John Hobbs

John Hobbs is TalkBasket's Editor
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Ettore Messina to coach Italy at EuroBasket 2017

San Antonio Spurs assistant Ettore Messina will remain as the national team coach for Italy at next summer's Eurobasket, as confirmed by the Italian...

EuroLeague preview: Real Madrid and Olympiacos begin new era, CSKA face Galatasaray

Real Madrid and Olympiacos started it all in 2000 and once again they will usher in a new era of EuroLeague basketball on Wednesday...

Oklahoma City Thunder prevail narrowly against Barcelona

Oklahoma City Thunder concluded their tour of Spain with a narrow 92-89 victory over Barcelona at the Palau Saint Jordi on Saturday. The Thunder lost...

Cash prizes for EuroLeague teams for getting to the Final Four

The winners of the new look EuroLeague season will receive a cool €1 million, the competition's CEO Jordi Bertomeu has revealed. In an interview with...

Real Madrid’s win over Oklahoma City by no means an upset

There were some surprised reactions when Real Madrid triumphed over Oklahoma City Thunder in an exhilarating NBA Global Games fixture on Monday night, but...

Twitter reaction: Real Madrid edge Oklahoma City Thunder in OT thriller

Sergio Llull drained a wide open three to force overtime and hit 22 points as Real Madrid overcame Oklahoma City Thunder 142-137 in a...

A trip down memory lane: The 2012 EuroLeague Final Four

With the announcement that the 2017 EuroLeague Final Four will be held at the Sinan Erdem Dome. TalkBasket's John Hobbs thinks back to the 2012...

Ioannis Bourousis turned down NBA offers to ink with Panathinaikos

Panathinaikos seven-footer Ioannis Bourousis admitted that he received NBA offers before returning to Greece for the upcoming season. Bourousis signed a two-year deal with Panathinaikos in...

CSKA Moscow comfortable on tour of China

EuroLeague champions CSKA Moscow completed its tour of China with two straightforward victories without breaking much of a sweat. Despite the lucrative markets that the...

Dusko Savanovic called playing for coach Pesic his worst decision

Dinamo Sassari forward Dusko Savanovic has said that playing under his former coach at Bayern Munich Svetislav Pesic was one of the worst decisions...

Bertomeu: I feel as safe in Istanbul as in every other European city

EuroLeague CEO Jordi Bertomeu has quickly dismissed the ongoing safety concerns in regards to having Istanbul as a host city for the end-of-season Final...

Istanbul to host 2017 EuroLeague Final Four

Next year's EuroLeague Final Four will take place at the Sinan Erdem Dome in the Turkish city of Istanbul. EuroLeague Basketball confirmed the venue on...

British Basketball League round up 2016-17 (week 1)

Worcester Wolves' head coach Paul James was pleased with his side's start to the season as they went 1-1 on the opening weekend of...

Hapoel Jerusalem want to be in the EuroLeague next season

The hype surrounding Amar'e Stoudemire's signing is now put to bed and the serious business of challenging for honours in the Israeli league and...

CSKA Moscow sign Jeff Ayres in light of Joel Freeland injury update

As CSKA Moscow forward Joel Freeland continues to recover from his shoulder injury that he suffered in the side's EuroLeague match last season with...

Petteri Koponen released from hospital, visits team-mates

It's safe to say that starting life with Barcelona in a hospital bed was not what Petteri Koponen envisioned but the Finn has been...

Luxembourg celebrate first ever success in front of home fans

Luxembourg head coach Ken Diederich tried to keep his emotions in check following his nation's surprise 82-75 win over Great Britain in their final...

EuroBasket 2017 Qualifying Rounds (round six)

The final round of the Eurobasket 2017 qualifiers turned out to be a headache for the mathematicians amongst us, but the four second placed...

Montenegro, Ukraine, Iceland and Great Britain through to EuroBasket 2017 as top four best second placed teams

Georgia, Great Britain, Iceland and Ukraine have qualified for Eurobasket 2017 as the four best runners up from the seven groups following the final...

A gallery of art to honour Dimitris Diamantidis

Dimitris Diamantidis will always be considered as one of the EuroLeague's greatest contributors after the Panathinaikos veteran call time on his career last season....

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