Greatest Basketball Players From South America
Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, and Magic Johnson and others have defined the game in the Americas. They are all among the best NBA players to ever play the game. But great basketball players from South America have also left a large imprint on the game. The greatest basketball players from South…
Read MoreNCAA Tournament March 15 Results Roundup
March Madness is here and the NCAA Tournament is underway. We have the results of the games played on March 15th. As expected, there were a few upsets here and there, like Buffalo stunning Arizona 89-68, but for the most part, favorites ended up moving on to the next round. OKLA 78 – 83 URI …
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: all eyes on 8th
Round 26 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague continued on Thursday after Real Madrid opened the round with a win over Milan on Tuesday. During this evening of action, the games became ever more exciting as the regular season winds down and teams hunt those all-important play-off positions. Crvena Zvezda Belgrade vs. Valencia Basket, 106-90 An…
Read MoreMarkeith Cummings signed by Panionios
Markeith Cummings (198 cm, Kennesaw State’13) has been picked up by Panionios ON Telecoms Athens (Greece-A1) this March 2018. This will be a big change of pace and scenery for Cummings who started out the 2017-18 season in South Korea with the Seoul Samsung Thunders (Korea-KBL). In 53 games for the Thunder Cummings dropped averages…
Read MoreMarvelle Harris joins Limburg United
Marvelle Harris (193 cm, Fresno State’16) will continue his professional basketball career this 2018 as a member of Hubo Limburg United (Belgium-Euromillions League). This will be his second team for the season. Harris initially began 2017-18 playing for Louaize Zouk (Lebanon-Pepsi LBL). He logged 20 games for them and was able to put together averages…
Read MoreJameel McKay pens with Neptunas
Jameel McKay (206 cm, Iowa State’16) is a recent addition to the roster of Lithuanian club Neptunas Klaipeda (Lithuania-LKL) this 2018. He played the preseason with Retabet Bilbao Basket (Spain-Liga Endesa), then later moved to Asia and signed with the Shimane Susanoo Magic (Japan-B1 League). McKay played just 10 games for the Magic and averaged…
Read MoreEuroCup: semi-finals set
We now know which four clubs will take their place in the semi-final of the EuroCup. The last two quarterfinal contest played out their deciding games, with Bayern Munich and Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia celebrating progression. Bayern took out Unics Kazan while Emilia also saw off Russian opposition in Zenit St. Petersburg. Bayern Munich vs.…
Read MoreLluis Pino leaves Oberwart
Lluis Pino is no longer the head coach of the Oberwart Gunners (Austria-A Bundesliga). The Spanish coach guided the team to a 9-15 record this 2017-18 season, too far down in the standings for a playoff bid. Oberwart was Pino’s second stint in the Austrian A Bundesliga. He was the head coach for UBSC Graz…
Read MoreMalik Morgan lands with Den Bosch
Malik Morgan (193 cm, Tulane’17) is headed to Europe after being signed by the New Heroes Basketball Den Bosch (Netherlands-Eredivisie) this 2018. The team is playoff bound and wants to bolster its roster for what hopefully should be a deep post-season run. The Tulane product started off his rookie campaign this 2017-18 playing in Chile…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: Real Madrid moves fourth
Round 26 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague got underway with an early-week game on Tuesday. Real Madrid visited Italian champs Milan with a chance to claim sole possession of fourth place, at least until the rest of the round plays out. That will happen on Thursday and Friday as the normal Turkish Airlines EuroLeague happens.…
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