Zeljko Obradovic is instilling his philosophy at Panathinaikos. After beating Paris and ASVEL, the Greens also knocked Maccabi down for the count (90–67). What they can take from their opening run, and why the road ahead demands even more. “Thank you for reminding us what it feels like to be invincible.” Dimitris Giannakopoulos’ message, posted […]

With six seconds left in a highly entertaining game against Olympiacos, Virtus trailed 94-93. After an Alex Mumbru timeout, the final possession went to Marcus Carr. Virtus does not have many EuroLeague veterans on its roster. Daniel Hackett is the most experienced, but he was not on the floor at the time. Derrick Alston might […]

The most striking Spanish presence in the 2026-27 EuroLeague may not be found on the floor at all. It is sitting on the sidelines, holding clipboards, managing rotations and increasingly exporting a particular basketball education across the continent. Seven of the competition’s 20 head coaches are Spanish, an unprecedented figure in EuroLeague history: Pedro Martinez […]

“Is he injured? Let’s watch him on the bench and see how he’s moving,” Serbian reporters agreed early in the second quarter of Crvena Zvezda’s game against Anadolu Efes. Jared Butler had scored 19 points against Hapoel and 11 against Žalgiris. No player’s decision to stay made Zvezda fans happier this summer. And yet, Butler […]

After ten full years in the NBA, Dario Šarić is back in the EuroLeague. And he has found it considerably different from the competition he left behind. Šarić did not play much in the NBA over the past few years, so he returned to Anadolu Efes hungry for basketball, hungry for a role and hungry […]

“Mike will be coming through here. Please don’t film and put your phones away,” Anadolu Efes staff told us in the hallway of Belgrade Arena. Jordan Loyd and Erkan Yılmaz were there as well, both visibly concerned. “We’ll be there to support him,” Loyd said. “It’s very difficult to see something like that. Everything about […]

The American guard’s injury overshadowed Anadolu Efes’ loss to Crvena Zvezda and has raised serious concerns about his condition. The extent of the injury and how long he will be out remain unknown. The EuroLeague has grown accustomed to revolving around Mike James. Now it must imagine what comes next without one of its most […]