EuroLeague is contemplating the theoretical option of adopting player trades, a concept well-known in the U.S., though it's important to note that the actual implementation of this idea is currently very distant from becoming a reality.
Even though the situation in European basketball was already complicated, the last week may have seen the culmination of the lack of understanding between the key players. Clubs, players, coaches, and national teams were involved in unprecedented chaos, where in some cases, no one knew for sure what was going to happen.
Some days ago, Gianmarco Pozzecco pointed out the obvious. "I want to see Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo at the World Cup. With these rules, it is not certain that we'll have the stars there," the Italian NT coach said.
EuroLeague is contemplating the theoretical option of adopting player trades, a concept well-known in the U.S., though it's important to note that the actual implementation of this idea is currently very distant from becoming a reality.
Even though the situation in European basketball was already complicated, the last week may have seen the culmination of the lack of understanding between the key players. Clubs, players, coaches, and national teams were involved in unprecedented chaos, where in some cases, no one knew for sure what was going to happen.
Some days ago, Gianmarco Pozzecco pointed out the obvious. "I want to see Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo at the World Cup. With these rules, it is not certain that we'll have the stars there," the Italian NT coach said.
Ex-NBA and EuroLeague player Bostjan Nachbar, who has been leading ELPA since its founding in 2018, has been reappointed for a new four-year term as ELPA Managing Director.
The EuroLeague Players' Association (ELPA) was established in 2018, in an attempt to provide athletes competing in Europe's top basketball league with a collective bargaining agreement, some minimum standards and guarantees, as well as a voice for their working conditions.
Since the war in Ukraine began, all Russian clubs were suspended from competing at the highest level of European basketball. Many players have already left, some are still playing in Russia, while some have even received threats from the clubs. Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) held a virtual conference yesterday with the sporting director of Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana Sani Becirovic, the ...
ELPA Managing Director Bostjan Nachbar voiced his opposition to the stickers placed on basketball courts that have frequently been the cause of injury for many players. Virtus Bologna guard Milos Teodosic was the last "victim" of those stickers, as he suffered a left knee injury in the final minute of the game against Reggio Emilia and was forced to leave the court, helped by his teammates. The ...