After discovering all 32 teams that will participate in FIBA World Cup 2023, BasketNews invites you to take a look at the biggest stars that will miss the competition. Top teams that will miss World Cup include such countries as Argentina (no. 4 in FIBA ranking), Czech Republic (12), Poland (14), Turkey (16), Nigeria (19), Tunisia (22), and Croatia (23).
The Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Houston Rockets 113-104 on Saturday night, behind a season-high 44 points from Anthony Edwards and 23 points from D'Angelo Russell. For the first time this season, Edwards scored over 40 points on 17/29 FGs, including seven 3-pointers.
After discovering all 32 teams that will participate in FIBA World Cup 2023, BasketNews invites you to take a look at the biggest stars that will miss the competition. Top teams that will miss World Cup include such countries as Argentina (no. 4 in FIBA ranking), Czech Republic (12), Poland (14), Turkey (16), Nigeria (19), Tunisia (22), and Croatia (23).
The Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Houston Rockets 113-104 on Saturday night, behind a season-high 44 points from Anthony Edwards and 23 points from D'Angelo Russell. For the first time this season, Edwards scored over 40 points on 17/29 FGs, including seven 3-pointers.
A youngster battled against his idol as Alperen Sengun faced Nikola Jokic last night. Even though the Denver Nuggets (13-7) comfortably defeated the Houston Rockets (5-15) 129-113 (42-39, 28-29, 36-23, 23-22), the Turkish center's performance wasn't left unnoticed.
Alperen Sengun recorded a strong double-double while the Houston Rockets beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 118-105 on Saturday to sweep both games of a home back-to-back. Houston defeated the Atlanta Hawks on Friday. The 20-year-old Sengun produced 21 points (10/17 FG, 1/1 FT), career-high 19 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks in a win against OKC.
The Houston Rockets officially announced they have exercised the third-year options for Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun, Usman Garuba, and Josh Christopher. All four players are 20 years old.
Coach Ergin Ataman revealed a 24-man preliminary roster for EuroBasket 2022. Alperen Sengun, Cedi Osman, Omer Yurtseven, Furkan Korkmaz, Shane Larkin, Sertac Sanli, and Scottie Wilbekin are all included in Turkey's national team list before the upcoming FIBA window in August and EuroBasket.
FIBA windows are usually associated with B or C national teams' squads, which cannot rely on EuroLeague and NBA players during the outgoing season. However, it's not the case this time, as we approached an off-season stage.
Alperen Sengun, Cedi Osman, Furkan Korkmaz, and Shane Larkin are included in provisional Turkey’s national team roster before the upcoming FIBA World Cup qualifiers window.
Alperen Sengun, Cedi Osman, Furkan Korkmaz, and Shane Larkin are included in provisional Turkey’s national team roster before the upcoming FIBA World Cup qualifiers window.
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 ...
Alperen Sengun secured his sixth double-double of the season but it wasn’t enough as the Houston Rockets (18-55) lost 91-110 (21-25, 32-27, 19-30, 19-28) to the Dallas Mavericks (45-28), which were without their star Luka Doncic. Sengun finished the game with a team-high 14 points (5/9 2PT, 1/3 3PT, 1/2 FT), 11 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 steals. Brunson shot 5 of 6 from the floor and 6 of 7 ...
Although the Houston Rockets team currently sits last in the Western Conference with only 15 wins and 43 losses, the organisation has something to be happy about. Alperen Sengun has been an unlikely bright spot for the otherwise-struggling franchise. Sengun quickly let his name be known to NBA fans around the world. After getting selected with the 16th overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft, the ...
Cade Cunningham and Evan Mobley had big impacts in both of Team Barry's victories in the NBA Rising Stars games Friday night at Cleveland. Cunningham, a Detroit Pistons rookie, and Mobley of the hometown Cavaliers shared game-high totals in both competitions, including five points in the final when Team Barry topped Team Isaiah 25-20. Jae'Sean Tate of the Houston Rockets also had five points for ...
Minnesota Timberwolves second-year shooting guard Anthony Edwards was the first selection in Friday's four-team draft for the Clorox Rising Stars, set for Feb. 18 as part of NBA All-Star Weekend. Isiah Thomas used the No. 1 pick on Edwards to kick off a snake draft that also included fellow Hall of Famers Rick Barry, Gary Payton, and James Worthy, who are serving as honorary coaches. Barry ...
Alperen Sengun and Franz Wagner are headed to All-Star Weekend to appear in the Rising Stars competition, where they'll join the reigning NBA Rookie of the Year LaMelo Ball and other young talents. The Charlotte Hornets guard will be joined by three players each from the Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, and Houston Rockets. The event will feature 12 rookies, 12 second-year players, and four ...
There is still some way until the All-Star weekend, but hell broke loose when the All-Star starters were revealed last week. While all the members of the big Euro trio of NBA, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Nikola Jokic, were somewhat unsurprisingly named as starters, Luka Doncic was not on the list as Ja Morant, and Stephen Curry took those backcourt positions. However, Andrew Wiggins was voted to ...
Life is hard when you are trying to fix a date with an NBA-affiliated person for an interview. They might be in games, practices, traveling, match analysis, attending a team meeting, or choosing to allocate some time for themselves with their family. Thankfully, Erdem Can is always kind and generous with his time. The former assistant of Zeljko Obradovic at Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul and current ...
Houston Rockets head coach Stephen Silas revealed that rookie Alperen Sengun will miss at least one week more due to a sprained right ankle. "It's not day-to-day, probably about a week and then we'll see," Silas said after the last night's game. "Today was the first day he has done anything on the floor. Before that, he has been doing conditioning and treatment." Sengun suffered the injury on ...
Alperen Sengun is a 19-year-old Turkish big man that was selected with the 16th pick in the 2021 NBA Draft. After gaining attention because of his unusual free-throw routine, Sengun is now being talked about because of his solid play with the Houston Rockets. Sengun is currently averaging 9 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 0.9 blocks, and 0.9 steals over 18.4 minutes. But more importantly, he ...
