Posts Tagged ‘Monaco’
Monaco shocks Olympiacos in Euroleague playoffs
Game 2 of the 2021-22 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs continued to flip the script as another series was evened up 1-1 in Friday’s first game, but the last showdown of the week left one team only a single victory away from the Final Four! Olympiacos Piraeus 72-96 AS Monaco Monaco shocked a sellout crowd of…
Read MoreMonaco triumphs in lone Euroleague Wednesday game
The second half of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season began with a solitary Wednesday game in Round 18 that saw AS Monaco defeat Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 82-76. The final games of the calendar year will be played on Thursday. Among the highlights, UNICS Kazan will get things going when it hosts defending champion…
Read MoreMonaco fires coach Zvezdan Mitrovic and signs Saša Obradović
Hours after announcing the departure of Zvezdan Mitrović from the bench, AS Monaco has brought back another of its former head coaches, Saša Obradović, to continue the club’s first season in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. Obradović had led the “Roca Team,” as Monaco is nicknamed, during the 2019-20 7DAYS EuroCup, compiling an impressive 10-6 record to…
Read MoreMike James to Monaco
Mike James (185 cm, G) signed a contract with AS Monaco in the French ProA and EuroLeague. The electrifying guard joins coach Zvezdan Mitrovic and the 2021 EuroCup champions. James started last season with CSKA Moscow. After two incidents where James and the club did not see eye to eye, he left and joined the…
Read MoreAlpha Diallo EuroLeague in second year
Alpha Diallo (201 cm, F) is climbing the pro basketball ladder at a fast pace. The American big man signed with the AS Monaco Basket in the French Pro A. Monaco also plays EuroLeague. Diallo enters his second year as a professional player. This pasts season, he played in Greece, where he averaged 12.5 ppg…
Read MoreDonatas Motiejunas from China to France
Donatas Motiejunas (213 cm, C) played the past two seasons in the Chinese CBA. Now he has signed with AS Monaco in the French ProA. Motiejunas left the NBA in 2019 and played for Shanghai and Xin Jiang the seasons after. In the NBA, Motiejunas played six seasons, mostly for the Rockets. Maybe his best…
Read MoreDonta Hall from NBA to Monaco
Donta Hall (208 cm, F/C) leaves the Orlando Magic to play for AS Monaco Basket in the French ProA. Donta Hall, 24 years old, played 13 games for the Magic last season. He averaged 5.6 ppg and 5.7 rebounds. Hall played college basketball at Alabama, where he averaged 10.5 ppg and 8.8 rebounds his senior…
Read MoreLeo Westermann heads home
Leo Westermann (198 cm, G) is a 29-year-old French international. He is headed home. Westermann has signed with AS Monaco in the French ProA. Westermann has played EuroLeague since 2012. Last season he averaged 2.7 ppg and 1.8 assists in EuroLeague play for Barcelona. Leo Westermann has played previously in countries such as Turkey, Lithuania,…
Read MoreRasid Mahalbasic signs with Monaco
Rasid Mahalbasic (210 cm, C) is moving to France. He has signed with AS Monaco Basket, the defending French Champion. Rasid Mahalbasic has played the past four seasons for Oldenburg in the German BBL. This season he averaged 11.5 ppg and 6.1 rebounds in just over 21 minutes per contest. Mahalbasic has a Slovenian passport…
Read MoreMonaco reaches Eurocup final
AS Monaco advanced to its first 7DAYS EuroCup Finals ever in dramatic fashion on Friday by beating host Herbalife Gran Canaria 74-76 to sweep their semifinal series 2-0. After Gran Canaria tied 74-74 on 3 free throws by Andrew Albicy with 3.4 seconds left, Monaco inbounded to Rob Gray, who measured off a quick jumper…
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