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2022-04-13

Moustapha Fall has been a dominant force in the paint for Olympiacos Piraeus this season. The French center is the Reds' last line of defense and also a good finisher near and above the rim, making the best of his teammates' passes. Following his EuroLeague rookie season with LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, Fall moved to Greece with the aim to reach the EuroLeague playoffs and play at a higher level. So ...
Foul or no foul? Experts explain controversial Barcelona vs. Real game call

2022-04-12

The recent El Clasico was marked by a controversial call that sparked a big discussion between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid fans. Barcelona center Sertac Sanli sent the game to overtime with a free throw with 0.8 seconds to play in the regulation. Barcelona were down by one (88-89) when Vincent Poirier fouled Sanli, fighting for a rebound. Pablo Laso couldn't believe it. He was clapping ...
The veteran factor: EuroLeague is still a country for 'old' men

2022-04-10

When Zalgiris Kaunas legend Paulius Jankunas said goodbye to EuroLeague basketball last week in the overtime win against Crvena Zvezda, finishing an incredible European career with 13 points and 7 rebounds performance, it almost looked like the perfectly scripted ending of a movie. A veteran leaving the game in the best way possible. But while that moment represented the end of the European career ...
Kyle Weems: How Virtus' chameleon has managed to thrive in a locker room full of stars

2022-04-08

In a Virtus Segafredo Bologna roster stacked with former EuroLeague superstars like Milos Teodosic, Daniel Hackett, and Tornike Shengelia, Kyle Weems is the thread that ties the team together. The 32-year-old small forward has been the most consistent player through thick and thin. Not the one who will produce highlight reels and roars of awe or amazement, like Milos Teodosic does with his unique ...
The top Greek scorer in Europe, who feels bad looking back at his peers in Greece

2022-04-08

Zeljko Obradovic passed by Lietkabelis players warming up before the EuroCup game against Partizan. He recognized one player on the Lithuanian roster. The coach said something in Greek to him and smiled. That player was a 23-year-old swingman Panagiotis Kalaitzakis. As a kid, he used to watch Obradovic at Panathinaikos helm fighting for EuroLeague titles. "My dream was always to play for one of ...
Thomas Walkup: 'We might have exceeded other people's expectations, but not our own'

2022-04-07

Despite the absences of guard Kostas Sloukas and center Moustapha Fall, Olympiacos Piraeus allowed only 26 points in the second half to down FC Barcelona at home and secure one of the three top spots in the EuroLeague regular-season standings. The Reds concluded their obligations in the first part of the current campaign at 19-9 and are now waiting for the Real Madrid-FC Bayern Munich clash on ...
Why it made Trinchieri mad: freaking Bayern miracle in an emergency

2022-04-06

"Coach, I don't know if the result was unexpected, knowing that Panathinaikos have no interest in..." the experienced EuroLeague TV journalist Dora Panteli started the question during the post-game interview until Andrea Trinchieri interrupted her. "Why unexpected, sorry?" the Bayern coach was surprised by the statement. Panathinaikos Athens just beat FC Bayern Munich at home 80-67 on March 22. ...
EuroLeague MVP award race: five cases for the trophy

2022-04-06

The EuroLeague regular season is coming to an end, and we will have the last round this week. With the playoff picture getting clearer, it looks like a good time to look at the MVP award run. We will look at some of the major profiles of players who'll most likely become the main candidates for the biggest individual award of the EuroLeague season. Although everyone on this topic has his own ...
A voice that inspired the best EuroLeague farewell game you couldn't script

2022-04-05

A Lithuanian producer Rimvydas Cekavicius is shooting a video documentary about Paulius Jankunas. But even he couldn't script what happened in the EuroLeague legend's farewell game. Zalgiris Kaunas lost the third quarter by 20 (15-35), and Jankunas' farewell game was slipping away. After scoring 2 points and grabbing four rebounds in the first half, Jankunas didn't even show up on the court after ...
John Brown III: doubts, challenges and an incredible journey of the EuroLeague sensation

2022-04-05

Too short to be a center, not capable of stretching the floor as a four-man. European GMs and coaches put labels on big man John Brown III that made his basketball journey difficult. They just couldn't find a spot for such an unorthodox player. But soon, he fulfilled the courts and hearts wherever he landed throughout his career. John Brown became the EuroLeague sensation this year. Recently he ...
Devon Hall is Armani Exchange Milan's Swiss Army knife

2022-04-03

When AX Armani Exchange Milan were about to sign Devon Hall last summer, I reached out to several people in the basketball environment to get their pulse on this move. Personally, I already had good feelings about Hall after watching him play in Germany for Bamberg, and he definitely looked like a player on the rise to me. The reactions that I got from the people I reached out to did nothing but ...
Duke vs North Carolina: Best rivalry in the world with European spice

2022-04-02

Tonight is going to be a big day not only for college basketball but also for the entire basketball history. The famous Tobacco Road Derby, where North Carolina Tar Heels and Duke Blue Devils come against each other as a perennial rivalry, will take place in the semi-finals of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in history. The occasion is even more special because Mike Krzyzewski will retire ...
Finding a way back: The Last Dance of Coach K

2022-04-01

Imagine this movie ending: A Legendary college coach, who announced that it is going to be his final season after nearly a half-decade of coaching, reaches the final four in March Madness. The opponent in the semi-final is no other than their eternal foes, getting ready for the meeting in a rivalry that goes back almost 100 years. As if those are not enough to make it an epic collision of low ...
From being booed by Partizan fans to beating Zeljko's team: Nenad Canak, the next intriguing Serbian coach

2022-04-01

Lietkabelis Panevezys head coach Nenad Canak never speaks for the headlines. But his path can't go under the spotlight anymore. You can call it destiny. You can call it a gift from above. The night he resigned from the team of his dreams, he received a phone call that changed his basketball life. He beat his most beloved team four years later, coached by the legendary Zeljko Obradovic. BasketNews ...
3x3 EuroLeague: no room for mistakes for Zalgiris and one-horse race for MVP award

2022-03-31

BasketNews continues the 3x3 EuroLeague edition, and as usual, three of our colleagues will discuss the three most relevant topics before the upcoming Turkish Airlines EuroLeague round. This week, BasketNews' journalists Orazio Cauchi, Uygar Karaca, and Giorgos Kyriakidis discussed the upcoming battle between Olympiacos Piraeus and FC Barcelona, Nikola Mirotic being EuroLeague's MVP & ...
Spain over everything: ACB teams are once again at the top of the European competitions

2022-03-30

We live in uncertain times, that's for sure. In the last few years, between a global pandemic, conflicts, invasions, and environmental issues have left us with growing insecurities about both the present and future. But the good thing about sports, and in our case about basketball, is that we can still find some guarantees, those things that, in one way or another, are always present in our ...
Russian clubs future in Europe is in the air: who could replace them?

2022-03-30

Partizan Belgrade, Virtus Bologna, and Valencia Basket are considered the leading candidates to replace Russian clubs in the EuroLeague, sources say BasketNews. So far, there have been no developments over Russian clubs' future in the EuroLeague, and the decisions will be taken after the season 2021-22. "There is not much more to add to what we announced last Tuesday, March 22, confirming the ...
EuroLeague players that got stuck in Russia: what's the way out?

2022-03-29

It's been three weeks since the football's governing body, FIFA, officially announced that foreign players and coaches employed by Russian clubs can suspend their contracts and move elsewhere temporarily. However, players on the basketball field are still in limbo. Why? Some EuroLeague players who spoke to BasketNews couldn't hide their astonishment at finding themselves unable to leave Russian ...
NBA Europe: quick Sengun's growth and Porzingis Wizardry in Washington

2022-03-28

As we are fast approaching the end of the regular season, teams have different objectives. Some of them are trying to get the best position and the player setup possible for the postseason, while others are putting a big effort to make their way to play-in. How are the Euro players doing? Well, starting with the usual suspects, they are good as usual. Luka Doncic did not have a good night against ...
Deshaun Thomas: 'Panathinaikos need experienced guys, willing to play hard'

2022-03-27

In the summer of 2020, Deshaun Thomas made the decision to take a year off his six-year-long EuroLeague presence to continue his career in Japan. The left-handed forward was coming from his best season, in terms of numbers, averaging 13.9 points on 56.6% 2-point shooting, 35.9% 3-point shooting, 4.4 rebounds in 30 minutes over 22 EuroLeague games with Panathinaikos OPAP Athens.Nevertheless, the ...
March Madness: a team that keeps winning by missing shots

2022-03-25

March Madness is a peculiar tournament. All of a sudden, teams who looked flashy and cool like Gonzaga or Auburn during the entire season can crush into the cold face of reality: Winning does not always have to look nice. Winning looks like winning. "Victories don't come with asterisks. It's not a beauty contest. We were going to make them uncomfortable. It's what we do." That's' what Kelvin ...
Why 2004 Maccabi was the best EuroLeague team ever

2022-03-25

Maccabi Tel Aviv had its franchise peak between 2003 and 2005. It was like watching old clips or the European version of Showtime Lakers - they were fun, fast, and unbeatable. BasketNews presents a story of why this Maccabi version was the best EuroLeague team ever assembled: how the core of Sarunas Jasikevicius, Anthony Parker, Nikola Vujcic, and Maceo Baston was so efficient and why Pini ...
Looking ahead: what does the future hold for Armani Exchange Milan?

2022-03-25

While we're getting closer to the EuroLeague playoffs, it's the right time to start looking at what might happen this summer in what could be a really hot transfer season. AX Armani Exchange Milan have already secured a spot in the playoffs and most likely will have the home advantage.

'He scared us': Wembanyama's career night impressed EuroLeague veterans

2022-03-24

"Who's that monster?" Zalgiris fans were stunned watching the future first NBA draft pick. 18-year-old French unicorn Victor Wembanyama impressed not only by his size but career night as well. At the beginning of the third quarter, 2.20 m tall, Wembanyama was on his highest-scoring EuroLeague game. In total, ASVEL Villeurbanne's prospect left the Zalgirio arena with six new EuroLeague ...
EuroLeague playoff race: who's on a toughest and easiest schedule?

2022-03-22

The decisive stretch of the 2021-22 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season begins. In the next 23 days, the EuroLeague playoffs race will be over. As many as eight teams are still in the mix of making or failing. BasketNews checked Anadolu Efes Istanbul, FC Bayern, AS Monaco, Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade, Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, ALBA Berlin, and Bitci Baskonia ...
EuroLeague Power Rankings: significant Olympiacos surge and tight battle for Top 8

2022-03-22

With Turkish Airlines EuroLeague's regular season coming to an end, it's time to have a look at the updated Power Rankings edition. In the latest Power Rankings edition, our experts had a say, and the positions of the teams are determined on their current form and the potential they got in the foreseeable future. For starters, we have ten teams going up, four falling down, and only one remaining ...
Betting Corner: auto-bet in Efes game and a possible Olympiacos slip up

2022-03-22

BasketNews and Andreas Blomdahl continue the Betting Corner edition, providing the best choices before the upcoming EuroLeague round for sports betting enthusiasts. Currently, Andreas correctly predicted 27 out of 40 possible outcomes. A pretty solid record of building upon. However, we remind you to gamble responsibly. Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs Real Madrid Efes managed to bounce back after the ...
The bubble of happiness: Israel Gonzalez opens up on ALBA Berlin's unique case

2022-03-21

Alba in Spanish, Israel Gonzalez's native language, means dawn. From a more pragmatic and maybe cynical perspective, which also reflects reality, the Alba Group is simply the name of the Berlin-based company that in 1991 lent its name to the basketball team which emerged from now-defunct BG Charlottenburg. Since then, ALBA Berlin have been a powerhouse in the German basketball universe. But over ...
A season for the ages: at 35, Andrea Cinciarini is still proving a lot of people wrong

2022-03-19

Sometimes, to move forward, you have to go back. This motto ideally suits the type of season that Italian veteran point guard Andrea Cinciarini is having with UnaHotels Reggio Emilia. After spending six seasons with Italian giants AX Armani Exchange Milan last summer, Cinciarini decided to go back where his career skyrocketed. Before moving to Milan, he had already played for Reggio Emilia for ...
One of the greatest quarters of all time: crazy facts behind stunning Olympiacos run vs PAO

2022-03-18

The derby loss in Piraeus was so painful that Panathinaikos Athens deleted their social media posts as if the game didn't happen at all. However, some numbers will stay in record books for many years. Olympiacos beat Panathinaikos 101-73 and reached their biggest derby victory in international competitions. Panathinaikos lost both games to Olympiacos by a total margin of 47 points (28 and 19). ...
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