Niklas Caner-Medley joins Unicaja Malaga

Niklas Caner-Medley (203 cm, Maryland’06) is a new addition to the roster of Spanish Liga Endesa club Unicaja Malaga for the 2013-14 season. Caner-Medley has dual American and Azerbaijan nationality. He spent the 2012-13 season playing for Maccabi Electra Tel-Aviv from Israel’s Winner league. Niklas played 21 games in the Israeli league and averaged 4.7…

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EuroBasket 2013: The Field is Set with 24 Teams

As the final games of the EuroBasket 2013 Qualification Round were getting ready to start, there no doubt were pencils being sharpened, calculator batteries being checked, spreadsheets getting fired up and for those old school mathematicians out there, most likely a slide rule or two getting dusted off in anticipation of the intense calculations that…

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EuroBasket 2013: 6 Spots, 10 Teams, Tip Time!

The EuroBasket 2013 Qualification round is about to be committed to the history books, but before they start planning for the Final Round, there’s a game or two left to be played. Today marks the final day of competition to determine which 16 teams will earn the right to compete for their respective countries in…

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EuroBasket 2013: Georgia qualifies, six left

Georgia took advantage of game eight of the EuroBasket 2013 Qualification Round to punch their tickets to the Finals with a 73-70 win over Latvia. Georgia was the only team that was able to definitively qualify, leaving six openings for the rest of the teams to fight for on the last day of competition, Tuesday,…

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EuroBasket 2013: Game Eight Scenarios

Today marks game eight in the EuroBasket 2013 Qualifications and with only nine teams assured of spots in the Finals next September in Slovenia, the possible scenarios for which teams are going to grab the last seven spots are complex and many. Here are some possibilities for teams to qualify today… Group A (They play…

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EuroBasket 2013: Four more qualify, eight to go

Coming in to today’s EuroBasket 2013 Qualifiers four teams had their chance to earn spots, unfortunately, only Germany was able to take advantage, but three more, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Czech Republic, were able to pick up theirs after various losses in and out of Groups assured teams they’d finish no lower than…

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EuroBasket 2013: Four Tickets on the Table

The EuroBasket 2013 Qualifiers move to game eight with four teams already knowing that they will be playing in Slovenia next September. Montenegro, Italy, Croatia and Ukraine all locked up spots in the prestigious event with victories on Sunday. Today, four more squads have their shot at securing court time against the best National teams…

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EuroBasket 2013: Four Down, Eight to Go…

Very seldom does it happen that when you play the “what if…” game, do all those, “what ifs…” actually happen. Today, in the EuroBasket 2013 Qualifiers there were four teams with opportunities to punch their ticket to Slovenia for next September’s EuroBasket and today all four of those teams did what they had to do.…

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EuroBasket 2013: Four could qualify today

As the EuroBasket 2013 Qualifications games continue today around Europe, the teams are mindful of the fact that the top two teams in each of the six divisions will qualify to play in Slovenia next September and the top four teams that place 3rd in their respective divisions will also qualify. There are already eight…

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Azerbaijan beats Kyrgyzstan and claims Novruz Cup

Bishkek farewell to Novruz Cup 2012. Azerbaijan celebrated a victory in the annual Novruz Cup tournament in Bishkek. The victory marked the third success for Azerbaijan National Team at the tournament. The Elhan Aliyev team claimed five wins in as many games to celebrate the title. Azerbaijan wrapped up their campaign on a high note…

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