A huge opportunity, but also a tough challenge for Sarunas Jasikevicius
For me, Saras is the best coach in Europe. I prefer him over Obradovic and…
Euroleague
The EuroLeague (or Turkish Airlines EuroLeague) is the top European basketball competition. The competition is organized by Euroleague Basketball since the 2000-2001 season (before that, the top competition called European Champions Cup was organized by FIBA).
Starting from the 2015-2016 season, EuroLeague changed it’s format and implemented a 16 team regular season, where each team plays each other twice (home and away). The top 8 teams advance to the Playoffs, the quarterfinals being played in a best-of-five series format. The winners of the quarterfinals series qualify to the Final 4.
Currently there are 11 teams that have a 10 year license to play in the EuroLeague (these are Anadolu Efes, Baskonia, CSKA Moscow, FC Barcelona, Fenerbahce, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Olimpia Milano, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, Real Madrid, Zalgiris Kaunas ). The remaining 5 spots in the regular season are filled with the EuroCup champion, Adriatic league champion, German league champion and wild cards (based on the sporting value of the selected club, but also it’s financial power and infrastructure).
The most successful team in the history of the EuroLeague is Real Madrid, with 10 titles won (Real Madrid is currently also the defending champion, having won the 2018 EuroLeague title by defeating Fenerbahce in the final).
The all-time top scorer of the EuroLeague is the recently retired Juan Carlos Navarro. FC Barcelona’s legendary player scored 4,152 points in his EuroLeague carrier. The best points per game average record is held by the late Alphonso Ford (the EuroLeague best scorer award is also named after the American player).
The all-time most successful coach in EuroLeague is the current coach of Fenerbahce Istanbul, Serbian legend Zeljko Obradovic, who won 9 titles as head coach with 5 different teams (Partizan Belgrade, Joventut Badalona, Real Madrid, Panathinaikos and Fenerbahce).
FC Barcelona’s shocking loss of the title is very shady
Yesterday the impossible just happened. Baskonia took the title in front of a team with…
Barca to win against Baskonia the Final of Liga ACB
Today will be the last game of the Spanish season opposing two Euroleague powerhouses that…
The story of Anthony Bennett – the No.1 pick of the NBA draft that became a bust
On 27 June 2013 took place the NBA Draft that gives us a lot of…
An easy game for FC Barcelona on the way to the ACB Finals
San Pablo Burgos is the revelation team of the year in the Spanish League. When…
Baskonia had more rest than Valencia Basket before the semifinals
The ACB Semifinals will take place on Sunday and the participants are FC Barcelona, Baskonia,…
Valencia Basket with the first chance in do-or-die vs. Gran Canaria
The group B of the Spanish league Final Phase is very complicated with 5 teams…
Toko Shengelia with an outstanding performance vs. Iberostar Tenerife
In an article written yesterday, I appreciated that Baskonia’s guards are much better as offensive…
Baskonia – the big favourite against Iberostar Tenerife
Tonight, Baskonia is looking for the second victory at the Final Phase in Liga ACB…
The Greek basketball facing the economic recession
There are many things that will change in European basketball, while Coronavirus is reshaping the…
Small teams have to save energy vs. Alba and Bayern in Munich
Today, the German league will reopen their season in Munich in a 10 teams format…
Valencia Basket – with a good chance to win Liga ACB
Valencia Basket has good chemistry. Let’s not forget they maintained in their roster for all these years, players like Bojan Dubljevic, Fernando San Emeterio, Sam Van Rossom, Guillem Vives and Joan Sastre Morro – the heroes of the 2017 domestic title. Back then, Valencia Basket won their first championship in the history.
