Greece
The start of the Greek basketball league is delayed
The Greek basketball league A1 was supposed to start this weekend but has been delayed by a week. This decision was taken unanimously, 48 hours before tip-off, by the HEBA board of directors (Hellenic Basketball Federation). The reason is not only the COVID-19 situation (Lavrio just reported that several players tested positive) but also because…
Read MoreJazzmarr Fergusson trades Italy for Greece
Jazzmarr Fergusson (185 cm, G) will leave his Italian club Assigeco Piacenza (Serie A 2), for the Greek team Charilaos Trikoupis Mesologiou (A 1). His new squad from Greece won the A 2 championship last season and now debuts in the A 1 that will start next weekend. Jazzmarr Fergusson has been around the block…
Read MoreGiannis Antetokounmpo named DPOY
Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo is the NBA Defensive Player of the Year. The league made the announcement on Tuesday. Antetokounmpo joins former Bucks player Sidney Moncrief (in 1983 and ’84) as the only players in franchise history to win the accolade. The award is based on games through March 11, when the NBA suspended…
Read MorePanathinaikos for sale. Dumps Euroleague for FIBA Championsleague?
Panathinaikos must leave the EuroLeague and go to FIBA [Basketball Champions League). Whoa! Shots fired! Will Panathinaikos BC, founded in 1919 (parent club founded in 1908), be the first to bail on the EuroLeague for the Champions League? Will other teams follow suit? That statement was made Tuesday by the 38-time Greek league and six-time…
Read MorePanathinaikos gets first loss in Greek A1
It was an eye-opening Round 11 in the Greek A1 league. Out of the six games played out, none other was more interesting nor as important as the one between Peristeri GS and league-leading Panathinaikos Athens. It was an encounter between two top-4 teams and one that had the attention of not just their respective…
Read MoreDavid Blatt parts with Olympiacos after MS diagnosis
On Sunday, October 6th, Olympiacos announced that it was mutually parting ways with head coach David Blatt. This was to be Blatt’s second season with the Italian powerhouse. Blatt, one of the most prolific basketball coaches coming out of Europe in recent history, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis two months ago. The separation was amicable…
Read MoreCrvena Zvezda Top Olympiacos in preseason action
More preseason games are being played as professional basketball teams are getting ready for the upcoming 2019-20 season. Crvena Zvezda got a nice feather in its cap recently after downing Olympiacos Piraeus 82-77 in Athens on Tuesday. Both clubs are warming up and fine-tuning their strategies. Red Star got off on the right foot with…
Read MoreAdam Smith signed by PAOK
Adam Smith (186 cm, Georgia Tech’16) will continue his professional basketball career in 2019-20 as a new face on the roster of PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece-A1). The 26-year-old Smith spent his 2018-19 campaign lending his talents to Orasi Ravenna (Italy-Serie A2). He played 33 games for his former club and was able to register averages of…
Read MoreSerbia tops Greece in FIBA World Cup prep game
Serbia prevailed over Greece 80-85 (OT) in a sold-out FIBA World Cup preparation tournament held in Acropolis, Greece over the weekend. The Serbian National Team looked sharp in this series of tuneup games, going 3-0 in this mini-tournament. Bogdan Bogdanovic dropped a game-high 28 points to lead his team to victory. Nemanja Bjelica was also…
Read MoreFIBA: Iran Falls to Greece in Pre-World Cup Friendly
With the 2019 FIBA World Cup just around the corner, many national teams have engaged in friendly games as part of their preparation for the much-awaited tournament. In one recent friendly game, Iran faced off against Greece. Iran is in Group C, while Greece is in Group F, so there was no spilling of strategies,…
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