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https://www.olimpiamilano.com/garrison-mathews-e-una-nuova-storia-sono-entusiasta/

Mathews averaged 5.2 PPG and 1.1 RPG in 15 games played for the Pacers last season.

https://basketnews.com/news-251655-nuggets-show-strong-interest-in-alpha-diallo.html

Diallo played the past five seasons at Monaco and established himself as one of the best wings and perimeter defenders in the Euroleague.

Last season he won the Euroleague Best Defender award, was the steals leader (1.4 SPG) and averaged 11.9 PPG, 4.4 RPG and 1.4 APG.

In the 2024/25 season, Diallo was one of Monaco's key players in their run to the Euroleague final.

He averaged 12.8 PPG in the quarter-finals series against Barcelona, put up 22 points and six rebounds in the semi-final against Olympiacos, and 19 points in the final against Fenerbahce.

Diallo already has a deal with Euroleague side Dubai, but has an NBA exit clause which is valid until July 15th.

Apart from Denver, Diallo also has interest from a few other NBA teams.

https://sportando.basketball/en/nicolas-batum-reportedly-set-to-return-to-asvel-after-18-nba-seasons/

ASVEL's owner, president and, as of recently, head coach is Batum's former French national team teammate Tony Parker.

The French side, known to consistently be near/at the bottom of the table in the Euroleague, had a very big budget increase for the upcoming season, already signing some big Euroleague names, as well as, reportedly, Parker's former Spurs' teammate Patty Mills.

https://www.eurohoops.net/en/euroleague/1986549/james-wiseman-to-consider-options-in-europe-nba/

"We have begun exploring overseas opportunities and are working to identify the best situation for him", said Wiseman's agent Misko Raznatovic in a post on X.

Raznatovic is known as the best and most connected European agent, who's clientele includes a plethora of high level Euroleague players, as well as three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic.

https://basketnews.com/news-250406-jonas-valanciunas-zalgiris-nba-future-euroleague.html

Jonas Valanciunas has committed to a two-year deal with Zalgiris Kaunas, according to BasketNews sources, on the condition that his NBA situation with the Denver Nuggets will be resolved. If finalized, the veteran center will leave the NBA after 14 seasons and return to Lithuania.

Valanciunas will only formally sign with Zalgiris once his NBA situation is fully resolved.

Zalgiris and Valanciunas expect that this process will be handled soon, clearing the way for his return to Lithuania after 14 years in the United States.

https://basketnews.com/news-250366-nikola-jokic-named-new-serbias-captain.html

"I have been given the pleasure and privilege of being captain. Maybe I still have not deserved it, because many great names have worn the captain's armband, and there are guys who are older than me as well. The coach gave it to me, entrusted me with it, or however I should put it, but I will try to carry it and show everything on the court the way a captain should".

Jokic was named captain in absence of Serbia's regular captain Bogdan Bogdanovic, who will miss the upcoming qualifying games against Switzerland and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

"I will see what it's like to be captain for the first time now. The emotions will surely be at a higher level. You represent these guys who work together with you, you represent your city, and your family. It is a privilege and a pleasure", said Jokic.

Jokic said that he decided to join the Serbian national team for the World Cup qualifying games this summer because he felt guilty about Serbia's bad performance at last year's EuroBasket.

"Maybe it is partly my own sense of guilt because of the failures we had at the last EuroBasket. I wouldn't say it's about avoiding shame, but there is definitely a sense of responsibility on my part. My goal is to help bring Serbia back to where it belongs in basketball".

Nikolic is a 20-year old 6'8" Serbian power forward who just averaged 15.7 PPG and 5.1 RPG in the Adriatic League (ABA League) for Borac Cacak. He also finished second in voting for the ABA League's Young Player of the Year behind league MVP, Bucks 2025 second round draft pick Bogoljub Markovic.

Source - https://basketnews.com/news-248416-olympiacos-consider-friendly-game-against-new-york-knicks.html

The statement of one of Olympiacos' sponsors Nikos Tsakos after winning the title - "We support the team of our hometown and the city where we grew up. I was born in Piraeus and moved to New York at 17. We are happy that the two teams are among the most historic in the world. Soon we will be able to do something together".

His son Panagiotis Tsakos said - "It's something we are discussing with the team. Either for the inauguration of the renewed stadium, or at Madison Square Garden. As you know, with half a million Greeks, we could fill the venue".

Olympiacos, currently the strongest club in Europe, features several former NBA players on its roster, including ex-Knicks Evan Fournier and Frank Ntilikina, as well as Monte Morris, Tyler Dorsey, Kostas Papanikolaou, Sasha Vezenkov, Donta Hall, Alec Peters, and Cory Joseph.

The Greek club made five straight Euroleague Final Four apperances since the 2021/22 season under their current head coach Giorgos Bartzokas and this year it won its first Euroleague title since 2013.

https://basketnews.com/news-248191-evan-fournier-2026-euroleague-final-four-mvp.html

Fournier scored 20 points in the final on 70% TS, with five rebounds and four assists, whilst in the semi-final win against Fenerbahce he had 10 points, four rebounds and four assists.

Besides Fournier, former NBA players Cory Joseph, Alec Peters, Sasha Vezenkov, Tyler Dorsey and Donta Hall also played for Olympiacos in the final.

As for Real Madrid, Mario Hezonja, Facundo Campazzo, Trey Lyles, Chuma Okeke and Gabriel Deck made up their cast of ex-NBA players