As we mentioned earlier this week, Hawk’s forward Josh Childress was mulling a 3-year contract with Greece instead of re-signing with the Atlanta Hawks Well, today it became official, Josh Childress, one of the NBA’s best sixth men last season, […]
Atlanta’s Josh Childress considering Olympiakos
Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports has reported that Josh Childress, a promising young player with the Atlanta Hawks, has a couple offers on the table; one from the Hawks and one from Olympiakos from the Greek league. And here’s the […]
Roko Leni-Ukic signs with the Toronto Raptors | Global Run-On Sentence
It’s been a while since we did a rundown of the happenings in international basketball, so, here goes our periodic international Run-On Sentence: Roko-Leni Ukic joins the Toronto Raptors Croatian star guard Roko Leni-Ukic has been busy this last week, […]
World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Semi-Finals; Rasho Retires; Splitter Speaks
FIBA’s Olympic World Qualifying Tournament is coming to a close tomorrow and there are only four national teams remaining; Croatia, Germany, Greece and Puerto Rico, and only three of those four teams will make the Olympics. The four teams will […]
Cameroon, South Korea winless, but successful
Coming into the Olympic World Qualifying Tournament, the national teams from Cameroon and Korea weren’t exactly viewed as basketball powerhouses, nor were they considered serious threats to medal. And if you looked at FIBA’s latest world rankings and compared that […]
Without Support, Cameroon plays for Pride, Family
The Cameroon National Team is one of the twelve international teams vying for one of the three remaining spots in the 2008 Olympics. And Cameroon, along with the other underdogs in the World Qualifying Tournament, such as Lebanon, Cape Verde […]
2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament Preview & FIBA Forum
Today, the FIBA World Qualifying Tournament begins with 12 national teams from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and Oceania trying to grab one of the three remaining spots for the 2008 Beijing Olympics next month. Follow the intense action of […]
Can Lebanon Beat the Odds? | Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Two-time West Asian champions, three-time Asia’s runner-up, and after participating in the last two Fiba World Championship (2002 and 2006), something is amiss with Lebanon… and to me, that is the Olympic Games! Despite being the favourites in last year’s […]
Interbasket FORUM was down, now BACK UP 8:29pm
Hi everyone– This morning, Friday July 11th around 11:30am PST USA… Interbasket’s forum was taken down by my host due to excessive CPU usage. Threads, posts and all information are safe — rest assured– the forum was being taken down […]
Brandon Jennings’ European Vacation has far-reaching consequences for the NBA
Brandon Jennings, an McDonald’s All-American, and top-rated, superstar high school point guard that had committed to the University of Arizona ended two months of speculation and rumors yesterday by confirming that he will forgo the NCAA in favor of a […]
Bassel Bawji Profile | Interbasket Player Profiles
Bassel Bawji (Baze-Sull Bah-Gee) is a basketball prospect playing in the United States. Bassel was born in Beirut, Lebanon and has represented Lebanon on their under-18 National Team. He is a 6-7, 225lb power forward that plays a physical game […]
2008 Olympic Basketball Forum & Message Board
Interested in 2008 Olympics Basketball Discussion? Click Here. Interbasket always has you covered with our international basketball forum. And with the 2008 Olympics in Beijing right around the corner, we have created a special, standalone forum for all discussions surrounding […]
Olympic Basketball Dream Team DVD & Videos
The 1992 Olympic Mens Basketball Team, or the Dream Team as they were commonly known, were the first US Olympic Team to feature professionals. This legendary team featured three of the best basketball players EVER in Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson […]
Jared Dillinger: First Look | Player Profile
I first read about Jared Dillinger here on the Philippine basketball section of the Interbasket forums, and a lot of interest were generated about this guy, because his stats in the US NCAA Div. I was better than the other […]
13 International Players Chosen in the 2008 NBA Draft
As expected, Italian prospect Danilo Gallinari was the first foreign player chosen at number six by the hometown Knicks and a total of thirteen international players were selected in the 2008 NBA draft. No doubt the influence of new Knick’s […]
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 […]
Sasha Vujacic | SLAM Report
This month’s SLAM Magazine report is featured in the “In your face” section and focuses on the seemingly ubiquitous Sasha Vujacic, whom really made a name for himself this season, and especially in the 2008 Playoffs. In Your Face: Teacher’s […]
Juan Carlos Navarro leaves the NBA after just one season
Spanish superstar Juan Carlos Navarro has decided to leave the NBA after just one season with the Memphis Grizzlies. He is returning to Spain and will suit up for FC Barcelona this coming ACB season. Navarro’s announcement of his departure […]
Buy the 1992 Dream Team Basketball Videos on DVD | Olympic Basketball
Are you interested in the 1992 Olympic Dream Team DVDs? Click here Whether you are interested in an individual game, the Olympics, the Tournament of Americas, or the entire set, Interbasket has all 14 of the Olympic Dream Team games […]
Celtics win NBA Title without an International Player (Not counting Sam Cassell)
With the Boston Celtics blowing out the Lakers 131-92 last night, they went on to win their 17th championship for the franchise. Not only that, the Celtics became just the second team in the last 15 seasons to win the NBA […]
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