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Will Nerlens Noel be headed to Cleveland as the No. 1 pick? ( Andy Lyons/Getty Images) Give And Go is a recurring feature in which The Point Forward’s Ben Golliver and Rob Mahoney bat an NBA topic du jour back and forth. This week: Digging into three...
Coaches meeting Euroleaguye 2012-13 The annual Euroleague Head Coaches Meeting, which addresses everything from refereeing to marketing in preparation for the upcoming season, took place on Monday and Tuesday in Barcelona. A total of 22 head coaches representing...
President Barack Obama welcomes the WNBA Champion Indiana Fever to the East Room of the White House to honor the team and their victory in the WNBA Finals, June 14, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) Today, President Obama congratulated...
The offseason is already underway for 27 of 30 teams, making it all the more appropriate to glance ahead to what the summer might bring. The draft will be upon us before long, and beyond that a long-awaited free-agency period — filled with high-end stars,...
The Greek forward heading back to PAO Antonis Fotsis is close to pen a 2+1 deal with Panathinaikos, according to a source. The Greek forward spent the last two seasons in Italy with Olimpia Milano and his contract is set to expire at the end of June....
MIES (FIBA Hall of Fame) - On Monday 27 May, FIBA announced the 2013 Class of Inductees of the FIBA Hall of Fame. Over the next three weeks (weekdays from 28 May to 12 June), we will profile all 12 of the inductees. We begin with a look at Angola's Jean-Jacques...
Bertomeu had nice words for the organization Euroleague CEO, Jordi Bertomeu, has been plaed with how Euroleague Final Four 2013 went in London. Bertomeu spoke with SportsPro abou the even organized in London early in May (via HoopsFix). "Our evaluation...
Go ahead and count out the San Antonio Spurs as simply too old to win another title with Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and coach Gregg Popovich. They're back anyway with the chance they've wanted so very much the past six years. Parker scored...
Euroleague Basketball is proud to announce that its longtime director of referees, Costas Rigas, has been selected to the 2013 class of the FIBA Hall of Fame. First as a game referee and subsequently as Euroleague Basketball’s officiating director for...
The longest Turkish Airlines Euroleague season ever produced lots of great plays. Here's the Top 10 plays of 2012-13 as chosen by Euroleague.net. Watch now to see the top play of the season, pictured above, and how it ended!
Paula Goncalves (BRA) and David Robinson (USA) MIES (FIBA Hall of Fame) - Twelve world class basketball personalities from 10 different countries make up the 2013 Class that will be enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame on 19 June. Six former players,...
For women’s basketball fans, the names Diana, Tamika, Sue, Candace, Cappie, Maya and Brittney immediately bring to mind images of dominance. But for basketball fans that don’t follow the women’s game closely -- whether at the college or pro level -- the...
LeBron James scored 22 points and the Miami Heat rediscovered their offensive punch, routing the Indiana Pacers 114-96 on Sunday night to take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. James got plenty of help as the Heat reclaimed the home-court advantage...
In their search to find a head coach, the Brooklyn Nets wanted to reach out to Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers. The Nets never got the chance to inquire about his interest, because Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge denied the Nets...
Chris Paul (right) and Dwight Howard are the two biggest names in the 2013 free-agent class. He forced his way out of a small market to head to Los Angeles, leaving his old team with no choice but to rebuild from the ground up. Everyone seems to agree...
Despite having the home court advantage, EA7 Armani Milano couldn’t get past the first round of Legabasket’s play offs and the dismantlement of the team has already started. Antonis Fotsis, who had many talks during the season with his old team, Panathinaikos,...
Mike Batiste couldn’t be himself in Fenerhahce/ Ulker and after a disappointing season he is ready to turn the page. That will happen on the courts. Despite being born in 1977 the American forward – who is still loved by Panathinaikos fans – is not thinking...
Fenerbahce burned tones of money last summer, investing in the project of coach Simone Pianigiani and bringing established players from Euroleague in Istanbul. The plan failed, the team reached just the Top16 and on Wednesday night its season in TBL ended...