2022-09-16
A day before EuroBasket 2022 semi-final between France and Poland, the French national team's head coach Vincent Collet spoke in the mixed zone of the Mercedes-Benz arena about Poland's strengths, Giannis Antetokounmpo and the other stars of the competition pointing out that they are not always enough for success.
2022-09-16
EuroBasket 2022 has featured numerous close games and various upsets. With the semifinal stage on our nose, the Big Three of Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic, and Nikola Jokic have all been eliminated from the tournament. Throughout the 87-year EuroBasket history, there have been many historical games and memorable moments that fans cite for decades to come.
2022-09-16
Adriatic Basketball league (ABA) has announced that the eight best-ranked teams from the regular season of the competition will compete in the playoffs of the new season. The assembly of the ABA league decided on the format change at its meeting in Bar, Montenegro. Last year, the six best-ranked clubs from the regular season qualified for the playoffs.
2022-09-16
A jersey worn by basketball legend and icon Michael Jordan during the opening game of the 1998 NBA Finals has been sold for a record $10.1 million, which is about double the price it was expected to be sold for. It was expected that Jordan's jersey would sell for roughly $5 million, so this has more than exceeded the expectations.
2022-09-16
Donovan Mitchell, who recently got traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers, is excited to reunite with a former teammate Ricky Rubio. Rubio has played together with Mitchell from 2017 to 2019 for the Utah Jazz. The Spanish point guard then left for the Phoenix Suns. Now the two guards will reunite on the Cavaliers after 3 years apart.
2022-09-16
Jahm Najafi, who possesses the second-largest stake in the Phoenix Suns, does not want to see Suns and Phoenix Mercury owner Robert Sarver back in his role and called for Sarver's resignation. "I am calling for the resignation of Robert Sarver," Jahm Najafi said in a statement, per ESPN's Baxter Holmes.
2022-09-15
Rudy Gobert is not leaving Berlin without a gold medal around his neck. "I'm here to win," Gobert was straightforward, per Mozzart Sport. "The goal is a gold medal, and only that will satisfy me.
2022-09-15
FC Barcelona power forward Nikola Mirotic appeared in front of cameras on Thursday afternoon, stating "as far as it goes" he is "well" in his recovery process. Though, Barca's star avoided talking about the expected recovery time of his Achilles injury or a possible date of returning to the court.
2022-09-15
Following the allegations from both National Federations in relation to incidents in the venue after the FIBA EuroBasket 2022 game between Turkey and Georgia, FIBA opened an investigation on September 5, 2022. After carefully reviewing the case material, including the CCTV videos, FIBA has opened disciplinary proceedings for engaging in unsportsmanlike conduct against the following players:
2022-09-15
"At the reception after dinner, our keys had expired because we could leave tomorrow. Let's renew our keys."
2022-09-15
Spain will play the EuroBasket 2022 semifinal game against Germany on Friday (at 20:30 CEST). Ahead of the upcoming challenge, Sergio Scariolo analyzed Spain's rivals and noted what the main keys may be.
2022-09-15
BasketNews’ Donatas Urbonas & Rytis Vysniauskas discuss the reasons behind Giannis and Greece’s elimination, the disastrous ending for Luka Doncic, and the new EuroBasket title & MVP frontrunners. Watch all the LIVE Eurobasket content on the official FIBA platform, Courtside 1891: https://basketne.ws/1891YT
2022-09-15
Three brightest FIBA EuroBasket 2022 stars, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokic, and Luka Doncic, did not make it to the competition semifinals, thereby eliminating their chances of fighting for the MVP award.
2022-09-15
The basketball world is still buzzing about what happened last night. Poland achieved what was thought to be almost impossible. When it seemed like reaching the quarterfinal is a good result, the Polish eliminated the reigning champion Slovenia from EuroBasket 2022.
2022-09-15
The Berlin Wall is one of the top sights to see in the German capital. But another wall in Berlin became recognizable after a wild EuroBasket 2022 night that sent the generational NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo home. The Giannis Wall was a big story in the US before Giannis Antetokounmpo found his way to the NBA championship in 2021.
2022-09-15
The topic of naturalized players and their role in European national teams has been widely discussed throughout EuroBasket 2022, with both countries and fans splitting into two different camps. Half of all EuroBasket 2022 teams feature a naturalized player in one of the positions, most often a guard. During an interview with Mozzart Sport, Croatia's Jaleen Smith expanded on the topic.
2022-09-15
Polish national team guard A.J. Slaughter received plenty of attention after his viral picture with his son, Nikola Jokic, and Luka Doncic. At first, it was seen as a simple picture where Slaughter shared the moment with the two biggest stars of the EuroBasket 2022. But after Poland eliminated Slovenia, many joked that Slaughter remained the last man standing in the tournament.
2022-09-15
Luka Doncic was whining a lot. He would argue with the referees so much that he often was late to defense. He would stare them down, running up and down the court. It even seemed that in EuroBasket 2022, he shrugged his shoulders more often than he hit 3-pointers.
2022-09-15
Yesterday marked one of the more painful losses in Slovenian basketball history, with Poland eliminating one of the favorites of EuroBasket 2022. However, the defeat does not change the view of the Slovenian Basketball Federation (KZS). According to its president Matej Erjavec, head coach Aleksander Sekulic is set to remain in his position on the team.
2022-09-15
A few days ago, the NBA banned the owner of the Phoenix Suns, Robert Sarver, for one year, based on an internal investigation by the league. Based on interviews with more than 70 former and current Suns employees, an ESPN report alleged Sarver has made numerous racist and sexist remarks during the 17 years he has owned the franchise.
2022-09-15
Poland shocked the basketball world yesterday by upsetting Slovenia to advance to the semifinal of EuroBasket 2022. Both during the match and after the game, Slovenian fans took out their anger on social media in hopes of minimizing the pain they felt they endured watching their favorite team lose to an overwhelming underdog.
2022-09-15
Poland delivered the upset of the tournament yesterday against reigning EuroBasket champion Slovenia. In a rollercoaster match that seemingly featured everything, the underdogs came out on top while Luka Doncic had to leave the tournament with his head down. After the match, the head coach of the Polish national team, Igor Milicic, was really proud of the job his team did.
2022-09-14
After an eventful quarterfinal round of EuroBasket 2022, the four semifinal participants are clear. Underdogs gained the upper hand in half of the matchups in the earlier round, meaning that the big trio of Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokic, and Luka Doncic are all set to miss the biggest matches of the tournament.
2022-09-14
Luka Doncic was in pain. Both on and off the floor. His second EuroBasket ended in a failure, with the amazing Poland team creating another huge upset, eliminating Slovenia in the quarterfinals, 90-87.
2022-09-14
Mateusz Ponitka scored just the fourth triple-double in EuroBasket history as Poland took down overwhelming favorite Slovenia 90-87 (29-26, 29-13, 6-24, 26-24).
2022-09-14
Several weeks ago, former NBA player Gilbert Arenas made headlines with his comments about Giannis Antetokounmpo. Known as Agent Zero, Arenas questioned the physical and mental preparedness of the Greek Freek, which made Milwaukee Bucks fans and basketball experts alike raise an eyebrow.
2022-09-14
For the second time in a row in the EuroBasket knockout stage, the French national team survived after some wink of luck. Simone Fontecchio, the 89% free-throw shooter in EuroBasket, missed both shots from the line and missed the opportunity to clinch the victory with 16 seconds to play at the end of regulation.
2022-09-14
After France took a win against Italy in the first quarterfinal of the day, Luka Doncic's Slovenia and Poland go head to head in the last match of the day to determine the one remaining semifinal participant. Slovenia arrives at the matchup after a convincing win against Belgium even though their opponents gave a fight throughout the vast majority of the match.
2022-09-14
After Italy's devastating loss against France in the EuroBasket 2022 quarterfinals, Nicolo Melli did not want to direct attention to the details of the match. Instead, the forward addressed the refereeing issues he saw during the game in the post-game interview with Magenta Sport.
2022-09-14
France once again came back after having a significant deficit in the fourth quarter to defeat their opponents in overtime as Vincent Collet's team outplayed Italy 93-85 (27-20, 11-11, 18-31, 21-15, 16-8).
2022-09-14
Virtus Segafredo Bologna are in the process of preparing for the upcoming EuroLeague season. However, Awudu Abass will not be able to help the team just yet. According to the official announcement by the club, the forward underwent clinical tests and instrumental investigations that revealed an osteochondral lesion. The ACL was not involved in a serious way, the report reads.
2022-09-14
After a seismic first day of EuroBasket 2022 quarterfinals yesterday, four more teams return to try and take a ticket to the semifinal round of the tournament. In the first match of the day, France takes on Italy (17:15 CET). It will be the fourth quarterfinal appearance in EuroBasket for Italy in a row but neither of the previous three times did the country advance further.
2022-09-14
After getting dismissed from LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne in May of 2020, coach Zvezdan Mitrovic is going to receive significant compensation for it. According to Mitrovic's lawyer Xavier Le Cerf, the club was ordered to pay €481,464 to the specialist by the French court due to unfair dismissal.
2022-09-14
After 17 years, Germany's national team came back to the semifinals of a major FIBA competition. The Deutschland GOAT Dirk Nowitzki was also there, but he was only watching his natives from the VIP lounge.  They faced one of the best players in the world, Giannis Antetokounmpo, but they stood firm.
2022-09-14
When the buzzer sounded, and both teams headed to the locker rooms, it was Greece 61, Germany 57. That could have been your typical EuroBasket result some ten years ago,
except that this time it was the score at halftime.
2022-09-14
Valencia Basket fans are not holding back on their team's return to the EuroLeague next season. The club has announced that 7,500 season tickets have been sold for the EuroLeague games.
2022-09-14
Ahead of Italy's quarter-final game against France, the Italian national team head coach Gianmarco Pozzecco gave compliments to Nicolo Melli once again. This time Pozzecco stated that Melli is among the top players in this EuroBasket, putting him next to Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Luka Doncic.
2022-09-14
Death, taxes, and Spain winning the EuroBasket. Sergio Scariolo couldn't go with a younger and less experienced team, but Europe still failed to seize the opportunity to stop Spain's dominance in international basketball. When we thought it was the end of the era, Spain continued their incredible streak.
2022-09-14
EuroLeague has officially named the new leadership as founder Jordi Bertomeu departs. Legendary Serbian player Dejan Bodiroga becomes the new EuroLeague president, while sports business leader Marshall Glickman will take on the acting CEO position. 
2022-09-14
As previously reported, NBA has suspended the Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver for one year from the Suns and Phoenix Mercury organization based on the league investigation. Sarver has also been fined $10 million and will have to complete a training program focused on respect and appropriate workplace conduct.
2022-09-14
Shane Larkin missed Turkey's Round of 16 match against France due to an injury, which could have put them in the quarter-final of EuroBasket 2022. Larkin injured his fingers during the game against Montenegro in the group stage of EuroBasket. The Anadolu Efes Istanbul guard underwent successful surgery on his finger as reported by the Turkish Basketball Federation on Wednesday.
2022-09-14
Head coach Lassi Tuovi was still a teenager when Shawn Huff made his national team debut. It was back in 2005, September and Finland was playing in EuroBasket, Division B. "We tried to qualify for a chance to qualify for the championship," Huff smiled when he recalled this story after his last national team game.
2022-09-14
Dennis Schroder received two technicals and was ejected from Germany's EuroBasket 2022 quarter-final win against Greece with a final score of 107-96.
2022-09-14
Germany prevailed over Greece in EuroBasket 2022 quarter-final by scoring 107 points and handing the Greeks their first loss of the tournament. Giannoulis Larentzakis was a newly found weapon on Greece's team in this game but it was the defense that was lacking.
2022-09-14
The Golden State Warriors superstar and probably the greatest shooter ever, Stephen Curry is negotiating a lifetime contract with Under Armour as revealed in Rolling Stone's cover story. The new deal could potentially net the 2022 NBA Finals MVP over 1$ billion dollars.
2022-09-13
Dimitris Itoudis brought all Greek national team players and personnel together in the middle of Mercedes-Benz Arena. Some of them were crying and couldn't believe what just have happened. That's the place where many people thought Greece would be on the last day of the EuroBasket 2022, lifting a trophy on the podium.
2022-09-13
After a huge win against Greece in EuroBasket 2022 quarterfinal, German national team head coach Gordon Herbert was in good spirits. During the press conference, the 63-year-old was asked if he would celebrate the victory with a glass of wine as he promised earlier. Herbert played along and cracked a joke, making the whole room laugh. 
2022-09-13
Germany presented Greece with an insurmountable obstacle in the EuroBasket quarterfinals, as the Greeks suffered their first loss in the 2022 EuroBasket.
2022-09-13
Giannis Antetokounmpo was ejected as Germany buried all Greek hopes with a 3-point shower in Berlin in EuroBasket 2022 quarterfinal matchup. The hosts made 17 triples in 31 tries to take down Giannis Antetokounmpo-led Greece with a final result of 107-96 (31-27, 26-34, 26-10, 24-25). Germany advanced to the EuroBasket 2022 semifinals, where they will meet Spain on Friday.
2022-09-13
Giannis Antetokounmpo and Dennis Schroder were ejected from the Germany-Greece quarterfinal game at EuroBasket 2022. However, Schroder had the last laugh as his led Germany beat Greece in EuroBasket 2022 quarterfinal 107-96.
«  1 ··· 67 ··· 134 ··· 186 187 188 189 190 ··· 201 ··· 268 ··· 335 ··· 402 403  »