“I’ve got 18 minutes before I get to the airport, so let’s get going,” Nikola Vučević says with a laugh at the start of our transatlantic conversation. Spoken like a 15-year NBA veteran. He’s on his way to the airport in Los Angeles, about to head back to his basketball home in Orlando, but Vučević […]
“I’ve got 18 minutes before I get to the airport, so let’s get going,” Nikola Vučević says with a laugh at the start of our transatlantic conversation. Spoken like a 15-year NBA veteran. He’s on his way to the airport in Los Angeles, about to head back to his basketball home in Orlando, but Vučević […]
Olimpia Milano announced the signing of Garrison Mathews, with the 30-year-old sharpshooter heading to Europe ready to deliver… countless three-point bombs. Olimpia Milano has added a player with seven NBA seasons and more than 300 games under his belt, investing in one of the most essential and difference-making skills at the highest level: shooting. At […]
Honestly, what’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hold a basketball? Yes, okay, to shoot or maybe dribble. Alright, fair enough. But many connoisseurs and romantics of the sport would answer “the trick where you spin the ball on your finger.” Or something like that, because… it doesn’t really have an established […]
There is something special about the FIBA Qualifiers that cannot be captured by the standings or the qualification tables for the FIBA Basketball World Cup. It is the chance to see some of Europe’s biggest stars back on the continent, after spending most of the year thousands of miles away, starring in the NBA. The […]
Rokas Jokubaitis is preparing to step back onto the court, with both Bayern Munich and the Lithuanian national team eagerly awaiting his return. September 1, 2025 is a date Rokas Jokubaitis is unlikely to ever forget. During Lithuania’s EuroBasket clash with Finland, the guard — now 26 — landed awkwardly on the court. He initially […]
Nine years ago, inside Istanbul’s Sinan Erdem Dome, Nikola Kalinić, Jan Vesely and Nando De Colo had little reason to think about the end. On May 21, 2017, Kalinić and Vesely played in the EuroLeague final in front of Fenerbahçe’s crowd. De Colo was in the same building with CSKA, the defending European champion, except […]
Beaming children stretch out their hands. Young men and women lean over the railing, almost falling over it. Older fans applaud from a few rows back. Nikola Jokić applauds back, the expression on his face saying a simple: thank you. A perfect ending to a night when basketball itself was the reason to celebrate. And […]
In a summer of major changes on the bench and on the court, Crvena Zvezda also chose to invest in two figures closely identified with the club, giving Milos Teodosic and Nikola Kalinic the opportunity to take their first steps in life after playing. There has been no shortage of change in Belgrade this summer. […]
LeBron James has spent more than two decades watching almost every move he makes become a story. Now, as the conversation about how much longer he has left in the NBA grows louder, he has started creating a space where he gets to decide what the audience sees and hears. His first move might seem […]
“I’ve got 18 minutes before I get to the airport, so let’s get going,” Nikola Vučević says with a laugh at the start of our transatlantic conversation. Spoken like a 15-year NBA veteran. He’s on his way to the airport in Los Angeles, about to head back to his basketball home in Orlando, but Vučević […]
Olimpia Milano announced the signing of Garrison Mathews, with the 30-year-old sharpshooter heading to Europe ready to deliver… countless three-point bombs. Olimpia Milano has added a player with seven NBA seasons and more than 300 games under his belt, investing in one of the most essential and difference-making skills at the highest level: shooting. At […]
Honestly, what’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hold a basketball? Yes, okay, to shoot or maybe dribble. Alright, fair enough. But many connoisseurs and romantics of the sport would answer “the trick where you spin the ball on your finger.” Or something like that, because… it doesn’t really have an established […]
There is something special about the FIBA Qualifiers that cannot be captured by the standings or the qualification tables for the FIBA Basketball World Cup. It is the chance to see some of Europe’s biggest stars back on the continent, after spending most of the year thousands of miles away, starring in the NBA. The […]
Rokas Jokubaitis is preparing to step back onto the court, with both Bayern Munich and the Lithuanian national team eagerly awaiting his return. September 1, 2025 is a date Rokas Jokubaitis is unlikely to ever forget. During Lithuania’s EuroBasket clash with Finland, the guard — now 26 — landed awkwardly on the court. He initially […]
Jabari Parker landed in Belgrade on Thursday morning and reopened a question that, for much of the summer, seemed to have already been answered. The American reported for the start of Partizan’s preparations for the new season, even though for months the expectation had been that the club would try to work out a mutual […]
Nine years ago, inside Istanbul’s Sinan Erdem Dome, Nikola Kalinić, Jan Vesely and Nando De Colo had little reason to think about the end. On May 21, 2017, Kalinić and Vesely played in the EuroLeague final in front of Fenerbahçe’s crowd. De Colo was in the same building with CSKA, the defending European champion, except […]
Olimpia Milano announced the signing of Garrison Mathews, with the 30-year-old sharpshooter heading to Europe ready to deliver… countless three-point bombs. Olimpia Milano has added a player with seven NBA seasons and more than 300 games under his belt, investing in one of the most essential and difference-making skills at the highest level: shooting. At […]
Honestly, what’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hold a basketball? Yes, okay, to shoot or maybe dribble. Alright, fair enough. But many connoisseurs and romantics of the sport would answer “the trick where you spin the ball on your finger.” Or something like that, because… it doesn’t really have an established […]
There is something special about the FIBA Qualifiers that cannot be captured by the standings or the qualification tables for the FIBA Basketball World Cup. It is the chance to see some of Europe’s biggest stars back on the continent, after spending most of the year thousands of miles away, starring in the NBA. The […]
Jabari Parker landed in Belgrade on Thursday morning and reopened a question that, for much of the summer, seemed to have already been answered. The American reported for the start of Partizan’s preparations for the new season, even though for months the expectation had been that the club would try to work out a mutual […]
Rokas Jokubaitis is preparing to step back onto the court, with both Bayern Munich and the Lithuanian national team eagerly awaiting his return. September 1, 2025 is a date Rokas Jokubaitis is unlikely to ever forget. During Lithuania’s EuroBasket clash with Finland, the guard — now 26 — landed awkwardly on the court. He initially […]
Nine years ago, inside Istanbul’s Sinan Erdem Dome, Nikola Kalinić, Jan Vesely and Nando De Colo had little reason to think about the end. On May 21, 2017, Kalinić and Vesely played in the EuroLeague final in front of Fenerbahçe’s crowd. De Colo was in the same building with CSKA, the defending European champion, except […]
Beaming children stretch out their hands. Young men and women lean over the railing, almost falling over it. Older fans applaud from a few rows back. Nikola Jokić applauds back, the expression on his face saying a simple: thank you. A perfect ending to a night when basketball itself was the reason to celebrate. And […]
EuroLeague teams are about to begin their preparations for the new season, and SKWEEK revisits one of basketball’s unwritten rules: preseason games are not really meant for the public. The time basketball fans have been waiting for is almost here. Most rosters are close to being finalized, players are gradually returning to their clubs and, […]
