The EuroLeague has a strange way of making time fly and stand still at once. It feels as though the season has only just started – at least when you look at the calendar. And yet, nine rounds are already behind us, and we’re approaching the quarter mark of the regular season. Time for our […]
The EuroLeague has a strange way of making time fly and stand still at once. It feels as though the season has only just started – at least when you look at the calendar. And yet, nine rounds are already behind us, and we’re approaching the quarter mark of the regular season. Time for our […]
Walter Tavares has become the all-time leading shot-blocker in Spanish ACB history, reaching 739 blocks and surpassing Fran Vazquez. At 34 years old, the Real Madrid center remains one of the most influential big men in European basketball, with his performances in this season’s EuroLeague showing that his impact is far from fading. Some players […]
With four minutes remaining in Bologna, Besiktas trailed by 13 points. Over the past 19 years, teams had trailed by at least 13 points with four minutes remaining on 2,377 occasions. Only four had come back to win. Make that five. A chaotic finish, a game-winning three from Morgan, and somehow Dusan Alimpijevic’s Besiktas had […]
Dubai against Hapoel looked like a close contest on paper. It ended in a 97-83 home win, with Filip Petrusev leading the scoring and playing a major part in the result. His performance deserves a little more attention before the EuroLeague schedule moves us on to the next game. The Serbian big man finished with […]
Chima Moneke is thriving under Ibon Navarro and emerging as a standout figure in Crvena Zvezda’s surge. Remember those Facebook statuses from a few years ago, when everyone seemed to be “feeling something” in a particular place? Well, this one would read: “Chima Moneke is feeling unstoppable in Belgrade”! The Nigerian power forward is in […]
Real Madrid are rolling at an extraordinary pace, and their six-game winning streak is giving Pedro Martínez plenty of reasons for optimism. Against Fenerbahçe, they also delivered the emphatic answers the entire club needed. A few days ago, the discussion on SKWEEK centred on Real Madrid’s offensive machine, which had started to warm up. Their […]
Ibon Navarro has the kind of problem every coach would love to have. Everyone is healthy, almost everyone is playing well, and somebody has to miss out on the 12-man roster every game. It’s a nice problem to have, but it also means Navarro can hardly go wrong with his selections. Crvena Zvezda have just […]
One. Two. Three. Four. Five. In just 13 minutes, Christian Koloko rejected five Bayern shots, sending the already electric Belgrade Arena crowd into a frenzy. Koloko had only joined his new teammates at the beginning of the week. Crvena Zvezda head coach Ibon Navarro even joked that the Cameroonian center didn’t know all his teammates’ […]
Garrison Mathews had the opportunity to send Olimpia Milano’s EuroLeague clash with Panathinaikos into overtime, but his final three-point attempt missed everything. With the score at 78-75 in favor of the Greek side in the closing seconds at Telekom Center Athens on October 27, the American guard found himself wide open beyond the arc. The […]
The EuroLeague has a strange way of making time fly and stand still at once. It feels as though the season has only just started – at least when you look at the calendar. And yet, nine rounds are already behind us, and we’re approaching the quarter mark of the regular season. Time for our […]
Walter Tavares has become the all-time leading shot-blocker in Spanish ACB history, reaching 739 blocks and surpassing Fran Vazquez. At 34 years old, the Real Madrid center remains one of the most influential big men in European basketball, with his performances in this season’s EuroLeague showing that his impact is far from fading. Some players […]
This past Sunday, with his two blocks against San Pablo Burgos in the Liga Endesa, Edy Tavares became the player with the most blocked shots in the history of Spain’s top-flight competition. The Cape Verdean giant moved past Fran Vázquez, whose 738 blocks had kept him at the top of the all-time rankings, with his […]
Real Madrid entered October with a trophy and a losing record. Winning the EuroLeague SuperCup had offered an encouraging first look at Pedro Martínez’s team, but three consecutive defeats left Madrid at the bottom of the EuroLeague standings. Four weeks later, the club was 6-3 and riding a ten-game winning streak across all competitions. The […]
With four minutes remaining in Bologna, Besiktas trailed by 13 points. Over the past 19 years, teams had trailed by at least 13 points with four minutes remaining on 2,377 occasions. Only four had come back to win. Make that five. A chaotic finish, a game-winning three from Morgan, and somehow Dusan Alimpijevic’s Besiktas had […]
Dubai against Hapoel looked like a close contest on paper. It ended in a 97-83 home win, with Filip Petrusev leading the scoring and playing a major part in the result. His performance deserves a little more attention before the EuroLeague schedule moves us on to the next game. The Serbian big man finished with […]
Chima Moneke is thriving under Ibon Navarro and emerging as a standout figure in Crvena Zvezda’s surge. Remember those Facebook statuses from a few years ago, when everyone seemed to be “feeling something” in a particular place? Well, this one would read: “Chima Moneke is feeling unstoppable in Belgrade”! The Nigerian power forward is in […]
The EuroLeague has a strange way of making time fly and stand still at once. It feels as though the season has only just started – at least when you look at the calendar. And yet, nine rounds are already behind us, and we’re approaching the quarter mark of the regular season. Time for our […]
Walter Tavares has become the all-time leading shot-blocker in Spanish ACB history, reaching 739 blocks and surpassing Fran Vazquez. At 34 years old, the Real Madrid center remains one of the most influential big men in European basketball, with his performances in this season’s EuroLeague showing that his impact is far from fading. Some players […]
Real Madrid entered October with a trophy and a losing record. Winning the EuroLeague SuperCup had offered an encouraging first look at Pedro Martínez’s team, but three consecutive defeats left Madrid at the bottom of the EuroLeague standings. Four weeks later, the club was 6-3 and riding a ten-game winning streak across all competitions. The […]
This past Sunday, with his two blocks against San Pablo Burgos in the Liga Endesa, Edy Tavares became the player with the most blocked shots in the history of Spain’s top-flight competition. The Cape Verdean giant moved past Fran Vázquez, whose 738 blocks had kept him at the top of the all-time rankings, with his […]
With four minutes remaining in Bologna, Besiktas trailed by 13 points. Over the past 19 years, teams had trailed by at least 13 points with four minutes remaining on 2,377 occasions. Only four had come back to win. Make that five. A chaotic finish, a game-winning three from Morgan, and somehow Dusan Alimpijevic’s Besiktas had […]
He made an excellent start to last season, his first in the EuroLeague. Then a pulmonary embolism kept him off the court for months. When he returned, he wasn’t quite the same – as a player, physically or in terms of confidence. When Ibon Navarro took over at Crvena Zvezda, many wondered whether he could […]
Moses Wright’s return to Athens ended with Armani Olimpia Milan suffering a narrow defeat to Panathinaikos, but it also provided an opportunity to discuss his connection with Greece, his Olympiacos past, his career decisions and the unusual circumstances surrounding his Barcelona situation last summer. Speaking to SKWEEK after Milan’s 80-75 loss at Telekom Center Athens, […]
It’s hard to react to the news of Jabari Parker’s departure from Partizan with anything but relief. Good, it’s over. After months of unsuccessful negotiations, individual workouts, and enormous financial obligations, the two sides have finally found a way out of a partnership that had long since stopped making basketball sense. It should have happened […]
