Archive for 2022
Iceland stun Italy in FIBA World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers
In 2019, Montenegro became the smallest nation to participate in the FIBA Basketball World Cup. And while it’s still early days in the FIBA World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers, Iceland may be looking to threaten the record after climbing to a 2-1 record in Group H. And they couldn’t have done it more dramatically. Craig…
Read MoreUkraine war affects basketball
The Ukraine crisis has taken a dramatic turn in the last 24 hours, and of course, it has also impacted basketball. Leading up to this moment, we already saw several foreign basketball players leave their Ukrainian teams. Some of them already found new teams elsewhere in Europe, like Tristin Walley, who left Mykolaiv for Sparta…
Read MoreCan Kyrie Irving finally play in Brooklyn Nets’ home games?
The Brooklyn Nets wait and hope that the New York City vaccination mandate gets lifted and Kyrie Irving is able to play in home games again. The hope comes in the wake of New York City Mayor Eric Adams saying earlier Wednesday that he was optimistic a vaccination mandate would eventually be phased out — much the same way…
Read MoreBNXT League enters super complicated cross-border phase
The national phase of the first season in the Dutch-Belgian BNXT League is over. It will now enter the cross-border phase that starts on Friday, March 4, and runs until Friday, April 29. The top 5 from each country will meet in the Elite Gold group. The other clubs find themselves in Elite Silver. The…
Read MoreCollege coaches start a brawl
Michigan men’s basketball coach Juwan Howard hit Wisconsin assistant Joe Krabbenhoft in the postgame handshake line between the teams, setting off a brawl involving coaches and players from both sides. Wisconsin coach Greg Gard stopped Howard in the handshake line, leading to the two men exchanging words before being surrounded by a few players and coaches. Howard put…
Read MoreTeam LeBron Wins NBA All-Star Game, and Stephen Curry scores 50 points
In Sunday’s NBA All-Star game Team LeBron took on Team Durant. At halftime, the NBA honored the Top 75 players by giving each player individual introductions with Earth Wind and Fire performing “Shining Star.” Three players made early news for the All-Star Game. Donovan Mitchell sat out with a non-COVID-19 related illness, and it was announced on…
Read MoreFIBA Europe Cup Quarter-Final pairings set
All four pairings of the 2021-22 FIBA Europe Cup Quarter-Finals were finalized on Friday upon the conclusion of Second Round action. In the final game of that stage, the rescheduled Gameday 5 fixture between CSM CSU Oradea and Sporting CP, the Romanian club earned a 72-55 victory at home to clinch first place in Group K,…
Read MoreCoach and his assistant fight each other during game
Believe it or not, but in Russia, a head coach and his assistant got into a fight with each other in the middle of a game. It happened during a Superleague game (second tier in Russia after the VTB League) between Universitet Surgut and TEMP-SUMZ-UMMC from Revda. The head coach and the assistant coach of…
Read MoreNew York Knicks blow a 28-point lead
On Wednesday night, a beleaguered New York Knicks blew a 28-point lead to the Brooklyn Nets and got outhustled in a stunning 111-106 collapse at Madison Square Garden. It marked the third time in 11 days the Knicks blew a lead of 20 points or more — a troubling trend for a team that entered the season with high…
Read MorePatrick Beverley agrees to 1-year, $13 million extension with Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Patrick Beverley has agreed to a one-year, $13 million contract extension. Beverley has been in the final season of a three-year, $40 million contract, so the new agreement will take him through the 2022-2023 season. After arriving in an offseason trade to the Timberwolves, Beverley has made a significant impact on the franchise’s rise into…
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