Archive for 2020
Will the 2020-21 NBA season start on December 22?
The NBA is targeting a Dec. 22 start date for the 2020-21 NBA season. The season would include 72 games and finish before the Tokyo Olympics (despite an earlier statement by Adam Silver). That would allow the NBA to get back on its normal 82-game, October-June schedule for the 2021-22 season. There is not a…
Read MoreBarcelona emerges victorious in first EuroLeague El Clasico vs Real Madrid
Barcelona endured the comeback of Real Madrid and triumphed over their arch rivals in the first El Clasico of the EuroLeague season (79-72). The Catalans were in control for the majority of the night and led by as many as 23 points (50-27). The “Whites”, though, went on a 24-42 run and cut the deficit…
Read MoreNick King signs with Trigrillos de Antioquia
Nick King (201 cm, F) has signed with the Colombian team Trigrillos de Antioquia for the season’s remainder. Last season King played in the Philippines for Alab Pilipinas. That was his first team overseas. Since graduating from college in 2018, King had tried to make it to the NBA. He was invited to summer leagues…
Read MoreRotnei Clarke moves to Poland
Rotnei Clarke (183 cm, G) will be playing in Poland this season for Anvil Wloclawek. The 31-year old American veteran had a great college career at Butler University. There, he averaged 17 ppg and 2.8 aspg while also earning an All-Atlantic 10 first-team selection in 2013. Clarke then started his professional career in Australia and…
Read MoreBesiktas signs James Blackmon
Turkish team Besiktas has signed American guard James Blackmon (193 cm) for the rest of the 2020-21 season. Blackmon was successful last season in the Italian Serie A and the Eurocup, where he defended the colors of Dolomiti Energia Trento. Before Trento, he also played for another Italian team in the Serie A, Consultinvest VL…
Read MoreJahvaughn Powell inks with Alcobendas
Jahvaughn Powell (183 cm, G) has signed with NCS Alcobendas from Spain. That team moved up from the EBA to play in the LEB Silver this year (3rd tier in Spain). Powell himself is no newcomer to the LEB Silver. On the contrary. He has been playing in that league for two seasons in a…
Read MoreCarrington Love comes back to Leiden
Carrington Love (185 cm, G) is returning to his former team Zorg & Zekerheid Leiden. He will replace Desure Buie, who left the team because of health concerns as the CODIV-19 pandemic has hit the second wave in Europe, and some leagues have even been put on hold. The Dutch basketball league is one of…
Read MoreVirtual 2020 NBA draft on November 18
The 2020 NBA draft on Nov. 18 will be held virtually and hosted from ESPN’s studios in Bristol, Connecticut, the NBA and ESPN announced Thursday. Commissioner Adam Silver will be in the studio at ESPN to announce the selections for the first round, and deputy commissioner Mark Tatum will be in studio to announce the second round.…
Read MoreCrvena Zvezda survives CSKA Moscow in Jordan Loyd’s EuroLeague career night
Crvena Zvezda edged CSKA Moscow in a late overtime thriller in Belgrade (86-84), thanks to Jordan Loyd’s career night in the EuroLeague. Loyd exploded and scored a career-high and EuroLeague season-high 31 points in 31 minutes of action. Three more players scored in double figures for the winners, who earned a big home victory in…
Read MoreToronto Raptors to play home games in Louisville?
COVID-19 has complicated international travel. This is why the Toronto Raptors trained in Florida before the NBA bubble and the Toronto Blue Jays played home games in Buffalo this baseball season. What will the Raptors do next season, when the NBA wants to play with fans in arenas? According to league sources, Toronto may play…
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