Archive for July 2022
Portland Trailblazers win NBA Summer League
The Portland Trailblazers won the NBA Summer League yesterday by beating the New York Knicks 85-77. It was the third time Portland played in the championship game since 2017 and its second title. The Trail Blazers got 36 points from their reserves, led by Jabari Walker, who finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Trendon Watford finished…
Read MoreLeBron James 100% healthy and plays first game in three months
LeBron James played his first game in three months and scored 42 points in the legendary Drew league. The famous pro-Am league in Los Angeles was founded in 1973 and has seen a pilgrimage of NBA players descend on the Charles Drew Junior High School gymnasium during the summers for decades — since the NBA…
Read MoreLas Vegas will have a G League team
The G League team Ignite will move to Henderson, a suburb of Las Vegas. The Ignite team already played their home games in Las Vegas but was officially located in Walnut Creek, California, where they also practiced. The team exists to develop young prospects in preparation for the NBA draft. It has featured three eventual…
Read MoreDraw for the second round of FIBA Eurobasket 2025 pre-qualifiers
The draw for the second round of FIBA Eurobasket 2025 pre-qualifiers took place yesterday. The 12 teams were split into three groups of four, with the six nations arriving from the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers slotting into pre-determined groups. Meanwhile, the remaining six teams were seeded according to their results in the…
Read MoreMarius Grigonis agrees on terms with Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos announced the signing of Lithuanian swingman Marius Grigonis (198 cm). Last season Grigonis played in Russia for CSKA Moscow, where he averaged 8.5 ppg in 16 Euroleague games. This will be Grigonis’s fifth EuroLeague season. He spent his first four with Zalgiris Kaunas, where he kept growing as a player until exploding in 2020-21…
Read MoreRecife will host FIBA AmeriCup 2022
The Brazilian National Basketball Federation (CBB) and the FIBA Regional Office of Americas have decided to change one of the hosting cities for the FIBA AmeriCup 2022 in Brazil. Initially set to be played in two cities, Brasilia and Recife, the event now moves solely to the city of Recife, which will host all three…
Read MorePartizan signs James Nunnally
Serbian powerhouse Partizan Belgrade has signed American small forward James Nunnally (201 cm) for the 2022/2023 season. Nunnally already worked with Partizan head coach Zeljko Obradovic in the past, when they won the EuroLeague title in 2017. James Nunnally comes from Maccabi Tel Aviv, where he averaged 13.8 points on 40.7% three-point shooting and 89.8%…
Read MoreKeenan Evans inks with Zalgiris Kaunas
Keenan Evans (190 cm, G) has signed a two-year deal with Lithuanian powerhouse Zalgiris Kaunas. Evans played college basketball at Texas Tech University and began his professional career with Grand Rapids and Delaware of the G-League. He came to Europe in 2019 and joined Igokea Laktasi of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with whom he won the…
Read MoreOscar da Silva leaves ALBA Berlin for Barcelona
Barcelona has signed Oscar da Silva to a three-year deal. With da Silva (206 cm, 23 years old), Barcelona adds size and versatility to its frontcourt. At ALBA Berlin, da Silva averaged 8.8 points on 62.4% two-point shooting and 3.5 rebounds in 33 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games last season, his first in the competition. He…
Read MoreUSA wins the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2022
United States faced a serious challenge but rose to the occasion to defeat hosts Spain 79-67 in the Final and take home the title at the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2022 for the country’s sixth straight gold medal. Jeremy Fears paced the Americans with 17 points while Ron Holland scored 13 points, and Cooper…
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