Olympic Basketball News

New Orleans Pelicans power forward Anthony Davis argues with Bennett Salvatore after getting a technical foul late in the forth quarter against the Los Angeles Clippers in the New Orleans Arena, Monday February 24, 2014.

The Nets already have four players who are scheduled to play in FIBA tournaments --two in the World Championships in Spain, Jorge Gutierrez for Mexico and Bojan Bogdanovic for Croatia.

As as been tweeted, Clippers indeed announce Blake Griffin will not play for USA Basketball at FIBA World Cup in Spain this summer.

From Miami, to Cleveland, to Brazil, to China? LeBron James is on his annual trip to China this week to represent Nike basketball at its RISE campaign.

May 15, 2014; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin reacts during the fourth quarter in game six of the second round of the 2014 NBA Playoffs against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Staples Center.

Mar 1, 2014; Portland, OR, USA; Denver Nuggets small forward Quincy Miller saves the ball from going out of bounds in the first half against Portland Trail Blazers at Moda Center.

Who do we blame? It's an ugly human trait, something that Filipinos are often accused of doing way too often rather than admit guilt.

Billy King says the Nets are just about done, just about set with their roster, other than some training camp invitations.

"That one word is about the only thing left that can restore some pride, some excitement, and some genuine competitiveness to the basketball franchise formerly known as the New York Knicks."

Even after a miserable season in which they missed the playoffs and an offseason full of swings and misses, the Lakers are still in the news.

The ink hadn't quite dried on the many articles about LeBron James' decision to return home and play for the Cleveland Cavaliers when sportswriters already began looking forward to the next megastar who could make a similar move.

Gill St. Bernard's guard Tyus Battle spent much of last summer deciding where he would be spending the rest of his high school career .

NBA star LeBron James poses with his fans during a basketball clinic in Hong Kong as part of his China tour Wednesday, July 23, 2014.

The Cleveland Cavaliers star helped run some local fans through basketball drills in the former British colony on Wednesday.

American provocateur Jason Whitlock got his desired result Tuesday, when he said Canadian athletes - and Vaughan's Andrew Wiggins in particular - "perhaps don't want it as much as some of the Europeans and certainly the American players."

Outside linebacker Larry English #51 of the San Diego Chargers rushes quarterback Terrelle Pryor #2 of the Oakland Raiders after getting past tackle Matt McCants #73 in the third quarter on October 06, 2013 at O.co Coliseum in Oakland, California.

After a stellar Summer League showing, Doug McDermott will join Jimmy Butler as two of the 13 players selected for the 2014 USA Men's Select Team that will train July 28-31 with the National Team during its training camp in Las Vegas.

This story came out yesterday - insomuch as you can call something a college basketball coach said on a radio program a "story" - and we hesitated about posting on it.

J.R. Holden was furious with himself as he headed to the bench for a timeout. It was late in the finals of EuroBasket 2007 - the tournament to determine the championship of Europe - and Holden, a naturalized Russian, was wondering whether his citizenship might be revoked.

Lakers vs. FC Barcelona The Los Angeles Lakers face off with Pau Gasol's former team and European Champions FC Barcelona on October 7, 2010.