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With the NBA lockout threatening to impact this summer's qualifying tournaments for the 2012 Olympics, commissioner David Stern is scheduled to meet Tuesday with the president and the secretary general of FIBA, the sport's international governing body.

How national teams could be affected for 2012 Games.

I have seen Ricky Rubio play in person almost two dozen times while covering the 2007 Eurobasket in Madrid, the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and the 2010 World Championship in Istanbul, and I have never seen him play a quote-unquote great game. I have...

Our ESPN Insider forecasts the regular-season outcome for the Eastern Conference.

Some of this I've tweeted about, some I haven't. But all of it bears mentioning in this blog. So here we go: " Spoke with Semih Erden of the Boston Celtics the other night at the Prudential Center in Newark, where I've been keeping an eye on t...

Some of this I've tweeted about, some I haven't. But all of it bears mentioning in this blog. So here we go: " Spoke with Semih Erden of the Boston Celtics the other night at the Prudential Center in Newark, where I've been keeping an eye on t...

In the wake of Team USA's gold-medal win Sunday over Turkey at the World Championships in Istanbul, ESPN.com's Chris Sheridan delivered his early forecast on what the roster could look like when the 2012 London games roll around. Bob Donnan/US P...

Team USA tops Turkey in the championship game

The secretary general of FIBA, the governing body of international basketball, would like to see the NBA change its goaltending rules to allow players to knock the ball off the rim.

Clearly perturbed by Russia coach David Blatt's comment that the Soviet Union was the rightful winner of the gold-medal game at the 1972 Munich Olympics, coach Mike Krzyzewski launched his own counterattack Wednesday.

The new-look Team USA was clicking like never before in a blowout win over Angola.

Perfection is not the goal for Team USA heading into the knockout round of the FIBA World Championship.

What lies ahead for Team USA in the knockout round? We preview the next set of games.

Kevin Durant leads Team USA to 22-point win over Slovenia in FIBA World Championship.

ATHENS -- It has been a long, long time since the United States men's basketball team won the World Championship, so long, in fact, that Kevin Durant was a 5-year-old when it last happened in 1994. The Americans finished third in Athens in 1998, ...

The U.S. national basketball team finalized its roster for the world championships when Boston Celtics star Rajon Rondo asked to withdraw from consideration.