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This year’s rendition of the biggest European basketball competition ended on a high note, with Goran Dragić leading Slovenia to their first historical golden medal in a heated matchup against Serbia. Besides the finals, the entire tournament featured a number of electrifying games, despite being deprived of the quality of 31 NBA players who withdrew for […]

The 2017 EuroBasket group stage is in the books as the tournament now moves on to the knockout stage. The group stage featured a lot of impressive plays, including some great highlight-reel dunks. FIBA compiled its picks for the Top 5 dunks of the group stage in a video posted on its official YouTube channel. […]

With the EuroBasket tournament in full swing, some players have been playing at a very high level, and turning a lot of heads with their strong performances. One of them is incoming Chicago Bulls rookie Lauri Markkanen, who has had three stellar games for Finland, making it possible for his home country to win two […]

The Chicago Bulls traded Jimmy Butler during last June’s draft for Zach LaVine, Kris Dunn, and the draft rights of seventh overall pick Lauri Markkanen. While the two former Minnesota Timberwolves players have already showcased their talents in the NBA, many are not familiar with the Finnish center, and think that the Bulls got shortchanged […]

Chicago Bulls rookie Lauri Markkanen suffered an injury scare while playing for Finland in EuroBasket. Markkanen hurt his leg while attempting a last-gasp, game-tying three-pointer in Finland’s 81-78 defeat to Slovenia and had to be helped off the court. Markkanen steps out of bounds on game-tying attempt, injures himself on the play. He's being helped […]

With the offseason in full swing, players have each taken their own route to prepare themselves for the 2017-18 NBA campaign. While players from the United States have assembled some of the most legendary pickup games throughout the summer, international stars have chosen to represent their country at this year’s EuroBasket tournament. Among those who have […]

The opportunity to play in the NBA comes with many major benefits, one of which is a decent salary that has given many of the players a chance to spend that on the people that have helped them along the way. Shortly after Chicago Bulls rookie Lauri Markkanen inked his rookie deal and Nike endorsement contract, […]

The NBA Summer League 2017 enters the final stretch in Las Vegas with the playoff tournament beginning today at the Thomas & Mack and Cox Pavilion arenas. Playoffs are great for witnessing top prospects compete, but the NBA Summer League is more about young players getting experience and developing. Top 2017 NBA Draft picks Markelle […]

New York Knicks fans are celebrating for the moment because they’ve quickly moved past Phil Jackson and his failed implementation of the triangle era. They’re happy because Jackson’s firing came in the midst of him looking to trade arguably the team’s best player, Kristaps Porzingis. Jackson seemed to want to send the seven-foot Latvian a […]

Before Chicago Bulls rookie Lauri Markkanen could don the legendary No. 24 jersey, he had to go and seek permission from the legend himself who once wore the halted uniform — Brian Scalabrine. “I got to know (Brian) Scalabrine through this (draft) process and asked him if he’d be ok if I chose 24,” Markkanen told […]

The long wait is over for the 2017 NBA Draft. Here’s a recap and breakdown of every pick from the night. Markelle Fultz, Washington Round 1, Pick 1 — Philadelphia 76ers Age: 19 Position: PG Stats: 23.2 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 5.9 APG Analysis: The sixth-leading scorer in the nation with a 23.2 points per game clip, […]

The top 20 ranked prospects will take the green room prior to Thursday’s NBA Draft, per DraftExpress. Out of the list, provided by Sean Deveney of the Sporting News, only one of them is an international player, making this one of the strongest pool of American talent in the first round of the draft in the […]

The offseason is off to a wild start before the NBA Draft and free agency. The biggest news coming out of the Big Apple previously was that the Knicks plan on moving on from Carmelo Anthony. That entire situation is in progress matter due to Anthony’s no trade clause, but now it has been pushed […]

After a disappointing season, where they finished only 33-49 and which saw the franchise fall into the lottery for only the second time in the last 17 years, the Dallas Mavericks will have the 9th pick in the upcoming draft. With the team looking like it needs the boost of a talented, perspective player, there is […]

This year’s draft class is among the most talked about since maybe 2003 when names such as LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Carmelo Anthony were lottery selections. No doubt, there is a serious amount of incoming talent expected to have an immediate impact in the league. As deep as this year’s class is, two players stand head […]