A long-held dream of its fans became reality on Tuesday when FC Barcelona announced the return of big man Pau Gasol, one of the most accomplished players in European basketball history, until the end of the current season. Welcome to the Official.
Feb 17, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print
One of the most played duels since the turn of the millennium has been Anadolu Efes Istanbul versus Olympiacos Piraeus. Olympiacos eliminated Efes in unforgettable five-games playoff series in 2013 and 2017 and holds a 21-20 edged in games against the Turkish powerhouse. Efes, however, has won its last four games against the Reds and hosts Olympiacos on Thursday. Playmakers Vasilije Micic of Efes and Kostas Sloukas of Olympiacos are determined to play a big role in this game.
Micic, 27, is a young veteran in his seventh EuroLeague campaign. Sloukas, 31, has been to six EuroLeague championship games and lifted the trophy in half of them – with Olympiacos in 2012 and 2013 and with Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul in 2017.
Jan 21, 2021 by Frank Lawlor, Euroleague.net Print
You can look at the Game of the Week on Thursday between host Zenit St Petersburg and visiting Anadolu Efes Istanbul as a sneak peek at where the race to reach the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs might be headed
A year ago at this same juncture in the schedule, Zenit shared last place in the standings while Efes was firmly ensconced in first. This time around, Efes (11-9) is looking up at Zenit (12-6), as has been the case since the former started the season 1-3 and the latter 4-0.
Although Zenit has in some ways been the season s biggest surprise, along with FC Bayern Munich (12-8), in other ways absolutely no one should be surprised that any team coached by Xavi Pascual is in the thick of the playoffs race in the crucial winter months of the competition. Indeed, the opposite would be an aberration.
Dec 19, 2020 by Euroleague.net Print
Real Madrid s two overtime wins in Greece came with a bitter note as the club announced Saturday that forward Anthony Randolph will undergo surgery for a ruptured left Achilles tendon. Randolph suffered the injury midway through the third quarter of Real s win at Olympiacos Piraeus on Friday, which was the team s second overtime victory in four days in Greece. Randolph did not seem to make contact with any other player before suddenly needing to be helped off the court. The 2018 EuroLeague champion is in his fifth season with Real and was avereging 9-3 points and 3.6 rebounds over the first 13 games he played in this one. Back in 2015-16, Randolph was voted to the All-EuroLeague Second Team while leading his first team, Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar, to the Final Four. He currently has career averages of 11.5 points and 4.6 rebounds in 143 EuroLeague games.