Archive for February 2018
Erik Murphy joins New Basket Brindisi
Erik Murphy (208 cm, Florida’13) has agreed to terms on a deal to play for New Basket Brindisi of the Italian Serie A this 2018. Murphy is a 27-year-old Finnish-American international basketball player who has been a member of the Finnish National Team since 2013. He already started the 2017-18 season playing for JSF Nanterre…
Read MoreItalian Serie A: Three-way Race at the Top
Things are heating up atop of the Italian Serie A standings lately. There’s a tight three-way race for the league leadership at the moment. Scandone Avellino, EA7 Emporio Armani Milano, and Umana Reyer Venezia all have identical 14-5 records. Former top team, Germani Basket Brescia is just one game behind the trio (13-6), hot on…
Read MoreVTB League: CSKA and Zenit in action
CSKA Moscow used the VTB League to stretch out a midweek defeat in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. The 8-times (six consecutive) champs eased passed Tsmoki Minsk in Belarus and keep pace on the teams at the top of the standings. Elsewhere on Sunday in the VTB League, BC Astana stunned high-flying Zenit St. Petersburg in…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: Fenerbahce and Olympiacos close gap
After Turkish Airlines EuroLeague leaders CSKA Moscow lost yesterday, it was an opportunity for the chasing pack to make up ground on the league leaders. Reigning champs Fenerbahce and former winner Olympiacos are the closest teams and won their games today to get closer to CSKA. Real Madrid lost more ground on its loss at…
Read MoreCavs Undergo Instant Rebuild at NBA Trade Deadline
It was a frenetic NBA trade deadline with trades going down, left and right. One of the biggest movers and shakers were the Cleveland Cavaliers. The team essentially re-tooled its roster via a series of trades with various teams. The Cavs needed a mid-season reset to clear out an increasingly toxic locker room environment and…
Read MoreMike James returns to Panathinaikos
Mike James (185 cm, Lamar’12) has reportedly requested a release from the New Orleans Pelicans and will head back to Europe and sign with former team Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens (Greece-A1). He played for Panathinaikos back 2016-17 before heading back to the USA and signing with the Phoenix Suns in December 2017. James played 32 games…
Read MoreSvetislav Pesic to coach FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona Lassa (Spain-Liga Endesa) has found a new head coach to take the helm of the team. They hired 69-year-old Serbian coach Svetislav Pesic to handle the head coaching duties. While this may be the first time for Pesic to coach a Spanish club in a long time, he brings with him a wealth…
Read MoreFIBA Europe Cup Round of 16 Pairings Drawn
Munich, Germany – The pairings for the Round of 16 of the 2017-18 FIBA Europe Cup have been drawn at FIBA’s Europe offices. 10 teams are the ones that advanced from the second round of the competition. Six teams are coming from the Basketball Champions League regular season. Round of 16 Pairings Nizhny Novgorod (RUS)…
Read MoreLiga Endesa: Spanish Cup in Jeopardy Amid Player Strike
Dark clouds are looming on the horizon of the Spanish Liga Endesa with the Spanish Cup (Copa del Rey) being at risk of being canceled due to a player strike set to begin on February 14th. The upcoming Copa del Rey is slated to take place from the 15th to the 18th. Negotiations fell apart…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: Valencia hits CSKA
Round 22 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague is underway with four games on Thursday before the competition breaks for a week for the FIBA international qualification games. Heading to the week off, Valencia Basket will be on a high after defeating Turkish Airlines EuroLeague leaders CSKA Moscow. Panathinaikos managed to edge Baskonia at home, while…
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