Spain

Coming into the Rio Olympics, the only team that was viewed as having any real shot to put a scare into the U.S. Men’s Olympic team was the Spanish National Team. Boasting an abundance of NBA talent and high level European experience and having lost to the Americans in the gold medal game in 2008 [...]

Former #1 overall pick in the 2006 draft Andrea Bargnani’s NBA shelf life has effectively expired. He was bought out by the Nets in February and has not been offered a deal by another NBA team since. Sensing he can no longer draw interest in the league, Bargnani has agreed to play for Saski Baskonia [...]

Spanish news outlets reported that star center Marc Gasol will not be ready to play for the Spanish National Team in the Rio Olympics. [tweet https://twitter.com/Sportando/status/755385209898594304] Gasol has been recovering from a broken foot suffered in February, it was unlikely that he was going to be ready to go to the games but the national [...]

I grew up amidst the basketball eras of Magic, Bird, and Jordan, when finding a great European player in the NBA was about as rare as the L.A. Clippers making a good draft selection or the playoffs for that matter. I grew up in a time where the Lakers Vlade Divac was literally considered the [...]

Last Tuesday, the Indiana Pacers roared back en route to a 101-85 victory, and a series tie, behind the play of All-Star Paul George (27 points and 10 rebounds) keeping the pace, but it was the Pacers bench, Louis Scola (20 points and 7 rebounds) and C.J. Watson (10 points and 2 steals) that helped [...]

July 23, 2012 – Joshua Sexton During this Friday’s opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, there will be a certain seven-foot power forward serving as Spain’s flag bearer. [...]

January 31, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Following the Lakers game in Minnesota against the Timberwolves this week, Ricky Rubio made his way to the Lakers exit from the arena to chat it up with his countryman Pau Gasol. The ensuing trash talking about the Olympics between Kobe Bryant and rookie Ricky Rubio was entertaining… [...]

Ricky Rubio is finally coming to the NBA. With his arrival now comes a bunch of pressure and high expectations... [...]

June 17, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors It seems like forever that the Minnesota Timberwolves chose Ricky Rubio 5th overall. But it was only 2009, and since then Rubio has been in his native Spain playing ball. But it looks like he’s finally set to come across the pond. Ricky Rubio is making his long-awaited [...]

October 7, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Juan Carlos Navarro scored 25 points to help Barcelona to a 92-88 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in an exhibition Thursday. Spanish center Pau Gasol led the NBA champions with 24 points, but his homecoming was spoiled by the European champion in a game that was billed [...]