Posts by Bryce
BBL Groupings released for 2012-13
The Baltic Basketball League (BBL) has released the league groupings for the upcoming season. The league will consist of 23 teams, broken up into four groups. The first day of competition has been set for October 2nd. The competition format will be set into the follow separate sessions: • The Regular Season • Top 16…
Read MoreFIBA Asia Cup: Qatar stuns in Quarter-Finals
On a day that the Lebanese Basketball contingent was earlier celebrating their good fortunes after being awarded the 2013 FIBA Asia Championships for Men, they seem to have forgotten that they were in Tokyo to play some basketball. The top-ranked team in Group A squared off with Qatar, the fourth-ranked team in Group B, and…
Read MoreFIBA Asia Championship 2013 awarded to Lebanon
It was announced yesterday that Lebanon will host the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship for Men. The vote by FIBA Asia’s Executive Committee was held to determine which of the applications they would accept between Lebanon, Iran and the Philippines. The FIBA Asia Championships have never been hosted by Lebanon and with the quality of their…
Read MoreXavi Pascual inks extension with FC Barcelona Regal
Xavi Pascual has agreed to terms with FC Barcelona Regal to extend his contract to remain head coach of the squad through the 2014-15 campaign. This agreement adds two seasons to his existing contract that was set to expire at the end of this season. In the last 30 years of Euroleague play, Pascual is…
Read MoreLakers Payroll & Tax close to $200m in 2013?
As any basketball fan knows, the NBA and it’s players had a rather difficult time coming to agreements on various issues such as revenue sharing, the structure of the salary cap, and the luxury tax imposed on teams going over the salary cap. As they resolved the issues and got back to the business of…
Read MoreRwanda Basketball organizes tournament for National Development Fund
The Rwanda Basketball Federation (Ferwaba) has organized a pre-season tournament with the goal of raising money for the Agaciro Development Fund. “We have requested all clubs to willingly contribute and it is through this tournament that we will raise money which will go directly into the Fund,” stated Ferwaba Secretary General, Richard Mutabazi. The clubs…
Read MoreFIBA 3×3 World Tour concludes in Miami this week
12 of the best 3×3 squads in the world are heading to Miami, FL for the finale of the FIBA 3×3 World Tour competition. On Friday and Saturday, Sept. 21 and 22, the teams representing cities from around the world, will square off in a competition that will divide the teams into two pools that…
Read MoreFIBA rules in favour of Maccabi Tel Aviv in Yogev Ohayon case
According to Israeli media, FIBA ruled in favor of Maccabi Tel Aviv in the dispute between the squad and Yogev Ohayon. FIBA has agreed with Maccabi that it was against the contract they had with Ohayon for him to leave the team for Lokomotiv Kuban without any financial considerations. Ohayon claimed that his agreement had…
Read MoreBasketball popularity increasing in Brazil
In years past, basketball has been most popular in Southern Brazil, specifically in the South East in the Sao Paulo, the country’s most populous state. With Brazil’s economy growing, new squads are being formed around the country and a new, large fan base has developed, especially in the North East. As the popularity has grown,…
Read MoreFIBA Asia Cup: Quarter-Finals Set
With the FIBA Asia Cup preliminary rounds now completed, the competition will head into the Quarter-Final round on Thursday. Finishing the round-robin competition saw two blow-outs, an alley-oop buzzer-beater and the game of the tournament thus far between previously unbeaten Iran and host Japan. In Group A, the squad from the Philippines had already concluded…
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