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Kristaps Porzingis out for season with torn ACL
NBA – Kristaps Porzingis (221 cm) suffered a devastating injury during the Knicks’ game against the Bucks on Tuesday night. The 22-year-old Latvian big man has been ruled out for the remainder of the 2017-18 season after being diagnosed with a partial tear in his ACL. This is awful news for both the young player…
Read MoreEuroCup Top 16: final round tips off
We are at the final round of the EuroCup Top 16, the second group stage of the competition. Many clubs have already booked passage to the quarter-finals, but there is still something to play for in Group F and Group H this week. To start off the final EuroCup Top 16 round, there was a…
Read MoreDrew Brandon added by Kouvot
Drew Brandon (193 cm, Eastern Washington’15) has been picked up by Finnish club Kouvot Kouvola (Finland-Korisliiga) this 2018. This will be Brandon’s first time to play in the Finnish Korisliiga. The 26-year-old guard began the 2017-18 season playing in Poland for Czarni Slupsk (Poland-PLK). He played 16 games for them before his departure and registered…
Read MoreABA League: Crvena Zvezda Back on Top
The ABA League has a new team atop of its standings after Round 19. Crvena Zvezda MTS Beograd has reclaimed the pole position after a dominating 100-77 win over FMP yesterday. Also, former league leader KK Buducnost Voli Podgorica fell to Cedevita Zagreb 71-76 on February 3rd. The shift in power is not carved in…
Read MoreWhere are the millions of Partizan?
Serbian team Partizan Belgrade is on the verge of bankruptcy. Despite making millions in the transfer of players. Where is that money? The financial problems of Partizan started 13 years ago when they had to borrow 1.3 million Euro from the Marfin Bank. More loans followed, and in the meantime, the debt has grown to…
Read MoreAdreian Payne lands with Panathinaikos
Adreian Payne (208 cm, Michigan State’14) embarks on a new chapter in his international basketball career after signing a deal to play in Europe for Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens (Greece-A1). He bid goodbye to the NBA this 2017-18 after playing five games for the Orlando Magic where he averaged 4.2 ppg and 1.8 rpg. Payne also…
Read MoreAleksej Nesovic joins MZT Skopje
Aleksej Nesovic (189 cm) is a newcomer to the roster of MZT Skopje Aerodrom (FYR Macedonia-Prva Liga) this 2018. He is a 32-year-old international basketball player who has dual citizenship from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Nesovic played for the Bosnian National Team from 2007 to 2012. He began the 2017-18 playing for OKK Beograd…
Read MoreLiga Endesa: Morabanc Andorra Stuns Real Madrid
Round 19 of the 2017-18 regular season in Spanish Liga Endesa was definitely one for the books as it came with its fair share of jaw-dropping surprises. The biggest of all of them was league-leader Real Madrid getting edged out by Morabanc Andorra 89-87 on February 3rd. This marked the end of an impressive 10-game…
Read MoreLokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar loses first since October
The 2017/2018 season is proving to be a good one for Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar in both the VTB League and EuroCup. We’ll have to wait until both competitions wrap to see if the club can win them, but the Russian outfit did let slip an interesting record today. By losing at home to Avtodor Saratov,…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: Round 21 wraps on Friday
In the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague on Friday, there were three games to close the week’s action. Unicaja Malaga traveled to Khimki Moscow Region and nicked an important win, while Brose Bamberg swamped Panathinaikos in Germany. Elsewhere, Baskonia Vitoria had far too much quality for Crvena Zvezda. Khimki Moscow Region vs. Unicaja Malaga, 66-68 Unicaja Malaga…
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