The Milwaukee Bucks (USA, NBA) have appointed Larry Drew as their new head coach after he agreed a three year contract with the franchise with an option for a fourth. The American is coming off a three year stay as the head coach of the Atlanta Hawks where he led the team to second place […]
The Toronto Raptors have named Masai Ujiri as the new franchise General Manager. The Nigerian-born former player further highlights the globalization of the NBA. Fresh from being named the NBA’s Executive of the Year for his work with the Denver Nuggets as Executive Vice-President of Basketball Operations, Ujiri will now run the day-to-day operations of […]
They took their VTB United League semifinal series to Game 5 on Friday, and in the battle of the two Moscow clubs, CSKA Moscow came out on top of Khimki Moscow Region, 64:87, to earn the right to square off against Lokomotiv Kuban in the Finals. They packed the Moscow Region Sports Palace to standing-room […]
After Game 1 of the LNB best-of-five Finals Strasbourg had sent a not-to-subtle message with a 34-point win over Nanterre, they were not planning on being the next team that Nanterre would upset in the playoffs. After Game 1, many most likely believed just that and many teams would fold up after a pounding like […]