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Mitnick: Top 10 European Prospects for the 2013 NBA Draft
While basketball continues to grow around the globe, there has been an increasing amount of European talent making an impact on NBA teams. The talent pool is quickly spreading, and teams that are able...
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2013 NBA Draft: Top Small Forward Prospects
Will the 2013 draft deliver the next LeBron James, Kevin Durant, or Carmelo Anthony? Absolutely not, but it could deliver a quality starter or a key contributor off the bench. The NBA is a copycat...
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Mitnick: Early Entry International 2013 Draft Prospects
In case you missed it, the NBA released the list of early-entry candidates for the 2013 Draft last week. We have a post up from our U.S.-based draft guru, Joe Kotoch, highlighting the names that were...
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SH Blog: Kings looking at Bird, Dunleavy, Chris Wallace for GM; Howard...
We’re into June, which means the playoffs are almost over and we’re coming up on the draft and free agency. Fittingly, today’s blog includes a lot of discussion of those two topics. For a look even...
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The Evening News: Karl out in Denver, players respond; Saric thinking about...
Hello and welcome to the Evening News. As the playoffs continue, we’ll keep you updated every evening. What’s happening today? Here’s the latest from around the league: Karl unexpectedly fired by...
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SH Blog: Kidd “close” to being hired as Nets coach; Saric could withdraw from...
Not long ago, Jason Kidd still had two seasons left on his contract with the Knicks. Now it looks like he’ll still be in New York, but not with the Knicks, and not as a player. News came seemingly...
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Dario Saric Withdraws from NBA Draft
Dario Saric of Croatia withdrew from the NBA draft today, along with 15 other international prospects. Saric was the biggest name of the bunch, the second-best small forward prospect behind Otto Porter...
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Eurobasket ’13 Group C Preview
Group C Likely To Advance 1. Spain Known as the most powerful basketball country outside of the United States, the winners of the past two Eurobaskets will once again be the favorites to win gold in...
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Updated NBA Mock Lottery — Jayhawks will go 1 and 2; Exum 5th
As the All-Star break and Feb. 20 trade deadline draw near, it’s becoming increasingly clear to the neutral observer which teams are going to compete for the remainder of the regular season, and which...
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From Zagreb to the NBA: Two Potential Lottery Picks Coming Out of Croatia
We can be fairly certain that Dario Saric and Jusuf Nurkic did not watch the Cleveland Cavaliers win the draft lottery. Yes, they have a vested interest in knowing who is picking where. But business...
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Mitnick: The best International Prospects in the NBA Draft
With the 2014 NBA draft merely a few hours away, teams are gearing up for all of their possible choices as the clock is winding down. In what should be one of the stronger drafts in recent years,...
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2014 NBA Draft Trades Analysis
When it comes to trades, the 2014 NBA draft hasn’t been quite as nuts as last year. Nevertheless, there have been a handful of deals. Here’s a breakdown: Philadelphia 76ers trade Elfrid Payton to...
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Marks: Changing Lottery Rules Won’t Cure What Ails the NBA
PHILADELPHIA – Let’s begin with a question. In the three-plus decades since David Stern took the reins as NBA commissioner from Larry O’Brien and handed them to Adam Silver, what do these franchises...
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SH Blog: New Zealand drops heartbreaker to Turkey; T’Wolves break season...
Nobody warned me that the first day of the World Cup coincided with the first day of college football. Instead of watching my Maryland Terrapins thump James Madison by 45 in a total mismatch, I could...
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World Cup Day Three: Team USA off, Spain bests Brazil
In a highly patriotic coincidence, Team USA was off on this Labor Day Monday as they prepare for Tuesday’s match with New Zealand, the only Group C team without a win here in this FIBA World Cup....
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Five Things to Watch: Philadelphia 76ers
In a perfect world, the Philadelphia 76ers would flip a switch and have the calendar turn to 2016 or beyond. By then presumably all their wounded would not only be walking, but running at full speed....
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EuroHoops Update: Spanoulis and Teodosic lighting up Europe. Saric? Not so much.
Welcome to my inaugural EuroHoops update column. You will be getting these once per week, and I will be keeping you abreast of all the guys who may one day be headed to the NBA, or those who already...
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Eurohoops Update: Saric Comes Alive, Anderson goes off for Zalgiris, Maccabi...
The 76ers may be piling up the losses stateside, but the seeds of their rebuilding plan are slowly growing thousands of miles away as a couple of their Eurostash prospects are beginning to sprout....
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Mitnick: EuroHoops update: Goudelock sets 3PT record, Marinkovic’s hot...
It was another exciting week of European basketball, with the Euroleague and Eurocup’s “regular season” stage hitting their halfway points, before both competitions shed some dead weight going into...
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Mitnick: EuroHoops update: Serbian fan killed in Turkey; Omar Cook sets...
Overshadowing what was a fantastic week in European basketball, the overseas hoops community was struck by shock and despair. Just after the 10th anniversary of the famous Malice at the Palace, an...
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