ford this past summer, they all but handed the starting role to Calderon, and so far results […]
If you’ve been following Interbasket the last couple years, you’ve probably noticed that Rudy Fernandez has joined Arvydas Sabonis, Manu Ginobili, Yao MIng, Andris Biedrins, and Ricky Rubio as one of Interbasket’s favorite international basketball players. After a great performance […]
Just released last week was a survey of NBA general managers, with their thoughts on who was the best international player in the NBA, as well as outside of the league. Some other questions included who would win the NBA […]
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 […]
Did Magic fake having AIDS? Chris Baker and Langdon Perry, two conservative talk show hosts for radio station KTLK in Minneapolis, seem to think so. The comments about the Los Angeles Laker Legend gained nationwide exposure through the watchdog blog […]
The first Euroleague Basketball American Tour is set to commence with CSKA Moscow, FC Barcelona, and Lietuvos Rytas coming to the United States to test their mettle against the Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors, Los Angeles Lakers, and Golden State Warriors. […]
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