Eight years ago, Victor Oladipo was one of the best guards in the NBA. At 25, he was an All-Star, made one of the league’s three All-NBA teams and led Indiana to Game 7 of a first-round playoff series against LeBron James and Cleveland. Today, at 34, his request to NBA teams is much more […]
“A lot of tourists come through here, so there’s definitely strong demand for international players’ jerseys,” Brian tells me inside the NBA Store on Fifth Avenue in New York. Outside, Fifth Avenue is packed. There’s something about Manhattan that makes you feel like you’re standing at the center of the world – caught up in […]
Eight years ago, Victor Oladipo was one of the best guards in the NBA. At 25, he was an All-Star, made one of the league’s three All-NBA teams and led Indiana to Game 7 of a first-round playoff series against LeBron James and Cleveland. Today, at 34, his request to NBA teams is much more […]
Four and a half years after Russian and Belarusian basketball effectively disappeared from the international stage, FIBA has taken the first serious step toward their reintegration. Restrictions have been lifted for players, coaches, referees, commissioners and other officials from the two countries, who can now once again take part in FIBA basketball and 3×3 competitions. […]
We, as human beings, have a natural tendency to reassure ourselves with one simple phrase: “Everything happens for a reason”. Sometimes, things truly do happen for a purpose. Other times, they simply happen, and we search for an explanation as to why, just so we can feel a little better about the situation. One story […]
Nikola Jokić is a global superstar. Not that we needed any more proof, but we got some anyway. And in a rather unexpected place – the US Open. Why unexpected? Over the years, I’ve done plenty of quizzes with fans at tennis Grand Slams. Easy ones, difficult ones, funny ones, serious ones. Rarely have so […]
Τhe absolute shock was experienced by Panathinaikos AKTOR when it was announced that, in addition to Kendrick Nunn, they would also be without the services of Nigel Hayes-Davis for at least 6 weeks. The American star, who was acquired last February, suffered a fracture in the 4th metacarpal of his left hand and was even […]
What would sports be without music? Something like food without salt –or sugar– if you ask us. Every intense or calm moment in sports can easily be paired with a soundtrack, whatever comes to mind for each person. In basketball, however, there is one music genre that has become most closely linked with the game. […]
It was a bleak period for the latest incarnation of my country, this time called Serbia and Montenegro. After gold medals in Istanbul in 2001 and Indianapolis in 2002 came a painful generational change. Apparently, the latest change of the country’s name didn’t help either. Sixth place at EuroBasket 2003. At the time, basketball fans […]
The Decision in 2010. The return to his Cleveland Cavaliers in 2014. Then 2018 and one of the most famous jerseys in basketball – the Los Angeles Lakers. For most of LeBron James’ career, his arrival automatically meant one thing: his new team was a championship contender. James turns 42 in December, and his arrival […]
Eight years ago, Victor Oladipo was one of the best guards in the NBA. At 25, he was an All-Star, made one of the league’s three All-NBA teams and led Indiana to Game 7 of a first-round playoff series against LeBron James and Cleveland. Today, at 34, his request to NBA teams is much more […]
“A lot of tourists come through here, so there’s definitely strong demand for international players’ jerseys,” Brian tells me inside the NBA Store on Fifth Avenue in New York. Outside, Fifth Avenue is packed. There’s something about Manhattan that makes you feel like you’re standing at the center of the world – caught up in […]
The move of the leading scorer in EuroLeague history from the Principality to Istanbul was undoubtedly one of the most intriguing transfers of the summer that has just passed—sadly, it is already behind us. Mike James is heading to Efes as an established player who has already proven his worth, but has yet to lift […]
With less than three weeks to go before the EuroLeague gets underway, and just 13 days before the team takes to the court in an official competition with the Endesa Super Cup, Kosner Baskonia find themselves going through an exceptionally difficult preseason. Just when it seemed that the toughest part of the summer was […]
He was never considered a great talent. Never the best player of his generation. But Branko Lazić figured out two things early: hard work pays off, and basketball is a team game. That is why he walks away with the kind of career he probably dreamed about when he first picked up a basketball in […]
Four and a half years after Russian and Belarusian basketball effectively disappeared from the international stage, FIBA has taken the first serious step toward their reintegration. Restrictions have been lifted for players, coaches, referees, commissioners and other officials from the two countries, who can now once again take part in FIBA basketball and 3×3 competitions. […]
We, as human beings, have a natural tendency to reassure ourselves with one simple phrase: “Everything happens for a reason”. Sometimes, things truly do happen for a purpose. Other times, they simply happen, and we search for an explanation as to why, just so we can feel a little better about the situation. One story […]
The move of the leading scorer in EuroLeague history from the Principality to Istanbul was undoubtedly one of the most intriguing transfers of the summer that has just passed—sadly, it is already behind us. Mike James is heading to Efes as an established player who has already proven his worth, but has yet to lift […]
Eight years ago, Victor Oladipo was one of the best guards in the NBA. At 25, he was an All-Star, made one of the league’s three All-NBA teams and led Indiana to Game 7 of a first-round playoff series against LeBron James and Cleveland. Today, at 34, his request to NBA teams is much more […]
With less than three weeks to go before the EuroLeague gets underway, and just 13 days before the team takes to the court in an official competition with the Endesa Super Cup, Kosner Baskonia find themselves going through an exceptionally difficult preseason. Just when it seemed that the toughest part of the summer was […]
He was never considered a great talent. Never the best player of his generation. But Branko Lazić figured out two things early: hard work pays off, and basketball is a team game. That is why he walks away with the kind of career he probably dreamed about when he first picked up a basketball in […]
Four and a half years after Russian and Belarusian basketball effectively disappeared from the international stage, FIBA has taken the first serious step toward their reintegration. Restrictions have been lifted for players, coaches, referees, commissioners and other officials from the two countries, who can now once again take part in FIBA basketball and 3×3 competitions. […]
We, as human beings, have a natural tendency to reassure ourselves with one simple phrase: “Everything happens for a reason”. Sometimes, things truly do happen for a purpose. Other times, they simply happen, and we search for an explanation as to why, just so we can feel a little better about the situation. One story […]
Nikola Jokić is a global superstar. Not that we needed any more proof, but we got some anyway. And in a rather unexpected place – the US Open. Why unexpected? Over the years, I’ve done plenty of quizzes with fans at tennis Grand Slams. Easy ones, difficult ones, funny ones, serious ones. Rarely have so […]
Five years can feel like an eternity in basketball. For AS Monaco, they were enough to go from the new kids on the block to one of the most recognizable forces in European basketball. When the Roca Team entered the EuroLeague in 2021, following its EuroCup triumph, nobody could know exactly what would follow. Monaco […]
