International

The former Memphis star is playing well in Greece.. waiting for his shot to make the NBA.

The former UCONN star's battle to make it back to the NBA has gone overseas, where El-Amin has continued his winning ways and has become one of the best players in Europe.

This year's crop of Canadians is a bit weaker than in recent years.

While the FIBA rankings at the end of the World Championships still state that the U.S. is the top team in the world, that is hardly the case.  After leaving Japan with only a bronze medal to show for their efforts, this will be the third straight World Championships in which the States has yet to back up their claim as the superior basketball country.  The commonly used expression “that the rest of the world has caught up to the U.S.” on the basketball court is dead wrong – the rest of the world has PASSED the U.S. on the court.

 

FIBA World Championships Preview

After a brief summer hiatus, the big boys of the basketball world will be back to work starting this weekend in Japan at the FIBA World Championships.  The U.S., Argentina, Spain and France are expected to be the front-runners for the medal podium due to their veteran, NBA loaded rosters.  The days of college kids representing countries in these events are long gone – however, that doesn’t mean that a few lucky youngsters won’t crack their respective homeland’s rosters.