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Lithuania claims the 2022 FIBA U16 European Championship title
Lithuania claimed the 2022 FIBA U16 European Championship title after beating Spain 77-68 in the Final on Saturday. Mantas Laurencikas top scored with 26 points along with six rebounds and three steals as Lithuania ended a run of four straight Final losses in the competition to be crowned champions for the first time since 2008. Lithuania started…
Read MoreGeorge Papas signs with Olympiacos
George Papas has signed a two-year deal with Greek powerhouse Olympiacos Piraeus. Papas (196 cm) will begin his professional career with the Reds after spending five years playing college basketball at Monmouth University. He averaged 14.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 3.0 assists in 34 games for the Hawks last season. Born in America to a…
Read MoreDarius Thompson joins Baskonia
American guard Darius Thompson (193 cm) has signed a two-year deal with Spanish team Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz. Thompson arrives from Russian team Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar, where he averaged 13.2 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 5.8 assists in 12 7DAYS EuroCup games last season. He ranked sixth – first among guards – in two-point shooting (69.7%) and 10th…
Read MoreSpain wins FIBA U18 European Championship
Spain defended their FIBA U18 European Championship crown after defeating Turkey 68-61 in the Final on Sunday. Spain won the title three years ago and is now back-to-back champs. Spain was in control for most of the contest as they gradually broke away from late in the first to lead by as many as 14 points in…
Read More2022-23 EuroLeague signings and provisional rosters
The 18 teams that will compete in the 2022-23 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague are already busy building and reinforcing their rosters for the challenges of a competition in which every game matters. Check out which players have been signed and which ones currently have contracts for next season on the team-by-team list of provisional rosters below.…
Read MoreThe Chicago Bulls sign Goran Dragić
The Chicago Bulls signed Slovenian guard Goran Dragić yesterday. Dragić (6-3, 190) has appeared in 888 career NBA games (530 starts), recording averages of 13.7 points, 3.1 rebounds, 4.8 assists, and 1.0 steals in 27.9 minutes per game while shooting 46.0 percent from the field, 36.2 from three-point range and 76.7 from the free-throw line.…
Read MoreDeshaun Thomas signs with Milan
Deshaun Thomas has signed with EA7 Emporio Armani Milan for the next season. Last season, Thomas (2.01 meters, 30 years old) played for FC Bayern Munich, averaging 9.6 points and 3.2 rebounds in 36 EuroLeague games. Milan becomes the seventh team that Thomas has represented in the EuroLeague. Deshaun Thomas made his EuroLeague debut back…
Read MoreBasketball Champions League Qualification Rounds hosts announced
Following a high number of qualitative applications, the Basketball Champions League is pleased to announce TFT Skopje (MKD), Unicaja (ESP), SL Benfica (POR), and FMP Meridian (SRB) as hosts for the Qualification Round Tournaments taking place in September. These four tournaments will determine the last four spots in the Regular Season of BCL’s seventh season. The group hosts…
Read MoreFreddie Gillespie moves to Bayern Munchen
Freddie Gillespie ( 203 cm) has signed a two-year contract with German powerhouse Bayern Munchen. Gillespie comes from Memphis of the G League, where he averaged 9.9 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 1.8 blocks in 34 games. He also played for Orlando of the NBA in the 2021-22 campaign, averaging 2.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 1.0…
Read MoreReal Madrid tabs Mario Hezonja
Mario Hezonja has signed a two-year deal with Real Madrid. The 27-year old Croatian forward (203 cm) comes from UNICS Kazan where he averaged 14.2 ppg and 6.1 rpg in the Euroleague last season. He ranked eighth in the EuroLeague in both scoring and rebounding and was second in defensive boards (5.5 drpg.), only trailing…
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