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More than Puso: Where next for basketball in the Philippines?
It’s a nation steeped in basketball history but is its obsession with retaining its own identity a limitation? The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup told us a lot about Gilas Pilipinas but can Philippines basketball be more than Puso? The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup is now two weeks behind us. Japan and Indonesia played […]
Irish women’s basketball Super League preview
Glanmire are the reigning champions but their key challengers for the crown in Irish women’s basketball may change. With Killester and Liffey Celtics loading up, we look ahead to the Irish women’s Super League. Irish women’s basketball has, at times, felt a lot like men’s EuroBasket. Everyone plays a lot of games. There’s lots of […]
A radical proposal to change international FIBA basketball forever
The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup has been and gone. The Olympics are next year followed by EuroBasket, AfroBasket, and the FIBA Asia Cup in 2025. As things stand, the hierarchy of international basketball is set. Emmet Ryan wants to change that a lot, the route is through changing eligibility for FIBA basketball International basketball […]
Maple Rising: Canada Basketball has a bright future
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander proved himself as a leader at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Dillon Brooks put the haters in their place. The scary part is that this team is poised to get even better. Emmet Ryan on the rise of Canada Basketball into a global force Just before Canada tipped off against Slovenia in […]
Germany are the World Champions of Basketball
Bogdan Bogdanovic fought like a lion, Aleksa Avramovic kept popping up in key moments, but it wasn’t enough as Dennis Schroeder and Franz Wagner led Germany past Serbia to win the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Welcome to East Belgrade Heaven knows how much the thousands of Serbia fans that weren’t here on Friday spent […]
Bogdan Bogdanovic is the right man to lead Serbia
With silver medals littering his career, Bogdan Bogdanovic goes for gold on the grandest stage. At 31, he knows now is the time to lead Serbia past Germany and win the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. A matter of respect On Friday in the Mall of Asia Arena, Aris Barkas of Eurohoops told me that […]
Dennis Schroeder and Germany share a long road in basketball
Our preview series of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup final between Germany and Serbia continues with a look at Germany’s painful journey to the top. Dennis Schroeder has seen the lows but can he bring them the ultimate high Not like this The autumn of 2015 felt special. As I lay on a mattress […]
Deutschland delivers: Germany outmuscle and outgun USA for victory
Every concern about USA Basketball came home to haunt them as Dennis Schroeder, Franz Wagner, and, especially, Daniel Theis, delivered to put Germany in the final of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup A shock before we even started I had picked Germany to win this game based on the USA being at full strength. […]
Canada basketball fails the test of the Serbia school
Svetislav Pesic and Bogdan Bogdanovic combined to teach Dillon Brooks and Canada a harsh lesson from the Serbian school of basketball. A dominant display saw Serbia advance to the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup final. This was Serbian ball but not quite optimal The game started like a Svetislav Pesic script. His Serbia team made […]
SGA impresses as Canada take down a dogged Slovenia
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made his case for MVP, Dillon Brooks fed on the hate, and Canada got the win. For all of Luka Doncic’s fight, he couldn’t stop Slovenia from being eliminated from the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Was this a Lakers or Luka game? The local obsession with Austin Reaves, purely because he is an […]
Germany survives Dennis Schroeder’s shooting woes to beat Latvia
Dennis Schroeder had an historically awful day from the field but Germany’s depth was just too much in the end for Latvia. Davis Bertans and Arturs Zagars did what they could but, with more energy, Germany did just enough in the fourth quarters to reach the medal rounds of the 2023 FIBA World Cup. An […]
USA crush hapless Italy but learn little
The USA made light work of Italy in the 2023 FIBA World Cup quarter final but don’t read too much into it. For all the hope of Luigi Datome bringing the magic, it was Jalen Brunson and the gang who took charge from the off. Paint and Paolo There was certainly some promise for the […]