The Chicago Bulls signed Slovenian guard Goran Dragić yesterday. Dragić (6-3, 190) has appeared in 888 career NBA games (530 starts), recording averages of 13.7 points, 3.1 rebounds, 4.8 assists, and 1.0 steals in 27.9 minutes per game while shooting 46.0 percent from the field, 36.2 from three-point range and 76.7 from the free-throw line. […]
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 […]
The Taipei Fubon Braves clinched the P. LEAGUE+ championship for the second consecutive year after edging past the Hsinchu Jko Lioneers by four points in Game 5 of the professional basketball league’s finals series Monday. The latest 108-104 win at Hsinchu County Stadium meant that the Braves wrapped up the title with a 4-1 record […]
Not that there was much hope, but the Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t get any luck whatsoever in the 2022 NBA draft lottery. The Cavaliers entered with a 97.6 percent chance of winning the No. 14 selection in this year’s draft. As expected, J. B. Bickerstaff’s club landed in the 14th selection slot. For the fourth time […]
The NBA G League released their All-NBA G League teams today following the conclusion of the postseason. Some notable standouts are the 2021-22 G League Most Valuable Player Trevelin Queen, Detroit Pistons rookie Luke Garza, and other familiar players such as Justin Anderson and Saben Lee. The teams are as follows: First Team: Justin Anderson – Fort […]
Coach K’s storied career is over. North Carolina played the ultimate villain again, stunning archrival and No. 2 seed Duke, 81-77, in the Final Four on Saturday at Caesars Superdome before a crowd of 70,602. Caleb Love’s dagger three-pointer with 28 seconds left, followed by a free throw, gave the No. 8 seeded North Carolina a four-point lead […]
Despite not being the most popular (but still very popular) sport in the country of its birth, basketball has an enormous global reach. Regular league games and playoff games from the NBA are beamed onto television screens in 215 countries and territories. It’s no wonder then that companies pay such a high price to have […]
The Basketball Champions League Quarter-Finals competitors have been confirmed, following the completion of the last Round of 16 games on Wednesday evening. Eight (8) clubs have qualified for the next competition phase, with no less than six (6) countries and leagues represented. Those teams are (alphabetically): BAXI Manresa (ESP), Hapoel U-NET Holon (ISR), Lenovo Tenerife (ESP), MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (GER), SIG Strasbourg (FRA), Tofas Bursa (TUR), Unicaja (ESP), U-BT Cluj-Napoca (ROU) […]
