John Hobbs

John Hobbs is TalkBasket's Editor
2733 Posts

Dee Bost, Zalgiris part ways, heads back to France

Point guard Dee Bost has left Lithuanian side Zalgiris and has signed a deal with Basketball Champions League side Strasbourg. Bost, who arrived in the...

EuroLeague powerhouses suffer domestic setbacks

It was certainly a weekend to forget for six of the 16 EuroLeague sides that returned to domestic league duties as joint leaders Olympiacos...

Philippines, Japan and Indonesia to host 2023 World Cup

Philippines, Japan and Indonesia will host the 2023 FIBA World Cup. The decision for a treble-hosted event was made today at the FIBA headquarters in...

HIGHLIGHTS: EuroLeague round up (week 11, Thursday)

Zalgiris denied Panathiniaikos a landmark sixth straight victory in Kaunas, while CSKA Moscow took sole position of the top spot ... for 24 hours at...

The respect between veteran Pero Antic and teen Luka Doncic blossomed after Madrid battle

Pero Antic hit the dagger three-pointer that handed Crvena Zvezda a famous win on the road to Real Madrid but even though he broke...

Thanasis Antetokounmpo compares World Cup qualifiers to having EuroBaskets in your own country

On a cold Friday evening in Leicester, many basketball fans were heard saying "who's he", when Greece stepped onto the floor to warm-up against...

Greece boosted by EuroLeague stars as they remain unbeaten, FIBA World Cup round up

Greece welcomed the Panathinaikos duo of Nick Calathes and Thanasis Antetokounmpo as well as veteran Ian Vougioukas, and as a result, the Greeks made it 2-0...

Portugal fight back from 27 points down, EuroBasket 2021 pre-qualifying round up

Portugal fought back from a 27-point deficit to beat Luxembourg 91-85 after a period of overtime in one of the most extraordinary comebacks in...

Italy heap pressure on Croatia, FIBA World Cup round up

Italy put pressure on Croatia with an 80-64 win in Zagreb, which leaves the latter stuck without a win in two World Cup qualifying...

HIGHLIGHTS: EuroLeague round up (week 9, Friday)

As the FIBA World Cup qualifiers took centre stage, the EuroLeague regular season continued on Friday with three games highlighted by Panathinaikos' 82-80 win...

Greece Rule Britannia in FIBA World Cup qualifier opener

They might have fielded a team unfamiliar with each other but led by former Baskonia and Panathinaikos big man Ioannis Bourousis, Greece overcame Great...

Slovenia begin World Cup qualifying campaign with win, round up

The European leg of the FIBA World Cup qualifiers got underway on Friday night with Eurobasket champions Slovenia getting their campaign off on a...

Turkey withdraws World Cup 2023 bid

The Turkish Basketball Federation has decided to step down from FIBA World Cup 2023 consideration Instead, the Federation, who host the recent Eurobasket competition last...

HIGHLIGHTS: EuroLeague round up (week 8, Friday)

Nicolo Melli and Jan Vesely made it a memorable night for the reigning EuroLeague champions as they overcame CSKA Moscow after a period of...

No EuroLeague stars in Spain World Cup team

Spain have named their 16-man squad for the World Cup qualifiers but there is no room for the NBA or EuroLeague-based stars. Speaking at a...

Great Britain announce squad for FIBA World Cup qualifiers

New Great Britain coach Tony Garbelotto has named his squad for the upcoming FIBA World Cup qualifiers, which begin next Friday. Nine of the 12...

HIGHLIGHTS: EuroLeague round up (week 7, Wednesday)

They needed overtime to do it but Olympiacos gained a measure of revenge in their EuroLeague title game rematch against Fenerbahce, CSKA Moscow pulled...

EuroBasket Women qualifiers 2019: Greece maintain unbeaten start; Spain, France still comfortable

Great Britain were involved in another classic battle in the latest round of Eurobasket Women 2019 qualifiers but this time, they fell short. After an...

Six Olympiacos players pull out of World Cup qualifiers

Six Olympiacos players have announced that they will not compete in the upcoming FIBA World Cup qualifiers. Greece’s Vangelis Mantzaris, Kostas Papanikolaou, Ioannis Papapetrou, Giorgos...

Passport issues could haunt Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv

Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv coach Neven Spahija may be forced to miss his team’s EuroLeague trip to Khimki on Thursday for one of the...

BREAKING NEWS

FEATURED