He is three years younger (24, 21), but three centimeters taller (193, 196) than his much more famous brother. Although he is very proud of his sibling and hopes to play alongside him in the NBA, he wants to be even better than Goran. His name is Zoran Dragić, and he has been called up [...]

It’s been a quiet couple of years for Sasha Vujacic. The Slovenian guard hasn’t made any headlines lately, and has been stuck on the Los Angeles Laker’s bench during the playoffs. Still, Vujacic put out enough material to keep the fans wanting more of the Vujacic-mocking “Machine” videos posted by Lakers-fan.com. I normally get tired [...]

Goran Dragic came off the bench and led Phoenix’s reserves to a key fourth quarter run that propelled the Phoenix Suns over the Los Angeles Lakers 115-106 in game four of the Western Conference Finals. (Discuss NBA Playoffs in our NBA forum) Dragic constantly got into the lane and dished off the ball – he [...]

“By Christmas we will have a new coach” said the President of the Slovenian Basketball Federation. And so it is: the Slovenian Basketball Federation announced the agreement with Memi Bećirović who is currently with Belgian club Base Oostende. (Talk Slovenian Basketball in our forum) After Jure Zdovc stepped down, the Slovenian federation decided to appoint Bečirović, who [...]

It’s been a busy week for FIBA as they announced the four wild cards on Saturday, and determined the top four seeds for the World Championships of Basketball on Sunday. Now the federation that overseas international basketball has announced the draw results that will determine the groupings for the 2010 world basketball event in Istanbul, Turkey. [...]

Bad news for CSKA Moscow as they found out today that they lost team captain and Euroleague superstar forward Matjaž Smodiš to a back injury that will keep the 6-9 Slovenian out of  much of the Euroleague Regular Season. The 29-year old may require surgery that may keep him out four months, but may return in [...]

Spain‘s Pau Gasol was chosen as Eurobasket’s Most Valuable Player and also named to the All-Tournament team. After coming into the tournament as the favorites, Spain was upset by Serbia and Gasol played terribly; scoring a tournament-low 9 points and shooting 1-8 from the free throw line. (Discuss: Who’s on your Eurobasket All-Star Team?) Gasol [...]