Tag: FIBA

EuroBasket 2022 News: Andrew Albicy returns to French national team

Brandon King

Monday morning the French Federation of Basketball announced that point guard Andrew Albicy has been medically cleared to rejoin the senior national team. Albicy had been on the shelf for the past three weeks due to a thigh injury. His return to the team now swells the roster to 13 , meaning there will have to be at least one player trimmed to comply with FIBA rules, which allows for 12 players. There is also hope that center Moustapha Fall can rejoin the team; he was initially cut because of…

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FIBA News: ”The Dragon” leads Slovenian comeback over Croatia

Brandon King

Slovenia completed its pre-competition exhibition run undefeated, with a 94-88 victory over Croatia in Cejje on Saturday. Luka Dončić was off his usual game, shooting just 2/9 from the floor for 10 points, but adding 6 assists, 5 rebounds, and a steal in his 21 minutes of action. However recent Chicago Bulls signing Goran Dragić picked up the slack with his second consecutive strong performance, having put in 16 in his last game, with 19 points, 14 of which came in the second half. Vlatko Cancar came up big in…

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FIBA News: Serbia spanks Germany, 83-56

Brandon King

Nikola Jokic’s dominance was on full display in Serbia’s 83-56 starching of Germany in Hamburg on Saturday. The back-to-back reigning NBA MVP scored 22 points on 10/11 FG and grabbed 5 boards in just 17 minutes as the Serbians took firet place in the 33rd Basketball-Supercup, relegating Germany to the runner-up spot. Vasilijie Micic, who himself is the MVP of the last two Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Fours and the 2021 season MVP contributed 14 points. Germany’sAndreas Obst led Germany with 12 points, Franz Vagner was held to just 5…

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FIBA News: Giannis to play in World Cup opener

Brandon King

Giannis Antetokounmpo is primed and ready to return as the games get serious for the Greek national team. He is expecyed to play in the Group I of the 2023 World Cup European qualifiers, where the team will pay a visit to Serbia and the back-to-back NBA MVP Nikola Jokić. Three days later the Greek team returns home to take on Belgium. Back soreness kept Antetokounmpo out of their last game against Turkey , thankfully the Hellenistic Basketball Federation announced Saturday that an MRI that Giannis underwent came back clean.…

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Kostas Antetokounmpo leads Greece to 89-80 victory over Turkey

Brandon King

The Greek national team was once again without Giannis Antetokounmpo , who was a last-minute scratch due to back issue, but it was another Antetokounmpo, brother Kostas who lead the team ,with 19 points and 13 rebounds, to 89-80 win over Turkey that netted them the 31st International Tournament Acropolis Aegean. Tyler Dorsey put in 16 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds and a steal. Thanasis Antetokounmpo chipped in with 8 points. Furkan Korkmaz’s 22 points and 10 rebound performance were not enough to put Turkey over the hump. Cedi Osman…

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FIBA News: Sloukas leads Greece past Georgia, 80-67

Brandon King

Without Giannis Antetokounmpo, who was vested for the second of back-to-back exhibition games, the Greek national team was still able to defeat Georgia, 80-67. Kostas Sloukas’ 21 points, on 9/13 from the floor, lead the way for Greece. The Greek team needed all 21 of those points, as they only shot 8/34 from downtown and were even beaten on the boards by Georgia, 41-36. Sloukas, who has not been practicing with the team for a week ( just 5 days) , got some help from Kostas Antetokounmpo and Tyler Dorsey,…

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FIBA News: Finland defect Ukraine in OT,Lauri Markkanen drops 42

Brandon King

Lauri Markkanen got busy, dropping 42 big ones, in powering Finland to a 97-94 overtime win over Ukraine in a pre-Eurobasket exhibition game. In a performance that cavaliers fans hope to see ( and One Bulls fans never got) in the Association, Markkanen was a grown man in his 38 minutes of action, also grabbing nine rebounds and 3 steals to go along with the prodigious scoring output. Alexander Madsen chipped in 15 points, and Sasu Salin contributed 11. Svi Mykhailiuk led Ukraine with 20 points in a losing effect;…

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Bosnia-Herzegovina will be able to play in EuroBasket

Brandon King

It was recently reported that the Bosnian national team was having financial issues that could prevent it from participation in EuroBasket 2022. The Bosnian basketball federation had been able to raise some of the funds but still a shortfall remained. Despite the looming issues, the squad made the trip to Tartu, Estonia, splitting a pair of friendly matches with the host nation. According to reporting from Bosnian news outlet AA, the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s request for financial aid was approved by the government. Having missed the 2017…

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Cedi Osman leads Turkey to win over Poland

Brandon King

Turkey got their second win in three pre-EuroBasket 2022 friendly contests , in a 94-78 wire-to-wire win over Poland Sunday in Istanbul. The Cleveland Cavaliers’ Cedi Osman led the way with 18 points on 5/7 from the floor, including 4/6 from downtown and a perfect 4/4 from the charity stripe in nearly 20 minutes of work. The Sixers Furkan Korkmaz put in 12 points, but was only connected on 2 of his 9 field goal attempts, adding 5 rebounds and three assists Michal Sokolowski, Jakub Schenk and Aleksander Balcerowski each…

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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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