Tag: Turkish EuroLeague

Olympiacos and Panthanaikos targeting Kostas Antetokounmpo

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From Barbarousis of eurohoops.net / info@eurohoops.net Olympiacos Piraeus and Panathinaikos Athens have inquired about big man Kostas Antetokounmpo according to Eurohoops sources. Antetokounmpo, 23, is becoming a free agent after spending the last two seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers. He’s now occupied with the Greek national team ahead of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament of Canada and will then evaluate the offers he has in order to decide on his future. He had 14 points with Greece in a friendly win over Puerto Rico Saturday (20/6). In 2020-21 Antetokounmpo played 3.7 minutes over 15 NBA…

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Furkan Korkmaz and Ersan Ilyasovs joining Turkey for Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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From  Antonis Stroggylakis at Eurohoops.net / info@eurohoops.net The Turkish national team can count on the services of both Furkan Korkmaz and Ersan Ilyasova in its effort to make the Olympic Games for the first time in 70 years. Korkmaz and Ilyasova will join their national team in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament of Victoria, Canada (29/6  to 4/7) where the “12 Giant Men” will compete for the ticket that will lead to Tokyo. “Ersan Ilyasova and Furkman Korkmaz will be included in our camp activities in Canada,” Turkey Team Manager Kerem Tunceri said…

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Guillem Vives and Valencia part ways

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By Eurohoops team at eurohoops.net / info@eurohoops.net Valencia announced that the team has decided to part ways with Guillem Vives after seven seasons together. The 28-year-old guard won the Spanish league in 2017 and EuroCup in 2019 with the team. This past season, he averaged 4.5 points, 2.2 assists, and 1.7 rebounds in 18 minutes over 59 games in EuroLeague and Spain. Per Valencia: Valencia Basket has decided not to extend the union that has maintained for the last seven seasons with Guillem Vives, so the Spanish point-guard is separated from the Club…

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Eurohoops News: Jayson Granger’s season-high helps get ALBA Berlin to German Championship

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From Johnny Askounis of eurohoops.net / info@eurohops.net ALBA Berlin held on for the win, 86-79, against FC Bayern Munich on Sunday. The prevailing side won the best-of-five series, 3-1, to retain the easyCredit BBL title. Jayson Granger poured a season-high 29 points wrapping up his first nearly full campaign in three years as a German champion. He made 8/15 field goals, including 5/8 from beyond the arc. Swedish Marcus Eriksson followed with 15 points. After a hot start to Game 4, ALBA peaked at a 16-point distance early in the…

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EuroLeague News: ASVEL snaps losing skid with win over Maccabi Tel Aviv

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By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne managed to pull back from a six-game skid and defeated Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 74-67on the road, in a rare Sunday Turkish Airlines EuroLeague meeting to make up for their Round 30 game, in front of 3000 fans in attendance. With both teams out of the playoffs race, ASVEL (13-20) fought hard to bounce back before the end of the regular season and will look to end this season’s run on a positive note when they face CSKA in Moscow next week. The French…

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Wade Baldwin named Round 17 EuroLeague MVP

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From Eurohoops.net: Bayern Munich guard Wade Baldwin registered multiple career-highs in the win of his team over Barcelona and was named MVP of Round 17 in the process. Baldwin scored a personal best 29 points, had seven assists, three rebounds and two steals to finish the game with 41 PIR (also a personal record in the competition) en route to winning weekly EuroLeague MVP for the first time in his career. Per EuroLeague Basketball: FC Bayern Munich moved into a tie for third place in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season standings…

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Turkish EuroLeague : CSKA defeats Valencia to end two-game losing streak

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A strong fourth period leads CSKA Moscow back to the win column info@eurohoops.net Focusing on its inside game in crunch time, CSKA Moscow defeated Valencia, 84-75, Thursday evening at home. The team coached by Dimitris Itoudis controlled the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season Round 6 contest building on Mike James pouring 15 points in the second quarter. His 17 points powered by 7/12 field goals including 5/5 twos earned him the game-high 17 points.blob:https://sneakershoptalk.com/0762261b-83ce-4685-9d9a-dca19a452ee2 “I think we played hard in the first half, but we knew we had to take a step ahead,…

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Basketball Champions League: Marco Spissu making his hometown proud

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Marco Spissu was born in Sassari, raised in Dinamo’s youth teams, and is now leading his hometown team to new heights in the Basketball Champions League By Stefan Djordjevic / info@eurohoops.net These days, it’s not so often that the teams at the biggest stages feature a hometown player, let alone for him to be the face of the club and lead it to victories.  Well, that’s exactly become the case with Marco Spissu and Dinamo Sassari. However, far from it that it happened overnight and it took years of Spissu gaining…

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EuroHoops awards

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Crvena Zvezda and CSKA Moscow put on an amazing game and Jordan Loyd took matters into his own hands to secure the win for his squad By Stefan Djordjevic of eurohoops.net / info@eurohoops.net While three games have been postponed to a later date due to the coronavirus troubles in the squads, 12 teams still stepped on the court in Round 5 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and they’ve put on a show. Four players put on career-highs, some of them broke personal or club records, and there was plenty of quality…

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Barcelona holds off Real Madrid comeback

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From FC Barcelona holds on sending nemesis Real Madrid to a 1-4 start By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net FC Barcelona dominated the first half of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season Round 5 Clasico and went on for the win, 79-72, versus Real Madrid Friday at the Palau Blaugrana. With Nikola Mirotic sidelined and Victor Claver also out, Kyle Kuric punched in a team-high 15 points, including ten in the key second quarter. Brandon Davies summed up 14 points and Cory Higgins 13 combining for eight in the challenging fourth period and completing the three-man double-digit…

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