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Kaspars Berzins joins Rio Natura Monbus
Spanish Liga Endesa club Rio Natura Monbus Obradorio CAB has landed Latvian big man Kaspars Berzins (213 cm) for the 2013-14 season. Berzins has been a member of the Latvian National Team in 2005, 2007-08, 2010, 2012-13. Kaspars spent the last three seasons with VEF Riga from Latvia’s LBL. Berzins spent the early part of…
Read MoreReal Madrid wins Copa del Rey with epic shot
Copa del Rey 2014 – Spanish basketball fans were treated to a Finals game for the ages as nothing less than a “Clasico” match-up between rivals Real Madrid and Regal FC Barcelona went down the wire and ended with an amazing shot with a tenth of a second remaining in regulation. Sergio Llull played the…
Read MoreBarcelona lands in Copa Semifinals
Barcelona cruised through its Copa del Rey quarter final against Iberostar Tenerife thanks to a 102-60 thrashing. The club will now face off against Valencia Basket in Saturday´s Semifinal. The Catalan giant has been in shaky league form but has looked fantastic in tournament Basketball, impressing in the Euroleague Top 16 and now in the…
Read MoreValencia advances to Copa del Rey Semi´s
Valencia Basket came through a thriller against Laboral Kutxa to book a place in the Cope Del Rey Semifinals where the team will meet Barcelona. In arguably the most thrilling of the four games in Malaga during the Quarterfinals, both teams chased the win in a compelling contest. The entertainment ran high as Valencia continued…
Read MoreLazaros Papadopoulos to CB Canarias
CB Canarias Tenerife (Spain-Liga Endesa) has landed Lazaros Papadopoulos (210 cm). The Russian-born Greek big man was a former member of the Greek National Team from 2000 to 2007. In 2012-13 Lazaros played for PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece-A1). Papadopoulos played in 21 games in the Greek league and notched averages of 11.3 ppg and 8.2 rpg.…
Read MoreCopa del Rey: Madrid reaches Semifinals
The Spanish Copa del Rey Final Eight weekend got underway tonight as Real Madrid crushed Herbalife Gran Canaria 83-60 to book a place in Saturday´s Semifinals. Los Blancos continued where it left off in the Euroleague and Spanish Liga Endesa, and that was by showing why the team is one of the most feared on…
Read MoreCopa del Rey: Zaragoza shocks Malaga
CAI Zaragoza caused a huge upset during the first day of the Copa del Rey on Thursday evening as the team defeated host club Unicaja Malaga 74-79. The fact the Copa is being hosted in Malaga´s Palacio Martin Carpena arena suggested that the home team held a distinct advantage. That was especially the case after…
Read MoreCopa del Rey starts cup fever
We can forget about the Euroleague and kiss goodbye to the Eurocup for one week as cup fever descends on Europe. Yes, it´s that time of the year where the best teams in Europe´s biggest Basketball nations fight it out to win their respective domestic cups. Cup week always brings with it plenty of drama…
Read MoreValencia slips by Barca in close game
Spanish Liga Endesa Round 18 – Valencia Basket ended FC Regal Barcelona’s three-game winnings streak at home, widening the gap between both teams. Valencia sits securely in second place with a 16-2 record, while former third-placed Barca slides to fourth spot, now behind Unicaja Malaga. It was arguably the most important game of the weekend…
Read MoreBarcelona continues Euroleague streak
FC Barcelona continued its impressive Euroleague Top 16 form by claiming a 56-63 victory against Panathinaikos Athens on the road. It is never easy to go to the Olympic Sports Center in Athens but the Spanish club grabbed the win on the back of a strong performance against one of the competitions outside favourites. The…
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