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March 9, 2010 - 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.

March 8, 2010 - 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.

March 5, 2010 - 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! Read more here.

March 5, 2010 - Tickets on sale for Eurocup Finals!
Tickets for the Eurocup Finals will go on sale starting on Thursday, March 4 at noon . This year's edition of the new-format Eurocup Finals will be played in Vitoria, Spain from April 17 to 18 at the magnificent Fernando Buesa Arena, which is the home arena of the Euroleague Basketball club Caja Laboral and has a capacity of 9,342 spectators. Read more here.

March 4, 2010 - Eurocup Last 16 Week 5 MVP: Casey Jacobsen, Brose Baskets
An outstanding performance leading to a bittersweet victory earned Casey Jacobsen of Brose Baskets Bamberg the MVP honor for Last 16, Week 5. Jacobsen recorded a performance index rating of 31 during his team's 84-81 home win over Panellinios BC, but Brose nonetheless was eliminated because it needed to win by at least 8 points to keep its Quarterfinals chances alive. Read more here.

March 4, 2010 - Pepu Hernandez is new DKV Joventut boss
Just the day after Sito Alonso was dismissed as head coach, DKV Joventut announced on Thursday that Pepu Hernandez, 52, will be the new head coach of the team for the remaining of the season and two more campaigns. Read more here.

March 3, 2010 - Turk Telekom tabs NBA veteran Ricky Davis
Turkish side Turk Telekom strengthened their squad for the most important battles of the season with the acquisition of a 30-year-old NBA veteran Ricky Davis. During his 12-year NBA career Davis played for six different teams - Charlotte Hornets, Miami Heat, Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics, Minnesotta Timberwolves and Los Angeles Clippers. Read more here.

March 2, 2010 - Euroleague clubs make Haiti donation
Euroleague Basketball, Unicaja and UNICEF are proud to announce that following the social responsibility programme initiative developed during the first week of the Top 16 in support of the Haiti earthquake victims, a donation of all the contributions received will be made to UNICEF'S "Help us to Help Them" campaign before the game Unicaja vs. CSKA Moscow on Wednesday, March 3. Read more here.

March 2, 2010 - Maceo Baston signs with Budivelnik Kiev
Ukrainian league leaders Budivelnik Kiev announced the signing of a 34-year-old veteran forward-center Maceo Baston. The holder of two Euroleague titles with Maccabi Tel Aviv has been a free agent since being waived by Detroit Pistons on October 21. Read more here.

March 1, 2010 - Sportingbet MVP for February: Alan Anderson, Maccabi Electra
In the middle of perhaps the most competitive Top 16 ever, in a group tied four ways with two games remaining, one player kept his team alive with a pair of standard-setting performances. Read more here.





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