2023-01-03
Donovan Mitchell provided a performance for the ages against the Chicago Bulls last night, scoring 71 points in what was the highest-scoring personal performance since the famous Kobe Bryant's 81-point outburst against the Toronto Raptors in 2006. The NBA record for most points scored in a match belongs to Wilt Chamberlain who scored 100 against the New York Knicks in 1962.
2023-01-03
The New Orleans Pelicans lost against the Philadelphia 76ers last night but that's not the only thing that the Pelicans fans have to worry about at the moment.
2023-01-02
Olympiacos Piraeus announced earlier today that the club has reached an agreement with Sasha Vezenkov to extend his contract until 2025. The Bulgarian forward had previously signed a deal to stay in Piraeus until 2024. Following the news, Gazzetta.gr reported the rationale behind the decision from both sides.
2023-01-02
Serbian sports news outlet Telesport.rs published earlier today that Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade have solved the issue that prevented the team from registering new players in the EuroLeague. The league has provided a response. The EuroLeague has contacted BasketNews with the following statement:
2023-01-02
After becoming the MVP of the ABA League, Filip Petrusev transferred to Anadolu Efes Istanbul in 2021. However, he averaged just 9 minutes per game in the EuroLeague, struggling to find his place in the Turkish club. Remembering his time in Istanbul, Petrusev was honest - the 2021-22 season set his career back.
2023-01-02
Luka Doncic made his name in Europe before becoming a superstar in the NBA. He will now get a chance to face off against his former team during the preseason.
2023-01-02
Sasha Vezenkov started the 2022-23 EuroLeague season on a dominant note, leading the league in efficiency and helping Olympiacos Piraeus stay at the top of the standings. The two sides decided to extend their partnership. The team officially announced that Vezenkov is staying in Piraeus until 2025.
2023-01-02
During his NBA career, Robert Horry won 7 NBA titles, more than Michael Jordan. He became known as 'Big Shot Rob' for his unique ability to knock down clutch shots in the most crucial moments of the most important games of his career. Like the 3-pointer he made at the buzzer in Game 4 of the 2002 NBA Western Conference finals against the Sacramento Kings.
2023-01-02
Tonight, Virtus Bologna and Olimpia Milan, the two Italian powerhouses, will face each other in the Italian league in one of the most anticipated matches of the season.  In anticipation of the game, Virtus' head coach Sergio Scariolo spoke with 'Il Corriere della Sera' and touched on many topics, including the future of EuroLeague basketball. 
2023-01-02
Facundo Campazzo joined Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade two weeks ago but was unable to make his debut in the EuroLeague due to a ban that prohibited the club from registering new players in the tournament. Telesport.rs report, however, that the Serbian team has solved the problems that caused the ban to be issued.
2023-01-02
Donatas Urbonas, Rytis Vysniauskas, and Augustas Suliauskas of BasketNews share their thoughts on the  Panathinaikos vs. Olympiacos derby and the controversial game-winner by Nikola Mirotic. They also reflect on their top basketball memories of 2022 and make bold predictions for 2023. Topics:
2023-01-02
Jabari Parker's agent Nuno Pedroso denied the Telegraf.rs report that Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade are in advanced talks with an eight-season NBA veteran. "Jabari is currently looking for a team overseas. He had offers from two NBA teams and was close to signing, but in the end, there was no agreement reached," Pedroso told Mozzart Sport.
2023-01-02
In a month notable for its turnarounds, one player made the biggest impact on his team's favorable fortunes, Luca Vildoza of Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade, who is Euroleague Basketball's choice as MVP for December in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.
2023-01-02
Tyler Dorsey will not take any decision about his future in a rush, and he's waiting for the 10-day contract market in the NBA, according to Aris Barkas of Eurohoops. The market will be opened on January 5. Dorsey, 26, has received serious interest from Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul and Olympiacos Piraeus, per Yagiz Sabuncuoglu of VOLE.
2023-01-02
The Memphis Grizzlies won their third straight game, this time achieving a 118-108 victory over the Sacramento Kings. Ja Morant scored a game-high 35 points. However, it was Steven Adams who helped Morant get plenty of shots by matching his career-high with 23 rebounds, including a career-best 13 offensive boards.
2023-01-02
The Boston Celtics-Denver Nuggets game was delayed for nearly 40 minutes to adjust one of the baskets following a Robert Williams alley-oop dunk midway through the fourth quarter. Denver's Ball Arena workers faced problems leveling the rim after the Celtics center hung on the basket and tilted it. Meanwhile, players struggled to stay warm and Boston star Jaylen Brown was fuming about it post-game.
2023-01-02
Anadolu Efes Istanbul officially announced that the team parted ways with Isaiah Taylor. The player was under a non-guaranteed contract and Efes decided not to exercise his option. Taylor arrived in Istanbul on November 1, mainly as a backup guard to compensate for the loss of Shane Larkin in the injury-plagued Efes backcourt line.
2023-01-02
The Dallas Mavericks' off-season addition of Christian Wood and three-time All-NBA First Team member Luka Doncic have created one of the most frightening pick-and-roll duos in the entire NBA. As Luka says, their on-court connection formed due to the ability to listen and improve together.
2023-01-02
The game between the Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets was delayed for nearly 40 minutes to adjust one of the baskets following a Robert Williams dunk midway through the fourth quarter. With 6:43 left in Sunday's game in Denver, the officials stopped the game because the rim was uneven.
2023-01-01
After his first season in Ukraine with Dnipro and a EuroLeague debut with Olympiacos Piraeus in 2009-10, Patrick Beverley got a chance to play in the NBA. The Lakers drafted him in 2009, but the Miami Heat acquired the draft rights for the American guard, who was soon released.
2023-01-01
Over the past few weeks, we've seen Facundo Campazzo talk about his time with Nikola Jokic in Denver and his former teammate's reaction when the Argentinian guard signed with Crvena Zvezda. Now, it was Jokic's turn to comment on Campazzo's recent career move and his deal with Red Star.
2023-01-01
Sarunas Jasikevicius is celebrating his third Christmas holiday as coach of FC Barcelona. The Lithuanian coach lives with the rest of his players a saturated calendar in a period where most people take time off. As both the ACB and the EuroLeague include non-stop games, Barca are trying to reach the decisive stretch of the season in the best possible way.
2023-01-01
Denver Nuggets star center Nikola Jokic is coming off two straight MVP seasons, but he has no intention to stop in 2022-23. Jokic's averages mark a near triple-double of 25.5 points, 10.9 rebounds, and 9.5 assists over 32 games this season, although, as he says, he is now less oriented into the offensive involvement.
2023-01-01
Greek Basketball Federation officially announced that the Greek national team will face Slovenia in a friendly game that will be held on August 4 at OAKA Arena in Athens. This match will mark the first time Giannis Antetokounmpo and Luka Doncic might be facing each other on the international front with their respective national teams.
2023-01-01
Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade captain Kevin Punter arrived to the black-and-white team in the summer of 2021. The main reason behind the transfer from Milan to Belgrade was an opportunity to work with nine-time EuroLeague champion Zeljko Obradovic.
2023-01-01
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade guard Luca Vildoza is set to miss approximately one month of basketball action following the first medical evaluations, according to Mozzart Sport. The Argentinian suffered a partial rupture in his hamstring in the EuroLeague Round 16 game against FC Barcelona.
2023-01-01
Luka Doncic scored 51 points, including two free throws with 4.5 seconds remaining, and the visiting Dallas Mavericks edged out the San Antonio Spurs 126-125 on Saturday to win their season-best sixth straight game. It was the third 50-point game in the past five matches for Doncic, including 60 points, 21 rebounds, and 10 assists Tuesday night in an overtime victory over New York.
2022-12-31
With 2022 coming to an end, BasketNews wants to share its success with the readers, reviewing the most popular articles, videos, and social media posts. In all three categories, we highlighted the Top 10 most popular pieces and posts, giving you a little background to each story, so you could remember and relive it once again.
2022-12-31
Goran Dragic is in his 15th NBA season since leaving Union Olimpija in 2008. Apart from his time with the Slovenian national team, he last returned to Europe during the 2011 NBA lockout and played for Baskonia in Spain, but his stint there was short-lived. Dragic then came back to the Houston Rockets and was a backup point guard for Kyle Lowry.
2022-12-31
A stellar individual performance in a come-from-behind victory allowed Elie Okobo of AS Monaco to earn MVP honors in Round 16 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. Okobo helped Monaco edge past Zalgiris Kaunas 84-82, a game in which he scored 13 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter. He was 3-of-6 on two-pointers, 2-of-5 on three-pointers, and 10-of-11 from the free-throw line.
2022-12-31
EuroLeague released an official report regarding the crucial episode in Friday's game between Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade and FC Barcelona.  Nikola Mirotic hit an incredible buzzer-beating three-pointer to send the game to overtime. However, the shot shouldn't have counted because the power forward stepped on the sideline before he took the shot.
2022-12-31
Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis said the pain in his right foot has been significantly reduced and imaging has shown that he's progressing in his healing, per Dan Woike of Los Angeles Times.
2022-12-31
Olympiacos Piraeus activated the option in Tarik Black's contract and the American center will continue with the team until the end of the 2022-23 season, SDNA.gr reports. Black signed a four-month contract with Olympiacos in the past summer, which included the option from Piraeus' side to extend the cooperation between the two sides until the end of the season.
2022-12-31
Dwayne Bacon has been putting on a real show for anyone to see since he came back to Europe and joined Panathinaikos Athens. The American swingman provides a unique one-man show, scoring baskets that only a handful (if any) of players currently making a living in the Old Continent could imagine -let alone pull off. 
2022-12-31
Panathinaikos Athens suffered the most painful defeat against their archrivals Olympiacos Piraeus at OAKA Arena in the club's history yesterday, losing a EuroLeague Round 16 game by 24 points (71-95). The latter result beat the previous margin of 20 points (49-69) that was set during the 1996-97 season.
2022-12-31
LeBron James sure knows how to celebrate his birthday in style. On the night he turned 38 years old, LeBron scored 47 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, and dished out nine assists to carry the Lakers to a 130-121 victory over the Atlanta Hawks.
2022-12-31
FC Barcelona star Nikola Mirotic drained an incredible buzzer-beating three-pointer to send the game against Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade to overtime. However, it seems like the shot shouldn't have counted because Mirotic stepped on the sideline before he took the last-second attempt.
2022-12-31
LeBron James showed no signs of slowing down in his 20th year in the NBA as the Los Angeles Lakers superstar celebrated his 38th birthday on Friday with an astonishing 47-point performance in a 130-121 win over the Atlanta Hawks.
2022-12-30
Nikola Mirotic hit an incredible buzzer-beating three-pointer to send the game against Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade to overtime. However, it seems like the shot shouldn't have counted.
2022-12-30
Panathinaikos Athens suffered their biggest defeat in OAKA against Olympiacos Piraeus in the club's history today and the team's fans let them know about it. Panathinaikos lost the match by 24 points (71-95) which beat the previous margin of 20 points (49-69) that was set during the 1996-97 season.
2022-12-30
Nikola Mirotic hit a crazy three-pointer to send the game to overtime. However, things did not end here. At the start of the overtime, Barca captured the ball but Zvezda almost immediately forced it out of bounds. Moments thereafter, FC Barcelona's head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius was hit with a technical foul.
2022-12-30
Facundo Campazzo was expected to make his EuroLeague debut for Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade against FC Barcelona today but he was not registered in time for the game. The Serbian club now have even more problems in the backcourt.
2022-12-30
The Greek giants Panathinaikos Athens and Olympiacos Piraeus will meet for the first time in the EuroLeague this season today. Before the match, the Greek television that broadcasts the game quickly interviewed Panathinaikos legend Mike Batiste.
2022-12-30
EuroLeague Round 16 returns with more action on Friday just two days before the New Year.
2022-12-30
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade's seasons started on a rough patch. Everything changed when Dusko Ivanovic was brought in to lead the team as its new head coach. The Montenegrin specialist's agent Obrad Fimic appeared on the Jao Mile podcast where he explained how Ivanovic ended up in the Serbian club.
2022-12-30
Victor Wembanyama has been dominating in the French Basketball League (LNB) this season. He once again proved it yesterday by claiming the All-Star Game MVP trophy. However, the projected no. 1 overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft was not sure he should have received the title. 
2022-12-30
Almost a year ago, NBA Hall of Famer John Stockton made headlines by claiming that around 150 athletes had died from the COVID-19 vaccine.  The Utah Jazz legend now went on Michele Tafoya’s podcast Sideline Sanity where he explained his views both at that time and now.
2022-12-30
Are you surprised that Baskonia is at the top of the standings? Did you expect Facundo Campazzo to come to Belgrade? BasketNews presents the five most surprising developments of the first half of the EuroLeague season. Baskonia has been a real surprise this season, with several players stepping up to deliver impressive performances.
2022-12-30
With their backcourt already dominated by Luca Vildoza and Nemanja Nedovic, some might have raised an eye after hearing that Crvena Zvezda signed another point guard in Facundo Campazzo. 
2022-12-30
Memphis Grizzlies forward Santi Aldama couldn't finish the game against the Toronto Raptors due to an ankle sprain. The Spanish center left the court limping with 2:37 remaining in the third quarter. Luckily, Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins said Aldama didn't suffer serious injury. "It's nothing serious. It's a sprained ankle, we took him out as a precaution," Jenkins said after the game.
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