The field for the 2012 men’s basketball Olympic basketball tournament is 75 percent as nine of the 12 teams have been determined through this summer’s various continental tournaments. The 12 nations who will be vying for the final three Olympic berths from the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament have been also [...]
It’s been a long time since German basketball fans have seen Joe Herber play like this. The German international wingman has blossomed in his new role with Tübingen this season as he hopes to bring Walter Tigers to the playoffs for the first time in their club history – and [...]
heinnews’s David Hein used the chance of the Bayern Munich-Würzburg ProA basketball highlight to have another chat with Bayern Munich and German national team head coach Dirk Bauermann. They looked back at his thoughts since the beginning of the Bayern Munich project; his up-coming decision about Bayern and the German [...]
With the 2010 FIBA World Championship reaching the quarterfinal stage many are wondering who exactly qualifies and how for the 2012 Olympics in London. Here is a breakdown of the FIBA regulations. One peculiar note of interest is that hosts Great Britain are not guaranteed a spot in either the [...]
The new FIBA presidency of Yvan Mainini could mean an eventual shift in the international calendar according to FIBA Secretary General Patrick Baumann, but it will not bring an NCAA-style 64-team knockout World Championship.
After what were described as two lacklustre victories over Iran and Tunisia, the United States responded resoundingly in thrashing Angola 121-66 to reach the quarter-finals of the 2010 FIBA World Championship. And Team USA national director Jerry Colangelo was especially pleased that Team USA, which has no players back from [...]
German superstar Dirk Nowitzki will not play at the 2010 FIBA World Championship, saying he would rather concentrate on the NBA this up-coming season but at the same time committed to playing at the 2011 Eurobasket in Lithaunia The Dallas Mavericks power forward made his announcement on the German Basketball [...]
In a continuation of last week’s chat with Dirk Bauermann, heinnews’s David Hein asked the German basketball national team coach about the latest on Dirk Nowitzki playing at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey; the importance of Germany’s young players lining up with Nowitzki and Chris Kaman and speculation [...]
