After leading Olympiacos with 19 fourth-quarter points in a comeback win against Entente Orleanaise on Thursday night, Linas Kleiza has come down with the Swine Flu. (Talk Euroleague Basketball in our forum) The virus knocked Kleiza out of commission for an undetermined amount of time. Kleiza is Olympiacos’ leading scorer with 18.3 points over the [...]

If someone was to tell me that Olympiacos center Ioannis Bourousis won the Euroleague MVP for week four, I wouldn’t be surprised whatsoever. However, I would be amazed if you told me that 7-0 Greek pivot accomplished it in just 12 minutes of play. (Discuss Euroleague basketball in our forum) That’s exactly what happened this [...]

Montepaschi Siena’s Romain Sato was named Euroleague MVP for week 3 of the regular season. The 28-year old small forward from the Central African Republic help keep his team undefeated at 3-0 in Group A with his performance. (Check out our Euroleague Forum) Despite Siena quickly falling behind by 21 points against Asvel Basket on [...]

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 Chris Kaman leading the way, the Los Angeles Clippers defeated Maccabi TelAviv 108-96 last night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Talk about the game in our forum. Kaman led seven Clipper players in double-figures with 18 points. Sebastian Telfair scored 15 points with seven assists, rookie Blake Griffin added a double-double with [...]

During the Euroleague American Tour, Greek club Olympiacos took on the Cleveland Cavs, and the official first meeting between Shaquille O’Neal and Greek Shaq/Baby Shaq Sofoklis Schortsianitis. Shaq scored 12 points on 6-10 shooting, grabbed 5 rebounds, a blocked one shot in 21 minutes.  Sofo also played 21 minutes, but recorded just 4 points on [...]

Olympiacos of the Euroleague, dropped two straight exhibition matches to NBAsquads in the 2009 Euroleague American Tour; losing by an average of 17 points. The Greek club with three NBA players that they signed away in the last two years, Josh Childress, Linas Kleiza, and Von Wafer, was felled by the San Antonio Spurs 107-89, [...]