Dario Saric is considered one of the biggest talents in European basketball. The 17-year-old Sibenik native helped KK Zagreb to the Euroleague Nike International Junior Tournament title at the 2011 Euroleague Final Four with a triple-double. He then played at the U19 World Championship in Latvia, after which he was […]
Alex Abrines was named the MVP of the U18 European Championship in Poland after leading Spain to the gold medal. The 18-year-old was then named to the U18 All-Star Game at the 2011 EuroBasket. heinnews’s David Hein caught up with Abrines after the game to talk about playing in the […]
What would a EuroBasket competition be without the wonderfully talented and beautiful dancers from the Ukraine-based dance group ReD Foxes. heinnews’s David Hein took some time to catch up with ReD Foxes CEO Olena Rozkova at EuroBasket 2011. They talked about the group’s new style of dances; her living in […]
Tony Parker guided France to a 79-71 victory over Russia to reach the final of the 2011 European Championship. The win meant that France would return to the Olympics for the first time since 2000. It also meant that Parker will finally play at the Summer Games. Parker talked to […]
Kaunas (heinnews) – Spain coach Sergio Scariolo made his pitch for the best quote of the 2011 EuroBasket on Friday with his flattery of Juan Carlos Navarro after the Barcelona guard scored 19 of his 35 points in the third quarter of Spain’s 92-80 victory over Macedonia to reach the […]
Vilnius (heinnews) – FIBA Europe organizers desperately wanted to bring more nations to the EuroBasket party when they pushed the field from 16 to 24 teams. Unfortunately the system in place of two round robin rounds and then knockout games starting at the quarterfinals have lengthened the tournament to nearly […]
By Mathodor – special to heinnews Sports fans following EuroBasket 2011 may wonder why they have read so few stories about the Spanish team. They have lost only one game to Turkey this tournament and are the only team averaging more than 80 points per game. Spain have been playing […]
Vilnius (heinnews) – Just hours before the do-or-die game against Lithuania, Dirk Nowitzki said he will not retire from the German national team automatically if the team is eliminated from EuroBasket 2011. “I always kept the future open,” Nowitzki told a group of reporters the day of Germany’s final Group […]
Vilnius (heinnews) – Great basketball nations don’t rebuild, they re-load. And that is what European powers Greece are in the process of doing as they implement a group of über-talented youngsters into the senior national team – without having to sacrifice current success. Greece have one the best two-year generations […]
Vilnius (heinnews) – Watching Joakim Noah joke around on the court during practice, one gets the feeling of observing a kid in a candy shop. Then again, the Chicago Bulls center is having the time of his life at his first EuroBasket. “It’s cool. I’m having a blast,” Noah told […]
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