1.   But I think those options are not likely to be competitive in the modern world of international basketball.

2.   But international basketball is different, particularly while the U.S. pros continue to dominate the world.

3.   Down here, the rules are different in international basketball.

4.   He could speed up the growth of international basketball by a few years.

5.   He was briefly quoted last Tuesday on an international basketball Web site, saying he was trying to decide what to do.

6.   Here we are at the highest level of international basketball competition.

7.   His own country agonizes about its place in the international basketball world.

8.   In a Casablanca-like situation, the Rockets are still awaiting a letter of clearance from the international basketball federation to allow Yao to be drafted.

9.   International basketball competitions are the stage for their reunions, on the bench of the Lithuanian national team.

10.   Italy, Spain and much of Eastern Europe have long been international basketball powers.