April 14, 2013 - 2013 Eurocup Final MVP: Richard Hendrix, PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar
The
last player to join PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar this season has been
chosen the Eurocup Final MVP. Richard Hendrix arrived to Lokomotiv
Kuban midway through the Last 16, right before the final deadline for
Eurocup players in the 2012-13 season. Lokomotiv's great move paid off
in the final, as Hendrix was all over the place at the RTL Spiroudome,
leading his team in scoring (14), rebounds (9) and performance index
rating (25). Hendrix already had 10 points and 7 rebounds at halftime,
allowing Lokomotiv to get an eight-point lead, 30-38, which was
decisive for his team to lift the trophy at the end of the night. He
hit 7-of-10 two-point shots and added 2 steals, 2 assists and a block
to round out a great individual performance. Hendrix has averaged 10.4
points and 5.5 rebounds in 8 Eurocup games this season, but saved the
best for last. Read more here.
April 13, 2013 - PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar is the 2012-13 Eurocup champion!
PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar is the 2012-13 Eurocup
champion! Lokomotiv conquered its first-ever continental trophy by
downing Uxue Bilbao Basket 64-75 in the Eurocup Final at the RTL
Spiroudome in Charleroi, Belgium on Saturday. Bilbao became the fourth
Russian team to win the competition - after Dynamo Moscow, Unics Kazan
and BC Khimki Moscow Region - and earned the right to play in the
2013-14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague. Head coach Evgeny Pashutin gets
his second title, having also won with Unics. Richard Hendrix led the
way for Lokomotiv with 14 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block.
Aleks Maric had a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds and Nick
Calathes had 10 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists in 37 minutes. Bilbao
was led with 16 points from Kostas Vasileiadis and 11 from Milan
Rakovic, but suffered most from 34% two-point shooting (15 for 44). A
three-pointer by Raul Lopez gave Bilbao a 17-16 lead after 10 minutes
and Adrien Moerman soon boosted his team's margin to 22-16. Read more here.
April 12, 2013 - Eurocup Final in
Charleroi begins with press conference
The
crowning event of a season full of thrills, the 2013 Eurocup Final, got
underway officially on Friday in Charleroi, Belgium with an opening
press conference featuring representatives of the two teams that will
fight for the trophy, PCB Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar of Russia and Uxue
Bilbao Basket of Spain. This year's title game tips off on Saturday
night at the RLT Spiroudome at 21:00 CET and will be broadcast live in
Europe and beyond by Eurosport 2. The Eurocup Final marks its return to
Charleroi, where the trophy was awarded in a single championship game
during four previous seasons between 2004 to 2007. Now in its 11th
year, the Eurocup began the season with 32 teams from 19 countries. Now
it all comes down to two, vying for the trophy and passage to the
2013-14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Regular Season, in the final on
Saturday. Read more here.
April 12, 2013 - Eurocup Final
2013 preview: Uxue Bilbao Basket vs. Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar
PBC
Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar and Uxue Bilbao Basket participate in a
European final for the first time in their respective histories, with
one of the two teams set to lift a first ever Eurocup trophy. Bilbao
comes into the final with an overall record of 13-3 for the season,
while Lokomotiv has won 12 of its 16 games played. The two sides made
their way to this never-before-seen encounter with some startlingly
similar statistics to their names. Lokomotiv is ranked top on overall
index rating with a 93.1 PIR, while its opponent from Bilbao is third
with 91.9. On scoring skills, Lokomotiv also just edges it with an
average of 81.9 PPG, compared to Bilbao’s 81.8. Add to this some close
figures for rebounding and the final is sure to be a hard fought
contest. Read more here.
April 10, 2013 - Star power fills
2012-13 All-Eurocup teams!
The
2012-13 Eurocup basketball season was among the finest in competition
history. The six-month long campaign showered fans with spectacular
plays, amazing team and individual performances, and consistent drama.
As it does every season, Euroleague Basketball is pleased to honor 10
deserving stars as members of the All-Eurocup First and Second Team,
players that clearly helped make the season as great as it was. One
reason for the season's success was an influx of new talent, which can
be seen clearly on the 2012-13 All-Eurocup First Team. Four of the five
All-Eurocup First Team members made their Eurocup debuts this season.
They are guards Nick Calathes of PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar and
Malcolm Delaney of BC Budivelnik Kiev, forward Justin Doellman of
Valencia Basket and center John Bryant of ratiopharm Ulm. Read more here.
April 9, 2013 - 2012-13 Eurocup
Coach of the Year: Fotis Katsikaris, Uxue Bilbao Basket
Euroleague
Basketball is proud to announce that Fotis Katsikaris of Uxue Bilbao
Basket, who leads his team into this season's title game later in the
week, has been chosen as the 2012-13 Eurocup Coach of the Year. In his
fourth season on Bilbao's bench, Katsikaris has marched the team its
first-ever Eurocup Final, with the chance to lift its first trophy and
return to the Turkish Airlines Euroleague. The final will be played
against Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar of Russia at the RTL Spiroudome in
Charleroi, Belgium on Saturday. Bilbao registered the Eurocup's best
overall record this season, 13-3, and also managed to overcome a tough
predicament to advance in the competition. Bilbao was one of the three
teams to finish the regular season undefeated at 6-0. Read more here.
April 4, 2013 - Eurocup Finals
2013 star profile: Kostas Vasileiadis, Uxue Bilbao Basket
A
fearless shooter and a favorite among Uxue Bilbao Basket fans, small
forward Kostas Vasileiadis arrives at the very top of his game to the
first international club final of his 13-year pro career. Born in
Thessaloniki and raised at Greek powerhouse PAOK, Vasileiadis showcased
his scoring skills early. He made his Euroleague debut as a 16-year-old
with PAOK in 2000. By age 20, Vasileiadis was already averaging 13.9
points for PAOK in the 2004-05 Eurocup. He went on to join Unicaja
Malaga of Spain and reach the Final Four in 2007, then played the
following Euroleague season at Olympiacos Piraeus. After a year split
between PAOK and Montegranaro of Italy, Vasileiadis returned to Spain
in 2009 and has played there ever since, joining Bilbao in the summer
of 2010. Read more here.
April 4, 2013 - Eurocup Finals
2013 star profile: Simas Jasaitis, Lokomotiv Kuban
Sometimes,
basketball offers second chances. In that context, Lokomotiv Kuban
Krasnodar forward Simas Jasaitis returns to Charleroi on April 13 ready
to fight for his second Eurocup title. Born in Vilnius, Lithuania,
Jasaitis started his career with Sakalai before joining his city’s
signature club, Lietuvos Rytas, as a teenager in 2001. Four years
later, Jasaitis helped L. Rytas make history by winning the 2005
Eurocup title, its first continental trophy. On that memorable night,
Jasaitis matched his team's high of 16 points as L. Rytas defeated
Makedonikos of Greece 78-74 at the Spiroudome in Charleroi. The
following season, Jasaitis made his Euroleague debut with L. Rytas, and
he has since switched clubs every summer. After Maccabi Electra Tel
Aviv in Israel, he moved to Tau Ceramica Vitoria of Spain and reached
the 2008 Final Four. Read more here.
April 2, 2013 - Eurocup Finals
2013 coach profile: Fotis Katsikaris, Uxue Bilbao Basket
As
he and his club prepare to play their first-ever international trophy
final in Charleroi, Fotis Katsikaris offers the perfect combination of
background, experience and coaching talent to make history for Uxue
Bilbao Basket. In his first two full seasons with Bilbao, Katsikaris
took the club to new heights by reaching both the Turkish Airlines
Euroleague Playoffs and the Spanish League playoff finals. Now, he and
Bilbao want to lift the club's first trophy and, in so doing, return to
the Euroleague. Katsikaris, a former point guard who was once the
youngest pro in Greek League history, joined the coaching staff of the
club where he played most of his career, AEK Athens, in 1998. There he
proceeded to learn from legends like Dusan Ivkovic, Dragan Sakota and
Kostas Politis before becoming the head coach himself in 2003. Read
more here.
Coming
into his second Eurocup title game, former competition champion Evgeny
Pashutin of Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar is accustomed to high-pressure
situations, both as a player and a coach. The 44-year-old former point
guard had a long playing career in Spartak St. Petersburg and CSKA
Moscow, helping the latter to reach the Euroleague Final Four in 2003.
After taking his career directly from the playing court to the
sidelines, Pashutin quickly showed his talent for coaching. In 2004, he
directed CSKA's team to the Euroleague's Nike International Junior
Tournament title and the following year won under-20 European
Championships with the Russian national team. All the while, he
remained an assistant coach at CSKA, learning on the job from legends
like Dusan Ivkovic and Ettore Messina. Read more here.
April 1, 2013 - Uxue Bilbao,
Lokomotiv Kuban to face off for trophy!
To
crown the first champion of its second decade, the Eurocup will return
to a pair of time-honored traditions: playing a single-game final in
the Spiroudome in Charleroi, Belgium! The stage set of Uxue Bilbao
Basket of Spain and Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar of Russia to square off
in the title game on Saturday, April 13, with one of those teams
walking away with its first international trophy and a chance to play
in the 2013-14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague! Uxue Bilbao Basket swept
its way to the finals by winning both games in its semifinal series
against BC Budivelnik Kiev of Ukrain. Lokomotiv Kuban lost Game 2 in
its series at home, but had already topped Valencia Basket on the road
by more points in thir first game, thus ensuring its place in the
final. It is not the first continental final for Lokomotiv, which had
previously reached a Korac Cup and FIBA Europe Cup. Read more here.
The
last player to join PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar this season has been
chosen the Eurocup Final MVP. Richard Hendrix arrived to Lokomotiv
Kuban midway through the Last 16, right before the final deadline for
Eurocup players in the 2012-13 season. Lokomotiv's great move paid off
in the final, as Hendrix was all over the place at the RTL Spiroudome,
leading his team in scoring (14), rebounds (9) and performance index
rating (25). Hendrix already had 10 points and 7 rebounds at halftime,
allowing Lokomotiv to get an eight-point lead, 30-38, which was
decisive for his team to lift the trophy at the end of the night. He
hit 7-of-10 two-point shots and added 2 steals, 2 assists and a block
to round out a great individual performance. Hendrix has averaged 10.4
points and 5.5 rebounds in 8 Eurocup games this season, but saved the
best for last. Read more 
The
crowning event of a season full of thrills, the 2013 Eurocup Final, got
underway officially on Friday in Charleroi, Belgium with an opening
press conference featuring representatives of the two teams that will
fight for the trophy, PCB Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar of Russia and Uxue
Bilbao Basket of Spain. This year's title game tips off on Saturday
night at the RLT Spiroudome at 21:00 CET and will be broadcast live in
Europe and beyond by Eurosport 2. The Eurocup Final marks its return to
Charleroi, where the trophy was awarded in a single championship game
during four previous seasons between 2004 to 2007. Now in its 11th
year, the Eurocup began the season with 32 teams from 19 countries. Now
it all comes down to two, vying for the trophy and passage to the
2013-14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Regular Season, in the final on
Saturday. Read more 
PBC
Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar and Uxue Bilbao Basket participate in a
European final for the first time in their respective histories, with
one of the two teams set to lift a first ever Eurocup trophy. Bilbao
comes into the final with an overall record of 13-3 for the season,
while Lokomotiv has won 12 of its 16 games played. The two sides made
their way to this never-before-seen encounter with some startlingly
similar statistics to their names. Lokomotiv is ranked top on overall
index rating with a 93.1 PIR, while its opponent from Bilbao is third
with 91.9. On scoring skills, Lokomotiv also just edges it with an
average of 81.9 PPG, compared to Bilbao’s 81.8. Add to this some close
figures for rebounding and the final is sure to be a hard fought
contest. Read more 
The
2012-13 Eurocup basketball season was among the finest in competition
history. The six-month long campaign showered fans with spectacular
plays, amazing team and individual performances, and consistent drama.
As it does every season, Euroleague Basketball is pleased to honor 10
deserving stars as members of the All-Eurocup First and Second Team,
players that clearly helped make the season as great as it was. One
reason for the season's success was an influx of new talent, which can
be seen clearly on the 2012-13 All-Eurocup First Team. Four of the five
All-Eurocup First Team members made their Eurocup debuts this season.
They are guards Nick Calathes of PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar and
Malcolm Delaney of BC Budivelnik Kiev, forward Justin Doellman of
Valencia Basket and center John Bryant of ratiopharm Ulm. Read more 
Euroleague
Basketball is proud to announce that Fotis Katsikaris of Uxue Bilbao
Basket, who leads his team into this season's title game later in the
week, has been chosen as the 2012-13 Eurocup Coach of the Year. In his
fourth season on Bilbao's bench, Katsikaris has marched the team its
first-ever Eurocup Final, with the chance to lift its first trophy and
return to the Turkish Airlines Euroleague. The final will be played
against Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar of Russia at the RTL Spiroudome in
Charleroi, Belgium on Saturday. Bilbao registered the Eurocup's best
overall record this season, 13-3, and also managed to overcome a tough
predicament to advance in the competition. Bilbao was one of the three
teams to finish the regular season undefeated at 6-0. Read more 
A
fearless shooter and a favorite among Uxue Bilbao Basket fans, small
forward Kostas Vasileiadis arrives at the very top of his game to the
first international club final of his 13-year pro career. Born in
Thessaloniki and raised at Greek powerhouse PAOK, Vasileiadis showcased
his scoring skills early. He made his Euroleague debut as a 16-year-old
with PAOK in 2000. By age 20, Vasileiadis was already averaging 13.9
points for PAOK in the 2004-05 Eurocup. He went on to join Unicaja
Malaga of Spain and reach the Final Four in 2007, then played the
following Euroleague season at Olympiacos Piraeus. After a year split
between PAOK and Montegranaro of Italy, Vasileiadis returned to Spain
in 2009 and has played there ever since, joining Bilbao in the summer
of 2010. Read more 
Sometimes,
basketball offers second chances. In that context, Lokomotiv Kuban
Krasnodar forward Simas Jasaitis returns to Charleroi on April 13 ready
to fight for his second Eurocup title. Born in Vilnius, Lithuania,
Jasaitis started his career with Sakalai before joining his city’s
signature club, Lietuvos Rytas, as a teenager in 2001. Four years
later, Jasaitis helped L. Rytas make history by winning the 2005
Eurocup title, its first continental trophy. On that memorable night,
Jasaitis matched his team's high of 16 points as L. Rytas defeated
Makedonikos of Greece 78-74 at the Spiroudome in Charleroi. The
following season, Jasaitis made his Euroleague debut with L. Rytas, and
he has since switched clubs every summer. After Maccabi Electra Tel
Aviv in Israel, he moved to Tau Ceramica Vitoria of Spain and reached
the 2008 Final Four. Read more 
Coming
into his second Eurocup title game, former competition champion Evgeny
Pashutin of Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar is accustomed to high-pressure
situations, both as a player and a coach. The 44-year-old former point
guard had a long playing career in Spartak St. Petersburg and CSKA
Moscow, helping the latter to reach the Euroleague Final Four in 2003.
After taking his career directly from the playing court to the
sidelines, Pashutin quickly showed his talent for coaching. In 2004, he
directed CSKA's team to the Euroleague's Nike International Junior
Tournament title and the following year won under-20 European
Championships with the Russian national team. All the while, he
remained an assistant coach at CSKA, learning on the job from legends
like Dusan Ivkovic and Ettore Messina. Read more 
To
crown the first champion of its second decade, the Eurocup will return
to a pair of time-honored traditions: playing a single-game final in
the Spiroudome in Charleroi, Belgium! The stage set of Uxue Bilbao
Basket of Spain and Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar of Russia to square off
in the title game on Saturday, April 13, with one of those teams
walking away with its first international trophy and a chance to play
in the 2013-14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague! Uxue Bilbao Basket swept
its way to the finals by winning both games in its semifinal series
against BC Budivelnik Kiev of Ukrain. Lokomotiv Kuban lost Game 2 in
its series at home, but had already topped Valencia Basket on the road
by more points in thir first game, thus ensuring its place in the
final. It is not the first continental final for Lokomotiv, which had
previously reached a Korac Cup and FIBA Europe Cup. Read more 
