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Brad Greenberg vs. Avtodor Saratov, arbitration at BAT
American Coach Brad Greenberg filed a claim against BC Avtodor Saratov (Russia-VTB). Greenberg claims the team failed to fulfill their agreement to pay his total salary as well as plane tickets, housing, automobile or health club membership. BC Avtodor Saratov has employed Greenberg as their coach since 2015 and acknowledged that they failed to fully compensate him.…
Read MoreFIBA Basketball Champions League: Round 11 recap
The FIBA Basketball Champions League season continued this week with Round 11 of the league taking place. There were 20 games during the week and some shuffling in the groups during the eleventh week of the campaign. Below we will take a look at the results and where this week’s action leaves the clubs in…
Read MoreFIBA Basketball Champions League roundup
Round 9 of the FIBA Basketball Champions League tipped off on Tuesday. There was a full complement of games in Group A, with wins for Monaco and Banvit at the top. CEZ Nymburk and Aris also kept their seasons ticking over with victories. There were also games in Groups B, C, and D on the…
Read MoreFIBA Basketball Champions League: Group A through C recap
Round 8 of the FIBA Basketball Champions League got underway on Tuesday and there was plenty of action in Group A to C. There were big wins for Nymburk and Monaco in Group A, while Venezia, Karsiyaka, and Kataja celebrated in Group B. Big wins came to PAOK, Neptunas, and Asvel in Group C. Group…
Read MoreFIBA Basketball Champions League: Round 7 day 1
While the Euroleague and EuroCup take a week off, the inaugural FIBA Basketball Champions League is open for business. Round 7 of the Regular Season got underway with ten games across the continent on Tuesday. The remainder of the week’s action will be played out over ten games on Wednesday evening. Group A Ironi Nahariya…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2017 draw, mascot, and new trophy introduced
The draw for next year’s historic EuroBasket 2017 tournament has been made, with the 24 participating nations now aware of their groups for the competition. FIBA Europe made the draw at the Ciragan Palace on the shores of the Bosphorus in Istanbul. The Draw Ceremony was also used to debut a new EuroBasket trophy and…
Read MoreCarlos Arroyo takes Galatasaray to arbitration at BAT
Puerto Rican international player, Carlos Arroyo and EPM Sports Consultants filed a claim against Turkish club Galatasaray Spor Kulubu at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal. The claim is that the team failed to pay outstanding salaries, agent fees, and were seeking compensation for damages and interest. The club acknowledged that it failed to pay outstanding salaries…
Read MoreFIBA Basketball Champions League roundup
Round 4 of the FIBA Basketball Champions League is underway and we are at the midway point of the group stage. The standings are now taking shape, although there is still a long way to go in the Regular Season of the first ever Champions League campaign. Group A Fraport Skyliners outclassed CEZ Nymburk in…
Read MoreFIBA Basketball Champions League Tuesday recap
Round 3 of the FIBA Basketball Champions League got underway on Tuesday with nine contests around the continent. Tenerife and Monaco continued to flex their muscles with dominated road wins to stay unbeaten at the top of their respective groups. Elsewhere, there was the usual display of high octane action with games in each of…
Read MoreFIBA Basketball Champions League season starts
Tuesday presented an historic moment in European hoops as the FIBA Basketball Champions League opened for business. The 2016/2017 season is the first of FIBA’s new continental competition and twenty clubs lined up for the debut evening of the competition. There were ten games on Tuesday, with the remaining twenty clubs playing out ten games…
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