The Greek A1 Basketball League will come to a stop as of January 1st, 2010. A strike will occur because an agreement could not be reached, once again, between the Union of Greek Professional Basketball Clubs (ESAKE) and the Union of Professional Greek Basketball Players (PSAK). (Discuss Greek Basketball in our forum) And without an [...]

The 2009  European Player of the Year nominees have been announced by FIBA Europe and the list includes the likes of Pau Gasol, Erazem Lorbek, Dirk Nowitzki, Hedo Türkoğlu, Novica Veličković, Juan Carlos Navarro, and Nikola Peković (vote now). The 16 nominees are below: Dirk Nowitzki (Germany, Dallas Mavericks) Erazem Lorbek (Slovenia, F.C. Barcelona) Ersan İlyasova (Turkey, [...]

After spending last season getting accustomed with NBA life with the cellar-dwelling Memphis Grizzlies, Juan Carlos Navarro returned to Spain, and signed a five-year contract with Regal F.C. Barcelona. In his first season back in Spain, Juan Carlos Navarro is the Euroleague’s 2008-09 MVP. In his return season; the 28-year old Navarro had a fantastic [...]

Greek powerhouse Panathinaikos Athens is the 2009 Euroleague champions (boxscore). The Greens beat CSKA Moscow 73-71 in a thriller of a game (discuss) at the o2 arena in Berlin Germany. CSKA, the defending Euroleague champions, came all the way from a 23-point deficit in the second half, but Ramunas Siskauskas’ potential game-winning three-pointer rimmed out, [...]

Panathinaikos outlasted Olympiacos 84-82 in the Euroleague’s second semifinal during Final Four held in Berlin, Germany (Discuss the EL Final Four) A see-saw battle in the fourth period ultimately saw the two Greek clubs go down low to their centers; Ioannis Bourousis of Olympiacos and Nikola Pekovic of Panathinaikos would clash on the inside. Greek [...]

Euroleague News & Results from Day 2 of Euroleague Top 8.  Game two MVP Erazem Lorbek was named Game 2 MVP of the four games played on Thursday. Olympiacos 79-73 Real Madrid (discuss): Olympiacos wins second straight over Real Madrid to take 2-0 lead in series.  Lynn Greer led the Greek club with 21 points, [...]

In the Euroleague’s Top 8, game one results and summaries: CSKA Moscow 56-47 Partizan: Erazem Lorbek is the only player to score in double-figures, scoring 16 points for CSKA.  Viktor Khryapa adds 8 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 assists as CSKA beats Partizan.  Uros Tripkovic scores 12 points for Partizan, who shot only 40% as [...]