Spanish point guard Sergio Rodriguez is headed home as reports say that Spanish club Real Madrid has signed the 6-3, 24-year old guard to a three-year contract. (Discuss all the NBA signings and trades in our NBA Forum) The New York Knicks acquired Rodriguez last season from the Sacramento Kings as part of the three-team deal that [...]

FC Barcelona have given Real Madrid fits all season, no matter what the competition. On Thursday night, Ettore Messina and Madrid finally turned the tables and defeated their rivals 70-63 in the Euroleague to level their best-of-five Quarter-Final showdown at one game apiece. (Discuss Real Madrid and the Euroleague in our forum) The recent addition [...]

Real Madrid of Spain is rumored to be offering Argentina superstar guard Manu Ginobili a contract worth $13.5 million for next season. (Discuss Euroleague basketball in our forum) Ramon Trecet of Spanish newspaper Marca has reported that Real are very interested in bringing the 32-year-old guard in and would be willing to pay him close [...]

Marko Jarić is returning to Europe and leaving the NBA behind him. The 31-year-old Jarić signed with Spanish club Real Madrid to help shore up the playmaker position for Madrid with an injury to Sergio Llull. (Talk Real Madrid and Spanish Basketball in our forum) Jarić will be reunited with Italian coach Ettore Messina, his coach [...]

Real Madrid center Darjus Lavrinovič beat out his better known brother Kšyštof Lavrinovič, to win the Euroleague’s regular season Week one MVP Darjus’ performance index rating of 49 ranks as the sixth-best total of the decade. (Talk about Euroleague regular season basketball) Darjus took home the honor despite Real Madrid losing to BC Khimki 84-81 in [...]

With so many pre-season games occurring between the NBA and Euroleague teams this month, we opened a thread in our forum creating a list of every NBA-FIBA games that have been played since 1978 when Maccabi Tel-Aviv defeated the Washington Bullets (!). Check it out here. You’ll find the remaining Euroleague-NBA pre-season matches below: Oct [...]

The NBA Europe Live 2007 tour begins this Saturday as four NBA teams and five European teams will play several matches over the next five days.  Starting on October 6th, Efes Pilsen will take on the Kevin Garnett-less Minnesota Timberwolves in Istanbul, Turkey.  While the Toronto Raptors will battle the Boston Celtics in Rome, Italy.  [...]