Elvin Mims named NBL Player of the Week

(TORONTO, ON) – The National Basketball League of Canada is pleased to announce that Elvin Mims of the London Lightning has been named the Recharge with Milk Player of the Week for the week ending December 23, 2012.  Mims is the second player from London to earn this honour, joining Morgan Lewis, who received the…

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Dirk Nowitzki makes surprise return

Dirk Nowitzki surprised everyone in the NBA, including several of his Dallas Mavericks team-mates, on Sunday night. The German forward, who had not yet debuted this season, suited up and warmed up normally ahead of his team’s clash with the San Antonio Spurs on the road. He didn’t start the game but came off the bench with 6:27 left in…

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Italy Serie A: Rough Day for Home Clubs

The Italian Lega Basket Serie A completed Week 12 of Round 1 Sunday without any major surprises. The top end of the standings continued their winning ways as the top four teams earned victories, giving the top three 13 wins in their last 15 games. The only top 5 team to come up on the…

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NBA D-League: Top 10 Prospects

Each week the NBA D-League ranks the top 30 current D-Leaguers that they feel are next in line for a call up to the NBA. After spending four weeks as the No. 1 prospect, Chris Douglas-Roberts became the fifth ‘Gatorade Call-Up’ of the season when the Dallas Mavericks signed him Sunday. Here’s the Top 10…

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NCAA Top 25: No. 3 Syracuse falls to Temple

One thing is certain, the NCAA Top 25 polls due out on Monday will have a change or two on it. OK, reality is, it’s going to look like someone tossed all the names in a hat and just started drawing them out randomly. Three top 25 teams were beaten by unranked teams, including two…

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Euroleague: Group E Outlook and Schedule

The Euroleague Top 16 opens up Thursday, December 27 and Friday, December 28 with Game 1 of 14. Group E features Real Madrid (Group A winner), Zalgiris Kaunas (Group C winner), CSKA Moscow (Group D 2nd), Unicaja Malaga (Group B 2nd), Panathinaikos Athens (Group A 3rd), Anadolu Efes Istanbul (Group C 3rd), Brose Baskets Bamberg…

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Fotis Katsikaris to be named Russian coach

Rumors have been flying ever since David Blatt decided to step down as the head coach of the Russian National Team to focus on his duties with Maccabi Tel-Aviv that Fotis Katsikaris would be Blatt’s successor. The sticking point has been his current position with Bilbao Basket as Spain ACB rules prohibit coaches from working…

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Milos Teodosic named Dec. MVP of VTB United League

With the schedule completed for the 2012 portion of the 2012-13 VTB United League season, it was announced that Milos Teodosic of CSKA Moscow has been named December MVP. Teodosic’s VTB United League stats for December (two games) were: 18 points per game; 4.0 rebounds per game; 3.5 assists per game; 18.0 efficiency rating per…

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