Category: FIBA

Greek national team cuts five players

Brandon King

Ahead of their friendly matchup against Spain on Tuesday, the Hellenic Basketball Federation announced the opening round of cuts from their training camp. Coach Dmitirs Itoudis let go Lefteris Mantzoukas, Omiros Netzipoglou, Girogos Tanoulis, Giogos Tsalmpouris. The Brothers Antetokounmpo was broken up as Alex Antetokounmpo was also one the initial cuts. The roster is now down to 19 players and here is the list of who reamins: Dimitris AgravanisGiannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks)Kostas Antetokounmpo (LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne)Thanasis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks)Lefteris Bochoridis (Panathinaikos OPAP)Nick Calathes (FC Barcelona)Nikos Chougkaz (Panathinaikos OPAP)Tyler Dorsey (Dallas Mavericks)Kostis GontikasPanagiotis…

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EuroBasket 2022 News: Giannis Antetokounmpo says Greek team not for ready for medals yet

Brandon King

With all that he has accomplished, 2x MVP, Finals MVP, 2021 NBA Champ, 2019-20 Defensive Player of the Year and much more, at just 27, Giannis Antetokounmpo already has stamped his ticket to the Hall of Fame. Just as he helped lead his Milwaukee Bucks to their first NBA championship in fifty years in 2021, Giannis hopes to be able do something similar, by helping the Greek national team secure a medal in EuroBasket 2022. Though Giannis’ talent is prodigious, his assessment of his team and their chances of medaling…

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EuroBasket News: Valančiūnas and Sabonis free to join Lithuainian national team practices

Brandon King

The Lithuanian basketball federation announced that Jonas Valančiūnas and Domantas Sabonis are now free to practice with the rest of the team. The insurance policy between FIBA and the NBA was the primary obstacle in the two getting on the court sooner. Antigoni Zachari from eurohoops.net sheds some light on now the rule prevented Valančiūnas and Sabonis from getting on the court sooner: The current agreement between FIBA and the NBA, which covers a maximum of 28 days of insurance for players who wish to join their respective national teams. Therefore,…

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EuroBasket 2022 News: No Nikola Jovic and Aleksej Pokusevski for Serbia

Brandon King

Although the Serbian national team will have NBA MVP Nikola Jokic back amongst its ranks, for other Serbian NBA players they will have to be spectators. Aleksei Pokusevski of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Nikola Jovic of the Miami Heat will not take part in the EuroBasket nor the 2023 World Cup Qualifiers, as their respective NBA did not give them the green light to participate. Serbian national team head coach Svetislav Pesic had this to say about the status of Pokusevski and Jovic: “For [Aleksej] Pokusevski and [Nikola] Jovic, we did not get…

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EuroBasket 2022: Czech Basketball release EuroBasket 2022 roster

Brandon King

The Czech Basketball Federation released its 15-man EuroBasket 2022 roster. Names such as Tomas Satoransky, Jan Vesely, ad Vit Krejci may ring a bell for NBA fans, all the aforementioned players have NBA experience of various degrees, with Sato having the most successful NBA run out of the three, having played 388 games over six seasons and putting up career averages of 6.9 points, 3.3 assists and 2.3 over that time. Vesely played in 162 games over four seasons, averaging 3.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 0.6 assists. Krejcl at just…

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EuroBasket News: Giannis and Thanasis will join Greek national team tomorrow

Brandon King

The elders of the brothers Antetokounmpo Giannis have arrived in Athens, touching down Tuesday, August 2. in two days. on August 4, they will be permitted to join the the Greek national team’s training, where they will join brothers Alex and Kostas, who have already been practicing with the Greek national team. According to the FIBA-NBA agreement, NBA players – unless there’s a special arrangement with their franchise – can be part of the preparation period of their national team for 28 days before major FIBA tournaments and 14 days…

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FIBA News: Evan Fournier disagrees with French Federation player ban

Brandon King

French basketball star has a difference of opinion with the French Federation’s decision to bar all players and coaches who play for, or work for Russian and Belarusian teams as the war in Ukraine rages on. Apparently the Federation compelled players and coaches sign a document saying they would not work with such teams. Fournier, intamated that he begrudgingly signed the document , saying this too BeBasket: “I’m not a fan of this type of thing, to be honest. I signed it for the good of the team. There are…

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France will not include players or coaches signed to Russian or Belarusian teams on its national teams

Brandon King

France’s basketball federation has announced that any players or coaches who are have ties to clubs in Russia or Belarus will not be considered for participation for upcoming international competitions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This mandate will also extend to the next summer Olympics, which are set to take place in Paris. This decision has impacted the selections to the EuroBasket team, a Livio Jean-Charles and Louis Labeyerie, who recently signed to CSKA and UNICS respectively, were not called up to the senior national team. Players currently on…

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International Hoops: Spurs rook Jeremy Sochan named to Poland EuroBasket roster

Brandon King

Thursday the Polish Basketball Association announced their roster the 2022 EuroBasket. Among the call-ups on the 16-man squad is San Antonio Spurs and 9th overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, Jeremy Sochan. Here are the Polish team selections: Aleksander Balcerowski (Gran Canaria)Aaron Cel (Twarde Pierniki Torun)Jakub Coulibaly (Trefl Sopot)Aleksander Dziewa (Slask Wroclaw)Jakub Garbacz (Arged BM Slam Stal Ostrow Wielkopolski)Lukasz Kolenda (Slask Wroclaw)Michal Kolenda (Trefl Sopot)Filip Matczak (King Wilki Morskie Szczecin)Michal Michalak (Metropolitans 92)Dominik Olejniczak (BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque)Mateusz PonitkaJakub Schenk (Tours Metropole Basket)A.J. Slaughter (Gran Canaria)Jeremy Sochan (San Antonio Spurs)Michal Sokolowski…

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