NLB League, General Assembly: New basketball rules
The ABA Sidro General Assembly, which was held in Ljubljana on Monday,
8th of March 2010, confirmed the latest change of basketball rules,
which was announced by FIBA. The new rules will be in use since the
beginning of the 2010/11 season. At the same time it was decided that
all basketball halls in which NLB League games are played should have
the minimum capacity of 2.000 seats since the 2010/11 season.
EuroCup, Last 16 Game 6 MVP: Marc Salyers, Le Mans
A big performance in a winning effort to leave the competition in style
was required for Marc Salyers of Le Mans to become the Last 16 Week 6
MVP. Salyers led Le Mans to a 79-75 home win against Aris BSA 2003 with
25 points on 6-of-9 two-point shooting and 4-of-5 free throws. He added
8 rebounds, an assists, 2 steals, a block and 5 fouls drawn for a
performance index rating of 33. Read more here.
14 clubs also in the future, Nymburk joining the NLB League
The NLB League General Assembly, which was held in Ljubljana on Monday,
finished with some important decisions. In the upcoming season 2010/11
the league will count 14 clubs and not 12 as it was previously decided
and will also welcome a newcomer, which doesn't come from the region.
The Czech club Nymburk was given one of three wild-cards for the
2010/11 season.
Euroleague.TV affiliate program starts with Partizan
A new club affiliate program to attract viewers to Euroleague.TV is
being launched this week from perhaps the hottest fanzone in the
basketball world, that of Partizan Belgrade. The Euroleague club will
promote Euroleague.TV with the incentive of getting a percentage of all
sales of subscribers who come from the official website of Partizan.
Read more here.
VOTE FOR ALL-DECADE EUROLEAGUE TEAM!
As Europe's pre-eminent club basketball competition marches
dramatically in the heart of its tenth season, fans and media alike are
invited to take part, during the Top 16, in a very special survey to
name the Euroleague All-Decade Team! Hundreds of players from dozens of
clubs having taken the court at Euroleague games since the first one,
on October 21, 2000. Read more here.
Euroleague Top 16 Week 5 MVP: Bojan Bogdanovic, Cibona
Along with a first Top 16 victory that could yet lead to the playoffs,
Cibona Zagreb this week also can celebrate the rise of another major
talent, Bojan Bogdanovic, who has become one of the Euroleague's
youngest weekly MVP's ever! After his team suffered through three
consecutive three-point losses in Group H, the 20-year-old forward
exploded on Wednesday to lead Cibona to a blowout 82-63 home win
against Khimki Moscow Region. Read more here.
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