NBA has Flagrant 1 and Flagrant 2 fouls, but these rules do not exist in the FIBA rule book. If a player is assessed with a Flagrant 1 foul, the opposition team gets two free throws.

On the international level, FIBA also has some surprising rules. One states a team is not allowed to intentionally score on their own basket. This does not preclude accidental tip-ins and the like ...

NBA commissioner Adam Silver has championed several changes to the professional game during his tenure, and a few months ago went on record stating he believes the league could benefit from shortening ...

LeBron James respects FIBA’s physicality and tweaks, but says NBA’s structure shouldn’t change without experimentation.

On the surface, FIBA possesses a few different rules that are noticeable by any NBA fan right off the bat. The game is played in four 10-minute quarters, as opposed to the NBA’s format of four ...

What are the rules differences between the NBA and FIBA? Here's the full list for Team USA basketball fans to know for the 2024 Paris Olympics: Powerball numbers for Saturday, June 21, 2025.

There are a handful of key differences between the NBA and FIBA rules. For example, FIBA has four 10-minute quarters, its three-point line is 6.75 meters compared to the NBA's 7.24 meters, ...

It's a different game. Team USA has 12 NBA players, but the team is competing for a gold medal in the 2024 Paris Olympics under international/FIBA rules. The three noticeable differences between ...

FIBA rules state that basketball teams are permitted one naturalized player on the national team roster, which consists of 12 players. A naturalized player is a foreign-born player who obtains a ...