International Basketball News:

May 2008: there are 9 National Teams that have their tickets to play at the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008: Angola, Argentina, Australia, China, Iran, Lithuania, Russia, Spain and the United States, Many of the NBA greatest stars will be there, Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Manu Ginobili, Andrei Kirilenko, Carmelo Anthony and Jason Kidd among them

-Feb 2008: Pau Gasol was sent to the Los Angeles Lakers in a trade that shocked the NBA

-July 2007: The San Antonio Spurs, that includes among its leaders international players of the size of Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker won another NBA Championship. Parker was selected Finals MVP.

-Sep 3: Pau Gasol was named MVP and part of the ideal quintet of the tournament. The other four are Manu Ginobili (Arg), Carmelo Anthony (USA), Jorge Garbajosa (Spa) and Theodoros Papaloukas (Gre).

- Sep 3: Greece didn't have a chance against the best team of the tournamet. Spain won 70-47 and is the 2006 World Champion.

- Sep 2: USA defeated an out-of-energy Argentina team 96-81 to get the Bronze Medal.

- Sep 2: Spain top player Pau Gasol will miss the final game because of a fracture.

- Sep 1: Spain and Greece will play the World Cup final game while top candidates United States and Argentina will have to fight for the bronze medal.

- Sep 1: In a day full of surprises Spain survived to Argentina's missed final shot and won 75-74.

- Sep 1: Greece shocked the basketball world by beating USA 101-95 in the WC semifinals

- Aug 30: As expected, the top 4 candidates (and winners of their respective groups) are going to play the semifinals: Argentina vs. Spain and Greece vs. USA. None of them has lost a game in the tournament.

- Aug 24: The first round of the World Cup came to an end and the brackets of the final round are ready.

- Aug 19, 2006: The FIBA 2006 World Championship started with victories of two of the top candidates, USA and Argentina.

- Jun 2006: Shaquille O'Neal won his fourth NBA championship. It was the first for Miami Heat. Dwyane Wade was selected the NBA Finals MVP

- Feb 2006: LeBron James scored 29 points and was selected MVP of the 2006 All-Star Game. Knicks Nate Robinson won the Slam dunk contest.

- Jun 2005: the NBA had a great finals with the Detroit Pistons and the San Antonio Spurs going for all the glory in game 7, the Spurs won their third title leaded by Finals MVP Tim Duncan and international superstar Manu Ginobili.

- May 2005: Argentine player and Gold Medallist Luis Scola was selected Regular Season MVP of the ABC (Spanish League)

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-Dec 2005: we are adding the NBA teams the NBA section, starting with the top teams.

-Aug 2005: new section Michael Jordan profile

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- Jul 2005: added information about the basketball Euroleague.

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