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Euroleague: Top 16 Tips off with two upsets
They’re back… After a two-week break from Euroleague competition, the Top 16 tipped off on Thursday with five Week 1 contests being held. Day 1 of Week 1 was dominated by home clubs, with two big upsets in the books. Caja Laboral, finished fourth in the regular season Group C with a 4-6 record, got…
Read MoreAvery Johnson fired as Nets coach
Avery Johnson has been fired as the head coach of the first-year Brooklyn Nets. The Nets have lost 10 of their last 13 games, which puts them at .500 on the year (14-14) and 6.5 games behind the New York Knicks in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the NBA. The Knicks are…
Read MoreEuroleague: Group F Outlook and Schedule
The Euroleague Top 16 starts today, with five matches scheduled and the last three on Friday in the first week of 14. Group F contains Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv (Group B winner), FC Barcelona Regal (Group D winner), BC Khimki Moscow Region (Group A 2nd)
Read MoreMike Miller joins NBA 10,000 point club
Mike Miller, forward for the Miami Heat (US-NBA), knocked down his 10,000th career point in the NBA on Tuesday with a three-ball against Oklahoma City. Miller is the 313th player in NBA history to hit the milestone. Two NBA clubs have six players with over 10,000 points, Miami and the Los Angeles Lakers. Miami has…
Read MoreNBA: Christmas Day, a 65-Year-Old Tradition
One year after the National Basketball League (NBA) was founded (1946) the New York Knickerbockers squared off against the Providence Steamrollers at Madison Square Garden in the first Christmas Day game. It would be the first of 48 games the Knicks would play
Read MoreVideo – Dimitris Diamantidis: Nothing but Net…
Dimitris Diamantidis takes a feed from Marcus Banks during a recent Panathinaikos match up with KAO Dramas (Dec. 22) and tosses the ball up out of frustration after Banks gets whistled for a traveling call. Have a look at the video below, it might remind you of a famous commercial involving Larry Bird and Michael…
Read MoreHappy Holidays from Court Side Newspaper
We at Court Side Basketball News would like to take this opportunity to wish our readers our warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful holiday and a very Happy New Year.
Read MoreNCAA Top 25: Duke remains No. 1
As predicted, the Week 8 NCAA Top 25 polls have been completely shaken up, with the exception of the top two spots, Duke and Michigan. With last week’s No. 3 Syracuse getting bumped off by unranked Temple, the Orangemen took the biggest tumble of the week falling to No. 9 on the AP poll and…
Read MoreShelden Williams to leave Chalon
Shelden Williams (206 cm, Duke’06) has the rumor mill flying today as it’s being reported that he’ll be leaving Elan Chalon and heading to Fenerbahce Ulker prior to the Thursday Euroleague cut off for roster moves. There has been much talk recently of Williams moving to either Fenerbahce or Beskitas, with Fenerbahce being on the…
Read MoreFotis Katsikaris named Russian coach
Fotis Katsikaris was officially named the new head coach of the Russian Men’s National Team on Monday. It was also stated that an agreement has been worked out that will allow Katsikaris to continue with his position as the head coach of Spainish club Bilbao Basket. His contract with the Russian Basketball Federation will run through…
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