Barcelona takes 1-0 lead with OT win

FC Barcelona Regal took a 1-0 lead over Panathinaikos Athens in their best-of-five playoff series in the quarterfinals of the Euroleague. It was an intense and tightly contested game that required an extra quarter of action in order to get a final resolution of 72-70 in favor of Barcelona. Perennial Euroleague competitor, Panathinaikos drew first…

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Jason Kapono asks to leave Panathinaikos

American forward Jason Kapono (201 cm, UCLA’03) has requested to leave Panathinaikos (Greece, A1 and Euroleague). The experienced former NBA star is reportedly unhappy with the amount of game time he has been getting with the Greek giants. The 32-year old has played 9 A1 games and 8 Euroleague games this season and in the…

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Panathinaikos BC President steps down

Dimitris Giannakopoulos, president and majority shareholder of Panathinaikos BC, called a press conference Friday morning to announce that due to what he called, “…betrayal of my own blood…”, he was stepping down from his position as club president and was going to give his ownership stake in the club to anyone interested in having it.…

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Mike Batiste released, will play tonight

Mike Batiste has been released by the Greek authorities this morning. It turned out that his former team Panathinaikos had in fact paid the EUR 200.000 in taxes that was claimed. The American big man will play with his current team Fenerbahce in tonight’s Euroleague game against his former team Panathinaikos.

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Igor Milošević signs with Panathinaikos

Igor Milošević has signed with Greek powerhouse Panathinaikos. Milošević, who hold both a Serbian and Greek passport, played for Astana in Kazakhstan at the beginning of last season before he moved to the German Bundesliga. There he averaged 7.7 ppg for Braunschweig.

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