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2024-01-19
If Wade Baldwin doesn't lay claim to being modest when talking about himself, it's because he's replete with self-confidence. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv's combo guard scored 18 points to go along with 5 rebounds and 3 assists against his former team, Olympiacos Piraeus, in the Israeli side's downfall (72-89) in Greece for EuroLeague Round 22.
2024-01-18
For coach Sasa Obradovic and his team, AS Monaco, last Thursday evening was tough. A 63-88 blowout loss to hosts Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens at OAKA couldn't possibly go down well.  The Roca Team looked disjointed from the beginning to the end of the contest and thus stood no chance of even making it a close game. 
2024-01-13
Over just nine days, Jerian Grant pulled off a string of defensive miracles. For starters, he kept Markus Howard to a 9-point tally when Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens visited Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz. Then, he forced Anadolu Efes' Shane Larkin to a season-low 9 points before leaving AS Monaco's Mike James scoreless in the first half of the Greens' outing against the Roca Team last Thursday night.
2024-01-12
Mike James was evidently in a grumpy mood for most of AS Monaco's blowout loss to Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens on Thursday night. The American guard was immensely frustrated at the officiating in the game, which saw the Greek side take the visitors by storm (88-63). "Sick of the disrespect. I have been in this league for ten years," James wrote on Twitter.
2024-01-11
What started as a promising season for Anadolu Efes Istanbul has turned into an ongoing nightmare over the past month. The Turkish side's initial 7-6 record looked promising, as the squad coached by Erdem Can had been able to bounce back from some bad nights and make up for lost ground.
2024-01-09
Last Thursday night, Olympiacos Piraeus and AS Monaco were battling it out to the limit. The Reds had reached the point where every detail counted, and they needed a big shot to set the Peace and Friendship Stadium on fire. 
2024-01-04
After four years in Paris, Ismael Kamagate leaped into the EuroLeague by joining the ranks of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan last summer.  The French big man was born in Paris to a family of Ivorian origins and first picked up a basketball at the age of 12 in his hometown before making his professional debut with Orleans.
2024-01-02
Among the 18 EuroLeague teams, Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade appear to be the most inconsistent. The Serbian side hit the ground running with a resounding 21-point win over LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne before a four-game losing streak curbed the enthusiasm caused by some prominent summer signings and the ensuing high expectations.
2023-12-30
It was only November 14 when Ergin Ataman was asked to comment on Kendrick Nunn's adjustment to Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, two weeks after the former NBA guard had joined the Greens. "Even if you get Steph Curry or LeBron James on the team, it's not easy for them to adjust in one week or ten days," the Turkish coach told the media.
2023-12-19
Throughout the entire course of his interview with BasketNews, Brandon Davies' voice could barely be heard. He didn't have any kind of problem, but his tone sounded almost conspiratorial -- as if he did not want anyone to eavesdrop or intervene while he was talking. The American forward/center remains a low-key person who often chooses to turn up the volume whenever he steps onto the court.
2023-12-17
If a casual EuroLeague fan watched any given Olympiacos Piraeus game this season, it wouldn't take them too long to understand that the Greek powerhouse is struggling on the front end of the court.  The Reds' recent 56-63 loss to Valencia Basket at the Peace and Friendship Stadium only served as a telling example of the team's offensive woes. 
2023-12-14
It was February 2, 2022, when Enes Kanter Freedom played his last game in the NBA. He recorded seven points and 12 rebounds in the Boston Celtics' blowout win (126-91) over the Brooklyn Nets. Since then, the Turkish-born U.S. citizen hasn't stepped on the floor as a professional athlete. Kanter Freedom, 31, has been an outspoken critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
2023-12-12
Marko Pesic has been working for FC Bayern Munich's basketball section since 2011, at a time when only a handful of European clubs would hire a person entrusted with the task of maximizing the value of their business. "When I started, we had six professional office people, including me. Now, we're between 60 and 70," the club's CEO, who recently turned 47, tells BasketNews.
2023-12-09
Following what could be described as a quiet first season with Olympiacos Piraeus, Alec Peters has geared up for good in the 2023-24 campaign with the Reds. 
2023-12-08
The calendar read November 11, 2021, when Mario Hezonja returned to the OAKA arena for the first time since he left the team he grew to love while being a professional basketball player. 
2023-12-05
Last Thursday in Istanbul, Real Madrid were confidently heading to what would have been their 11th straight win in the EuroLeague season.
2023-11-29
Jaron Blossomgame wasn't used to scoring game-winning baskets. In a career featuring several highlights, his late heroics are so far and few between that his spectacular put-up dunk in AS Monaco's away win against Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz for EuroLeague Round 10 stands on its own. 
2023-11-28
Victor Claver feels excited about Valencia hosting one of the four FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. The third-biggest Spanish city was one of the choices, along with Piraeus, Riga, and San Juan, in a decision that was made public last Monday.
2023-11-24
No recent EuroLeague comeback story can provide as much excitement, curiosity, and admiration as Dinos Mitoglou's career season with Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens.  Following his 32-month ban by FIBA, issued after the Greek forward tested positive in anti-doping control on March 4, 2022, Mitoglou was initially eligible for reinstatement in November 2024. 
2023-11-23
Two players from the same country who find themselves on a foreign team's roster are uncommon in European basketball. What makes the case of Gabriele Procida and Matteo Spagnolo stand out from the rest is that both Italian internationals have many things in common, apart from sharing the locker room at ALBA Berlin. 
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