Russia star Andrei Kirilenko was just one of the many, many people directly affected by the tragic plane crash which killed 43 members of a Russian hockey club as the Utah Jazz big man knew some of those who […]
Macedonia are continuing their run at the 2011 EuroBasket with Bo McCalebb hitting a game winning layup in their 65-63 victory over Georgia. heinnews’s David Hein talked to McCalebb after the game and asked about Macedonia being underdogs and playing with […]
Enes Kanter did not play a competitive game for two years. And it has cost the 19-year-old Turkish power forward quite a bit in his development. Members of the Turkish coaching staff have even said the Utah Jazz draft pick is not ready to play in the NBA. In April […]
Chris Kaman is playing for the German national team for the second summer in his career at the 2011 EuroBasket, but the Los Angeles Clippers center is still getting used to the more physical and team-orientated European game and fans being closer and more involved in the action. “It’s a […]
While looking for information for an interview with Enes Kanter heinnews’s David Hein ran across the fact that the young Turkish star has a younger brother, Kerem, playing high school basketball in the United States. But there wasn’t that much other information on Arlington County Day high junior in […]
There were not a lot of expectations for Belgium going into the Beko Supercup in Bamberg, Germany. But Eddy Casteels’s team performed strongly despite losing three games. heinnews’s David Hein caught up with the Belgian coach to discuss his team’s showing in Bamberg, the state of his team ahead of […]
Text by Karolis Jankus, Photos by Vytautas Mikaitis “I love her, the arena of dreams” – emotionally proclaimed former Lithuanian great and 1972 Olympic champion Modestas Paulauskas about the new Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas. This statement illustrated the mood of some 15,000 fans on hand for the unveiling of the […]
FIBA Europe asked heinnews’s David Hein for his input about the top players at the recent U18 European Championship regarding invitation for the U18 All-Star Game at the 2011 EuroBasket in Lithuania. All told, FIBA Europe would be making 36 invitations including one from each of the Division A teams, […]
Turkey, Greece, Spain, Italy, Germany and now even China? The offers for the services of Dirk Nowitzki are adding up by the day. But the German superstar has said he will not decide on his club future until after the 2011 EuroBasket. “I’m going to play the Euros and then […]
Germany’s chances of qualifying for the 2012 Olympics received a huge boost as NBA stars Dirk Nowitzki and Chris Kaman have announced they will play at EuroBasket 2011 in Lithuania. “The break was very short but I would like to help the young German team to have success at […]
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