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Recommended2024-09-29 For the third year in a row, Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens and Olympiacos Piraeus will stage their first showdown of the season in Rhodes. Both clubs have made huge investments in the off-season, and expect them to pay off when titles will be at stake.
2024-09-29 EuroLeague has flexed its muscles even more during the offseason, with plenty of big names returning from the NBA, switching teams within the league circle, or even playing overseas for the first time. With all these changes, we're in for another exciting EuroLeague season, packed with emotional highs, surprises, and top-tier basketball.
2024-09-28 It's been more than five years since Mateusz Ponitka last played in a EuroCup game. It wasn't the best of comebacks for the Polish forward, but his new team, Bahcesehir College Istanbul, got the win anyway.
2024-09-27 The EuroLeague is finally tipping off next week, and expectations couldn't be higher. Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens are looking to repeat as champions and has further strengthened an already elite roster.
2024-09-27 After a tremendous summer in the transfer market, the 2024-25 EuroLeague season will tip off this Thursday (October 3). Most teams have already finished building their rosters, so BasketNews presents two outfits that might do exceptionally well and surpass expectations and another two that might fail to live up to the hype.
2024-09-27 The 2024-25 EuroLeague season is upon us. There are some new faces in the 18-team roster, many transfers, plenty of intrigues, and the same competitiveness we witnessed last year. With the EuroLeague coming back, BasketNews EuroLeague Power Rankings also return.
2024-09-25 Shane Larkin didn't play in Anadolu Efes Istanbul's 89-66 win over Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv last Saturday evening due to injury. That didn't prevent him from expressing his excitement about the 6th Pavlos Giannakopoulos tournament, which was hosted by Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens and took place in a packed Panathenaic Stadium in the Greek capital.
2024-09-24 After a season full of spectacular highs and some emotional lows, Juancho Hernangomez is back with Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens. Even though the 28-year-old forward's deal with the Greens expires in 2025 and the player had publicly expressed his wish to stay with the EuroLeague champions, several rumors insisted that he might leave during the summer.
2024-09-24 The EuroLeague made a historic step in European basketball by introducing the salary cap. Although the new rules won't take full effect until the start of the 2027-28 season, they are already generating buzz among European basketball fans. As the EuroLeague CEO Paulius Motiejunas revealed, reaching the final agreement between all parties took time.
2024-09-23 John DiBartolomeo is one of the longest-serving players in Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv's history. Having joined the Israeli powerhouse in 2017, the veteran point guard has seen a lot with the legendary club. However, playing in front of 42,000 fans in an open-air court is something DiBartolomeo had yet to experience.
2024-09-23 The new EuroCup season starts on Tuesday, and there is much curiosity about who the new stars of Europe's second-biggest competition will be.
2024-09-20 When Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul host Olympiacos Piraeus in the upcoming EuroLeague opener on October 4, Khem Birch will suit up for his first game in Europe's top competition since 2017. As chance would have it, he will face the team he represented in the 2016-17 campaign, which lost the title to his present outfit.
2024-09-19 Basketball has been blessed with incredible players throughout its history, and the small forward position boasts many of them. This role often demands a versatile skillset, balancing scoring, defense, and playmaking.
2024-09-18 After a chaotic and unpredictable 2024 free agency, a few EuroLeague stars are poised to make waves in the summer of 2025. While it may be hard to top the 2024 offseason, where 7 of the 10 All-EuroLeague players were active in the market, several elite names could still be on the move.
2024-09-18 After the end of the 2023-24 season, the EuroLeague transfer market and rumors begin! How will teams' final rosters take shape? Where will some of the biggest names in Europe move over the summer? BasketNews actively monitors the situation of all EuroLeague clubs and will keep updating their rosters throughout the summer.
2024-09-18 In the latest URBONUS episode, the focus was on some exciting rookies entering the EuroLeague this season. Wolves Vilnius guard Andrew Andrews, alongside the URBONUS hosts Donatas Urbonas and Augustas Suliauskas, named 8 EuroLeague rookies to watch this season, sharing their insights about each of the players.
2024-09-13 Since basketball became a global sport, it's been widely accepted that the point guard is one of the most pivotal positions on the court. Modern basketball demands elite passing, the ability to control the game, precise shooting, and solid defense – qualities that top point guards must excel at to keep their teams competitive on both ends of the floor.
2024-09-13 In August 2022, just a few weeks before the EuroBasket tipped off, Omer Yurtseven left the Turkish national team without notice despite playing during the July window of the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers. Some were surprised by the move, most notably Turkey's head coach Ergin Ataman.
2024-09-13 When it seemed like the offseason was all but done, Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens and Olympiacos Piraeus made two huge moves, bringing in Cedi Osman and Evan Fournier, respectively. For teams like Zalgiris Kaunas, who don't have such financial capabilities, the EuroLeague market gets tougher and tougher each year, head coach Andrea Trinchieri says.
2024-09-11 For the past decades, Turkey has been known for producing a steady flow of NBA talent, with players like Hedo Turkoglu, Mehmet Okur, Ersan Ilyasova, and Omer Asik making significant impacts. More recently, three Turkish players were drafted among the top 31 picks, with Alperen Sengun leading the way as the 16th overall selection in the 2021 NBA Draft, now showing All-Star potential.
2024-09-10 Ever since basketball became a global phenomenon, it has been an unwritten rule that the most important positions in the sport are the point guard and center. Modern basketball requires better spacing and more stability in defense. A power forward ready to do everything on both sides of the court is crucial, and that is why I extremely rate players covering that position.
2024-09-10 With the new EuroLeague season on the horizon, the spotlight shines on Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, whose summer moves evoke the golden era of Greek basketball dominance. With blockbuster signings like Evan Fournier and Cedi Osman arriving late into the roster-building process, it's clear both clubs are assembling superteams reminiscent of the late 2000s' powerhouses.
2024-09-09 The last two European seasons for EA7 Emporio Armani Milan have been complex, to say the least. Despite their high ambitions, the Italian team failed to qualify for the EuroLeague postseason two years in a row. They struggled with frequent injuries, inconsistent team chemistry, and a frequently stagnant offensive system.
2024-09-05 As the NBA nears the twilight of legends like LeBron James, Stephen Curry, and Kevin Durant, the spotlight is increasingly shifting to the league's younger stars. In this article, I examine the best young NBA players under 25 who are positioning themselves as the future faces of the league, ready to step up.
2024-09-05 With the end of the Olympic Games and the start of the pre-season for most European clubs, we have officially entered the run-up to the start of the new season. Most teams have already defined their rosters for the upcoming season, so now might be the right time to start assessing which players might be interesting to follow in the upcoming year.
2024-09-04 Alen Smailagic will begin his first season outside of his home country of Serbia or the NBA as a member of Zalgiris Kaunas. Smajli, as he's called, was one of 10+ players who left Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade after the previous season. "I'm feeling great, happy to be here, happy to start playing basketball," Smailagic told BasketNews during an open Lithuanian club's practice.
2024-09-04 Shabazz Napier's move to Bayern and Evan Fournier's signing with Olympiacos prove that late August and early September can still bring game-changing moves in the EuroLeague market.
2024-09-04 Bryant Dunston turns a new page in his illustrious EuroLeague career, joining the Lithuanian powerhouse Zalgiris Kaunas. The 38-year-old signed a 1-year deal and is set to represent Zalgiris at least until the end of the 2024-25 season.
2024-09-03 Ignas Brazdeikis stood on the sidelines of the Zalgirio Arena practice gym, smiling and excited about the season ahead. He looked fit, fresh, and motivated to bring the results of his summer work into the 2024-25 Zalgiris campaign.
2024-08-30 At 35 years old, Jeffery Taylor will begin his 10th season in Europe. He might not be as feared and revered as before, but his basketball skill and knowledge are still very much there.
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