EuroBasket Articles - Page 6

San Antonio Spurs center Pau Gasol has surpassed teammate Tony Parker as EuroBasket’s all-time leading scorer after dropping 20 points and snatching eight rebounds for Spain in an 87-64 win over Hungary on Thursday to become the second team to run the table. The Spanish international has now scored a total 1,111 points in his […]

Miami Heat point guard Goran Dragic has led the way for his Slovenian national team in this year’s EuroBasket tournament, leading them to an undefeated 5-0 in group play after Wednesday’s 17-point win over France, who finished in second place in Group A. The Dragon has scored 20 or more points in each game, averaging […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich had big words of praise for the EuroBasket tournament taking place as part of a four nation affair this year, claiming this iteration has been the best to date. “I’ve loved it for many years and it isn’t any different than any other year,” said Popovich. “Always on […]

The Latvian National Team continues to make a lot of noise at the ongoing EuroBasket tournament with another strong game during their win against Russia on Tuesday, 84-69. Their most popular player, New York Knicks big man Kristaps Porzingis, contributed 11 points and five rebounds, and made his presence felt throughout the game with his […]

David Pick has reported that former New Orleans Pelicans forward Donatas Motiejunas was among the victims of a robbery which took place at a EuroBasket hotel. Motiejunas lost €6,000, while thousands of dollars worth of cash, credit cards, and watches were also stolen. BREAKING: Thousands of dollars, credit cards, watches stollen from EuroBasket hotel. Donatas […]

The ongoing EuroBasket competition is quickly turning out to be a must watch for all basketball fans. It has been filled so far with incredible performances, upsets, and surprise teams. The Russian National Team is one of those surprise squads so far, as they remained unbeaten with a 76-67 win against Belgium on Monday. Brooklyn […]

Croatia is still unbeaten in the ongoing EuroBasket tournament following their win against Montenegro, 76-72. Despite leading throughout the game, it was not a stroll in the park for the Croatians as their opponents were very pesky and even almost stole the match from them in the final minute, bringing down the lead to just […]

As if they needed any more three-point shooters, the Golden State Warriors added forward Omri Casspi to their team this summer, a tall, versatile player who can shoot the three ball. Before he takes his talents to the Bay to help the Warriors defend their 2017 NBA title, Casspi is busy helping his Israeli National […]

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 Lithuanian National Basketball Team lost to Georgia recently in the EuroBasket 2017 wars in one of the biggest upsets of the tournament so far. The European powerhouse is considered as one of the favorites to win the competition, while Georgia is not even fancied to make it past the first round, as they are […]

Coming off his first NBA title, Golden State Warriors big man Zaza Pachulia has used the NBA offseason to focus on potentially taking part in the EuroBasket tournament with Georgia. In light of that, Stavros Barbarousis of Eurohoops.net is reporting that Pachulia is now cleared to play with his home team in EuroBasket. The Golden State Warriors […]

Following the departure of Chris Paul, the LA Clippers were able to fill the playmaking hole at point guard by adding Milos Teodosic to their roster on a two-year, $12.3 million deal. The Serbian has been playing basketball professionally for 12 years in Europe and will finally be making the jump to the NBA at […]

It was announced earlier this weekend that Milwaukee Bucks All-Star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo will be unable to play in the EuroBasket with the Greek national team due to a knee injury. In light of that, his sudden unavailability has become a red flag to the team given that there was no previous indication about that being […]

After not getting what he came for at the inaugural NBA Awards show, Dario Šarić immediately shifted his attention towards the Croatian national team and the preparation for the upcoming FIBA EuroBasket. Šarić has always been vocal about the importance of playing for the national team, and after he averaged a 15.3 points, 6.9 rebounds, […]