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Euroleague : CSKA Moscow to the Final !

With the win (88-81) against the Lokomotiv Kuban, CSKA Moscow takes his spot for the Euroleague Final.

In this game, Nando De Colo, who has been named MVP of the regular season, put 30 points, grabbed 3 rebounds and delivered 4 assists to his teammates in almost 33 minutes.

For Kuban, Malcolm Delaney scored 26 points and gave 4 assists and tried to give a chance to his team to reach a place for the Final, but he did not manage to.

Puerto Rico : Andy Panko to Vaqueros de Bajamon

As Nancy did not manage to take a spot in Playoffs by finishing at the sixteenth rank of the Pro A, Andy Panko (2.03m, 38yrs) decided to finish the season with the Vaqueros de Bajamon from Puerto Rico which will compete in the NSB Playoffs.

In France, the American veteran averaged 16 points, 5,8 rebounds and 2,7 assists in 32 games for a PIR of 16,1 in 2015-2016.

CSKA eyes Anthony Randolph

According to EuroBBallVideos, Anthony Randolph (2.11m,  26 yrs) is on CSKA’s radar for next season. The former player of the Minnesota Timberwolves was averaging 12.1 points, 1,4 assist and 6 rebounds for a PIR of 18 this year in Euroleague regular season.

Now, according to Eurohoops there is no doubt for the player of the Lokomotiv Kuban that the priority is a comeback to the NBA even if his rating is not at its best.

Dennis Schroder with German National Team this summer

After the loss of Atlanta against Cleveland in the semifinals of the NBA Playoffs, Dennis Schroder (1.88m, 22 yrs) said that he will be with the German national team this summer.

NBA is the next step for Tomas Satoransky ?

According to Eurohoops.net, Tomas Satoransky (2,01m, 24yrs) could take the plane to the NBA on next summer.

Drafted by the Washington Wizards in 2012, the franchise of the American capital could be interested in offering a multiyear guaranteed deal to the player of the FC Barcelona. The buyout of Satoransky if fixed at $1,5 million.

Tomas Satoransky en partance pour la NBA ?

C’est ce que révèle Eurohoops.net. Selon leurs informations, Tomas Satoransky (2,01m, 24 ans) serait sur le point de prendre son envol pour la NBA.

Choisi en 32e position par les Washington Wizards lors de la Draft NBA 2012, le natif de Prague en République Tchèque pourrait bien faire ses valises pour la capitale américaine cet été. Toujours selon leurs sources, la franchise du District of Columbia serait d’avis à offrir un contrat sur plusieurs saisons à l’ailier barcelonais tout en sachant que le prix de son buy-out est fixé à 1,5 million de dollars.

Cette saison en Euroleague, Satoransky assurait 9 points, 2,8 rebonds, 4,3 passes décisives et 12 d’évaluation de moyenne en 29 matchs.

Kyle Hines named Euroleague’s Defensive Player of the year

In Moscow since 2013, Kyle Hines (1,98m, 29yrs) has been named Defensive Player of Euroleague. CSKA’s player is only the fourth player to win this award, since its introduction in 2004, succeeding Dimitris Diamantidis (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2011), Khryapa (2010), Kirilenko (2012), Stephane Lasme (2013) and Bryant Dunston (2014 and 2015).

Alex Abrines won Euroleague’s Rising Star award

The Spanish player of the FC Barcelona, Alex Abrines (1,98m, 22yrs) has won the Rising Star award of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague. With 9,3 points, 2,2 rebounds, 0,8 assist and a performance index rating of 8,8 in 19 minutes per game, Abrines is the second player in Barcelona’s history to win the award after Ricky Rubio in 2010.

FIBA wants to control Eurocup

According to Eurohoop, FIBA would be agree with the new system of the Euroleague and could even be agree for an extension of 24 teams, but the problem would be about Eurocup.

Indeed, FIBA wants the control of Eurocup to possibly merge it with the new Champion’s League or even to dissolve it.

As Euroleague wants to control two competitions with 40 teams, no agreement between the two organizations is about to be found.

Latvia without Porzingis for the OQT !

This summer Kristaps Porzingis will neither join his national team during the Olympic Qualifying Tournament, nor for the Olympics if Latvia manages to reach a spot to compete in Rio.