By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net Centers dominating Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season Round 31 directly translates into Giorgos Papagiannis and Maik Kotsar sharing the MVP award. Papagiannis and Kotsar were named co-MVPs of Round 31, Euroleague Basketball announced Thursday. Both got the MVP nod in Europe’s top-tier club continental competition for the second time in their respective careers. Papagiannis, 25, went for 24 points behind 10/10 field goals and also pulled down 11 rebounds for Panathinaikos in the home win versus FC Bayern Munich Tuesday. Kotsar, 26, posted a 23-poi ..read more

By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net Long-term contract extensions emerge as the theme for Unicaja heading to the Basketball Champions League Playoffs. The Malaga outfit recently reached an agreement with head coach Ibon Navarro to extend his contract until the end of the 2025-26 season. Following up in a similar fashion were players Tyler Kalinoski Wednesday and Kendrick Perry Thursday. Kalinoski, 30, penned a three-year contract extension. He averaged 8.2 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 0.6 steals, and 0.3 blocks per BCL game. Packing 8.4 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.6 rebounds per conte ..read more

By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net Already out of postseason contention in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne draws an additional complication at the domestic level. The team based in a suburb of Lyon and controlled by retired player Tony Parker was sanctioned by LNB due to suspected financial irregularities on the contracts of Nando De Colo and Joffrey Lauvergne. “Since September 14, 2022, the Superior Management Council has repeatedly asked ASVEL to provide documents necessary for the contracts of the two players. These requests have also been made to the players co ..read more

By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net Considering recent showings, the Dallas Mavericks will not make it through to the Play-Ins. But the Regular Season is not over yet. “We still have chances, so we shouldn’t give up yet,” pointed out Luka Doncic following the loss to the Philadelphia 76ers in Wells Fargo Center Wednesday. The Slovenian sensation neared a triple-double with 24 points, ten rebounds, and eight assists over 37 minutes. However, the team coached by Jason Kidd being shut down in the fourth quarter led to the most recent setback and linked to the general picture of a disastrous ru ..read more

By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net Five players were shortlisted for the Basketball Champions League MVP of March distinction. Those standouts shaped the Team of the Month. Unicaja’s Dario Brizuela, SIG Strasbourg’s Leo Cavaliere, Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem’s Zach Hankins, BAXI Manresa’s Jerrick Harding, and Telekom Baskets Bonn’s T. J. Shorts II made the cut, as announced. Fans can pick their favorite for March MVP in the voting section hosted on championsleague.basketball. Naturally, the five players were the leading stars as respective teams advanced from the bottom half of the Round o ..read more

By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net Highlighting the ten-game schedule and inching closer to the conclusion of the 2022-23 NBA Regular Season, the Milwaukee Bucks had plenty to enjoy in the win, 149-136, versus the Indiana Pacers in Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Giannis Antetokounmpo needed only one assist in the second half to complete a triple-double and went on for the fastest triple-double of his career. Finishing with 38 points, 17 rebounds, and 12 assists, the Freak marked a brilliant return to action after sitting out the previous game with a sore knee. Jrue Holiday pouring a career-high 51 ..read more

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net Controlling the game since the very first minute, Real Madrid managed to beat Fenerbahce 90-75 in the Wizink Center, clinching the home-court advantage in the EuroLeague playoffs. After saying that he’s privileged to play with Real Madrid, Dzanan Musa was once again the highest-scorer for Chus Mateo’s team with 16 points, being perfect at the line (9/9). The 23-year-old Bosnian superstar reached the 500-point milestone in the EuroLeague. “They are a great team, with great individual players, and they are dangerous. We answered all their attacks ..read more

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net Olympiacos Piraeus became the first team to secure homecourt advantage in the 2023 EuroLeague playoffs. The Reds put on a strong defensive performance vs. struggler ASVEL Villeurbanne to take a 81 – 55 blowout win at home and improve to 22-9. Thomas Walkup (11 points, seven assists, three steals), Shaq McKissic (11 points, three steals) and Kostas Papanikolaou (10 points) scored in double figures and led a very balanced Olympiacos performance. More to come…     The post Olympiacos secure homecourt advantage with rout over ASVEL appeared firs ..read more

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net Not the best of days for Virtus Bologna. Following Zalgiris Kaunas’ win against AS Monaco, the black-and-white Italian team has been mathematically excluded from the EuroLeague playoffs. Moreover, they have officially announced that Awudu Abass will be out for at least three weeks. Injuring his thigh in the blowout loss against Maccabi Tel Aviv in Round 31, the Italian small forward won’t be playing again in the EuroLeague this season. He came back during the 2022-23 season after recovering from his ACL injury. Virtus Bologna, ahead of the clash again ..read more

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net Staying ahead for the vast majority of the game, Crvena Zvezda beat Valencia 92-73 in the Aleksandar Nikolic Hall to keep hoping for a playoff spot in the next EuroLeague Regular Season games. Facundo Campazzo stole the show against the Spanish side, ending the game with 15 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals while providing some magic highlights. His fellow countryman and backcourt teammate Luca Vildoza scored 9 with 7 assists as well. Dominating under the basket against Jasiel Rivero and the rest of Valencia’s big men, Filip Petrusev went close to a dou ..read more