Alen Smailagic

Aug 15, 2023 | basketnews.com | Musa denounce conditions |Alen Smailagic

The Latvian national team will play in its first-ever FIBA World Cup this August. However, they will have to do it without their biggest star. Kristaps Porzingis will not compete in the World Cup for Latvia later this month. The player is suffering from a foot injury and will not be able to fully recover before the international tournament, BasketNews sources indicate. Porzingis did not play in any of the friendly games this summer.

Aug 15, 2023 | basketnews.com | Giorgos Kyriakidis |Musa denounce conditions |Alen Smailagic

If ratiopharm Ulm emerged as the ultimate Cinderella story in European basketball this summer, Brandon Paul can lay claim to having been part and parcel of a special group. It wasn't just that the German club won its first domestic championship title. That trophy was the first in Paul's career as well.

Aug 15, 2023 | basketnews.com | Musa denounce conditions |Alen Smailagic

A friendly game in the SoftBank CUP 2023 Tokyo Tournament between Japan and Angola featured an episode that scared the local basketball fans.

Aug 15, 2023 | basketnews.com | Musa denounce conditions |Alen Smailagic |Doris Burke

Nicolas Batum has finished his 15th season in the NBA, playing for the Los Angeles Clippers. In an interview with Toni Canyameras from Mundo Deportivo last January, the veteran forward revealed he's going to retire from the French national team after the Paris Olympic Games in 2024.

Aug 15, 2023 | basketnews.com | Alen Smailagic |Doris Burke |Musa denounce conditions

Last summer, Bosnia and Herzegovina was struggling to secure the funds necessary to participate in the 2022 EuroBasket. The estimated amount stated in the announcement was around 200,000 Bosnian marks, equaling 102,000 euros. "No matter how much we don't want all this circus to not disturb us, I can't say that it doesn't disturb us. Today we supposedly have two training sessions, we don't have any preparatory games.