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Partizan’s Carlik Jones nets EuroLeague Round 1 MVP honors

The first Most Valuable Player of the Round for the 2026–27 EuroLeague Regular Season, Carlik Jones, leads Partizan Mozzart Bet to victory with a dominant performance The post Partizan’s Carlik Jones nets EuroLeague Round 1 MVP honors appeared first on Eurohoops.

Eurohoops
Nigel Williams-Goss cae lesionado

El base del Zalgiris Kaunas, que anotó 14 puntos ante Estrella Roja, estará unas dos semanas de baja The post Nigel Williams-Goss cae lesionado appeared first on Eurohoops.

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Jalen Brunson ha recibido el alta médica

La estrella de loa Knicks se sometió a una cirugía el pasado mes de julio tras disputar los playoffs con una lesión en la muñeca izquierda The post Jalen Brunson ha recibido el alta médica appeared first on Eurohoops.

Eurohoops
La leyenda de la NBA Bob Pettit fallece a los 93 años

Bob Pettit fallece a los 93 años, dejando un legado como pionero al ganar el primer premio al Jugador Más Valioso (MVP) de la NBA y como héroe histórico del campeonato de los Hawks The post La leyenda de la NBA Bob Pettit fallece a los 93 años appeared first on Eurohoops.

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Raptors, Leonard agree to 2-year, $115M extension

Toronto Raptors star Kawhi Leonard has agreed on a two-year, $115 million contract extension with the franchise plus a player option for the 2028-29 season, his agent, Harrison Gaines of Slash Sports, told ESPN on Tuesday.

Eurohoops
Kosner Baskonia y Alex Len acuerdan separar sus caminos

Las molestias en el pie tras su primera sesión de entrenamiento con el equipo llevaron finalmente a Alex Len y al Baskonia a acordar mutuamente la rescisión de su contrato The post Kosner Baskonia y Alex Len acuerdan separar sus caminos appeared first on Eurohoops.

Eurohoops
Baskonia and Alex Len agree to part ways

Foot discomfort following his first training session with the team ultimately led Alex Len and Baskonia to mutually agree to terminate his contract The post Baskonia and Alex Len agree to part ways appeared first on Eurohoops.

Eurohoops
UCLA denies Nikola Kusturica signing a $12 million deal

Nemanja Jovanovic Jogi, UCLA’s offensive coordinator and international recruiting specialist, disputes the reported figures: "It came from universities that lost the battle for Nikola" The post UCLA denies Nikola Kusturica signing a $12 million deal appeared first on Eurohoops.

Eurohoops
Kawhi Leonard’a Toronto Raptors’tan Servet

Yaz boyunca NBA’in gündeminden düşmeyen Kawhi Leonard, Toronto Raptors’a dönüşünün ardından iki yıllık 115 milyon dolarlık sözleşmeye imza attı. The post Kawhi Leonard’a Toronto Raptors’tan Servet appeared first on Eurohoops.

Eurohoops
2026-27 EuroLeague: Bu Yaz Gözden Kaçan 10 Transfer

by Javier Molero / info@eurohoops.net  Eurohoops Türkiye’yi YouTube’da takip etmek için tıklayın! Eurohoops Türkiye’yi Instagram’da takip etmek için tıklayın!  EuroLeague Süper Kupa heyecanının üzerinden yalnızca birkaç gün geçerken, Avrupa basketbolunun en üst düzey organizasyonu 2026/27 sezo

Eurohoops
Nicolas Batum retires after 18 NBA seasons

After 18 seasons in the NBA and 15 years with France, the 37-year-old forward announced that it is time to go home The post Nicolas Batum retires after 18 NBA seasons appeared first on Eurohoops.

Eurohoops
Andrea Trinchieri: “Things have changed in Greek basketball”

The PAOK head coach speaks to Eurohoops about his decision to join the club, the ambitious project in Thessaloniki, Cedi Osman, Nick Calathes and why results do not define him The post Andrea Trinchieri: “Things have changed in Greek basketball” appeared first on Eurohoops.

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Paolo Galbiati pide paciencia para su Kosner Baskonia

El técnico italiano afronta su primera Supercopa al frente del conjunto azulgrana con una plantilla todavía incompleta y una pretemporada marcada por las lesiones y las ausencias: «La única receta que conozco es la del trabajo» The post Paolo Galbiati pide paciencia para su Kosner Baskonia appeared

Eurohoops
Adem Bona sufre una lesión en el pie

Un contratiempo por lesión deja fuera de combate al pívot de los Philadelphia 76ers, Adem Bona, quien deberá luchar por minutos como suplente una vez reciba el alta para el campo de entrenamiento The post Adem Bona sufre una lesión en el pie appeared first on Eurohoops.

Eurohoops
Nikola Jokic recruits veteran guard DeMar DeRozan to Denver

A new season for the Denver Nuggets is about to begin after Nikola Jokic personally convinced six-time NBA All-Star DeMar DeRozan to join the franchise based in Colorado The post Nikola Jokic recruits veteran guard DeMar DeRozan to Denver appeared first on Eurohoops.

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Brancou Badio for Eurohoops: “Jean Montero is my brother”

Brancou Badio gave a big interview to Eurohoops, where he recalled his beginnings, talked about his relationship with Jean Montero, and also about Željko Obradović, the man who will coach him next season The post Brancou Badio for Eurohoops: “Jean Montero is my brother” appeared first on Eurohoops.

Eurohoops
AEK in contact with Thomas Heurtel

The Athens club has contacted the veteran French guard, although no agreement has been reached The post AEK in contact with Thomas Heurtel appeared first on Eurohoops.

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Monaco launches an emergency appeal to save professional status

An appeal to the French National Olympic and Sports Committee seeks to save AS Monaco’s professional status after the French Federation of Basketball rejects its NM1 division bid The post Monaco launches an emergency appeal to save professional status appeared first on Eurohoops.

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España vuelve al podio mundial a lo grande

La selección española derrota a Alemania por 81-58 y conquista la medalla de bronce ocho años después de su última presencia en el podio de un Mundial The post España vuelve al podio mundial a lo grande appeared first on Eurohoops.

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El Barça vuelve a ser el mejor equipo de Cataluña

Los de Sekulic superan al iLERNA Lleida para ganar la Lliga Catalana, aunque pierden a Darío Brizuela por una lesión que podría ser gravísima The post El Barça vuelve a ser el mejor equipo de Cataluña appeared first on Eurohoops.

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España cae con honores ante la gran favorita

Derrota frente a Estados Unidos en semifinales en un duelo igualado hasta el final; pelearán el bronce contra Alemania The post España cae con honores ante la gran favorita appeared first on Eurohoops.

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EuroLeague to vote on role in NBA Europe plan

EuroLeague owners are set to meet on Oct. 5 in Milan, Italy to discuss whether to accept the NBA proposal and allow the league to be absorbed into NBA Europe or continue to operate as a separate league.

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Eli John Ndiaye se va cedido a la Penya

El internacional español, con contrato con el Real Madrid hasta 2028, jugará de verdinegro la próxima temporada The post Eli John Ndiaye se va cedido a la Penya appeared first on Eurohoops.

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Y ahora, a por Estados Unidos

Victoria arrolladora de España ante Australia en los cuartos de final del Mundial 2026 como antesala a enfrentarse a las americanas The post Y ahora, a por Estados Unidos appeared first on Eurohoops.

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Clippers docked 5 first-round picks, fined $30M

Following an investigation into a Kawhi Leonard sponsorship, the NBA docked the Clippers five first-round picks, fined them $30 million and suspended owner Steve Ballmer for a year. The Clippers plan to challenge the findings "through every avenue."

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Bartzokas: “Puedes pasar de Mesías a no tener ni idea”

De cara a la temporada 2026-27, el entrenador del Olympiacos, Giorgos Bartzokas, explica cómo adapta su plantilla tras importantes cambios en el equipo y la marcha de jugadores clave The post Bartzokas: “Puedes pasar de Mesías a no tener ni idea” appeared first on Eurohoops.

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The best basketball slots to try this year

Basketball and slots blend sports excitement with gambling, creating a fun experience that can energise basketball fans and gambling enthusiasts alike, encouraging them to enjoy the thrill of both worlds. The post The best basketball slots to try this year appeared first on Eurohoops.

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Milán quiere la Final Four en 2030

Según informan desde Italia, la ciudad quiere albergar la fase decisiva de la Euroliga una vez haya pasado por Abu Dhabi y Valencia The post Milán quiere la Final Four en 2030 appeared first on Eurohoops.

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Milan bids for the EuroLeague Final Four in 2030

EuroLeague Final Four planning locks in Abu Dhabi and Valencia before Milan pursues hosting rights for the 2030 tournament return at Unipol Dome The post Milan bids for the EuroLeague Final Four in 2030 appeared first on Eurohoops.

Eurohoops
The 16th One Team annual workshop is underway

Sessions are designed to be hands-on throughout, with plenty of room to listen, ask questions, network and pick up ideas that clubs can put into practice straight away The post The 16th One Team annual workshop is underway appeared first on Eurohoops.

Eurohoops
Mamu loves Doncic, Ljubljana and the Lakers

Georgian big man Sandro Mamukelashvili is getting ready for his first season in Los Angeles which started with a trip to Slovenia The post Mamu loves Doncic, Ljubljana and the Lakers appeared first on Eurohoops.

Eurohoops
Real Madrid destroys injury-hit Kosner Baskonia

The Spanish giants dominated from the opening tip, leading 78-39 at halftime before completing a commanding victory in León The post Real Madrid destroys injury-hit Kosner Baskonia appeared first on Eurohoops.

Eurohoops
Estrella Roja y Olympiacos llegan a la final del Torneo de Creta

Gracias a un gran cuarto periodo con parciales de 18-30, el equipo serbio eliminó al Olimpia Milano, mientras que los griegos remontaron en la segunda mitad para derrotar al Fenerbahce The post Estrella Roja y Olympiacos llegan a la final del Torneo de Creta appeared first on Eurohoops.

Eurohoops
Nikos Rogkavopoulos sufre una lesión muscular

Los problemas de lesiones siguen acumulándose para el Panathinaikos, ya que el alero griego ha sido descartado para la pretemporada del equipo The post Nikos Rogkavopoulos sufre una lesión muscular appeared first on Eurohoops.

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Nikos Rogkavopoulos suffers a muscle strain

Injury problems keep piling up for Panathinaikos, as the Greek forward has been ruled out of the team's preseason preparations The post Nikos Rogkavopoulos suffers a muscle strain appeared first on Eurohoops.

Eurohoops
Pablo Laso: “Only Mike James can stop Mike James”

Pablo Laso sits down with Eurohoops to discuss building Anadolu Efes in his image, pairing Mike James with Matthew Strazel, why he does not want heroes on his team, Dario Saric and Bruno Fernando, the departure of Shane Larkin, how basketball and coaching have changed, and why a coach has to be read

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beIN SPORTS retransmitirá la Euroliga en Francia

Esta alianza garantiza que los aficionados de Francia, Mónaco, Andorra y los territorios franceses de ultramar puedan disfrutar de lo mejor del baloncesto europeo The post beIN SPORTS retransmitirá la Euroliga en Francia appeared first on Eurohoops.

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beIN SPORTS to broadcast EuroLeague in France

The partnership ensures that fans across France, Monaco, Andorra and the French overseas territories can enjoy the best of European basketball action The post beIN SPORTS to broadcast EuroLeague in France appeared first on Eurohoops.

Eurohoops
Luz verde para el traspaso de Kawhi Leonard a los Raptors

Leonard evitó una sanción más severa por parte de la NBA, por lo que ya no existen obstáculos para su regreso al equipo con el que ganó el anillo de campeón en 2019 The post Luz verde para el traspaso de Kawhi Leonard a los Raptors appeared first on Eurohoops.

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Kuminga joining Wolves on 2-year, $12.4M deal

Jonathan Kuminga agreed to a two-year, $12.4 million deal with the Timberwolves, which includes a player option, his agent told ESPN's Shams Charania. Part of Minnesota's pitch is that Kuminga will fill the vacant starting power forward slot.

Eurohoops
Why Europeans are Dominating the NBA

Cast your mind back twenty years and the conversation around European players in the NBA was very different. The post Why Europeans are Dominating the NBA appeared first on Eurohoops.

Eurohoops
Dallas Mavericks could reportedly trade Kyrie Irving

If Irving demonstrates on the court that he can play close to his pre-injury level, the Mavericks intend to trade him before the February trade deadline The post Dallas Mavericks could reportedly trade Kyrie Irving appeared first on Eurohoops.

Eurohoops
Es hora de tomarse en serio las ventanas de la FIBA

Los partidos de clasificación de la FIBA ​​ya no son una cuestión secundaria y ha quedado más que demostrado que la exigencia es máxima The post Es hora de tomarse en serio las ventanas de la FIBA appeared first on Eurohoops.

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Bosna Sarajevo entra en la BKT EuroCup

El histórico club bosnio vuelve a la élite continental y ocupa la plaza que ha dejado el Mónaco The post Bosna Sarajevo entra en la BKT EuroCup appeared first on Eurohoops.

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Bookmakers Pick Their EuroLeague Favourites

When you think of popular sports in Europe, which ones immediately spring to mind? Obviously you’ve got football, along with cricket, rugby, and tennis. Another sport which has been gaining a lot of traction over the last decade or so, is basketball, thanks largely to the EuroLeague. The post Bookm

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El Barça, cerca de incorporar al alero Justin Minaya

La llegada del último interior tendrá que esperar, ya que parece que el conjunto azulgrana reforzará su juego exterior con la undécima incorporación del verano The post El Barça, cerca de incorporar al alero Justin Minaya appeared first on Eurohoops.

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Se acabó: el Mónaco no jugará la Liga francesa

A pesar de los intentos del club monegasco, el equipo se queda fuera de la competición nacional y tendrá que jugar a nivel amateur The post Se acabó: el Mónaco no jugará la Liga francesa appeared first on Eurohoops.

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End of the road for Monaco

The club is not goint to compete in the French professional leagues next season The post End of the road for Monaco appeared first on Eurohoops.

Eurohoops
Fenerbahçe cae en su estreno en pretemporada

Shavon Shields y Johnny Juzang anotaron 11 puntos cada uno en sus debuts con el Fenerbahce Tarfin Istanbul en una derrota por 82-70 ante el Glint Korfez The post Fenerbahçe cae en su estreno en pretemporada appeared first on Eurohoops.

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Fenerbahce stumble in preseason opener

Shavon Shields and Johnny Juzang scored 11 points apiece on their Fenerbahce Tarfin Istanbul debuts in an 82-70 loss to Glint Korfez The post Fenerbahce stumble in preseason opener appeared first on Eurohoops.

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Damian Jones refuerza la pintura del Real Madrid

El pívot americano llega procedente de Vaquero de Bayamón, donde ha ganado la liga puertorriqueña, y firma por una temporada The post Damian Jones refuerza la pintura del Real Madrid appeared first on Eurohoops.

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Jared Harper, fuera de combate de 3 a 5 meses

Terribles noticias para el dos veces MVP de la BKT Eurocup, que ha sufrido una rotura de ligamento en el pulgar derecho The post Jared Harper, fuera de combate de 3 a 5 meses appeared first on Eurohoops.

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AEK secures Dragan Šakota with long-term deal through 2030

AEK has officially announced that Dragan Šakota signed a contract extension to remain as head coach for the 2026-27 season, while also securing a long-term commitment in any role through 2030 The post AEK secures Dragan Šakota with long-term deal through 2030 appeared first on Eurohoops.

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Larsson outshines Markkanen as Sweden beats Finland

The Miami Heat wing poured in 31 points to sink Finland, while Utah's All-Star struggled from the field in World Cup qualifying action The post Larsson outshines Markkanen as Sweden beats Finland appeared first on Eurohoops.

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Way-too-early betting favourites to win the 2026/27 EuroLeague

Olympiacos finished the 2025-26 EuroLeague regular season as its top seed, going 26-12 behind Sasha Vezenkov's MVP-winning campaign, then never let go of the moment that followed. The post Way-too-early betting favourites to win the 2026/27 EuroLeague appeared first on Eurohoops.

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Hapoel Jerusalem todavía aspira a ser una franquicia de la Euroliga

El equipo israelí confirmó su preparación para convertirse en una franquicia de la Euroliga, a pesar de que actualmente no se encuentran entre los 11 clubes de los que la Euroliga elegirá ocho para convertirse en franquicias The post Hapoel Jerusalem todavía aspira a ser una franquicia de la Euroli

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Record $12.5B Lakers sale shifts media engagement

The sports business world shifted when venture capitalist Josh Kushner and former Disney CEO Bob Iger agreed to buy the Los Angeles Lakers. The post Record $12.5B Lakers sale shifts media engagement appeared first on Eurohoops.

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Hapoel Jerusalem still aiming to be a EuroLeague franchise

The Israeli team confirmed their readiness to become a EuroLeague franchise, even though they are not currently among the 11 clubs from which the EuroLeague will choose eight to become franchises The post Hapoel Jerusalem still aiming to be a EuroLeague franchise appeared first on Eurohoops.

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The 11 candidates for the eight new EuroLeague franchises

The Euroleague announced on Tuesday that significant changes are underway, with eight new teams set to become franchises, and now it's known which teams are in the race to secure one of these spots The post The 11 candidates for the eight new EuroLeague franchises appeared first on Eurohoops.

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La Euroliga se amplía a 24 equipos con 21 franquicias

Hasta ocho nuevas franquicias a largo plazo podrían unirse a los 13 accionistas existentes de la competición a partir de la temporada 2027-28 The post La Euroliga se amplía a 24 equipos con 21 franquicias appeared first on Eurohoops.

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Johannes Voigtmann se retira de la selección alemana

El campeón del mundo de 2023 y ganador del EuroBasket 2025 recibirá una despedida oficial antes del partido de clasificación para el Mundial de Alemania contra los Países Bajos The post Johannes Voigtmann se retira de la selección alemana appeared first on Eurohoops.

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Johannes Voigtmann retires from German national team

The 2023 world champion and 2025 EuroBasket winner will receive an official farewell before Germany’s World Cup qualifier against the Netherlands The post Johannes Voigtmann retires from German national team appeared first on Eurohoops.

TIB
The ‘US College’-route and its effect on Belgian Basketball.

A Deeper Look into the Past, Present and Future: Imagine it. Every single game you play in and every arena you go to is fully packed to the brim with more than 10.000 enthusiastically chanting fans. The home-fans section is literally sending vibrations throughout the entire arena with their constant

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Promotion and Relegation rules back in effect!

Big news this Saturday as the BNXT League announced that there will again be a system of promotions and relegations, making things extra interesting for TDM1 teams on the Belgian side and the Promotiedivisie teams on the Dutch side. The last team of the BNXT season will relegate back to the second d

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EuroBasket 2025 – Belgian National Youth Teams (U16, U18, U20)

Each summer our National Youth Teams get into action at EuroBasket in their quest for the medals. We’ve followed all the tournaments closely and reported on them on our social media channels all throughout the past two months. With the tournaments now all in the books we’ve decided to give a little

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General Statement

With another season over and done with, we at TIB are already looking forward to the next one as we fully intend to continue what we’ve been doing since Stefaan De Vreese launched ThisIsBasketball back in 2003. Since 2012 I have joined Stefaan’s effort and have been responsible for the large majorit

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Kangoeroes Mechelen are the BNXT League Champions!

With 35 regular season games behind them it eventually all came down to game 36 as 4 teams were in first place in the BNXT League standings. Out of the 4 teams it was Kangoeroes Mechelen who held the best cards. All they had to do was win their game against the last team in…

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LDP Donza are the 2024-’25 TDM1 Champions!

Last night the Top Division Men 1 championship came to a close as the finalists LDP Donza and BC Guco Lier confronted eachother one last time in the third and decisive game of the Finals. Here’s how the series went: Game 1: Game 1 of the TDM1 finals is here and as could be expected…

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2024-’25 TIB’s Top Division Men Awards

With the Regular Season in Top Divison Men over and done with, we a TIB have selected our award winners. TDM1 Player of the Year: Mathieu Coucke TDM1 Youngster of the Year: Matteo Verstraete TDM1 First Team: PG: Sacha De Vreught (Woluwe): 13.1 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 8.0 apg, 1.9 spg, 0.0 bpg (TIB Rating: 25.

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TDM1 Playoffs set to tip off !

After the regular season in TDM1 6 teams had already secured their spot in the playoffs as Waregem, Guco Lier, Falco Gent, LDP Donza, Mailleux Comblain and SKT Ieper finished in the top 6. The remaining 2 playoff spots were decided by a single Play-in game where Neufchâteau faced Lommel and Avanti B

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Filou Oostende is the 2024-’25 Belgian Cup Winner!

In a full Coretec Dome Filou Oostende did what was expected of them against the underdog Leuven Bears and got the 67-58 victory for their 21st Belgian Cup Trophy in its history. Oostende got off to a furious start, immediately pulling away to a 15-1 lead. Even though Leuven did manage to close the g

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The Next in The BNXT: Impact of the youngsters (NL)

Self-Styled as the new up- and coming league with a focus on the development of young talent, the BNXT League has the lofty ambition of improving and securing the future of Belgian and Dutch Basketball. Now in its 4th season we at TIB figured it was about time to see exactly how this is playing…

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The Next in The BNXT: Impact of the youngsters (BE)

Self-Styled as the new up- and coming league with a focus on the development of young talent, the BNXT League has the lofty ambition of improving and securing the future of Belgian and Dutch Basketball. Now in its 4th season we at TIB figured it was about time to see exactly how this is playing…

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Belgian Student/Athletes in the USA (2024-’25): Preview

Much like each year we will now again give you guys an overview of all the Belgian Student/Athletes who are pursuing their American Dream and will be competing in the several school championships in the USA this year. NCAA: NCAA2: NCAA3: NAIA: NJCAA: High School / Prep: This rounds up my overview of

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U16 Belgian Lions miss out on promotion

At the U16 European Championship (Division B) our U16 Belgian Lions narrowly missed out on the final spot to promote to Division A next year as they go down to Switzerland (75-80). After a convincing win in the Quarter-Finals against The Netherlands, things were looking very bright for our U16 Lions

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U16 Belgian Lions remain undefeated and head to the Quarter-Finals!

At the U16 European Championship (B-Division) in Skopje our U16 Belgian Lions are on course to regain their spot in A-Division next summer by going undefeated in the Group Phase. After huge victories against Portugal (52-82) and Hungary (84-57) our youngsters came up against a scrappy Bosnia & Herze

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U18 Belgian Lions finish their European Championship in 7th place.

After their promotion to the A-Division last summer, our U18 Belgian Lions came to this year’s European Championship with as main goal to maintain in Division A. After a strong group phase in which they defeated Croatia and Turkey – before losing to a very strong Germany – they moved to the Group of

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Belgian Cats crush Japan and move on to the Quarter-Finals!!

“We got ourselves in this mess. We’ll have to get ourselves out of it.” That was the quote of the day after their complete off-game against Germany to start their Olympic tournament. We’re seven days later now and the Cats have done exactly that. In their second game against the USA our Cats had alr

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U18 Belgian Lions head to the Quarter-Finals!

It was a rough game for our U18 Belgian Lions as they faced Greece for a possible place in the Quarter-Finals of the U18 European Championship (Div. A). For 34 minutes Greece seemed to be in total control as the Belgian offense struggled, shooting a very low percentage from behind the arc, while our

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U18 Belgian Lions survive rough second half

At the U18 European Championship our U18 Lions were able to survive a rough second half to get away with the 73-77 victory against Turkey. Belgium got off to a hot start and quickly ran out to a 14-21 lead to finish out the opening quarter. Our youngsters remained in control in the second quarter…

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No medal for our U20 Lions as they fall to Greece.

Talking about a déjà-vu! Just like last year our U20 Belgian Lions had to face Greece for the final podium spot at the European Championship, and exactly like last year the game ended up in a thriller with eventually Greece as the winner. Last year Greece needed an overtime to put Belgium away (68-6

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U20 Lions open European Championship with the win against Turkey

In Gdynia, Poland, our U20 Belgian Lions started off their European Championship (Division A) campaign with a close win against Turkey as they won it 62-64. From the start the teams were clearly evenly matched, despite the dominance on the boards by Turkey’s big man Salih Altuntas who grabbed 9 rebo

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U20 Belgian Cats cruise to Qualifying Round

At the U20 European Championship (Division B) our U20 Belgian Cats have cruised through the group phase, winning all 3 of their games and are now headed to the Qualifying Round where they will face Great Britain and The Netherlands. Their opening game against Croatia turned into a thriller where it

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Andy Van Vliet wins Polish Championship with Trefl Sopot

28 year old Belgian Forward/Center Andy Van Vliet has crowned himself champion of the Polish First Division last night as he helped his team Trefl Sopot to a 4-3 win in the best of 7 final series against King Szczecin. In what turned out to be a very hard-fought battle in which Trefl Sopot was…

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Jalen Tate records Triple-Double in Leuven’s win at Yoast United

Ever since joining the Leuven Bears in January 2024 lanky 1m98 tall Point Guard Jalen Tate has been on a steady rise after a rocky start, turning into a very solid floor general. Despite still missing 3 key players (Riley, Vanderhaegen & Fulkerson) due to injuries, the Leuven Bears have been dominan

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LDP Donza crowned TDM1 Champions!

In their best of three final series against Falco Gent, LDP Donza made short work of the TDM1 newcomers on their way to their first TDM1 Championship title. On Friday Donza cruised to a convincing 93-44 victory and this Sunday afternoon they were again the better team, getting the 73-89 victory. The

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Thijs De Ridder declares for 2024 NBA Draft !

21 year old Power Forward Thijs De Ridder has officially declared for the 2024 NBA Draft, making him the second Belgian player next to Ajay Mitchell to make himself available for the draft. De Ridder’s basketball career has been on a steady rise ever since he first tied his basketball sneakers at th

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Regional clash in TDM1 Finals

After 7 months, 22 Regular Season games and a minimum of 4 Playoff games the TDM1 Finals are finally set to tip off on Friday April 26th in which the neighboring clubs LDP Donza and Falco Gent will face eachother. For LDP Donza it’s the second consecutive season that they reach the finals. Unable to

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Ajay Mitchell declared for the NBA draft

The decision has been made. After 3 seasons in the NCAA the 21 year old Point Guard from UCSB, Ajay Mitchell has announced that he will enter the 2024 NBA draft. Mitchell started his basketball journey at the age of 4 when he joined Union Huy. After passages with RBC Haneffe, BC Alleur, Liège Basket

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Belgian Student/Athletes in the USA – 2023-’24 Season Overview

Coming into the season the expectations were high for Ajay Mitchell and he did not disappoint as he led the team in scoring and assists and finished as the 3rd best scorer in the conference with his 19.9 ppg. He recorded 4 games in which he scored more than 30 points, including a career-high 39…

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Falco Gent first to advance to Semi-Finals

In the TDM1 Playoffs newcomers Falco Gent have managed to sweep Royal IV Brussels 2-0 and are the first team to advance to the semi-finals. This past Friday Falco Gent easily defeated Royal IV Brussels with the 83-63 final score and then went on the road on Sunday where they came away with the 65-68

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Liège Basket’s drastic turn-around

As most of you have probably already heard/read on several sites, Liège Basket has been taken over by some new investors, CFP Investment Group. One of their founding members is Ernie Cambo who will take over as president for Liège Basket. So far so good, but unfortunately Cambo is also co-owner of t

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Game Over for Merelbeke Hawks in TDM1!

Bad news from the Merelbeke Hawks as they have announced their immediate resignation from Top Division Men 1. Faced with financial issues, combined with their terrible results so far this season with their 1-8 record, president Yannick De Clercq saw himself forced to pull the plug, ending his 20 yea

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Waregem releases Head Coach and announces replacement

After their difficult 3-4 start of the TDM1 season ION Basket Waregem have decided to release Head Coach Jan Guns. Guns came at the head of Waregem at the start of the 2020-’21 season after three years as assistant coach for Olivier Foucart. Unfortunately the results so far this season with losses a

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The NCAA season tipped-off!

Yesterday was the start of the NCAA season and already we saw some very nice performances from our Belgian representatives. The UCSB Gauchos tipped off their season with a nice 75-59 win over San Francisco State. Ajay Mitchell got the starting nod and responded with a 10 pts & 10 asts Double-Double,

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Ayuba Bryant on the rise!

Since joining Gravelines in 2019, the left-handed forward Ayuba Bryant has been on a steady rise and despite still only being 17 years old he is slowly but surely becoming a fixture in their starting line-up in the French Espoirs competition. Coming off a tough 2021 year in which he had to have 2 hi

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Joshua Heath returns to Leuven!

Excellent news from Leuven as they have announced the return of their floor-leader of these past 3 seasons: Joshua Heath. After three excellent seasons with Leuven, Heath had the opportunity to try out closer at home in the G-League and although he had already prolonged his contract with Leuven, bot

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Francis Torreborre records triple-double!

Francis Torreborre seems to have found his home in Switzerland. After bouncing around several European basketball leagues these past couple of seasons (Italy, Austria & Czech Republic), the 29 year old explosive guard now seems to have found his place in Switzerland as he’s now in his second season

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Belgian Student/Athletes in the USA (2022-’23)

Much like every season we again take a look at all the Belgian youngsters who have decided to take the step towards collegiate basketball in the USA and follow their performances throughout the season. Here’s our overview for the upcoming season. If you know of any players who are missing or see any

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TDM1 Overview Round 3

Oxaco BBC – Gembo Borgerhout: 76-84 In a close match-up it was eventually Gembo who was able to pull off the win on the road as they remain undefeated so far this season (3-0). Oxaco on the other hand are still looking for their first win of the season with their 0-3 record and are…

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TDM1 Overview Round 2

Guco Lier – Antwerp Giants B: 83-55 On Friday Guco Lier used a very strong second half to come away with the 83-55 lopsided victory against the neighbors from Antwerp. Joppe Mennes again showcased why he’s a very promising talent as he recorded the all-rounded 15 pts, 8 rebs, 5 asts & 3 stls for…

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BNXT Overview Round 1

Belgian Competition: Liège Basket – Okapi Aalst: 82-73 Nice win by Liège Basket who used a strong final quarter to pull away from Aalst to get the 82-73 victory to start off their season. Newcomer Ziga Fifolt had himself a very solid game and finished with the 19 pts & 13 rebs Double-Double for Lièg

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Guco Lier take home the TDM1 title!

What an amazing run it has been for Guco Lier in this TDM1 season. After finishing 8th in the regular season with a 12-14 record, no one really gave them any chance of making some noise in the Playoffs. No one, except for Guco themselves and they came out and proved it, again and again….

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They did it again! Oostende capture 11th consecutive title

In Game 4 of the Belgian Finals Filou Oostende managed to hold off the Kangoeroes to capture their 11th consecutive title (23rd title in the club’s history) with the 83-91 final score to take the series 3-1. Despite BNXT MVP Levi Randolph struggling Oostende could count on an excellent Phil Booth wh

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2021-’22 TDM1 Playoffs Preview

The stage is set in TDM1 where the regular season has concluded and we’re now gearing up for the Playoffs. Here’s a review of what happened during the Regular Season and a preview of what we can expect in the Playoffs, starting Friday May 13th when the Quarter-Finals best of three series will tip of

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Limburg United collect first ever trophy and win the Belgian Cup

Congratulations to Hubo Limburg United for capturing their first ever trophy in the club’s history! They are the 2021-’22 Belgian Cup Winner. In an excellent game and great atmosphere Oostende seemed in control throughout 3 quarters, leading it 52-56 headed into the final quarter. In that final quar

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Kangoeroes defeat ZZ Leiden in first game of the Cross-Border phase

In the first game of the cross-border phase of the BNXT League it’s Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen who comes away with the close win against ZZ Leiden Basketball, 98-93. Kangoeroes came out swinging in the opening quarter and immediately ran out to a double digit lead before Leiden was able to find thei

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Noel Coleman (Hawaii): 2021-’22 Highlights

Noel Coleman is having an excellent season so far for Hawaii (NCAA) and is averaging 16.0 ppg (49.3% on his 2pt attempts, 45.7% on his 3pt attempts & 75.7% on his FT’s) plus 2.6 rpg & 2.0 apg in 29.5 mpg.

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Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA (2021-’22) (16/1/2022 Update)

Much like each year we again have a nice amount of talented Belgian youngsters who have decided to continue their athletic and academic development across the ocean in the United States. In this overview we’ll list all the players we’re aware of and give you an idea on how they’re performing on the

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Jaylen Hands extends his contract with the Antwerp Giants

Jaylen Hands extends his contract with the Antwerp Giants, untile the end of the season. Jaylen Hands will remain with Antwerp until the end of the season The American combo guard joined Antwerp a few weeks ago to replace the injured Markel Brown. Hands was able to quickly convince the club and the

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Kim Mestdagh steps aside from the Belgian Cats after ten years

Kim Mestdagh steps aside of the Belgian Cats after ten years. Kim Mestdagh is not part of the Belgian Cats’ selection for the first two games in the preliminary round of the 2023 European Championship. At 31, she decided to step aside and focus on her Italian club Schio. “Since I was 16 I have…

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Ian Hanavan and Phoenix Brussels part ways

Ian Hanavan and Phoenix Brussels part ways, the team announced on Monday. The loss against Liège was the straw that breaks the camel’s back. Ian Hanavan is no longer the head coach of Phoenix Brussels. After a difficult first year, Brussels’s board decided to continue with Ian Hanavan, considering t

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Valéry Demory is the new head coach of the Belgian Cats

Valéry Demory is the head coach of the Belgian Cats, following the departure of Philip Mestdagh. Frenchman Valéry Demory is the new national coach of the Belgian Cats. This was confirmed by the Belgian basketball association on Saturday. “Valéry Demory is a warm personality, with extensive experienc

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Former Aalst player signs in NBA

Former Aalst player signs in NBA, with the Charlotte Hornets. Last season, Cameron McGriff played for Aalst in EMBL. With Aalst, he averaged 13.5 points, 5 rebounds, 1.3 assist and 1 steal. The Charlotte Hornets announced that McGriff signed an unguaranteed contract with the team, ahead of the NBA s

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Limburg United dismiss Sacha Massot

Limburg United dismiss Sacha Massot, with immediate effect. Limburg United announced on Thursday morning that they have taken the decision to separate, with immediate effect, from their coach Sacha Massot. This departure comes after three defeats in as many games in the BNXT League. The defeats agai

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2K Takes no Chances with NBA 2K22

2K Takes no Chances with NBA 2K22 The NBA 2K series is, without a doubt, the best cross-platform basketball video game series. Ever since the release of the original back in 1999, the game has taken giant leaps forward, claiming the throne of basketball video games. It is not hard to understand how

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Omar Calhoun signs with Aalst

Omar Calhoun signs with Aalst to replace Shevon Coleman. Okapi Aalst has strengthened itself for the first season of the BNXT League with 27-year-old American Omar Calhoun. The 1m98 small forward comes over from the Ukrainian Ternopil Tneu. There he averaged 17 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3 assists. Pr

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Antwerp beats Nancy

Antwerp beats Nancy, in a friendly game in Vittel (70-81). With most of his new signings (Matthew Tiby was out and Markel Brown on limited minutes), Antwerp played a friendly game against Nancy (Pro B, France). If Nancy started the game strongly (10-3 after 5′), the entry of Elvar Fridriksson change

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Quentin Serron signs in France

Quentin Serron signs in France, with Boulazac. After one and a half year in Spain with Bilbao, Quentin Serron will return to France. After Gravelines-Dunkerque and Strasbourg, Boulazac will be his third team in France. In Boulazac, he will play in second division, where he’s expected to have more of

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It’s time to quit smoking

Quitting smoking is one of the best things you will do for your health and well-being. When people decide to quit smoking, they begin looking for a tobacco free alternative. However, it is not necessary; you can live an ideal life without it too. We know that withdrawal is going to be challenging, b

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Loic Schwartz leaves Oostende

Loic Schwartz leaves Oostende, signs in Greece. It was expected, it is now, almost, official Loic Schwartz will leave Oostende to sign in Greece with Promitheas Patras. It’s a big blow for Oostende, who signed Phil Booth to replace Schwartz. This season, Schwartz averaged 11.5 points, 4 rebounds and

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The Belgian Cats beat Australia ! (70-85)

The Belgian Cats beat Australia for the first game of the Olympics ! (70-85) The Belgian Cats pulled off a major upset by beating world runner-up Australia 70-85 (halftime: 41-37) in their debut in the women’s basketball tournament at the Tokyo Olympic Games. For the first Olympic women’s basketball

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Mikael Jantunen signs with Oostende

Mikael Jantunen signs with Oostende. Oostende announced the signing of the Finnish power forward Mikael Jantunen (2m03). Jantunen, 21 years old, played last season in the NCAA for Utah where he averaged 8.9 points and 4.5 rebounds. Jantunen is a regular member of the Finnish national team, with whom

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New center signs with Antwerp (VIDEO)

New center signs with Antwerp, he comes from NCAA. Cameron Krutwigis the new center of the Antwerp Giants. He comes over from Loyola, in NCAA. This big man, 2M06 and 115 kilos, averaged 15 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists last season in NCAA.

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The bronze medal for the Belgian Cats at the Eurobasket !

The bronze medal for the Belgian Cats at the Eurobasket, after the win against Belarus this Sunday (69-77). The Belgian Cats have won the bronze medal at the Eurobasket Women after the win against Belarus this Sunday (69-77) . This equals the best result ever in a EuroBasket for the Cats, after the

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Ajay Mitchell will play in NCAA

Ajay Mitchell will leave Limburg and play in NCAA. Youngster Ajay Mitchell decided to leave Belgium to go play in NCAA with UCSB. Despite the interest of Oostende, he decided to leave Belgium for the NCAA. Santa Barbara played the NCAA March Madness last season, where they lost against Creighton in

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16 Belgian Lions for a training camp in Japan

16 Belgian Lions for a training camp in Japan, from June 30 to July 13. Sixteen players have been selected by coach Dario Gjergja. Three games are planned during these two weeks. The Belgian Lions will face Finland on July 7, Japan on July 9 and Hungary on 11. “It is for the Belgian Lions…

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Sam Van Rossom extends his contract with Valencia

Sam Van Rossom extends his contract with Valencia for another year ! For the 9th season in a row, Sam Van Rossom will play for Valencia, the club announced. The Belgian Lion decided to extend his contract with Valencia until 2022. With a total of 1,434 assists, he is Valencia’ All-Time Assists Leade

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Thomas Akyazili signs in Turkey

Thomas Akyazili signs in Turkey, with Merkezefendi. After 2 seasons in Turkey with Bahcesehir, Thomas Akyazili will join anothet Turkish team: Merkezefendi. Merkezefendi played in the Turkish second division this season, but with 22 wins in 30 games, they won the title and they get promoted. They wi

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Brussels Basketball signs Joel Ekamba (VIDEO)

Brussels Basketball signs youngster Joel Ekamba, who played for Monaco. Joel Ekamba signs a In 2019, Ekamba left Mons-Hainaut to sign with Limoges in France. In 2020, after a good season in the U21 championship, he left Limoges for Monaco. In 2020-2021, he played 3 games with Monaco in U21, where he

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Olivier Foucart becomes Roel Moors’ assistant in Germany

Olivier Foucart becomes Roel Moors’ assistant in Germany, in Gottingen. Olivier Foucart will be Roel Moors’ T2 in Göttingen next season. The German club announced on Monday. Coach Roel Moors will start his second season with Göttingen in August and will replace his previous Belgian assistant, Thomas

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Belgium – Greece canceled due to coronavirus

Belgium – Greece has ben canceled due to coronavirus. The Belgian Cats were supposed to play today against Greece in Kortrijk the last preparation game before the Eurobasket 2021. But the game has been canceled due to suspection of Covid cases. With a busy summer ahead, with the Eurobasket and the O

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Vrenz Bleijenbergh will leave Antwerp, he declares for 2021 NBA Draft

Vrenz Bleijenbergh will leave Antwerp, he declares for 2021 NBA Draft as expected. After the elimination against Mons, Vrenz Bleijenbergh decided to announce that he’s leaving Antwerp and he declares for 2021 NBA Draft as expected. Vrenz Bleijenbergh Now it’s time for a new chapter “17 years spent w

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Games of the EMBL Final will be available on a big screen in Oostende

Games of the EMBL Final will be available on a big screen in Oostende, like BCO already did for the semi-final. Before the semi-final against Limburg, Filou Oostende decided to set up a large LED screen of 16m2 outside of the Versluys Dôme. This big screen will also be available now for the games of

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Limburg United signs the British cup MVP (VIDEO)

Limburg United signs the British cup MVP, Justin Gordon. Justin Gordon, a 27 years old American forward (1.98M), will play for Limburg United next season in the BNXT League. In 2020-2021, Gordon played for the Newcaste Eagles, in the British basketball League. He averaged 17 points, 6 rebounds and 2

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The BNXT League is born !

The BNXT League is born ! The officials of the Pro Basketball League (PBL) and the Dutch Basketball League presented this Thursday the name of the new competition which will bring together the Belgian and Dutch championships in one and same competition from next season: the BNXT League. On Thursday,

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Wins for Antwerp, Oostende, Mons and Aalst in the EMBL Playoffs

Wins for Antwerp, Oostende, Mons and Aalst in the EMBL Playoffs this wednesday Oostende won Wednesday night at home against Spirou de Charleroi (86-74) for the first round of the quarter-finals of the playoffs. At the same time, Aalst won against Limburg United (77-68), while Antwerp and Mons respec

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Wen Mukubu will join Kangoeroes Mechelen

Wen Mukubu will join Kangoeroes, after his departure from Limburg. As announced on our website, Wen Mukubu will leave Limburg United but he will stay in Belgium as he signed a contract with Kangoeroes Mechelen. Brussels also showed interest in Mukubu, but the former Belgian Lion decided to sign with

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Oostende finishes first, playoffs start this Wednesday

Oostende finishes first in Euromillions Basketball League, playoffs start this Wednesday. The program of the playoffs in the Euromillions Basket League is now known. The quarter-finals will bring together Oostende-Charleroi, Mons-Mechelen, Antwerp-Leuven and Aalst-Limburg. The classic phase of the B

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William Robeyns will leave Brussels

William Robeyns will leave Brussels, but he’s expected to sign with another Belgian team. William Robeyns will Brussels at the end of the season. After three seasons with Brussels, he decided to leave. “It is with emotion that we wanted to inform you that after negotiations to extend it to the club,

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NBA: New York Knicks clinch first playoff spot since 2012-13

NBA: New York Knicks clinch first playoff spot since 2012-13 Atlanta and New York validated their ticket to NBA playoffs. New York did not need to play to secure its place in the playoffs. The Knicks took advantage of the 102-94 Boston’s loss to Boston against Cleveland. The Celtics relied , as ofte

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Easy win for Oostende against Liège, Mons beats Kangoeroes

Euromillions Basketball League: Easy win for Oostende against Liège, Mons beats Kangoeroes Oostende defeated Liège at the Country Hall (58-87) while Mons grabbed the win in Mechelen (70-77). Oostende easily defeated Liège Wednesday night. With several key players back, Dario Gjergja’s team had no is

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Quinten Smout leaves Oostende

Quinten Smout leaves Oostende, he will follow his dad and will sign with Antwerp. After 2 seasons with Gistel and Oostende, Quinten Smout will sign with the Antwerp Giants, according to HNB. His dad, Luc Smout, signed with Antwerp 2 months ago. He will be coach of the TDM2 and the U21 team at Telene

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Serge Crevecoeur is no longer the coach of Gravelines-Dunkerque

Serge Crevecoeur is no longer the coach of Gravelines-Dunkerque, the club announced today. After 6 losses Gravelines Dunkerque decided to relieve him from his duties. Which means that, for now, he is still an employee from the club, but he will not longer coach the team. Serge Crevecoeur signed with

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Stellar performance from Manu Lecomte in Lithuania (VIDEO)

Stellar performance from Manu Lecomte in Lithuania with CBet Prienai. Manu Lecomte is the leader of his team in Lithuania. This week-end, he was the only foreigner of his team. With more pressure on his shoulder, he didn’t disappoint. Against Pieno žvaigždės, he played 35 minutes where he recorded 2

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TIB EMBL Team of the Month of April

Congratulations, Loïc Schwartz, Vladimir Mihailovic, Tim Lambrecht, Ryan Kriener and Skylar Spencer. You made it to the TIB EMBL Team of the Month of April, your grandkids will admire you. February-March: Dusan Djordjevic – Domien Loubry – Vladimir Mihailovic – Jean-Marc Mwema – Ryan Kriener January

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Belgian Cat Hatty Nawezhi-Bende signs with Basket Namur Capitale

Belgian Cat Hatty Nahwezi-Bende signs with Basket Namur Capitale for the 2021-2022 season. Hatty Nahwezi-Bende will leave the German champion Keltern and will play for the new Belgian champion Basket Namur Capitale next season. Nahwezi played with Spirou Ladies, Limoges in France and Rioja in Spain.

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Maxime De Zeeuw won the Balkan League

Maxime De Zeeuw won the Balkan League on Thursday evening with Hapoel Holon. Holon defeated the Bulgarians of Plvodiv (91-75). The Belgian Lions recorded 13 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal. It’s his first trophy with Hapoel Holon. After a bad first half, Holon reacted well in the last quar

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Belgian Lions will play against Spain, Turkey at the Eurobasket 2022

Belgian Lions will play against Spain, Turkey, Georgia, Russia and Bulgaria at the Eurobasket 2022. Nice but difficult draw for the Belgian Lions for the Eurobasket 2022. The Lions will play in the Group A against Spain, Turkey, Georgia, Russia and Bulgaria. Belgium will have to finish in the first

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The TDW1 final will not be played, Namur is the new champion

The TDW1 final will not be played, Namur is the new champion The story has finally come to an end. Castors Braine decided not to play the TDW1 final scheduled today at 20H30, due to the COVID cases in the team. Only 5 players were available for this Final. Braine asked to reschedule the Final…

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Hans Vanwijn shines as Dijon beats Chalons-Reims (VIDEO)

Hans Vanwijn shines again in France as Dijon beats Chalons-Reims in Jeep Elite. After the loss in the French Cup final against ASVEL and Ismael Bako, Dijon played yesterday at Chalons-Reims. And the MVP of the game was Hans Vanwijn. The former Antwerp Giants player had anothter big game with 20 poin

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Emma Meesseman wins the Russian title for the 6th time

Emma Meesseman wins the Russian title for the 6th time, with Ekaterinburg. Emma Meesseman conquered, with Ekaterinburg, her 6th title of Russian champion of her career.After the Euroleague, Ekaterinburg defeated Dynamo Kursk on Tuesday 71-91 for the 3rd time in 3 leg of the Russian final. This is th

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Leo de Rycke is the new sports director of Elan Chalon

Leo de Rycke is the new sports director of Elan Chalon, he was Antwerp sports director for 9 years. Elan Chalon announced that Leo de Rycke, former Antwerp Giants sports director, is the new sports direcor of the team. He previously did the same job at Bamberg, with Roel Moors as a coach. He also…

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At 14, Bassala Bagayoko played in the Liga Endesa ! (VIDEO)

At 14 years old, Bassala Bagayoko played his firts game in the Liga Endesa against Real Madrid ! While most 14 year-olds are concentrating on challenges of the early adolescence, Bassala Bagayoko was making history as the youngest-ever player to make his debut in the Liga Endesa . At 14 years and 22

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Julie Allemand wins the French Cup, named MVP of the Final

Julie Allemand wins the French Cup with Montpellier, she was also named MVP of the Final ! Julie Allemand is playing a big season with Montpellier. Before joining ASVEL next season, she wanted to bring a trophy to Montpellier. And it’s done now with the French Cup ! Montpellie defeated Charleville-M

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Wen Mukubu will leave Limburg

Wen Mukubu will leave Limburg after this season. In HBVL, Wen Mukubu explained that he will leave Limburg at the end of the season after 5 seasons with the team: ““I got no explanation. I fully understand that it is business and it is not about the way I play.. It still hurts because I…

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Maxime De Zeeuw helps Hapoel Holon beat Maccabi Rishon LeZion (VIDEO)

Maxime De Zeeuw helps Hapoel Holon beat Maccabi Rishon LeZion, with a nice performance. Now that the fans are allowed in arenas, Holon plays at the Toto Arena in front of their noisy fans. And Maxime De Zeeuw enjoys playing in front of Holon’s fans. The Belgian Lion had a nice performance for Hapoel

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Oostende’s next two games postponed due to COVID 19

Oostende’s next two games are postponed due to COVID 19 cases in Dario Gjergja’s team. Oostende will not play this Friday against Aalst and this Sunday at Liège after several cases of Covid-19 were detected in the reigning champion team. Indeed, several cases of Covid-19 have been detected recently

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Belgian Cats: 24 players in pre-selection to prepare a busy summer

Belgian Cats: 24 players in pre-selection to prepare a busy summer who will start in Kortrijk. The Belgian Cats are in front of a busy summer. First, the European Championship, which will take place from 17 to 27 June in Strasbourg and Valencia. Then the Olympic Games, which will take place in Tokyo

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Philip Mestdagh will sign in France

Philip Mestdagh will sign in France, with Saint-Amand. “I haven’t signed yet, but the contract is ready and we still have to discuss it at the start of the week. It’s a great project and they want to build something. We will discuss how to get there. They are offering a two-year contract with an…

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Limburg beats Antwerp, easy win for Aalst

Limburg beats Antwerp, easy win for Aalst this Friday evening. On Friday evening, Mons won at home against Spirou Charleroi (94-82), Leuven, Limburg and Aalst won respectively against Brussels (88-98), Antwerp (80-74) and Mechelen (88-67). Antwerp was defeated by Limburg United (80-74). Silas Melson

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Nick Mcglynn signs with Leuven (VIDEO)

Nick Mcglynn signs with Leuven, he will join the team for the 2021-2022 season. Leuven Bears has strengthened itself for next season with 25-year-old American Nick McGlynn. The 2m03 power forward/center played in NCAA with Drake College. He also played in Austria for the past two seasons, for Vienna

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Kangoeroes Mechelen appoint Kristof Michiels as their new head coach

Kangoeroes Mechelen have appointed Kristof Michiels as their new head coach for the start of the 2021-22 campaign. He will replace Paul Vervaeck. Michiels will head a renewed coaching staff, and will be assisted by Tony Van den Bosch Wim Van Poucke and Daphne Van Dessel. Michiels previously worked a

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Kenny Wooten Jr signs with Oostende (VIDEO)

Kenny Wooten Jr signs with Oostendeto replace Thomas Welsh. Oostende has quickly found another center after the departure of Kaleb Wesson: Kenny Wooten Jr (22 years old, 2m03). Wooten is a a completely different player than Jon Teske and Kaleb Wesson, the two substitutes for the injured Thomas Welsh

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Kaleb Wesson leaves Oostende

Kaleb Wesson leaves Oostende, without wearing Oostende’s jersey. What is going with new centers in Oostende ? Jon Teske left Oostende only a couple of days after arriving in Belgium for “personnal reasons”, now Kaleb Wesson will also leave Oostende without playing a game for Dario Gjergja’s team ! I

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Toumani Camara commits to Dayton

Toumani Camara commits to Dayton, the player announced on Thursday. Toumani Camara will play for the Dayton Flyers, after his departure from Georgia. Camara already visited Dayton in 2018 before choosing Georgia. Last season, Dayton was 14-10, they finished 4th in the Atlantic 10. They ended their s

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Huge performance from Manu Lecomte in Lithuania (VIDEO)

Huge performance from Manu Lecomte in Lithuania, this week. After his short contract with Pau, Manu Lecomte signed in Lithuania with BC Cbet Prienai. Against Nevezis, the Belgian Lion had his best game of the season so far: he recorded 27 points (5/7 from 3’s), 7 assists, 3 steals, 2 rebounds and a

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Toumani Camara enters the NCAA transfer portal

Toumani Camara enters the NCAA transfer portal, which means he will probably leave Georgia. Belgian prospect Toumani Camara has entered the NCAA transfer portal. It means that Camara can now talk to other coaches in order to play for another school. Georgia did not managed to play the March Madness

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Francis Torreborre signs in Czech Republic

Francis Torreborre signs in Czech Republic, with Kolin. Earlier this season, Francis Torreborre signed in Austria. With the Dornbirn Lions, he averaged 23 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. It was more than enough to attract interest from other teams. Now the season is over for the Dornbirn Lions, Fr

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Oostende easily beats Brussels (58-90)

Oostende easily beats Brussels (58-90). Quick start from Oostende, but Brussels reacted well thanks mainly thanks to his bench. After a time-out from Coach Gjergja, Oostende ended the quarter on a 3 from Gillet (14-18 atfer 10′). Oostende started the quarter strongly with a nice and one play from Va

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When Decathlon and Tarmak become official partners of the NBA

When Decathlon and Tarmak become official partners of the NBA Despite the ever-increasing level of Belgian basketball players, every basketball fan immediately thinks of the NBA when describing their passion for the sport. Teams like the Lakers, Warriors or Nets are close to our hearts. And that’s e

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TIB EMBL Team Of The Month of February-March

Some teams only played one game in February. That’s why we decided to take two months into account this time. It’s like a bonus free throw. Congrats Dusan Djordjevic, Domien Loubry, Vladimir Mihailovic, Jean-Marc Mwema and Ryan Kriener. You can call yourself TIB EMBL Team of the Month members for Fe

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Kaleb Wesson signs with Oostende (VIDEO)

Kaleb Wesson signs with Oostende to replace Jon Teske. Kaleb Wesson (21 yo/ 2M11) is Oostende’s new center. With Thomas Welsh’s injury, Oostende was looking for a center. They first signed Jon Teske, but he leaved the team before playing, for personnal reasons. But Oostende quickly signed Kaleb Wess

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Jon Teske leaves Oostende

Jon Teske leaves Oostende, before playing for the team. A few days after arriving in Oostende, the American Jon Teske has already left the club. The center is returning to the United States for personal reasons. Teske was supposed to replace the injured Thomas Welsh, but he will not wear Oostende’s

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Leuven beats Limburg, wins for Aalst and Charleroi

Leuven beats Limburg, wins for Aalst and Charleroi in Euromillions Basketball league. Leuven won at home against Limburg United (35-37 and 79-68) thanks to another big game from Ryan Kriener (28 points and 6 rebounds). After big game, Spirou Charleroi won at the end of the suspense at the Lotto Aren

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End of the season for Stéphane Moris

Stéphane Moris, has been affected by a bacteria and will no longer play this season in the Euromillions Basket League announced Brussels on Thursday. The 34-year-old was hit by a bacteria a few hours before the start of the match which took place Wednesday evening against Mechelen. Moris, who played

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Jon Teske signs with Oostende

Jon Teske signs with Oostende to replace the injured Thomas Welsh. Ostend announced on Wednesday the arrival of Jon Teske, a 23-year-old American center (2m16). Teske played with Michigan in NCAA, he played this season in G-League with the Lakeland Magic where he averaged at 6.7 points, 3.4 rebounds

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Can Belgium Seal Best Ever Eurobasket Finish?

The Belgian national basketball team remain on the fringes of the sport and, on a global scale, the Lions have yet to fully make an impact. When the summer Olympics eventually takes place in Tokyo later this year, the team will be absent but there is some good news for followers of the Belgian side…

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Ismael Bako and ASVEL beat Barcelona ! (VIDEO)

Ismael Bako and ASVEL beat Barcelona in Euroleague Friday night ! The French LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne won Friday night in Spain against Barcelona (69-76) in Euroleague. Pau Gasol did not play. It’s the 6th win in a row for ASVEL in Euroleague. Thanks to an excellent Norris Cole (21 points and 4 assis

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Dario Gjergja extends his contract with the Belgian Lions

Dario Gjergja extends his contract with the Belgian Lions. Dario Gjergja will continue to coach the Belgian men’s national basketball team until the 2023 World Cup. The 45-year-old Croat extended his contract until the 2023 World Cup. In 11 games with the Lions, Gjergja only lost 1, against Lithuani

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Terry Deroover signs with Brussels Basketball

Terry Deroover signs with Brussels Basketball for 3 years from next season. Terry Deroover is back home. The Brussels native signed a 3 years-deal with Brussels Basketball from the 2021-2022 season. He will also be the new Technical director of the youth school. “I am obviously delighted because it

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Belgium qualify for the Eurobasket 2022 !

Belgium qualify for the Eurobasket 2022 ! Thanks to the win against Denmark (88-65), Belgium will play his 5th straight Eurobasket in 2022 ! In the first half, Adama Darboe was the leader for Denmark with 16 points, but it wasn’t enough to stop Retin Obasohan (10 points) and Ismael Bako (8 points).

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Pau Gasol reportedly signs with Barcelona

Pau Gasol reportedly signs with Barcelona until the end of the season according to Mundo Deportivo. A legend is back ! Pau Gasol (40yo), will sign a contract with Barcelona until the end of the season. Gasol started his career with Barcelona in 1998. The best Spanish player of all time wants to play

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Valencia beats Real Madrid thanks to Sam Van Rossom (VIDEO)

Valencia beats Real Madrid thanks to a big performance from Sam Van Rossom. From the start, Valencia shooted very well from long range (12/26 to 3 points) to take the lead (29-21). Well launched, the teammates of the Belgian international continued at the same pace (55-35). Back to the wall, Real Ma

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Youngster Jo Van Buggenhout signs with Kangoeroes Mechelen

Youngster Jo Van Buggenhout signs with Kangoeroes Mechelen. Jo Van Buggenhout signed a contract until 2024 with Kangoeroes. This season, he played in Double-Affiliation with Basics Melsele in TDM1 and with Phantoms Boom in 1e Landelijke. In TDM1, he played only 2 games before the season was shut dow

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LeBron James and Kevin Durant named NBA All-Star Game captains

LeBron James and Kevin Durant named NBA All-Star Game captains. Praised by the fan vote, LeBron James (Lakers) and Kevin Durant (Brooklyn) will be the captains of the West and East teams of an All-Star Game which will finally take place on March 7 in Atlanta, despite the opposition expressed by seve

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Georgia upsets Missouri thanks to Toumani Camara (VIDEO)

Georgia upsets Missouri (20) thanks to Toumani Camara. After a big loss against N.11 Alabama, Georgia needed to react. And despite Missouri being up 48-35, Georgia fought hard to win the game (80-70). Toumani Camara recorded 15 points, a team-high 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks. It’s the first w

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Gabriel Iffe Lundberg will not play against Belgium

Gabriel Iffe Lundberg will not play against Belgium in the Eurobasket Qualifiers. Gabriel Lundberg just signed a big contract with CSKA Moscow. He left Zielona Gora to sign with the Euroleague team. CSKA paid around 250K for him. Therefore, he will not join Denmark in the Vilnius bubble and he will

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The 10 Greatest European Players in NBA History

(Part 2 of 2) In this second batch of the greatest European players in NBA history, our tribute to European basketball’s enduring legacy continues. In the interest of assessing accomplishments in a more definitive and career-wide context, the list only includes retired or inactive players.

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The EMBL, the youngest championship in Europe ?

The EMBL, the youngest championship in Europe ? The International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) and FIBA have published the ninth edition of the International Basketball Migration Report, a seasonal insight, for the 2019–2020 season, into the migratory trends and tendencies of basketball across t

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The 10 Greatest European Players in NBA History

(Part 1 of 2) Every year, teams across the NBA draft a fresh batch of international ballers; many of whom are European Players. The 2020-2021 season includes 107 international players from 41 countries, with all 30 teams having at least one foreign player.

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The Belgian Cup final will be played between Oostende and Mechelen !

The Belgian Cup final will be played between Oostende and Mechelen ! In the second leg, it was a draw between Oostende and Aalst (84-84). Oostende won the first leg easily (101-76) and will play against Kangoeroes. Mechelen lost the first leg at home against Leuven (70-79). But the Kangoeroes reacte

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Manu Lecomte played “Le Classique” in France (VIDEO)

Manu Lecomte played “Le Classique” in France. For his second game in France with Pau Lacq Orthez, Manu Lecomte participated in “Le Classique” against CSP Limoges. The rivalry between Limoges and Pau is the biggest rivalry in French Basketball history. In the starting 5, Manu Lecomte played 24 minute

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Easy win for Belgium against Finland (82-47)

Easy win for Belgium against Finland in the Eurobasket 2021 Women Qualifier (82-47). The Belgian Cats have won their fifth game in a row in the Eurobasket 2021 Women Qualifier, in Matosinhos, Portugal. The Belgian Cats easily defeated Finland 82-47. After a good start, thanks to Emma Meesseman, Finl

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How to Train Basketball at Home | TIB Ultimate Guides

2020 was a sad year for hoopers all around the world. The passing of legends, the short collapse of the league, and, more than anything – the inability to sharpen your trade. Basketball seemingly stopped and with COVID-19 restrictions around the world keeping everyone inside and away from the courts

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Belgium finishes 4th at the 3×3 International Supercup 2021 (Video)

Belgium finished 4th at the 3×3 International Supercup 2021 The Belgian 3×3 team consisting of Thierry Marien, Nick Celis, Thibaut Vervoort and Toon Ceyssens competed at the 3×3 Supercup this weekend in Austria to prepare for the Olympic Qualifiers later this year. On the opening day (Friday) they f

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Ryan Kriener signs with Leuven

Ryan Kriener signs with Leuven. Leuven signed the American center/forward Ryan Kriener (2m06). The team announced on Wednesday. Kriener, 22, played for The University of Iowa. He signed his first professional contract with the Helios Suns in the Slovenian league in August. “Ryan will join the team a

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Sergio Llorente signs with Charleroi

Sergio Llorente signs with Charleroi. Charleroi signed a new point-guard: Sergio Llorente. Llorente played with Axel Hervelle in 2016-2017. But he mainly played in LEB Gold, the second division in Spain. He started the season with Melilla where he averaged 11 points, 2 assists and 1 rebound.

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Julie Allemand signs with ASVEL

Julie Allemand signs with ASVEL. For Tony Parker, ASVEL’s president, Julie Allemand is “the best point-guard in Europe“. LDLC ASVEL announced Monday the return to its ranks of Julie Allemand, for next season, with a four-year contract. For Tony Parker, ASVEL’s president, Julie Allemand is “the best

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Big performance from Maxime De Zeeuw against Hapoel Haifa (VIDEO)

Big performance from Maxime De Zeeuw against Haifa, his biggest this season ! After his big performance against Cholet this week in Champions League, Maxime De Zeeuw continues to play at a very high level. Against Maccabi Haifa, he played the best game of his season. In 28 minutes, he recorded 27 po

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Andy Van Vliet named MVP of the week in Lithuania (VIDEO)

Andy Van Vliet named MVP of the week in Lithuania. Andy Van Vliet was our guest on the TIB playground this Sunday, but Saturday, he played against Rytas. And the least we can say is that the Belgian Lion continues to shine in Lithuania ! In 31 minutes, he recorded 19 points, 10 rebounds, 4…

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Manu Lecomte signs in France

Manu Lecomte signs in Spain, with Pau-Lacq-Orthez Manu Lecomte started the season with Frankfurt, where he had some good performances in the German Cup. But the German club was looking for another type of player and they decided to part ways early December. The Belgian Lion now decided to sign with

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For the fourth time in a row, Oostende beats Antwerp (58-63)

For the fourth time in a row, Oostende beats Antwerp (58-63) Oostende confirmed their victory in the first leg against Antwerp (58-63) on Sunday afternoon in the return of the quarter-finals of the Belgian Basketball Cup. Oostende had no difficulty in confirming their victory in the first leg by win

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Stephen Curry passes Reggie Miller for second-most career 3-pointers

Stephen Curry passes Reggie Miller for second-most career 3-pointers with 2,562 made three pointers. Stephen Curry has overtaken Reggie Miller in the rankings of the most three-pointers ever in the NBA. Against the Utah Jazz, Curry hit 5 three-pointers and his counter is at 2,562. Only Ray Allen is

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Nets defeat Heat to give Big 3 first win together in action

Nets defeat Heat to give Big 3 first win together in action Since the arrival of James Harden in Brooklyn on January 14, the new “Big 3” of the NBA had not won together. On Saturday, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant and James Harden gave the Nets their first success, after two losses against Cleveland. Th

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Rasta Vechta beats Gottingen and Roel Moors thanks to Jean Salumu

Rasta Vechta beats Gottingen and Roel Moors after overtime, thanks to Jean Salumu (90-102). Thanks to Jean Salumu, Rasta Vechta won 2 straight games, before the game against Gottingen. While Roel Moors’ team lost 2 straight. In the starting five, Jean Salumu was, once again, the leader for Rasta Vec

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Vladimir Mihailovic scores 45, Aalst beats Mons (85-83)

Vladimir Mihailovic scores 45, Aalst beats Mons in the Belgian Cup. Aalst is the first team to qualify for the semi-finals of the Belgian Cup. After their win in the first leg at the Diamonte mons.arena (79-80), Aalst also won the second leg (85-83). And one player was in the zone during this game:

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Easy win for Emma Meesseman in Euroleague (VIDEO)

Easy win for Emma Meesseman in Euroleague against Riga (41-90). Ekaterinburg and Emma Meesseman grabbed a sixth win in six games in the Euroleague women’s basketball. The Russians easily beats Riga 90-41 it was already 48-15 at halftime. The Belgian Cat scored 10 points and took 5 rebounds in 19 min

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Ismaël Bako and ASVEL beat Sam Van Rossom and Valencia (VIDEO)

Ismaël Bako and ASVEL beat Sam Van Rossom and Valencia (90-77). After a balanced first quarter (17-17), ASVEL had a 6-point advantage at halftime (40-34). After the break, Valencia closed the gap and took a 3 point lead (49-52), but ASVEL finished the 3rd quarter strongly (61-54). In the last quarte

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Big performance from Emma Meesseman in Euroleague (VIDEO)

Big performance from Emma Meesseman in Euroleague against Girona (90-83). UMMC Ekaterinburg is once again, one of the biggest favorite in the Euroleague Women this year, with Meesseman, Stewart, Griner or Torrens. Against Girona, Emma Meesseman was the MVP of the game. She recorded 22 points, 8 assi

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Angelo Chol signs with Brussels Basketball

Angelo Chol signs with Brussels Basketball. Angelo Chol is a Center (2M06/93KG), he already played in Portugal, Spain and most recently Japan. In NCAA, he played for San-Diego State. He signed a 1-year contract with Brussels, with an option for next year. Chol is an athletic player who can run the f

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Maxime De Zeeuw leads Hapoel Holon past Cholet (VIDEO)

Maxime De Zeeuw leads Hapoel Holon past Cholet in the Champions League (71-89). Maxime De Zeeuw recently extend his contract with Hapoel Holon. In the starting 5 against Cholet in Champions League, the Belgian Lion showed why Holon decided to extend his contract. In 28 minutes, he recorded 21 points

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Aalst beats Mons thanks to a Buzzer-Beater from Nathan Kuta (79-80)

Aalst beats Mons thanks to a Buzzer-Beater from Nathan Kuta (79-80) In the quarter finals of the cup, Mons, undefeated, lost his first leg against Aalst 79-80 on Tuesday. At half time there was no problem for Mons (41-25). After the break, Aalst closed the gap (61-49). In the last quarter, coach Def

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Hans Vanwijn posts double-double as Dijon defeats Keravnos (VIDEO)

Hans Vanwijn posts double-double as Dijon easily defeats Keravnos in the Champions League (44-79). Dijon played his last game in the Group B of the Champions League against Keravnos. They needed to win to keep their qualification hopes alive. And Hans Vanwijn was decisive in the win. In 33 minutes,

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Another strong performance from Francis Torreborre in Austria

Another strong performance from Francis Torreborre in Austria. For his first game with the Dornbirn Lions in Austria, Francis Torreborre had an impressive performance. For his second game, he did not disappoint. Against the Swarco Raiders Tirol, he recorded 23 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in 37

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Jean Salumu leads Rasta Vechta to second straight win (VIDEO)

Jean Salumu leads Rasta Vechta to second straight win, for the first time this season. After 11 loss in a row to start the Bundesliga, Rasta Vechta finally wins a game in Bundesliga last week. Against Giessen, needed to confirm their win. That is what they have done. And once again, Jean Salumu was

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Wins for Sam Van Rossom and Ismaël Bako in Euroleague

Wins for Sam Van Rossom and Ismaël Bako in Euroleague this Friday. Sam Van Rossom and Valencia had no difficulty against Red Star Belgrade (91-71). Valencia was already ahead after ten minutes (27-15). Red Star Belgrade, with Corey Walden, could not close the gap and it was an easy win for Valencia

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Limburg beats Leuven after overtime (73-75)

Limburg beats Leuven after overtime, thanks to a clutch lay-up from Silas Melson. Limburg United defeated Leuven on Friday At half time it was 28-36 for Limburg. But Leuven closed the gap and it was 64-64 after 40 minutes. In the final second of overtime, Silas Melson scored the decisive layup (73-7

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Another big performance from Andy Van Vliet (VIDEO)

Another big performance from Andy Van Vliet, in Lithuania. After his nice performance against this weekend against Neptnuas Klaipeda, Andy Van Vliet was once again decisive for Siauliai. Against CBet, in 26 minutes he recorded 24 points (his career-high in pro), 4 assists and 2 rebounds and 1 steal.

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TIB High Five (8-10 January)

Here is our weekly TIB High Five (8-10 January) Alex Libert Due to the coronacrisis, budgets went down this season in het EuroMillions Basketball League. As a consequence, youngsters get more minutes than ever before. The best youngsters of this early season are Nakic, Djurisic, Sylla, Bleijenbergh

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Tito Casero played his first game in Spain (VIDEO)

Tito Casero played his first game in Spain, with CB Morón. After his signing with CB Morón, Tito Casero played his first game with his new team against Zamora. For his first game in Spain, he recorded 14 points (7/11 2 PTS), 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal in 32 minutes. Despite a nice…

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NBA: Portland beats Toronto

Portland beats Toronto, Phoenix defeated by Washington. Portland beats Toronto (112- 111). The Blazers relied on Damian Lillard who scored 23 points and especially on C.J. McCollum,who scored 30 points, including the game winner with only 10 seconds to play. Bradley Beal was once again decisive for

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Nice performance from Andy Van Vliet in Lithuania (VIDEO)

Nice performance from Andy Van Vliet in Lithuania, with Siauliai. In November, Andy Van Vliet played his first minutes with the Belgian Lions thanks to his performances with Siauliai. Against Neptunas Klaipeda, he recorded 23 points (his career high in pro), 3 rebounds and 3 assists. And most import

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Maxime De Zeeuw extends his contract with Hapoel Holon

As announced last month, Maxime De Zeeuw extends his contract with Hapoel Holon. Maxime De Zeeuw signed a short-term with Holon in November to replace Richard Howell. But the Belgian Lion was really happy in Israel. His performances on the court are also very good. In Winner League, he averages 11 p

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Aalst beats Brussels (78-87)

Aalst beats Brussels this Sunday at the Palais 12 (78-87). Okapi Aalst won Sunday afternoon on at the Palais 12 against Phoenix Brussels (78-87). Aalst took matters into their own hands, dominating the game from the start (13-20 after 10′). Brussels reacted in the second quarter, but could not close

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Big performance from Francis Torreborre in Austria

Big performance from Francis Torreborre in Austria, for his first game with the Dornbirn Lions. After signing a contract with the Dornbirn Lions, Francis Torreborre played his first games this Saturday with the Austrain team. And the least we can say is that Torreborre was ready to play. In 33 minut

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LaMelo Ball becomes youngest NBA player ever to record triple-double

LaMelo Ball becomes youngest NBA player ever to record triple-double in the NBA. For his 9th game in the NBA, LaMelo Ball became the youngest player in history to record a triple double. In Charlotte’s win against Atlanta, Ball recorded 22 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists. At precisely 19 years an

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Francis Torreborre signs in Austria

Francis Torreborre signs in Austria, with the Dornbirn Lions. Torreborre already played abroad, in Italy. Last season, he played some games with Liège Basket before the season was stopped. Last season, he averaged 5.5 points, 1.8 assists and 1.5 rebounds in EMBL.

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Khalid Boukichou extends his contract with Gravelines-Dunkerque

Khalid Boukichou extends his contract with Gravelines-Dunkerque, he will stay with Serge Crevecoeur‘s team until the end of the season. Boukichou signed with Gravelines-Dunkerque to replace the injured Itay Segev. But thanks to his performances and his attitude, Gravelines decided to sign him until

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Mechelen beats Brussels in the Belgian Cup (99-79)

Mechelen beats Brussels in the Belgian Cup (99-79). They will play against Limburg United in the next round. Mechelen has qualified for the quarter finals of the Belgian Cup on Wednesday. In the return leg of its play-in, they easily defeated Brussels 99-79. Mechelen had narrowly lost the first leg

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Nymburk and Retin Obasohan beat Dijon and Hans Vanwijn (VIDEO)

Nymburk and Retin Obasohan beat Dijon and Hans Vanwijn (94-54). Easy win for Nymburk, Wednesday night against JDA Dijon in the Basketball Champions League (94-54). It was in the first half that nymburk teammates made the difference. Successful in attack and very solid defensively, Nymburk quickly to

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Michael Gilmore officially signs with Oostende

Michael Gilmore officially signs with Oostende, the club announced today. He signed a “trainee contract” for the rest of the 2020-2021 season where he will play only if one of the 12 players from Oostende’s list can not play. But he will train with Oostende for the rest of the season. He also signed

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AEK Athens and Matt Lojeski beat Kolossos and Kevin Tumba

AEK Athens and Matt Lojeski beat Kolossos and Kevin Tumba in the Greek Basketball Championship (89-72). For AEK Athens, Matt Lojeski recorded 7 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist in 22 minutes. For Kolossos, Kevin Tumba recorded 6 points (2/2 shooting), 3 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 assist and 1 steal in 23 minu

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NBA: Stephen Curry scores career-high 62 points

Stephen Curry scores career-high 62 points against the Portland Trailblazers. Curry scored a career-high 62 points against Portland this Sunday.. Stephen Curry had a very strong with 21 points already in the first quarter. The double MVP, achieves the biggest personal score this season in the NBA, s

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Antwerp beats Mechelen (74-77)

Antwerp beats Mechelen at the Winketkaai this Sunday (74-77). The Giants won after a nice game on the road to Mechelen (74-77) It was the Mechelen who took the best start, in the wake of a very good Marvin Clark (25-22) . In the second quarter, Christophe Beghin’s team was way more agressive. They o

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NBA: Philadelphia beats Charlotte

NBA: Philadelphia beats Charlotte, New-York defeats Indiana Philadelphia won its home game in the NBA against Charlotte 127-112 on Saturday. With five wins in six games, the Sixers sign the best start in the Eastern Conference. For the 76ers ,Tobias Harris was the top scorer with 24 points while Ben

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Nice win for Valencia, double-double for Sam Van Rossom

Nice win for Valencia Saturday against Gran Canaria, double-double for Sam Van Rossom (101-85). After a close loss in Euroleague against Baskonia (71-70), Valencia played at home this Saturday against Gran Canaria. And Valencia’s streak in Liga ACB is still alive. They easily dominated Gran Canaria

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Important win for Roel Moors and Göttingen

Important win for Roel Moors and Göttingen against Giessen this Saturday in Bundesliga. Göttingen had a good start of the season in Bundesliga with 2 wins in 3 games. But then, Roel Moors’ team had a lot of injuries. They lost 6 games in a row. This Saturday, it was an important game for Göttingen…

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Mississippi State beats Georgia, double-double for Toumani Camara

Mississippi State beats Georgia, double-double for Toumani Camara (73-83). After a 7-0 start, Georgia lost his first conference game of the season against Mississippi State. After being named SEC player of the week, Toumani Camara recorded his third double-double of the season. In 30 minutes, Touman

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Michael Gilmore signs with Oostende

Michael Gilmore signs with Oostende according to Het Nieuwsblad. Michael Gilmore played his first minutes last month with the Belgian Lions. And it seems that Dario Gjergja liked what he saw because he decided to sign him. Before joining the Lions, Gilmore already spent some time with Oostende as he

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Big win for Nymburk and Retin Obasohan against Brno (VIDEO)

Big win for Nymburk and Retin Obasohan against Brno (92-101). Retin Obasohan is playing in Czech Republic with Nymburk. In the last EuroBasket window, he has shown, to those who are now following him, that he is currently one of the best Belgian player. After some great performances in Basketball Ch

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Crailsheim beats Ulm, Elias Lasisi shines again (VIDEO)

Hakro Merlins Crailsheim beats Ratiopharm Ulm, Elias Lasisi shines again (86-84). We already talked several times in the past weeks about Crailsheim. But the game against Ulm was a big test against an EuroCup team. And it was a succesfull test for Crailsheim as they defeated Ulm (86-84). Elias Lasis

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Hapoel Holon beats Hapoel Tel Aviv thanks to Maxime De Zeeuw (VIDEO)

Hapoel Holon beats Hapoel Tel Aviv thanks to a big performance from Maxime De Zeeuw (77-63). Maxime De Zeeuw loves his experience with Hapoel Holon. On the TIB Playground Podcast, the Belgian Lion explained how he liked this new experience in Israel. Against Hapoel Tel Aviv, he showed that he was st

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NBA: Portland beats Los Angeles, second loss in a row for the Nets

NBA: Portland beats Los Angeles, second loss in a row for the Nets who played without Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. The Lakers (2-2) failed to win a third game in a row against Portland (107-115). For Portland, Damian Lillard scored 31 points, Gary Trent Jr 28. For the Lakers, LeBron James recorded

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Mavericks destroy Clippers, first win for the Knicks

Mavericks destroy Clippers, first win for the Knicks on Sunday in the NBA. Led by 50 points at halftime, unseen in NBA history, the Los Angeles Clippers were swept 124 to 73 by the Mavericks. Without Kawhi Leonard, the Clippers were quickly overwhelmed by the Mavs. The Mavericks were already leading

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Jean Salumu and Elias Lasisi duel as Crailsheim beats Vechta (VIDEO)

Jean Salumu and Elias Lasisi duel as Crailsheim beats Vechta this Sunday (81-98). Our Belgian Lions in Bundesliga are in a good form ! This Sunday, we had a nice duel between Jean Salumu and Elias Lasisi. For Rasta Vechta, Jean Salumu had a great game, he recorded 22 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist…

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Brussels beats Spirou Charleroi (83-77)

Brussels beats Spirou Charleroi (83-77), in Euromillions Basketball League. It was the first game at the Palais 12 in the EMBL championship this season for Brussels basketball. Quickly, Ian Hanavan’s team took control of the game thanks to Pavle Djurisic (25-21). Gradually, the gap climbed during th

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Hans Vanwijn leads Dijon past Bourg-En-Bresse (VIDEO)

Hans Vanwijn leads Dijon past Bourg-En-Bresse this Saturday night (80-71). Another game, another big performance from Hans Vanwijn. After his big double-double last week, the Belgian Lion was the leader of Laurent Legname’s team. Against Bourg-En-Bresse, Vanwijn recorded 21 points (his biggest perfo

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Sterling Gibbs signs with Antwerp (VIDEO)

Sterling Gibbs signs with the Antwerp Antwerp Giants. He signed until the end of the season with a one-month trial. Gibbs is a point guard (27/1M88) who played last season with Koper Primorska in Slovenia. He averaged 12 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists last season. “As previously communicated, we b

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Valencia beats Khimki (VIDEO)

Valencia beats Khimki in Euroleague. Sam Van Rossom’s Valencia has booked another win in Euroleague this Wednesday. A 88-82 victory against Russian Khimki Moscow. Valencia started the game strongly, they had a 16 points lead at at the break (45-29). Despite a big effort from Khimki in the third quar

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Nice performance for Jean Salumu (VIDEO)

Nice performnce for Jean Salumu with Rasta Vechta against Syntainics MBC. In 19 minutes from the bench, the Belgian Lion recorded 17 points and 4 rebounds. But it is another loss for Rasta Vechta (82-72). Vechta remains winless with 8 losses in 8 games. Thomas Päch, Rasta Vechta’s coach: ” The story

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NBA: Boston beats Milwaukee (VIDEOS)

Boston beats Milwaukee 122-121 in the NBA last night. The game between the Celtics and the Bucks was undecided until the end. With only 2 seconds to play, Jayson Tatum scored a three pointer to give Boston the advantage (122-120). Milwaukee managed to get two free throws on the very last action of t

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Jae’Sean Tate had a “heated exchange” with James Harden !

Jae’Sean Tate had a “heated exchange” with James Harden during Monday’s practice in Houston ! James Harden wants to leave the Rockets, that’s pretty clear. And it seems that his teammates are not happy with that. James Harden had a “heated exchange” with Jae’Sean Tate this Monday which resulted in H

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TIB teams up with ESPN !

TIB teams up with ESPN to offer our fans an exclusive acces to ESPN player with a 7-day free trial. You will also get 30% off an annual subscription using promo code: ESPNPLAYERXMAS With this special offer, you can watch all the exciting games of the NCAA season right here ! You can watch all…

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NBA starts tonight !

The 72nd season of the NBA starts tonight, less than two and a half months after the 17th Los Angeles Lakers title. LeBron James, who is aiming for a 5th personal NBA title. After the shortest off-season in history, the NBA is preparing to experience a special season due to the Covid-19. There is no

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Toumani Camara Named SEC Player Of The Week ! (VIDEO)

NCAA: Toumani Camara has been Named SEC Player Of The Week. Georgia’s Toumani Camara was tabbed the SEC’s Player of the Week by the league office. Camara scored 19 points for the third time this season against Cincinnati. It was also his second straight double-double. He approached the double-double

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Hans Vanwijn posts double-double as Dijon beat Roanne (VIDEO)

Hans Vanwijn posts double-double as Dijon beat Roanne in Jeep Elite (81-91). The former Antwerp Giants forward already had some great performances this year with Dijon. Yesterday against Roanne, Hans Vanwijn posted his first double-double for Dijon. The Belgian Lion recorded 14 points, 13 rebounds a

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Nice win for Valencia and Sam Van Rossom against Murcia (VIDEO)

Nice win for Valencia and Sam Van Rossom against Murcia this Sunday in the Liga ACB (89-78). Sam Van Rossom was the leader of his team. The veteran point-guard recorded 16 points (top scorer of his team), 7 assist, 3 rebounds and 1 steal. Valencia has now a record of 8 wins in 14 games…

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Big win for Crailsheim and Elias Lasisi (VIDEO)

Big win for Crailsheim and Elias Lasisi this Sunday against Braunschweig (75-108). After his big performance against Oldenburg, Elias Lasisi was once again very important for his team. The Belgian Lion scored 17 points on 6-for-6 (5-5 3Pt) shooting to help Crailsheim outlast Braunschweig. It is a bi

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NCAA: Toumani Camara leads Georgia over Cincinnati

Toumani Camara leads Georgia over Cincinnati, Georgia improves to a 6-0 record. It is the best Buldoggs’ start since 1982-1983 season ! (68-83) The youngster had another big performance: 19 points, 10 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block. That is his second straight double-double ! Tom Crean after the gam

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Khalid Boukichou played his first game for Gravelines

Khalid Boukichou played his first game for Gravelines-Dunkerque this Saturday against Châlons-Reims in Jeep Elite (84-80). For his first game back in Jeep Elite, Khalid Boukichou had a very good game. In 21 minutes, the Belgian Lion recorded 15 points, 7 rebounds, 4 blocks, 2 assists , 2 steals. Bou

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The Belgian Cats won the “Best Belgian Team of the Year” award

The Belgian Cats won the “Best Belgian Team of the Year” award this Friday. The Cats received 465 points, the Red Flames received 245 pts. Deceuninck-QuickStep cycling team received 208 pts and the third spot. The Cats succeed the Red Lions, the national hockey team, who won the award last year. The

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Philip Mestdagh is the Belgian coach of the year !

Philip Mestdagh is the Belgian coach of the year ! Philip Mestdagh, coach of the national women’s basketball team, was voted Coach of the Year at the Sports Gala this Friday. Mestdagh won with 405 points ahead of Club Brugge coach Philippe Clement (293 points) and the coach of the Red Devils Roberto

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Emma Meesseman won the 2020 Belgian Female Athlete of the Year award

Emma Meesseman won the 2020 Belgian Female Athlete of the Year award. She was elected as the Sportswoman of the Year at the Sports Gala this Friday. It is the first time that a female basketball player receives this prestigious prize. Emma Meesseman was elected with 826 points. Just in front of her

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Lakers beat Suns, first game for LeBron James and Anthony Davis

Lakers beat Suns, first game of the preseason for LeBron James and Anthony Davis. LeBron James and Anthony Davis returned to the courts on Wednesday night, against the Phoenix Suns. The 2 stars played for the first time this season in the Lakers’ win against the Phoenix Suns in preseason 112-107. Le

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Eurocup: Bologna beats Antwerp (VIDEO)

Bologna beats Antwerp in Eurocup this Wednesday night (92-73) After his first win of the season against Lietkabelis last week, Antwerp was playing in Bologna this Wednesday. In the first half, Antwerp was unable to stop the offensive power of the Italians who quickly took off. In the last 2 minutes

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Euroleague: wins for Sam Van Rossom and Ismael Bako

Euroleague: wins for Sam Van Rossom and Ismael Bako respectively against Olympiakos and Maccabi Tel Aviv. The Spaniards from Valencia won on Wednesday night at Olympiakos (85-96). Sam Van Rossom did not score a point. Valencia made the difference in the first half. Valencia relied on Bojan Dubljevic

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Big win for Bahcesehir and Thomas Akyazili against Venezia (VIDEO)

Big win in Eurocup this Tuesday for Bahcesehir Koleji and Thomas Akyazili against Venezia (108-74). With 5 players (Jamal Jones, Erick Green, Thomas Robinson, Ismet Akpinar, Yilmaz Erkan) over 10 points, Bahcesehir completely dominated Venezia all game long (108-74). Belgian Lion Thomas Akyazili had

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Easy win for Nymburk, Retin Obasohan posts double-double (VIDEO)

Easy win for Nymburk in Champions League yesterday against Keravnos (69-102) , Retin Obasohan posts double-double. Nice evening for the Belgian LionRetin Obasohan, who had no difficulty with Nymburk to overcome the Cypriots of Keravnos. From the start of the meeting, the offensive strike force of th

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TIB High Five (11-13 December)

Here is weekly TIB High Five (11-13 December). Dusan Djordjevic The General had the best performance index rating of all BCO-players in the loss against Mons. “Is this normal at the age of 37?” was the rhetorical question of Dario Gjergja. After an awful third quarter (11-25), nine-time EMBL champ D

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Sami Demirtas signs with Charleroi

Sami Demirtas signs with Charleroi. As announced, Charleroi signed a familiar face to replace the injured Samardzic. Demirtas signed a 1-month trial deal with the Spirou. Sami Demirtas previously played (between 2016 and 2019) for the first team and the second team of Charleroi. In 2017-2018, he ave

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Big performance for Elias Lasisi (VIDEO)

Big performance for Elias Lasisi this Saturday against EWE Basket Oldenburg in Bundesliga. Earlier this season, Elias Lasisi left Bamberg and signed for Crailsheim. Yesterday, he had his best game of the season in Crailsheim’s win against Oldenburg (94-80). The Hakro Merlins Crailsheim started the s

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Top 5 rookie seasons in NBA History

Top 5 rookie seasons in NBA History. A new season is on the horizon meaning there is another ‘draft class’ eager to make their mark on the league. Anthony Edwards and co will have to have a special year to keep up with these namest hough. Here we look at the best rookie seasons in…

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Euroleague: Valencia wins it at the buzzer !

Euroleague: Valencia wins it at the buzzer thanks to a shot from Klemen Prepelic (76-74) ! Valencia won at the end of the suspense Thursday night against Efes Istanbul (76-74) during the 13th day in the Euroleague basketball. Sam Van Rossom’s teammates struggled to enter the match. Quickly led 9-19,

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The BeneLeague will start next season !

Today was an important day in the History of Belgian Basketball, The announcement is made that the BeneLeague will start next season ! The project was already in the pipes for years, but now thing are more advanced. The Beneleague will be created very soon. The competition formula of the BeneLeague

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Eurocup: First win of the season for Antwerp !

Eurocup: First win of the season for Antwerp, after eight straight losses ! The Giants won their first game of the season in the Eurocup Wednesday night at home against the Lithuanians of Lietkabelis (86-77). At the start of the match, the two teams were evenly matched (16-16) before the Giants acce

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Toumani Camara leads Georgia to another win (VIDEO)

Toumani Camara leads Georgia to another win against Montana. Toumani Camara already had 2 big games this season: against North Georgia and Jacksonville. The game against Montana wasn’t different. Toumani Camara was Georgia’s leader. In 34 minutes ( the biggest playing time of his team), he recorded

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The Belgian Cats climb to the 6th place in the World Ranking

The Belgian Cats climb to 6th place in the world ranking unveiled on Tuesday by FIBA. The Belgian Cats were previously at the 7th place. Belgium take the place of Turkey for the only change in the top 10 of the ranking. The United States remains at the top of the rankings ahead of Australia,…

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Maxime De Zeeuw and Hapoel Holon beat Maccabi Tel Aviv (VIDEO)

Maxime De Zeeuw and Hapoel Holon beat Maccabi Tel Aviv (79-77). After his first good performance in Israeli Cup, Maxime De Zeeuw played against the Euroleague team Maccabi Tel Aviv yesterday. The Belgian Lion was a key member of his team. In 31 minutes, he recorded 15 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, 1

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NCAA: Georgia wins, Toumani Camara shines again (VIDEO)

Georgia wins, Toumani Camara shines again after his good performance against North Georgia. Against Jacksonville, Camara was once again very important for Georgia. He recorded 19 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals ! A very good all-around performance ponctuated with a monster windmill dunk !

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Good performance for Thomas Akyazili against Galatasaray

After his time with the Lions in the bubble in Vilnius, Thomas Akyazili had a good performance against Galatasaray. Despite Akyazili’s performance, Galatasaray defeated Bahçeşehir 78-95. From the bench, Thomas Akyazili had his best game of the season in Turkey. The former Antwerp Giants guard record

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Axel Hervelle officially retires from basketball

Axel Hervelle officialy retires from basketball after an amazing career. It was an open secret, but Axel Hervelle decided to make it official yesterday on Twitter: he ends his basketball career. “It’s time for me to admit that the ‘story’ of my life is coming to an end! Thank you basketball for givi

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Belgian Lions: Our top five

Belgian Lions: Our top five after the bubble in Vilnius. Retin Obasohan He was the lion who roared loudest during this qualifying window. Obasohan has always been a great athlete, driving powerfully to the basket and sometimes finishing spectacularly. Against the Czech Republic and Lithuania, Obasoh

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Lithuania beats Belgium (84-71)

After the big win against Czech Republic, the Lions played against Lithuania this Sunday. If the Lions started the game against Czech Republic very well, this Sunday the first minutes were for Lithuania (14-4 after 4′). After a very energetic time-out from coach Gjergja, the Lions made a good run (1

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Kobe Bryant’s Hall Of Fame Ceremony will be held in May 2021

Kobe Bryant’s Hall Of Fame Ceremony will be held in May 2021. It means that Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett will finally enter the Basketball Hall of Fame in May 2021. The ceremony, in which the ‘Class of 2020’ will be honored, was put on the calendar for August 29. But due to…

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Ismael Bako and ASVEL beat Barcelona ! (VIDEO)

Ismael Bako and ASVEL beat Barcelona ! Big surprise this Friday at the Astroballe as ASVEL defeated Barcelona (80-68). For ASVEL, David Lighty recorded 17 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Nikola Mirotic recorded 19 points and 9 rebounds for Barcelona. Ismael Bako recorded 8 points (2/3 from 2’s and

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Sam Van Rossom leads Valencia to victory (VIDEO)

Sam Van Rossom leads Valencia to victory against Fenerbahce (86-90) Sam Van Rossom ends the game with 20 points. After his game-winner last week against Maccabi Tel Aviv, Sam Van Rossom was again sparkling on Friday night after the win of the Lions against Czech Republic. Thanks to Dyshawn Pierre (1

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Belgium beats Czech Republic (62-90)

Belgium beats Czech Republic 62-90 . The Lions sit at the top of group C with 3 wins in 3 games. Jean-Marc Mwema started the game strong, he scored 8 points in the first 3 minutes for the Lions (6-12). The Lions were unstoppable, they scored 19 points in the first 5 minutes (10-19 after…

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Here are the 12 Belgian Lions to face Czech Republic

Here are the 12 Belgian Lions to face Czech Republic this Friday in the Eurobasket 2020 qualifiers at 15H30. After four days of preparation in Vilnius, Dario Gjergja and the Belgian Lions sports staff have announced the 12 players for the game against the Czech Republic this Friday at 15H45. Haris B

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Jae’Sean Tate officialy signs with the Rockets

Jae’Sean Tate officialy signs with the Rockets. As announced on our website, the former Antwerp Giants forward signed a contract with Houston. The contract is a three-year deal for slightly more than the minimum. Houston used a portion of its mid-level exception (MLE) to sign Jae’Sean Tate. The Rock

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Retin Obasohan is in the Champions League team of the month

Retin Obasohan is in the Champions League team of the month. The Belgian Lion and Keye Van der Vuurst de Vries are in the Champions League team of November. Against Tofas Bursa, Retin Obasohan was clutch in the Overtime win of Nymburk. He scored 19 points, including 7 points in OT. Against Keravnos,

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Ryan Richards leaves Brussels Basketball

After only 1 game in Euromillions Basketball League with Ian Hanavan’s team, Ryan Richards (29/2M11) already leaves Brussels Basketball. Brussels announced that both parties have decided to separate by mutual agreement. Ryan Richards only played one official game with Brussels against Antwerp (1 poi

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Who is Michael Gilmore? 5 things to know about the new Belgian Lion

Who is Michael Gilmore ? 5 things to know about the new Belgian Lion (25/ 2m08). He will play his first minutes with the Belgian Jersey this week against Lithuania and Czech Republic. Michael Gilmore (25y/2M08) mainly plays the power-forward position (he considered himself as a power-forward). He’s

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Maxime De Zeeuw will sign in Israel

Maxime De Zeeuw will sign in Israel. The Belgian Lion will sign a contract with Hapoel Holon. Maxime De Zeeuw received the permission from the Belgian Lions staff to go to Israel on Sunday to pass his medical and sign his contract. Therefore, he will not play with the Lions against Lithuania and Cze

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Euroleague: Sam Van Rossom hits the game-winner ! (VIDEO)

Euroleague: Sam Van Rossom (Valencia) hits the game-winner against Maccabi Tel Aviv ! The Spaniards from Valencia won, after a suspensefull game, Friday night at home (82-80) against Maccabi Tel Aviv on the tenth day in the Euroleague basketball. Sam Van Rossom scored the winning basket with only se

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Jae’Sean Tate will sign with the Rockets

According to sources, Jae’Sean Tate will sign with the Rockets this Friday when free agency opens. Tate signed with Antwerp in August 2018 to replace the injured Tyler Kalinoski for the Champions League qualifications. He averaged 17.3 points and 8.5 rebounds during the qualifications. Antwerp decid

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Champions League: Retin Obasohan shines again (VIDEO)

Champions League: Retin Obasohan shined again in the easy win against Keravnos (96-69). After the loss against Prague this week-end, without Obasohan, Nymburk needed to react. Retin Obasohan was a key member of this reaction. Last week, Retin Obasohan scored 19 points in the overtime win against Tof

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The Belgian Cats are qualified for the EuroBasket Women 2021 !

The Belgian Cats are qualified for the EuroBasket Women 2021 thanks to Finland’s success against Portugal on Saturday night (70-62). In the early evening, Belgium defeated Ukraine 65-87 to clinch a fourth win in four games in these qualifications. The Cats sit at the top of the group G and can’t be

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The Belgian Cats beat Ukraine (VIDEO)

The Belgian Cats beat Ukraine 2 days after the win against Portugal (65-87). With the same starting 5, the Cats started the game very well in offense (17-29 after 10′). The Cats were even up 17 in the second quarter (24-41 after 14′), but Ukraine reacted well before halftime (37-45). The third quart

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Best Throwback Basketball Jerseys of All Time

I remember the first time I was given a basketball jersey. I wore it everywhere and when I played basketball, I mimicked the actions of the NBA player (Steve Nash). It’s almost like basketball jerseys are alive ‒ especially when we look at the best throwback basketball jerseys of all time. Throwbac

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The Belgian Cats beat Portugal (VIDEO)

The Belgian Cats beat Portugal (49-59) on their way to the EuroBasket Women 2021. Without Emma Meesseman and Kyara Linskens, Philip Mestdagh decided to put Billie Massey in the starting 5. The Cats didn’t waist any time and were up by 6 after 10 minutes (10-16). The second quarter started very well,

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Champions League: Obasohan scores 19, Nymburk beats Tofas (VIDEO)

Retin Obasohan scores 19 and Nymburk beats Tofas after OT (93-96). For his second game with Nymburk, Retin Obasohan started the game from the bench but came in with 5 minutes left in the first quarter. But the Belgian Lion distinguished himself when it matters most: he scored 9 points in the 4th qua

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Oostende beats the Champions League winner ! (VIDEO)

Oostende beats the Champions League winner at home Tuesday night (99-98). After a fast start, Oostende was only down by 2 at the end of the first quarter (24-26). In the second quarter, Olivier Troisfontaines scored 11 points and Oostende was only down by 1 at halftime (52-53). Returning from the lo

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Belgian Cup: Antwerp and Oostende will face each other !

This morning, the draw for the Belgian Cup took place, Antwerp and Oostende will play against each other ! This season, only the 10 teams from the Euromillions Basketball League will play the Belgian Cup due to the pandemic. In the first play-in, Aalst will play against Liège. Both games will be pla

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Jonathan Tabu scores 18, Manresa beats Zaragoza (VIDEO)

Jonathan Tabu scores 18 and Manresa beats Zaragoza in a high-scoring game (102-103). After his big performance against Bilbao, Jonathan Tabu add another great game this Sunday against Zaragoza. The veteran point-guard, in the starting five, recorded 18 points (4//7 from 3’s), 6 assists, 3 rebounds a

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Andy Van Vliet scores 18, first win for Siauliai (VIDEO)

Andy Van Vliet scores 18 and Siauliai got his first win of the year this Sunday. After 7 straight losses in LKL, Siauliai defeated Neptunas Klaipeda this Sunday (93-88). For his first pro experience, Andy Van Vliet already had some good games ( 13 points and 13 rebounds against Prienai, 14 points ag

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Matt Lojeski leads AEK Athens to third win (VIDEO)

Matt Lojeski leads AEK Athens to third win with a clutch performance. After losing in the final of the Champions League Final Four earlier this year, Athens was undefeated in the Greek championship and in BCL since the start of the season. Yesterday, one man kept the streak going: Matt Lojeski. Down

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Euroleague: Sam Van Rossom leads Valencia to another win

Sam Van Rossom leads Valencia to another win. This is the fourth win of the season for Valencia in Euroleague. This friday Valencia defeated Milan (86-81). With 21 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Sam Van Rossom finishes as the top scorer of the game ! The Belgian was clutch, at 80-79 with a minute

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Euroleague: First win for Asvel and Ismael Bako (VIDEO)

Asvel defeated Baskonia yesterday to picks up his first win of the season in Euroleague (86-88). The French team only played 4 games in Euroleague this season because some players tested positive for COVID-19 a couple of weeks ago. After the losses against Zalgiris, Milano and Valencia, it is the fi

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Victor Wembanyama shows up in Eurocup (VIDEO)

Victor Wembanyama scored his first points in Eurocup, yesterday against Cedevita Olimpija (with Rion Brown, former Brussels’s player). In 17 minutes, he recorded 5 points, 6 rebounds, 4 blocks and 2 assists. Victor Wembanyama (16 yo, 2m20), is considered as the best prospect in Europe. The young fre

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Elias Lasisi leaves Bamberg, signs with Crailsheim

After one month with Bamberg, Elias Lasisi leaves the German club. The former BCO player, has signed a contract with the Hakro Merlins Crailsheim. It’s already the third team in Germany for Lasisi after Göttingen and Bamberg. “I tried to stay in the BBL (the German basketball championship). I love t

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Champions League: Hans Vanwijn beats Retin Obasohan (VIDEO)

Yesterday in Champions League we had a Belgian clash: Hans Vanwijn against Retin Obasohan. And as always, since the start of the season, Dijon clinches victory. Hans Vanwijn, in the starting lineup, recorded 11 points 5 rebounds and 1 assists in only 17 minutes. For his first game with Nymburk, Reti

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Top 8 Basketball Books for Mamba Mentality

You can spend countless hours on the court developing your physical attributes and skills, but we all know the best players to ever play the game have a winning mindset. Establishing a winning mindset means finding a basketball book that helps you bring out your inner champion. In this edition of t

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Darüssafaka beats Oostende in Champions League (VIDEO)

First game of the season in Champions League and first loss for Dario Gjergja’s team against Darüssafaka (79-74). Without Simon Buysse and Haris Bratanovic, both injured, Oostende started the game well (6-12 after 5′). But Darüssafaka ended the first quarter strongly (20-18 after 10′). The team from

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Roel Moors beats Rasta Vechta and Jean Salumu (VIDEO)

Second game of the German Cup for Gottingen and Rasta Vechta. The team coached by Roel Moors defeated Frankfurt last game while Jean Salumu had a big impact for Rasta Vechta against Giessen. Gottingen had a very strong first half and they managed their advantage in the second half (87-99). With 2 wi

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First win for Manu Lecomte with Frankfurt (VIDEO)

Second game in the German Cup for Frankfurt and Manu Lecomte after the loss against Gottingen and Roel Moors. One man was on fire for Frankfurt: Matt Mobley. The former Spirou Charleroi shooting guard recorded 29 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. For his second official game for Frankfurt,

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Julie Allemand hits game-winner against Nantes ! (VIDEO)

After her incredible season in WNBA, Julie Allemand is now playing with Lattes Montpellier in LFB, her coach is Thibaut Petit. Yesterday against Nantes, she was once again impressive. She recorded 15 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists and, most importantly, the game-winner ! Julie Allemand leads the l

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PLAYERS’ BLOG: HANS VANWIJN (Part 2)

In this TIB exclusive Players’ Blog Belgian Forward Hans Vanwijn will discuss his experiences throughout the season on a regular basis. This season is Vanwijn’s first season abroad as he plays for Dijon in the French first division. What a nice start of the season! I remember very well that when I t

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Another win in Euroleague for Sam Van Rossom (VIDEO)

In front of more than 5000 fans, Valencia was playing his 4th game of the season in Kaunas against Zalgiris. Zalgiris started the game well and the home team was in front at half-time (45-37). But the Spanish team reacted well in second half, to grab the win (82-94). In the Starting line-up, Sam Van

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Retin Obasohan signs in Czech Republic

After one season with Brose Bamberg, Retin Obasohan will play the 2020-2021 season with Nymburk. Nymburk is the biggest club in Czech Republic. They have won 17 (!) championships in a row. They finished last season with 28 wins in 28 games ! They also played the Final 8 of the Basketball Champions L

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#TBT – Daren Queenan (’66 – 1m94 – G/F)

In our #ThrowBackThursday series we take a closer look at the players who have had a significant impact on Belgian basketball throughout the years. This time around we take you back to the ’90s as we take a closer look at a player who will forever be remembered by any Belgian basketball fan who was…

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Roel Moors beats Frankfurt, Manu Lecomte shines in debut (VIDEO)

First official game for Roel Moors as coach of Gottingen and first win for the former Antwerp Giants coach. His team defeated Frankfurt easily (79-64). For Frankfurt it was also the first official game for Manu Lecomte. He scored 16 points in a rough shooting night for his team with a 4/27 from 3’s.

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Rasta Vechta beats Giessen, great debut for Jean Salumu (VIDEO)

Jean Salumu played his first official game for Rasta Vechta against Giessen in the German Cup this week-end. From the bench, Salumu was the key player for his team. He recorded 20 points (including a spectacular one handed dunk and some 3’s) , 4 rebounds and 3 assists. The Belgian Lion finished the

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North Korea’s Totally Insane Basketball Rules

It’s no secret that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un loves basketball. He has a longstanding fascination for the 1990s Chicago Bulls and a particular admiration for Michael Jordan and Dennis Rodman since childhood.

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16 points in 15 minutes for Jonathan Tabu ! (VIDEO)

Sixth game of the season in ACB for Jonathan Tabu with Manresa and the Belgian Lion continues to shine ! After his big game against Unicaja (17 points in 17 minutes), the veteran point guard had 16 points (4/9 from 3’s), 4 assists and 1 rebound in the 100-102 win for Manresa against Fuenlabrada. He…

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Big performance for Hans Vanwijn (VIDEO)

For his third game in Jeep Elite, Hans Vanwijn had his best performance so far for Dijon. Insert in the starting line up by Laurent Legname, the former Antwerp Giants player played 24 minutes where he recorded 18 points (7/9 from the field), 5 assists and 4 rebounds. Thanks to his all around perform

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Overview: Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA (2020-’21)

Traditionally we at TIB publish a little overview at the start of each season discussing the Belgian Players who will be playing abroad. We do this in three seperate categories: Belgian Players Abroad in which we discuss the Belgian professional players abroad. Belgian Youngsters Abroad in wich we d

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Championships are also stopped in Wallonia and in Brussels

After Minister Ben Weyts decided to put sport on code “orange” yesterday, Valerie Glatigny, the sports minister in federation Wallonia-Brussels, decided today to ban all inside contact sports from October 15 until the autumn school holidays. It means that all the championships over the category U12

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Manu Lecomte signs in Bundesliga

After a year and a half in Spain with Murcia and Gran Canaria, Manu Lecomte will play with Frankfurt this season. The Belgian point guard signed a one year deal with the Skyliners. Manu has been training with Frankfurt for weeks and he already played some preseason games with his new team. Frankfurt

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TDM1 Game Review: Basics Melsele – Limburg United B (11/10/2020)

After their unexpected loss last weekend Basics Melsele was fired-up to set things straight this afternoon in their match-up against the youngsters from Limburg United B. And the men from Dave Van Den Brande did exactly that. After an 0-3 start of the game Melsele quickly took control and never look

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TDM1 Game Review: Guco Lier – BBC Lommel (11/10/2020)

Earlier this afternoon it was the turn of Guco Lier to host BBC Lommel in their second game of the TDM1 season. When Guco Lier found out that they would have to get through the season without their star-player from last season (Niels Van Den Eynde), they already knew it would be a tough challenge…

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TDM1 Game Review: Oxaco BBC – Gembo Borgerhout (10/10/2020)

Next up came the Antwerp derby between Oxaco Boechout and the visitors from Gembo Borgerhout. In a game that remained close throughout the opening half it was the home-team Oxaco that took the slight advantage at the halftime break, leading it 42-36. Oxaco continued their solid play in the opening m

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TDM1 Game Review: SKT Ieper – Gent Hawks (10/10/2020)

To start off the second round of the TDM1 competition we saw a hotly contested duel between SKT Ieper and the visitors from the Gent Hawks. Guided by Palinckx and Mbaye the hometeam got off to a strong start and when Lunguana also added 5 unanswered points Ieper had jumped ahead by 12, before a…

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Big win for Sam Van Rossom against Real Madrid (VIDEO)

Second game of the season and second win for Valencia and Sam Van Rossom. After the first game and his decisive basket against ASVEL, Sam Van Rossom had 5 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in 19 minutes in the 77-93 win in Madrid. For Valencia Bojan Dubljevic scored 24 points in 18 minutes. For…

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A Comprehensive History of Basketball Uniforms

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Birth of a Game During its infancy in the 1890s, basketball was played in regular street attire. Since the game was invented initially as an indoor wintertime sport, players typically wore everyday school clothes consisting of baggy flannel trousers and sweate

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A tale of two halves for the Antwerp Giants

In their second match-up of the EuroCup the Antwerp Giants showed two faces in their game against Morabanc Andorra. In the opening half – albeit after a slow opening 2 minutes – the Giants stepped to the forefront with strong play by Dudzinski and an excellent entrance by youngster Bleijenbergh to c

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No Champions League title for Lojeski and AEK

In the bubble in Athens the home-team AEK was unable to get the Champions League title as they dropped it 85-74 against San Pablo Burgos. AEK got off to an excellent start though and ran out to a 10 point lead at the end of the opening quarter (14-24) before the high-powered offense from Burgos…

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TDM1 Game Review: Kortrijk Spurs – Kontich Wolves (4/10/2020)

In the final game of the TDM1 opening round (other than the 2 games that were postponed due to Coronavirus infections) we saw the battle of the newcomers with the Kortrijk Spurs hosting the Kontich Wolves. And a battle it certainly was, with a lot of fouls called on both sides… but we’ll get to…

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Jonathan Tabu helped Manresa to their second win in Liga Endesa

Jonathan Tabu was feeling it for Manresa as they went on the road to visit Unicaja Malaga. Manresa got off to a strong start and continued on their momentum throughout three quarters to hold a nice 58-73 advantage headed into the final quarter. In that final quarter the home-team responded however a

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Van Vliet’s Double-Double not enough for the win (video)

Although Andy Van Vliet continues to rack up the impressive performances for Siauliai it hasn’t yet led to any wins for his team in the Lithuanian league. This Sunday Siauliai went on the road to visit Prienai and came out strong, grabbing an early 16-27 lead in the opening quarter. But it wasn’t en

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TDM1 Game Review: Guco Lier – Oxaco (4/10/2020)

On this Sunday afternoon it was the turn of Guco Lier and the visitors from Oxaco Boechout to get their season started. Throughout the first half the youngsters from the home-team did a solid job and during the half-time break they were still hanging on in this low-scoring affair with the 30-37 scor

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TDM1 Game Review: LDP Donza – Melsele-Beveren (3/10/2020)

The third game of the TDM1 season opening night gave us a spectacular upset as LDP Donza hosted Basics Melsele Beveren. Although the opening quarter remained pretty balanced it was the visiting team from Melsele that took control in the second quarter and ran out to a solid 23-35 advantage at the ha

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TDM1 Game Review: BBC Lommel – Basket SKT Ieper (3/10/2020)

In the second game of the #TDM1 season-opener it was BBC Lommel who hosted the visitors from Basket SKT Ieper. The home-team got off to a very rough start and quickly saw Ieper taking the reigns in this game as they ran out to a maximum lead of 14 points and at the half the…

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TDM1 Game Review: Gent Hawks – Spirou Charleroi B (3/10/2020)

In the opening game of the 2020-’21 TDM1 season we saw the Gent Hawks hosting the visitors from Spirou Basket Charleroi B and we immediately got our money’s worth as the game went straight down to the wire. From the start both teams went back and forth with neither team being able to run out…

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Overview: Belgian Youngsters Abroad (2020-’21)

Traditionally we at TIB publish a little overview at the start of each season discussing the Belgian Players who will be playing abroad. We do this in three seperate categories: Belgian Players Abroad in which we discuss the Belgian professional players abroad. Belgian Youngsters Abroad in wich we d

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Game winning bucket for Sam Van Rossom in Euroleague (VIDEO)

The Euroleague is back ! And the first week of the season offered us a Belgian confrontation between Valencia (with Sam Van Rossom) and ASVEL (with Ismael Bako). Bako played only 8 minutes for ASVEL in which he dished out 2 assists. In the starting lineup, Sam Van Rossom scored the firsts points of

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Top Division Men 1 is about to tip-off

It’s almost here… the start of a new #TDM1 season. As usual we at TIB will follow the competition closely but unfortunately it seems that there won’t be any live stats during the game. Therefore we would like to ask each team to send their boxscores after each game to poeticsdb@thisisbasketball.eu s

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Miami advance to NBA Finals after defeating Boston (4-2)

For the first time since 2014, the Miami Heat advance to the NBA Finals thanks to a 125-113 win against Boston last night. Bam Adebayo delivered a monster performance with 32 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists in 39 minutes. Jimmy Butler scored 22 points and dished out 8 assists also for the Heat. Fo

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Overview: Belgian Players Abroad (2020-’21)

Traditionally we at TIB publish a little overview at the start of each season discussing the Belgian Players who will be playing abroad. We do this in three seperate categories: Belgian Players Abroad in which we discuss the Belgian professional players abroad. Belgian Youngsters Abroad in wich we d

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Players’ Blog – Hans Vanwijn (Part 1)

In this TIB exclusive Players’ Blog Belgian Forward Hans Vanwijn will discuss his experiences throughout the season on a regular basis. This season is Vanwijn’s first season abroad as he plays for Dijon in the French first division. Preparing the new season. Our preparation already started on August

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Thomas Creppy moving to Stade Rochelais in the French NM1

30 year old swingman Thomas Creppy will continue his basketball career in France as he has just signed a new deal with Stade Rochelais, a team that plays in the French NM1 Division (D3). It will be his 3rd experience playing abroad as he has previously played at Le Puy and Aubenas a couple of…

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Mons beats Anwil in the Champions League qualifiers (69-81)!

Big performance from Mons this Wednesday evening in Cyprus against Anwil (69-81). Anwil played in the Champions League last season (1 win and 1 loss against Antwerp). For Mons it was the first game ever in the Champions League. After a good start for Anwil (20-17 after 10′), the second quarter was c

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Van Vliet opens season with a big loss (video)

Rookie Andy Van Vliet tipped-off his season in Lithuania with Siauliai with a big loss on the road at Zalgiris as his club went down with the 89-56 final score. Despite the loss Van Vliet can look back at a solid game as he finished as the top-scorer for his squad. Van Vliet was inserted…

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Oostende will not go to the Final 8 (VIDEO)

Yesterday, Tenerife defeated Oostende (62-54) and the Spanish team will go to the Final 8 in Athens. The Spanish team started strong the first quarter, and Dario Gjergja could almost only count on Thomas Welsh (6 points in the 1st quarter) to score points for Oostende (17-10 after 10′). But in the s

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Julie Allemand named to AP All Rookie-Team !

Julie Allemand has been named to the Associated Press All-Rookie Team.  She has also been named in the All-Rookie team from ESPN. Allemand became the first rookie in WNBA history to average at least 8.0 points, 5.0 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game. She’s also the only rookie to start all the 22 gam

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Nuggets stun Clippers to reach Western Conference final ! (VIDEO)

The Denver Nuggets amazing postseason run continues after a 104-89 victory over the Clippers in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals on Tuesday. Jamal Murray scored 40 points while Nikola Jokic had a triple-double by the third quarter and finishes the game with 16 points, 22 rebounds and 13 a

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Easy win for the Lakers (VIDEO)

Easy win for the Lakers last night against the Rockets (110-100). The Lakers are now 3-1 ahead in the series. LeBron James team’s is only one win away from the Western conference Final. Anthony Davis had 29 points and 12 rebounds for the Lakers. James Harden had a rough night on the offensive end, f

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Alhassan Barrie joins the DBL as he signs with newcomers The Hague

In what will be his second season as a pro the Antwerp-native Alhassan Barrie has now signed with The Hague Royals in the Dutch Basketball League. The Hague is a newly formed club that will make its debut at the highest level in The Netherlands and will be Barrie’s third team in his young career….

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Pierre-Antoine Gillet signs with Oostende

He is back ! After spending 3 seasons abroad in France and in Spain, Pierre-Antoine Gillet decided to sign a 3 year contract with Oostende. Gillet already played for Oostende between 2013 and 2017. The power-forward is also an important member of the Belgian Lions.

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Solid performance for Andy Van Vliet (video)

In a friendly preparation game Andy Van Vliet had a solid performance for his new club Siauliai (LTU) as they faced off against BC Prometey (UKR). In the game that turned into a lopsided 99-77 defeat for Siauliai Van Vliet still managed to show his skills as he finished with 13 pts and also grabbed…

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Benjamin Janssens renews at Avila in the Spanish EBA

21 year old Belgian swingman Benjamin Janssens has renewed his contract with Avila in the Spanish EBA for his second season with the club. Last season Janssens transferred to the club and went on to average 5.4 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 2.4 apg & 0.9 spg in 21.2 mpg as he appeared in all 20 games….

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Killian Van Den Langenbergh signs with Den Helder Suns

Youngster Killian Van Den Langenbergh leaves Mons-Hainaut and signed with Den Helder Suns in the Dutch First Division for the upcoming season. It will be the first experience abroad for the 22 year old Small Forward who spent most of his development years with the Antwerp Giants (2011 – 2019). Last

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Julie Allemand named Defensive player of the week !

We already talked about the record of Julie Allemand and her big performance against Atlanta, now the Belgian Cats has been named Defensive player of the week by the Indiana Fever ! In only 4 games with the Indiana, she had 7 steals and 2 blocks. She also dished out 25 assists in 4 games….

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The Los Angeles Lakers have clinched No.1 seed in Western Conference

The Los Angeles Lakers have clinched the No.1 seed in the Western Conferencethanks to a win against the Utah Jazz last night (116-108). They own a six-game advantage over the Los Angeles Clippers and the Lakers have only five seeding games remaining. Anthony Davis had 42 points and 12 rebounds again

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Nicolas Dierynck committed to Glenville State (video)

21 year old swingman Nicolas Dierynck has announced his commitment to Glenville State (NCAA2) for the upcoming season. It will already be his fifth club in the USA since the Roeselare native left Belgium back in 2016 to finish out his High School at Lee Academy. After graduation he then joined Linde

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First win in WNBA for Julie Allemand (VIDEOS)

After the loss on opening night against the Washingtons Mystics and Emma Messeman, Julie Allemand and the Indiana Fever bounced back with a nice win against the Phoenix Mercury (106-100) Julie Allemand played 30 minutes and she had 2 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block.

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Matt Lojeski returns to Greece (Video)

After one season in Turkey with the club Tofas, Matt Lojeski is now returning to Greece as he has signed a new contract with AEK Athens. Lojeski spent the first 6 seasons of his career in Belgium with Okapi Aalst (2 seasons) and Oostende (4 seasons) before moving to Greece where he spent the next…

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Maxime De Zeeuw leaves Obradoiro

After 2 seasons with Obradoiro, Maxime De Zeeuw will leave the Spanish team. Despite some injuries in his first year and a shortened season for the second year (Obradoiro wasn’t in the top 12 so they didn’t participate in the tournament to finish the season), De Zeeuw played 42 games for Obradoiro.

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Thomas De Thaey signs with Oliveirense

After 1 season in Spain with Breogan, Thomas De Thaey will sign with Oliveirense for the 2020-2021 season. De Thaey already played with the Portuguese team during the 2018-2019 season, he averaged 15 points and 7.8 rebounds. With Oliveirense, De Thaey won the championship and the cup. He was named M

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Jonathan Tabu signs in Spain

Jonathan Tabu will play in Spain next year as he signed a 1-year deal with Baxi Manresa. Last year, Tabu played with Le Portel, in Jeep Elite. He averaged 9.6 points and 3.4 assists. It won’t be the first for Tabu in the Liga ACB, he already played in Spain with Zaragoza, Fuenlabrada and Bilbao.

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WNBA begins next week with a Belgian confrontation

The WNBA season tips off July 25 at the IMG Academy. This opening night will see the Washington Mystics of Emma Meesseman play against the Indiana Fever of Julie Allemand at 05:00 PM ET (23H00 in Belgium). For Emma Meesseman, the 2019 WNBA Finals MVP, it will be the 7th season in WNBA while Julie…

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Roel Moors signs with Göttingen

After his experience with Bamberg, Roel Moors will stay in Germany for another year as he signs a 1+ 1 deal with Göttingen. “In Antwerp, Roel show that he can form a good team and lead this team to success. We also know that Roel can do great things with a small budget“, says Frank…

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Second win in a row for Sam Van Rossom and Valencia (VIDEO)

After the easy win against Andorra, Valencia managed to secure another win, this time against Zaragoza (89-71). Sam Van Rossom, once again in the starting 5, scored 9 points and dished out 5 assists in 25 minutes with a plus/minus of +15 ! Valencia are currently at the top of group B and will play…

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First win for Manu Lecomte with Gran Canaria (VIDEO)

After their loss against Real Madrid, Gran Canaria won their first game in the final stage of the Liga Endesa against Andorra (88-104). Manu Lecomte played 12 minutes and scored 5 points. Next game, June 22 at 15H30 against San Pablo Burgos.

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Christophe Beghin about the EuroCup: “We will be ready for it”

After winning the Belgian cup and ending third in the regular phase of the EuroMillions Basketball League, Antwerp Giants were not able to play in the FIBA Basketball Champions League. Via a wildcard the club could still participate in the Champions League, but then they had to play two qualificatio

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Youngster Sean Pouedet joins Brussels in Double-Affiliation

We had already announced it on our Facebook page in late April but it is now finally official: next season promising youngster Sean Pouedet will continue to play in TDM2 with his current team Bavi Vilvoorde but will also join Brussels Basketball and hopefully manage to earn himself his first minutes

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10 Basketball Movies on Netflix

In our eyes – basketball is the greatest sport on earth. In desperate times when you can’t get out on the court due to bad weather, injuries, or elements out of your control, basketball movies on Netflix are a welcome sight. Not only is basketball one of the most popular sports in North America an

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Alba Berlin beats Bamberg, good performance for Obasohan (VIDEO)

First game since the Coronavirus break for Roel Moors and Retin Obasohan against the German powerhouse Alba Berlin. Despite a good game, Bamberg fell short against the Euroleague team (98-91). Retin Obasohan was one of the key players for Bamberg, in 19 minutes he recorded 13 points, 4 assists and 2

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Andy Van Vliet 2019-’20 Highlights (video)

Check out Andy Van Vliet’s highlight video of his senior year at William & Mary. In a total of 32 games this season he averaged excellent numbers with 13.2 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 1.5 apg & 1.3 bpg. At the moment he is still looking for a new club to start his professional career with. With…

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#TBT – Christopher Copeland (’84 – SF – 2m02)

In their 70 years of existence Okapi Aalstar arguably had their most successful season in the EMBL during the 2011-’12 season. During that season they won their first (and so far only) Belgian Cup after defeating the Antwerp Giants with the 96-89 victory in overtime. And although their success in th

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Alan Kikwaki to continue development at Southeastern Oklahoma State

After 2 seasons at Iowa Lakes (NJCAA2) Belgian youngster Alan Kikwaki will now continue his development with Southeastern Oklahoma State in the NCAA 2nd Division. In his 2 seasons at Iowa Lakes, Kikwaki made a steady progression as he went from averaging 3.8 ppg & 3.3 rpg in his freshman season to 9

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Emma Meesseman finishes 2nd of the Euroleague MVP

Alina Iagupova, a former Castor Braine player, has been named Euroleague MVP. Emma Meesseman shares the second place with Alyssa Thomas. The WNBA Finals MVP has also been named in the All-EuroLeague Women First Team. In 13 games in Euroleague, she is averaging 14.1 PTS, 4.6 RBDS and 3.2 ASTS in only

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The 10 best European NBA players of the Decade. Today: our 1st pick.

As we’re living in a more globalized world each day, more and more European basketball players make their way to the NBA. Time for us to honour some great European stars who made an impact in the NBA during the past 10 years. This ranking is based on the best European performers between the 2009-10…

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The 10 best European NBA players of the Decade. Today: our 2nd pick.

As we’re living in a more globalized world each day, more and more European basketball players make their way to the NBA. Time for us to honour some great European stars who made an impact in the NBA during the past 10 years. This ranking is based on the best European performers between the 2009-10…

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The 10 best European NBA players of the Decade. Today: our 3rd pick.

As we’re living in a more globalized world each day, more and more European basketball players make their way to the NBA. Time for us to honour some great European stars who made an impact in the NBA during the past 10 years. This ranking is based on the best European performers between the 2009-10…

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The 10 best European NBA players of the Decade. Today: our 4th pick.

As we’re living in a more globalized world each day, more and more European basketball players make their way to the NBA. Time for us to honour some great European stars who made an impact in the NBA during the past 10 years. This ranking is based on the best European performers between the 2009-10…

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The 10 best European NBA players of the decade. Today: our 5th pick

As we’re living in a more globalized world each day, more and more European basketball players make their way to the NBA. Time for us to honour some great European stars who made an impact in the NBA during the past 10 years. This ranking is based on the best European performers between the 2009-10…

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Latest transfer news in TDM1

There have already been several changes announced for the Top Division Men 1 teams. Here’s a little overview: Oxaco Boechout: after a tough season Oxaco sees a couple of their players leaving the club as Maarten Van Gelder is retiring and will coach Oxaco’s U21 team and their 2nd team. Yannick Schoe

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The 10 best European NBA players of the Decade. Today: our 6th pick

As we’re living in a more globalized world each day, more and more European basketball players make their way to the NBA. Time for us to honour some great European stars who made an impact in the NBA during the past 10 years. This ranking is based on the best European performers between the 2009-10…

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The 10 best European NBA players of the Decade. Today: our 7th pick

As we’re living in a more globalized world each day, more and more European basketball players make their way to the NBA. Time for us to honour some great European stars who made an impact in the NBA during the past 10 years. This ranking is based on the best European performers between the 2009-10…

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THE 10 BEST EUROPEAN NBA PLAYERS OF THE DECADE. TODAY: OUR 8TH PICK

As we’re living in a more globalized world each day, more and more European basketball players make their way to the NBA. Time for us to honour some great European stars who made an impact in the NBA during the past 10 years. This ranking is based on the best European performers between the 2009-10…

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Some EMBL transfer news for the 2020-’21 season

While we were busy preparing our website there have already been several transfers as the EMBL teams are preparing for next season. Here’s a little overview: Most active so far on the transfer market has been Liège Basket as they have signed several youngsters (who will be competing for both their f

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Youngster Stéphan Dibongue Swenson has committed to Stetson (NCAA)

The left-handed 6’3″ Point Guard made the move to the USA back in 2018 when he left United Basket Woluwe (playing in TDM2) to join Westminster Academy in Florida. At Westminster Academy Swenson led his team to their third straight state title, getting 46 wins over the course of his 2 seasons. In his

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Steven Verplancken committed to Southern Illinois (NCAA)

After his very successful freshman season at Glenville State College in the NCAA 2nd Division, Belgian youngster with Dominican roots Steven Verplancken made himself available for transfer this off-season and quickly racked up the offers from 1st Division universities all over the country. After car

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The 10 best European NBA players of the Decade. Today: our 9th pick

As we’re living in a more globalized world each day, more and more European basketball players make their way to the NBA. Time for us to honour some great European stars who made an impact in the NBA during the past 10 years. This ranking is based on the best European performers between the 2009-10…

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The 10 best European NBA players of the Decade. Today: our 10th pick

As we’re living in a more globalized world each day, more and more European basketball players make their way to the NBA. Time for us to honor some great European stars who made an impact in the NBA during the past 10 years. This ranking is based on the best European performers between the 2009-10…

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2019-’20 EMBL Awards

Hans Vanwijn from the Antwerp Giants has been elected as the 2019-’20 EMBL Belgian Player of the Year. In 14 games Vanwijn recorded averages of 12.8 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 2.9 apg, 0.5 spg & 0.4 bpg. Seppe D’espallier from the Leuven Bears has been elected as the 2019-’20 EMBL Belgian Youngster of the Year.

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Player Profile: David Bea Mulumba

It’s already the fifth season in the States for the youngster from Antwerp as he first made the step way back in 2015 when he joined Huntington Prep. The following season he then competed for Teays Valley Christian before joining Concord University in 2017. Now in his junior (3rd) season with the Mo

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Player Profile: Toumani Camara

Quite possibly the least known youngster here in Belgium of all Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA… and yet, he might actually be the most promising of them all. The Brussels native started playing basketball at the age of 6 when he joined his local club Saint-Hubert Boitsfort. Six years later he m

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Player Profile: Séraphine Bastin

In her second (sophomore) season at Wichita State Séraphine continues to play a huge role for the Shockers as she again started every single game of her 30 total games and led the team in Rebounds (5.1 rpg) and Assists (3.5 apg), while she was second in Scoring (7.7 ppg) and in Steals (1.5 spg).She…

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Player Profile: Paula Dits

Paula Dits has also finished out her second (sophomore) season at Caldwell in the NCAA 2nd Division and just like Séraphine Bastin she has also continued to be a key-player for the Cougars. She got the starting nod in 26 of her total 29 games played and led the team in Rebounding with her 6.3…

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Player Profile: Bethy Mununga

The last Student-Athlete in the USA that we’ll be taking a closer look at is Bethy Mununga who just finished her junior year at the University of South Florida (NCAA) where she provided a solid inside presence. She started in 27 of her 29 games and averaged very nice numbers with 9.2 ppg (3rd on…

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Player Profile: Noel Coleman

Coleman is another youngster from Leopoldsburg who has left Belgium early on as he moved to the States in 2017 to join Sunrise Academy. He spent 2 solid seasons at the renowned academy to earn himself a scholarship at the University of San Diego (NCAA) where he started his collegiate career this sea

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Player Profile: Ayoub Nouhi

In his second season at Texas-Arlington 1m98 tall Guard/Forward Nouhi remained in search of more playing time as he only played 12.0 mpg (just a tad better than his 11.9 mpg from last season) in which he averaged 1.9 ppg & 1.4 rpg. Despite bringing an unmatched work-ethic to the table, Nouhi has con

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Player Profile: Darnell Snyers

The Leopoldsburg native Snyers saw his first minutes on the court at North Georgia this season after sitting out the previous year due to NCAA rules. And I must say that he definitely showed promise. Although Darnell started the season fairly slowly, the mature 21 year old guard eventually got some

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Player Profile: Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk

It’s been a rough ride so far for the talented forward who left KBGO Duva Fruit this past summer to continue his development at the University of Illinois (NCAA). Although his play in practice quickly garnered praise from coaches and fans alike, a big set back wasn’t long in the waiting as Bosmans-V

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Player Profile: Omar Thielemans

It’s been a tough couple of seasons for the youngster who left Gistel-Oostende in the summer of 2018 to continue his development in the USA. The 2m01 tall all-rounded Forward was offered a scholarship by Arizona and accepted but before the season even started Thielemans opted to transfer out of Ariz

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Player Profile: Andy van Vliet

Going out with a bang. In his fifth and final season as a Student-Athlete Van Vliet has finally been able to show his qualities on the court as he was one of the lead-players for William & Mary, finishing 2nd on the team in scoring (13.2 ppg), rebounding (8.7 rpg), blocks (1.3 bpg) and minutes…

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Player Profile: Romain Boxus

Romain Boxus is another youngster who has just finished his college career and will now be looking to start his professional career. Boxus left Belgium back in 2012 when he moved from the AWBB academy to join Antibes in the French U21 league. After 2 seasons at Antibes Boxus then signed with Graveli

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Player Profile: Steven Verplancken Jr.

The Belgian guard with Dominican roots has just finished a very impressive season at Glenville State (NCAA2). The youngster left Gistel-Oostende back in 2017 to move to The States and finish out his High School at Teays Valley Christian where he graduated this past season before joining Glenville St

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Pro Liga decided to stop competition due to Coronavirus outbreak

After an emergency meeting the Pro Liga and all its clubs have unanimously decided to end the competition after only 17 games played (out of 26 games in the regular season) due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Current leader Filou Oostende is thus declared as the 2019-’20 Champion, while the tickets for

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Oostende force decisive Game 3

Basketbalclub Oostende forced a decisive Game 3 in their #BasketballCL Round of 16 match-up with Tenerife after winning Game 2 with the 75-69 final score. Jean-Marc Mwema brought his A-game in this one as he led the way for Oostende with his 17 pts (4/8 from behind the arc). McIntosh (11 pts), Caupa

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Player Profile: Max Dehon

Youngster Max Dehon finished his sophomore season at Northwest College Trapper Athletics with a loss at Western Wyoming in Region IX Tournament play. Although Dehon dropped 14 pts in that game he couldn’t prevent Northwest from taking the 84-57 loss, effectively ending their season with a 9-22 overa

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Player Profile: Owen Soontjens

19 year old Owen Soontjens finished his freshman season with the Adelphi University Panthers after first having moved to the States in 2016 when he joined Marianapolis Prep. In his first season with Adelphi the Corbais/Mont-Saint-Guibert native saw a decent amount of minutes as he played 14.8 mpg an

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Antwerp Giants win Belgian Cup

The Telenet Giants Antwerp have prolonged their Belgian Cup title as they defeated Spirou Basket Charleroi with the 83-78 final score. The Giants really made the difference in an excellent third quarter and headed into the final quarter they were holding on to a 68-56 lead. Spirou fought back howeve

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Player Profile: Alan Kikwaki

In his second year at Iowa Lakes Men’s Basketball the Brussels native Kikwaki has clearly made quite a lot of progress as he saw his numbers rise from 3.8 ppg & 3.3 rpg in 11.8 mpg last year to 9.6 ppg & 5.1 rpg in 20.0 mpg this year. Although Kikwaki continued to come off the bench…

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Player Profile: Sam Hofman

After 13 seasons of hard work with Bavi Vilvoorde youngster Sam Hofman made the move abroad this past summer where he has now concluded his first season in the NCAA with the Detroit Mercy Titans. As the first Belgian player to be recruited into the program (and obviously being a freshman) Hofman’s m

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Player Profile: Haris Bratanović

The season has most likely already ended for one of the biggest Belgian prospects around as Haris Bratanovic has terminated his contract with Barcelona, making him a Free-Agent. Bratanovic had been unhappy with the limited playing time he was receiving this season and felt like staying with the club

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Player Profile: Lore Devos

In her third (junior) year at Colorado State Women’s Basketball youngster Lore Devos has just wrapped up her season this past Sunday with a 48-60 loss at Air Force in the Mountain West Championship tournament. The loss marked the end of a pretty tough season for Devos who missed practically half of

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Julie Allemand headed to the WNBA

This summer Julie Allemand will be leaving Lyon (France) to sign up with the Indiana Fever (WNBA) for her first experience in the USA. She immediately signed a multi-year contract although the actual duration hasn’t been specified. With the WNBA taking a 1-month break for the Olympics Allemand and E

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Player Profile: Nicolas Dierynck

The 2019-’20 season ended in the Yankee Small College Conference (YSCC) Semi-Finals for youngster Nicolas Dierynck as his Central Maine Mustangs took the loss against NHTI. Despite not going all the way to the finals it has definitely been a very nice season for the Mustangs and for Dierynck in part

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Player Profile: Quentin Serron

A day after his birthday Quentin Serron and SIG Strasbourg have announced that they are parting ways. With the addition of Gerry Blakes and Devonte Upson Strasbourg has acquired 2 new foreign players these past couple of days, putting them over the limit of 6 foreigners allowed. And so the club had

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The opening window of the EuroBasket 2021

The opening window of the EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers has given us a surprising look into the strength of our Belgian Lions. Despite practically missing their starting line-up with Sam Van Rossom (injury/Euroleague), Ismael Bako (Euroleague), Jean Salumu (injury), Manu Lecomte (injury) and Hans Vanwi

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EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers

The Belgian Lions remain perfect in this opening window of the EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers as they defeated Denmark with the 72-88 final score. Our Lions were again very dominant this game throughout the opening three quarters, thanks to their lights-out shooting from behind the arc with Tabu in part

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Riding the wave

After the amazing successes of our Belgian Cats it was now up to our Belgian Lions to put Belgian Basketball on the map. And in this first game of the FIBA EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers they did just that by defeating number 8 in the world Lithuania with the convincing 86-65 final score. Although we ca

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Player Profile: Manu Lecomte

With the first window of EuroBasket 2021 pre-qualification games coming up this Friday and Monday our Belgian Lions have assembled in Mons this week to prepare for their match-ups against Lithuania and Denmark. Unfortunately they will have to do it without Point Guard Manu Lecomte. Lecomte left his

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Player Profile: Ajay Mitchell

It’s never easy to find that perfect environment. This past summer talented youngster Ajay Mitchell had a tough decision to make. After 2 very solid European Tournaments with the Belgian National Youth Teams (U16 & U18) and a strong berth at the NBA Academy Games (9.5 ppg) Mitchell had started raisi

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Belgian Cats make history

After defeating Sweden with the 53-61 final score our Belgian Cats have qualified for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and thus make history. It’s becoming a habit for this golden generation of Belgian Cats. After an exciting Qualifying Tournament in front of their home-crowd in Ostend, the Cats have mana

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Player Profile: William Robeyns.

Despite the rough season Brussels Basketball is going through with their future in EuroMillions Basketball still in doubt, there have been some bright spots for them as well. One of those bright spots is definitely the emergence of William Robeyns who in his 2nd year in Brussels (and his 6th overall

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Belgian Cats another step closer to the Olympics

Simply amazing! No other words can describe this battle between Japan and our Belgian Cats. In a game that offered pretty much everything a basketball game has to offer our Belgian Cats showed again why they truly belong at the highest stage as they got the 92-84 win. If you didn’t thoroughly enjoy

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Belgian Cats tip off Olympic Qualifiers with a loss

Rough.One word which sums up this opening game of our Belgian Cats against Canada. The very physical approach of Canada halted the usual fluid offense of our Cats and after the opening half the low score of 30-23 stood on the scoreboard in advantage of Canada. A highly misleading score as our Cats r

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What holds the future for Brussels Basket?

We all know that the phoenix rises from the ashes of its predecessor… but what about the Brussels’ Phoenix? It’s been 2 weeks since Head Coach Serge Crevecoeur announced his departure of the club at the end of the season. An announcement which left Brussels Basketball reeling and which very likely c

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Player Profile: Hans Vanwijn

“Coming back stronger”. That seems to be the motivation which drives Hans Vanwijn this season. The 2015-’16 Belgian Youngster of the Year who had been on a steady climb ever since joining the EuroMillions Basketball League in 2013 unexpectedly saw his rise grind to a halt last season when his number

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Dominant Performance from Niels Van den Eynde

Another player that has been a dominant performer in #TDM1 so far this season is 19 year old youngster Niels Van den Eynde. Despite his diminutive stature and the fact that this season is actually his rookie season in TDM1 Van Den Eynde doesn’t seem the least bit phazed and continues to do what he…

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Player Profile: Louis Hazard

It’s still a bit early in the season but I’m pretty sure most people can agree that one player in particular has stepped up so far as the main contender for the TDM1 Player Of The Year award. That man is of course: Louis Hazard. The 25 year old swingman took his first steps on the…

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Mid-Season Overview: Melco Ieper

Record: 12-1, .923% (1st Place)Wins: vs Lier, vs Melsele, @ Lommel, vs Limburg, @ LDP, vs Royal IV, vs Oxaco, @ Spirou, @ Gistel, vs Gent, @ Sijsele & vs WaregemLosses: @ GemboLongest Winning Streak: 6 gamesLongest Losing Streak: 1 gameTeam Scoring: 79.1 ppg (68.1 ppg allowed)Team Rebounding: 39.3 r

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Mid-Season Overview: Gembo BBC

Record: 11-2, .846% (2nd Place)Wins: vs Royal IV, @ Limburg, @ Sijsele, @ Spirou, vs Gistel, @ Lier, vs Ieper, vs Waregem, vs Lommel, vs Melsele & @ LDPLosses: @ Oxaco & @ GentLongest Winning Streak: 8 gamesLongest Losing Streak: 2 gamesTeam Scoring: 80.1 ppg (72.0 ppg allowed)Team Rebounding: 35.6

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Mid-Season Overview: Basketbal Remant Basics Melsele-Beveren

Record: 9-4, .692% (3rd Place)Wins: vs Limburg, @ Royal IV, vs LDP, @ Oxaco, vs Waregem, @ Sijsele, @ Lommel, vs Gistel & vs GentLosses: @ Ieper, @ Spirou, vs Lier & @ GemboLongest Winning Streak: 3 gamesLongest Losing Streak: 2 gamesTeam Scoring: 82.5 ppg (77.7 ppg allowed)Team Rebounding: 31.1 rpg

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Mid-Season Overview: Wanty Gent Hawks

Record: 8-5, .615% (4th Place)Wins: vs Spirou, @ Waregem, @ Gistel, @ Sijsele, vs Limburg, vs Lier, vs Gembo & vs Royal IVLosses: vs LDP, @ Oxaco, @ Lommel, @ Ieper & @ MelseleLongest Winning Streak: 4 gamesLongest Losing Streak: 2 gamesTeam Scoring: 82.2 ppg (71.4 ppg allowed)Team Rebounding: 30.7

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Mid-Season Overview: ION Basket Waregem

Record: 8-5, .615% (5th Place)Wins: @ Gistel, vs Sijsele, @ Lier, vs Limburg, vs Royal IV, vs LDP, @ Oxaco & vs SpirouLosses: vs Gent, vs Lommel, @ Melsele, @ Gembo & @ IeperLongest Winning Streak: 4 gamesLongest Losing Streak: 3 gamesTeam Scoring: 76.8 ppg (77.5 ppg allowed)Team Rebounding: 34.1 rp

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Mid-Season Overview: BC Guco Lier

Record: 8-5, .615% (6th Place)Wins: vs. Oxaco, @ Gistel, @ Sijsele, @ Melsele, vs Lommel, @ Royal IV, vs LDP & @ SpirouLosses: @ Ieper, vs Waregem, vs Gembo, @ Gent & vs LimburgLongest Winning Streak: 3 gamesLongest Losing Streak: 2 gamesTeam Scoring: 74.6 ppg (75.8 ppg allowed)Team Rebounding: 36.9

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Mid-Season Overview: LDP Donza

Record: 6-7, .462% (7th Place)Wins: @ Gent, vs Lommel, vs Royal IV, vs Spirou, @ Gistel & vs SijseleLosses: @ Melsele, vs Limburg, vs Ieper, @ Oxaco, @ Waregem, @ Lier & vs GemboLongest Winning Streak: 2 gamesLongest Losing Streak: 2 gamesTeam Scoring: 74.0 ppg (73.8 ppg allowed)Team Rebounding: 34.

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Mid-Season Overview: Basket Sijsele

Record: 2-10, .167% (13th Place)Wins: vs Spirou & @ GistelLosses: @ Waregem, vs Gembo, vs Lier, vs Gent, @ Limburg, vs Melsele, vs Royal IV, @ LDP Donza, vs Ieper, @ OxacoLongest Winning Streak: 1 gameLongest Losing Streak: 9 gamesTeam Scoring: 71.6 ppg (76.7 ppg allowed)Team Rebounding: 34.1 rpgTea

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Mid-Season Overview: KBGO Duva Fruit

Record: 0-12, .000% (14th Place)Wins: /Losses: vs Waregem, @ Charleroi, vs Sijsele, vs Lier, vs Gent, @ Gembo, vs Lommel, vs LDP Donza, vs Ieper, @ Melsele, vs Oxaco & @ Limburg.Longest Winning Streak: 0 gamesLongest Losing Streak: 12 gamesTeam Scoring: 63.6 ppg (82.3 ppg allowed)Team Rebounding: 29

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Mid-Season Overview: Oxaco BBC

Record: 6-6, .500% (8th Place)Wins: vs Gent, @ Lommel, vs LDP, vs Gembo, @ Gistel & vs SijseleLosses: @ Lier, vs Royal IV, vs Melsele, @ Ieper, @ Spirou & vs WaregemLongest Winning Streak: 2 gamesLongest Losing Streak: 2 gamesTeam Scoring: 75.2 ppg (73.8 ppg allowed)Team Rebounding: 38.1 rpgTeam Pas

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Mid-Season Overview: Spirou Basket Charleroi B

Record: 5-8, .385% (9th Place)Wins: vs Gistel, @ Royal IV, vs Melsele, vs Lommel & vs OxacoLosses: @ Sijsele, @ Gent, vs Gembo, @ LDP, vs Ieper, @ Limburg, @ Waregem & vs LierLongest Winning Streak: 2 gamesLongest Losing Streak: 3 gamesTeam Scoring: 64.6 ppg (70.3 ppg allowed)Team Rebounding: 34.8 r

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Mid-Season Overview: BBC Lommel

Record: 5-7, .417% (10th Place)Wins: @ Waregem, @ Gistel, vs Gent, vs Limburg & vs Royal IVLosses: @ LDP, vs Oxaco, vs Ieper, @ Lier, @ Spirou, vs Melsele & @ GemboLongest Winning Streak: 3 gamesLongest Losing Streak: 4 gamesTeam Scoring: 77.4 ppg (77.3 ppg allowed)Team Rebounding: 34.2 rpgTeam Pass

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Mid-Season Overview: Limburg United B

Record: 5-7, .417% (11th Place)Wins: @ LDP, vs Sijsele, @ Lier, vs Spirou & vs GistelLosses: @ Melsele, vs Gembo, vs Royal IV, @ Ieper, @ Waregem, @ Gent, @ LommelLongest Winning Streak: 2 gamesLongest Losing Streak: 3 gamesTeam Scoring: 79.3 ppg (76.1 ppg allowed)Team Rebounding: 34.6 rpgTeam Passi

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Mid-Season Overview: Royal IV Brussels

Record: 3-9, .250% (13th Place)Wins: @ Limburg, @ Oxaco & @ SijseleLosses: @ Gembo, vs Melsele, @ LDP Donza, vs Spirou, @ Ieper, @ Waregem, vs Lier, @ Gent & @ Lommel.Longest Winning Streak: 2 gamesLongest Losing Streak: 4 gamesTeam Scoring: 70.0 ppg (80.4 ppg allowed)Team Rebounding: 32.7 rpgTeam P

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Rik Samaey (’60 – F/C – 2m04) (Video)

In this #ThrowBackThursday we highlight the career of one of Belgium’s most honored basketball players and ultimate teammate: Rik Samaey. What is there to say about a man who achieved pretty much everything there is to achieve in Belgian basketball? In a career that spanned from 1977 to 1996 in the

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Tony Marion (’63 – PF – 2m02)

In this #ThrowbackThursday we take a look back at the career of Castors Braine’s 2m02 tall Power Forward Tony Marion. Born in Zaïre in 1963 Marion came over to Belgium at a very young age as the family settled at Neder-Over-Heembeek. Inspired by his brother Christian, he quickly picked up playing ba