Category: Turkish EuroLeague

Eurohoops: Ettore Messina think Nikola Mirotic is out of reach for Olimpia Milano

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Ettore Messina explained why Nikola Mirotic is off the radar for Olimpia Milano. team/ info@eurohoops.net Olimpia Milano coach Ettore Messina said that he doesn’t consider EuroLeague superstar Nikola Mirotic to be a feasible target for his team. “Understanding that Nikola Mirotic is one of the top five players in Europe right now – his distinctions and contract show that – we can’t compete with the clubs that have put themselves on the waiting list for him right now,” Messina said on Italian TV show Basket On-ER. “If Sasha Vezenkov leaves, Olympiacos will have the money…

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Extension talks between Edy Tavares and Real Madrid stall

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Edy Tavares wants to stay in Real Madrid for more years, but on the right price By Aris Barkas/ barkas@eurohoops.net Walter Edy Tavares, arguably the best center outside the NBA, and the anchor of Real Madrid, especially on defense, has a contract for next season. However, one of the main issues for him and the Spanish club is his extension, which will not permit him to be a free agent in the summer of 2024 at 32 years of age. Tavares has been arguably underpaid, getting three million euros gross last season,…

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Nigel Williams-Goss inks two-year deal with Olympiacos

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Nigel Williams-Goss returns to Olympiacos, the team in which he made his European debut By John Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net After a few days of negotiations, Nigel Williams-Goss officially returns to Olympiacos as the club announced with a two year deal which will pay him around two million euros. Since departing from the Reds in 2019, he went from logging 11 games played in the NBA with the Utah Jazz in the 2019-20 season to eventually returning to the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague via Spain’s capital. Success at Madrid was highlighted by winning the EuroLeague championship in Kaunas…

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Panathinaikos adds center Mathias Lessort

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Mathias Lessort becomes the latest signing of Panathinaikos. Βy Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net Panathinaikos Athens announced that 2023 All-EuroLeague center Mathias Lessort signed a two-year contract with the club. The French big man becomes the latest major acquisition of the Greens this offseason after guard Luca Vildoza and forward/center Kostas Antetokounmpo. Lessort, 27, spent the previous two years with Partizan Belgrade. He was named to the All-EuroLeague First Team last season after posting 12.0 points, a competition-leading 7.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists while Partizan made the playoffs and was eliminated in a five-game…

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Eurohoops News: Ten NBA Players that could take their talents to Europe

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Some NBA players (active or not) may be leaving the league and take their game to Europe next season. Here are 10 of them. By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net While the 2023 NBA free-agency negotiation period hasn’t even started yet and it’s unclear what kind of unexpected developments and changes the offseason will eventually bring, there are already some players that won’t exactly surprise us if they move to Europe for 2023-24. Some of the free agents on the list may eventually find the NBA contract they are looking for but others…

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Eurohoops News: Former Bull Nikola Mirotic flirting with Olympiacos deal

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Nikola Mirotic and Olympiacos are in constant communication as the Montenegrin star may replace Sasha Vezenkov if he goes to Sacramento Βy Michalis Stefanou/ info@eurohoops.net Keeping Sasha Vezenkov remains at the top of Olympiakos’ priorities, but it’s also wide open, Nikola Mirotic’s name puts the summer market on fire. The Reds desperately want the Euroleague MVP to stay, but at the same time, they are also obliged to prepare for any eventuality. If the 28-year-old forward remains in their ranks, everything will become easier for coach Giorgos Bartzokas, but if Sacramento…

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Sergio Llull’s basket gives Real Madrid 11th EuroLeague championship

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Courtesy of Aris Barkas of eurhoops.net Kaunas, Lithuania – For Isaiah Canaan who doesn’t have the right to compete in the Greek League due to the limit of non-Greek players and this was his last game for the season. Plus he had his birthday. With just one made shot in the game, he had one kill and decided the outcome of the final, giving Real Madrid the 79-78 win and stunning Olympiacos. Olympiacos with Vezenkov scoring 29 points and tying the record for a final in the modern EuroLeague era, plus Canaan adding 21 and tying the record…

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Fenerbahce adds former Celtic Carsen Edwards

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Fenerbahce announced the signing of Carsen Edwards. The Purdue product was taken 33rd overall by the Philadelphia 76ers was soon traded to the Boston Celtics, where he spent time with the main club and the Maine Red Claws. With the departure of Tyler Dorsey, the hope for Fenerbahce is that Edwards can be an adequate replacement for the shooting that Dorsey provided. From the club’s official release:  Born on March 12, 1998, in Houston, Texas, Carsen Edwards played for Purdue throughout his college career from 2016-2019. In his first year…

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EuroHoops News: Ignas Brazdeikis signs with Zalgiris Kaunas

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Ignas Brazdeikis signed a 1+1 deal with Zalgiris Kaunas of the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga. The club released the following statement regarding Brazdeikis’ signing: Zalgiris Kaunas bolsters its roster with the signing of Ignas Brazdeikis. The most titled club in Lithuania struck a deal on a 1+1 contract with the Kaunas-born player, who left the country for Canada at a young age. The 23-year-old 198 cm tall swingman regained his Lithuanian citizenship last year and put on the Lithuanian men’s national team jersey for the first time. Brazdeikis made his debut in…

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EuroHoops: Wagner Brothers, Dennis Schröder among NBAers on German EuroBasket squad

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Dennis Schröder, the brothers Wagtner ( Franz and Moritz) and Daniel Theis are the NBA contengion that will be part of the German national team that will compete in the 2022 EuroBasket. In addition to player from the Association, the German rosters is also composed of players from Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, according to the German Basketball Federation. Here is a list of the roster: Robin Benzing (Fortitudo Bologna)Niels GiffeyJustus Hollatz (Rio Breogan)David Kramer (Basketball Lowen Braunschweig)Leon Kratzer (Telekom Baskets Bonn)Maodo Lo (Alba Berlin)Andreas Obst (FC Bayern Munich)Kenneth Ogbe (EWE Baskets…

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