With Detroit Piston’s rookie Rodney Stuckey recently being named to the 2008 NBA all-Rookie second-team and his performances in the 2008 playoffs (while filling in for an injured Chauncey Billups), Darko Milicic is getting further haranged for things not directly […]
I haven’t watched a Philippine Baskeball Association (PBA) game in months now, after that unfortunate incident I had at the Cuneta Astrodome. But I finally got to watch a game live last Friday, May 16, 2008 at the Araneta Coliseum, […]
With Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Bruce Bowen and Marcus Camby being named to the NBA’s All-defensive first-team today, and no international players named to the second team, it got me wondering. What does an all-defensive team look like […]
This is part one of five-part series in which Interbasket will evaluate and focus on an international NBA player’s regular, playoff, and off-season. This week’s focus is fiery Jose Calderon, whose career season has created a point guard quandary in […]
The All-NBA Teams were announced for the 2007-08 season and four international players Dirk Nowitzki, Steve Nash, Yao Ming, and Manu Ginobili were included on the second and third teams. Ginobili and Yao were included on the third team at […]
Yesterday, we mentioned a little about the Peja on a Stick phenomenon as we chatted about Peja Stojakovic’ss resurgence and his two great playoff performances against the Spurs. Interbasket has decided to create a post dedicated to the Peja on […]
It wasn’t that long ago when Peja Stojakovic was the king of international NBA players – it only seems like it’s been a long time. After a couple subpar playoff series in Sacramento, where he spent seven seasons, Peja was […]
With only one first-round series going to the distance (Atlanta-Boston), I believe it’s a good time to call out some international player performances of note. And with only Zaza Pachulia the only real impact international player remaining in the first […]
Erik Spoelstra was named head coach of the Miami Heat after 13 years on the Miami Heat coaching staff. This is significant because Spoelstra is the first APA-American (Asian-Pacific-Islander) and Fil-Am (Filipino-American) to reach the level of head coach of […]
Hedo Turkoglu was named the NBA’s most-improved player for the 2007-08 season. The Turkish superstar averaged career-bests in points (19.5), rebounds (5.7), assists (5.0) and a career-high 45.7% from the field. And despite bigger names in Dwight Howard and Rashard […]
The FIBA central board approved some historic game-changing rules during their meeting on Friday and Saturday. These international rule changes will definitely have a huge impact on future FIBA-sanctioned play and will likely rile up some international basketball purists as […]
Fiba and the CBA (Chinese Basketball Association) got together in Beijing on Friday and hosted the official Olympic group drawings. Though all the participants haven’t been determined yet, the teams that have already been qualified were placed into two groups […]
Continuing yesterday’s post, Interbasket presents the five least valuable international NBA players for the 2008 NBA Playoffs through the first two games: 1. Andrea Bargnani – Everyone was talking about the benching of Rasho Nesterovic in favor or Jamario Moon, […]
In my previous post, I wrote about the important roles international players will have on this year’s NBA Playoffs — particularly the western conference. Each series has now played at least 2 games, and we’re going to assess the most […]
With the NBA playoffs about to begin this weekend, Ibn would be remiss not to talk about the unprecedented competitive Western Conference this year and the roles that international players are having on every playoff-bound team. It’s just crazy to […]
Fiba has a short article about basketball history in the Philippines and how the small Asian country used to be the dominant player, not only in their region, but was one of the basketball powers of their day. “There was […]
This month’s SLAM Magazine report is featured in the “In your face” section and focuses on do-it-all Denver Nugget’s reserve power forward from Lithuania – Linas Kleiza. In Your Face: Security Blanket The Denver Nuggets made no moves at the […]
Welcome to Interbasket’s first SLAM Report. Every month, your lovely editor receives an issue in the mail and his intention is to always report on articles or mini-articles that feature international players. Your lovely editor has actually been meaning to […]
In the last few weeks, Mickael Pietrus has been flying high for the Golden State Warriors, winning eight out of eleven, and Pietrus has started six of those games. In that stretch of 11 games, the 6-7 French guard-forward from […]
The Rockets are rolling and a lineup change in late January may have ignited their current run. The first game that Luis Scola was inserted into the Houston Rocket’s starting lineup, they lost to the Utah Jazz 89-97. That was […]
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