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• Colangelo: Bosh Set for World Games, LeBron Closer to Saying 'Yes'
• By Chris Tomasson 2/05/2010 9:38 PM ET
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• Team USA is looking A-OK. That's the word from USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo, confident about having the bulk of the 2008 Olympic gold-medal team back for this summer's World ... More »
• Parker, Yao Likely to Miss 2010 FIBA World Championship
• By Tom Ziller 1/11/2010 6:11 PM ET
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• As we wait to see which of Team USA's megastars will have their NBA affairs in order in time to participate in August's FIBA World Championship in Turkey, a few of the lower profile challengers ... More »
• Team USA Gets Tough FIBA Draw
• By Tom Ziller 12/15/2009 11:38 AM ET
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• FIBA followed the lead of its soccer counterpart in seeding the field for its upcoming world championship. The idea is that by grouping teams by quality, so-called "Groups of Death" can be avoided in ... More »
• FIBA Announces Final Four Berths to 2010 World Championship
• By Tom Ziller 12/12/2009 1:21 PM ET
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• FIBA has announced its four wild card choices for the 2010 World Championship in Turkey, and a nation the NBA's power structure wanted to see there is on the outside looking in. Three-time Olympic ... More »
• Who Should Win FIBA World Championship Wild Card Berths?
• By Tom Ziller 12/11/2009 11:00 AM ET
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• Twenty teams, including the Olympic champions Team USA, have already secured bids to the FIBA World Championships in Turkey, coming up this August and September. Regional tournaments held last summer ... More »
• Jerry Colangelo Willing to Wait on Stars
• By Chris Tomasson 11/23/2009 9:25 PM ET
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• LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh might want to wait. Jerry Colangelo is willing to let them do so. James, Wade and Bosh all can become free agents next summer, which has clouded their chances ... More »
• Questions Surround ESPN's NBA Latino Power Rankings
• By Tom Ziller 11/19/2009 2:33 PM ET
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• ESPN has assigned its Spanish-speaking correspondent Alfred R. Berrios to keep up a weekly ranking of the NBA's Latinos for its ESPN Deportes property. Celebrating the game's Central and Southern ... More »
• Spain's Jose Calderon Says Americans Need to Send Top Players to Worlds
• By Chris Tomasson 10/21/2009 1:10 AM ET
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• DENVER -- Defending champion Spain is planning to have its best players for next year's World Championships in Turkey. The nation's top point guard is recommending that the Americans do the same. ... More »
• Tip-Off Timer: Olympic Basketball Wasn't Always Flashy
• By Tom Ziller 10/08/2009 9:00 AM ET
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• Tip-Off Timer counts down the days until the first game of the 2009-10 season. On Thursday, there are 19 days remaining. No one who crawled out of bed in the wee hours to watch the live broadcast of ... More »
• Brazil's Nene Vows to Retire by 2016 Olympics to Focus on Religion
• By Chris Tomasson 10/04/2009 1:04 AM ET
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• DENVER -- It seemed an obvious enough question. Rio de Janeiro was just named host for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Is Denver Nuggets' center Nene, a native of Brazil, expecting to then play for his ... More »
• Spain Wins European Championship, Where Pau Gasol is MVP
• By Tom Ziller 9/21/2009 9:24 AM ET
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• FIBA's final international tournament of the summer, Eurobasket, ended with Spain winning its first continental championship. Pau Gasol won the tournament MVP award as Spain knocked off Serbia in the ... More »
• Colangelo Outlines Selection Process for 2010 World Championships
• By Chris Tomasson 9/03/2009 10:00 PM ET
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• In August 2004, Team USA played a pair of exhibition games in Turkey before heading to Athens for the Olympics. One morning, seven miles from the team's hotel in Istanbul, two bombs went off, killing ... More »
• My, How Things Have Changed for Argentina and Canada
• By Tom Ziller 8/29/2009 9:17 AM ET
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• Argentina, which won the Olympic gold in men's basketball in 2004 and took home bronze in 2008, is ... having a bad summer. Manu Ginobili is not playing with the team due to injuries. (Injuries ... More »
• Mexico-Uruguay Fight Gets Out of Hand
• By Tom Ziller 8/25/2009 2:30 PM ET
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• When Canada and Italy fought during a "friendly" last month, the whole thing was more notable for what didn't happen. (Namely, Raptors Andrea Bargnani and Marco Belinelli stayed out of the fray, and ... More »
• Mavericks Also Holding J.J. Barea Out of FIBA Competition
• By Tom Ziller 8/21/2009 8:42 AM ET
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• The news that Mark Cuban forced German superstar Dirk Nowitzki to skip this summer's Eurobasket tournament was tempered by the fact that Cuban and Nowitzki brokered that deal last summer on the basis ... More »
• Carlos Arroyo Launches Singing Career
• By Tom Ziller 8/18/2009 9:35 AM ET
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• This basketball offseason has been filled with bad news, what with the lockout threats, Yao Ming's injury, devastating financial losses, Greg Ostertag's continued unemployment. But Carlos Arroyo, ...
• Iran Beats China to Retain FIBA Asia Title
• By Tom Ziller 8/17/2009 9:30 AM ET
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• Iran, which placed its first player in the NBA last season, is the champion of Asian basketball after a lopsided 70-52 win over China in Tianjin Sunday. Iran had also won the title in 2007, though ... More »
• Blazers Beckon Batum Back From France for Injury Exam
• By Tom Ziller 8/15/2009 5:35 PM ET
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• Deja vu. Just as the Spurs sent for Tony Parker and his turned ankle earlier this month, the Blazers have recalled their own French star, Nicolas Batum. The young wing has been incredible for Les ...
• France Obliterates Italy, Makes Case for Eurobasket Run
• By Tom Ziller 8/14/2009 6:15 PM ET
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• Perenially disappointing France dropped some jaws today by destroying Italy in last-gasp Eurobasket qualifying, ratcheting up a 81-61 win on the cape of healed Tony Parker (23 points, 5 assists). The ... More »
• Pau Gasol Has Surgery on Finger
• By Tom Ziller 8/11/2009 1:08 PM ET
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• More doom and gloom from Western Europe, where Pau Gasol has raised the stakes in his battle with Tony Parker to give his NBA bosses heart attacks. Parker tweaked an ankle a few weeks ago, relegating ... More »
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