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Crvena Zvezda advances to the ABA League Finals
Crvena Zvezda crushed Partizan in Game 3 of the semi-finals series (84-63) and advanced to the Finals of the ABA League (or Adriatic League). Crvena Zvezda (Red Star) took control from the first half and never looked back (41-21). They led by as many as 35 points (78-43) and cruised to an easy victory. For…
Read MoreLos Angeles Lakers: LeBron James to miss remainder of 2018-19 season
The Los Angeles Lakers had missed the playoffs in each of the last five seasons. To help turn their fortunes around, they signed LeBron James. This was one of the Top 10 NBA storylines that we wrote about at the beginning of the season. Initially, the signing of LeBron James appeared to be a significant…
Read More2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Draw
The 2019 FIBA World Cup draw took place today in China, and the 32 national teams have been divided into to eight groups. GROUP A (Beijing): Cote D’Ivoire, Poland, Venezuela, China GROUP B (Wuhan): Russia, Argentina, Korea. Nigeria GROUP C (Guangzhou): Spain, Iran, Puerto Rico, Tunisia GROUP D (Foshan): Angola, Philippines, Italy, Serbia GROUP E (Shanghai):…
Read MoreDisgruntled teams leaving national leagues?
Last weeks cup finals in various leagues were full of incidents. At the focus of everything was the refereeing. As a result, some of the top European teams threaten to leave their national leagues. The “mistakes” the referees made in the Cup Finals created chaos in Spain, Greece, Turkey and Serbia. Let’s start with Spain…
Read MoreCan Giannis Antetokounmpo Take Greece over the top in FIBA World Cup?
Basketball fans in who will be watching the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China on August 31, are in for a special treat. Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks has said on Sunday that he will be playing for the Greek National Team in the tournament. The only thing that would keep him from playing…
Read MoreReal Madrid Tops Baskonia at Liga ACB
It was an interesting Sunday at the Spanish Liga ACB with seven games lined up for the fans’ entertainment in Round 20. Out of all of those games one of the most important matches that took place was between two top-4 teams. Tied at 14-5, Real Madrid and Kirolbet Baskonia Vitoria took to the court…
Read MoreWho are the NBA rookie of the year candidates?
A Prestigious Award The NBA rookie of the year award is one of the most prestigious awards in the league. It typically indicates a young player’s success. Players like LeBron James, ChrisPaul, Kevin Durant, and Kyrie Irving all won NBA Rookie of the Year. James won the award in the 2003-2004 season and Kevin Durant…
Read MoreDuke Basketball: Destined for Greatness
Duke basketball is one of the most successful college programs in all of college sports. Led by one of the greatest coaches of all time in Coach K, who has the most final four appearances for any coach ever. With the second longest streak of all time being in the AP Top 25 success is…
Read MoreFIBA World Cup Qualifiers: Turkey Tops Spain 71-67
Homecourt advantage played a pivotal role in Turkey’s 71-67 win over Spain in the second stage of the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers to lead Group I. Both nations are now 7-2 but the win is enough to break the tie and give Turkey the leadership position. It was a special win. In front of 9,500…
Read MoreAre national team competitions second-tier events?
Dario Saric recently said he would be a better player if he didn’t play for the national team of Croatia. Many European players have second thoughts on joining their national teams and prefer to work on improving their game. With that in mind, are national team competitions becoming second-tier events? The fifth round of the…
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