Adriatic League
Red Star Wins Over Mega Bemax on Christmas Day
Crevna Zvezda “Red Star” MTS Beograd closed out Round 13 of the ABA League 2017-18 regular season with a bang. They defeated Mega Bemax, 90-85 on Christmas Day. The Titans of Serbian basketball kept pace with league leaders, KK Buducnost Voli Podgorica, with both clubs sporting 11-2 records. The competition at the top of the…
Read MoreBuducnost Voli Podgorica clings to ABA League lead
Buducnost Voli Podgorica could lose sole possession of first place in the Adriatic League (ABA) this weekend after the club picked up just its second loss of the season. Fifth-placed Zadar did the damage to the leaders with a 78-69 home win in Croatia. The loss means Budunost Voil Podgorica is now at 10-2, still…
Read MoreABA League Round 10 Recap
There was some amazing and exciting basketball action that took place in Round 10 of the regular season in the ABA League over the last few days. From the weekend up to December 4th, ABA League teams played hard and in the end, Montenegro’s Buducnost retained the league’s top spot with an impressive 9-1 record.…
Read MoreBuducnost stays hot, now 8-1 in ABA League
KK Buducnost Voli Podgorica is the top team in the ABA League (Adriatic League), sporting an impressive 8-1 record. They have shown consistency and have been playing solid, unselfish basketball. Their latest victim, MZT Skopje, fell in a blowout game 71-93 yesterday. Buducnost has managed to stay on fire this 2017-18 season. They’ve dropped some…
Read MoreRed Star drops Partizan in Derby Game in ABA
In front of 6,000 basketball-crazed fans, two of Serbia’s powerhouses locked horns in the ABA League in their first derby game of 2017-18. Crvena Zvezda “Red Star” MTS Beograd and BC Partizan took to the hardwood to battle it out for pride and glory. This came in Round 7 of the regular season of the…
Read MoreBuducnost tops ABA League Standings
Montenegrin powerhouse KK Buducnost Voli Podgorica has surged to the top of the ABA League standings with their 4-1 record. Over the years Buducnost has remained one of the more dangerous clubs playing in the Adriatic League, having been a consistent mainstay in the playoff scene. They have been overshadowed by the Serbia’s Crvena Zvezda…
Read MoreCrvena Zvezda Stays Hot, 3-0 in ABA League
Once again, Serbian powerhouse, Crvena Zvezda “Red Star” MTS Beograd is on a campaign for a perfect regular season in the ABA League. They went on a historic win streak in 2016-17; a bubble burst by rivals BC Partizan. While the 2017-18 season remains in its infancy, Red Star is already gathering its collection of…
Read MoreABA League to launch second division in 2017/18
The ABA League is taking the next step in improving and strengthening basketball in the region. The ABA League assembly met on July 24th and decided to start a Second Division, which is set to launch for the 2017/18 season. The league will be composed of 12 teams. 10 teams have already been announced and…
Read MoreKarpos Sokoli banned 5 years from ABA
Belgrade, Serbia – The ABA League Assembly met on July 24th. One of the matters tackled was regarding Karpos Sokoli 2000 Skopje from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The team’s president, Ognjen Dedic had made statements which significantly damaged the image of the ABA League and its sponsors. As a result, the team was…
Read More1st Team All-Adriatic League
Court Side Newspaper introduces the 2016/2017 season 1st Team All-Adriatic League. We base our selection ONLY on the advanced statistics of Player Efficiency Rating (PER). This is a one-number measure of a player’s per-minute productivity. It is an overall efficiency statistic that sums up a player’s positive accomplishments, subtracts the negative accomplishments, and returns a…
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