Posts by CJ Clarkson
Hereda San Pablo Burgos wins 2020 Basketball Champions League winners
Spanish team Hereda San Pablo Burgos became a professional club back in 2015. Five years later, they are the winners of the Basketball Champions League, taking down Greek hosts AEK in the title game on Sunday, celebrating an 85-74 triumph. Burgos became the first team to win the Basketball Champions League coming from the Qualifying Rounds, and…
Read MoreThree CSKA players have COVID-19
CSKA Moscow on Saturday announced that three of its players have received conditionally positive results in primary COVID-19 tests conducted on Friday. All three – Semen Antonov, Nikola Milutinov, and Janis Strelnieks – have been isolated from the rest of the team, CSKA’s statement said. At the same time, the tests of all three players…
Read MoreNBA unlikely to pause for Olympics next July
Postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics are set to begin July 23, 2021. While there are still plenty of logistical questions to be answered, the games are moving forward. NBA players likely will not be there. The next NBA season will not start until January of 2021 (at the earliest). In…
Read MoreBarca head coach Jasikevicius tests positive for COVID-19
FC Barcelona announced on Saturday that head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius and assistant Darius Maskoliunas have tested positive for COVID-19. They are both in good health and isolated at home, the club said in its statement, adding that it is cooperating with all the health authorities on the matter.
Read MoreULEB files complaint before European commission against Euroleague organizer
ULEB complaint
Read More7DAYS EuroCup kicks off the 2020-21 season
The 7DAYS EuroCup started on Tuesday with the first three games of the 2020-21 season. While Buducnost VOLI Podgorica and Unicaja Malaga protected their home floors, Dolomiti Energia Trento came from behind to spoil Frutti Extra Bursaspor’s competition debut. Nine games in as many different countries on Wednesday will close out the opening week. Group…
Read MoreBasketball season starts amid surging COVID-19 cases
A handful of international basketball leagues started the 2020/2021 season this past weekend, and the bulk will follow within the next two weeks. While the NBA is still in the process of wrapping up the past season (2019/2020), the Polish league kicked off the new season as early as the 29th of August. The Mexican…
Read MoreEuropean Basketball Players in the race for MVP of the NBA
It took a long time for the conveyor belt to get running between Europe’s domestic basketball leagues and the big daddy of them all across the Atlantic. Now, NBA franchises are finally beginning to see the light by giving European basketball players a much more prominent role. This is not without controversies, because many observers…
Read MoreLegends of West: All-Time Best LA Clippers Players
As the Clippers present a genuine threat in this NBA season, we look back at the best LA Clippers players of all time to put on the kit. Who are the legends of the west? The Clippers are on the edge of history as they could go for the win as the NBA season closes.…
Read MoreWhat Were The Best British Players To Have Played In The NBA?
The NBA has been the most competitive competition in the world of sport ever since being introduced 73 years ago. Since then, over 70 countries have been represented in the world’s premier basketball competition, with many of them going on to achieve great success. The diversity that is shown in the modern-day form of the…
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