The 2012-13 Euroleague regular season will begin on October 19th and here are RealGM's preseason power rankings with CSKA, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Fenerbahce Ulker and Olympiacos comprising the top-five. Read more »
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Preseason Euroleague Power Rankings
RealGM Interview: J.R. Holden
J.R. Holden was a European game changer and retired a year ago after a long career with CSKA and the Russian National Team. Now, Holden begins the next phase of his life as a businessman and maybe one day as the GM of a team in Europe. Read more »
Surprises And Disappointments Of The 2012 Olympics
Patrick Mills, Joe Ingles, Nate Reinking, Darius Songaila and Salah Mejri were amongst the players with surprisingly good performances in the Olympics, while Matt Nielsen, Jonas Valanciunas, Ronny Turiaf, Al-Farouq Aminu and Sergey Monya struggled. Read more »
Europe Interview: Andrey Vatutin Of CSKA Moscow
After losing their second Euroleague final in the last four years, CSKA Moscow president and CEO Andrey Vatutin felt the team needed changes. Vatutin sat down with RealGM to talk about the last season, changes and the future of CSKA. Read more »
Americans Winning Titles In Europe
There were 107 American-born players who were on teams that won their league in Europe during the 11-12 season, most notably Montepasch Siena. Read more »
2012 Greek Basket League Season In Review
After beating all Euroleague Final Four teams - FC Barcelona in the Euroleague semifinal, CSKA in the final and Panathinaikos in domestic league final, Olympiakos can call itself the king of European basketball. Read more »
2012 Russian PBL Season In Review
CSKA won the Russian PBL for the 10th consecutive time and 19th in 21 seasons. Read more »
Europe Interview: Joe Alexander
Joe Alexander talked with RealGM about his NBA experience, the Bucks, Russia and how he would do everything differently if given an opportunity to go back. Read more »
Europe Interview: Jaycee Carroll Of Real Madrid
Jaycee Carroll has always been known as a talented scorer, but only this season has Utah State’s all-time leading scorer had a chance to demonstrate his skills on the biggest European scene. Read more »
RealGM's 2011-12 Euroleague Awards
Andrei Kirilenko, Dimitris Diamantidis, Bo McCalebb, Erazem Lorbek and Nenad Krstic were outstanding throughout the 2011-12 Euroleague season. Read more »
Europe Interview: Andrei Kirilenko Of CSKA Moscow
Andrei Kirilenko is the leading candidate for Euroleague MVP as he attempts to lead CSKA to another title and while he has no regrets about staying in Russia for the current season, he is excited to return to the NBA in the summer. Read more »
Top-5 Storylines Of Euroleague's Top-16 Stage
With 16 teams left, RealGM presents the Top Five storylines of Euroleague to keep an eye with teams like CSKA, Zalgiris, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Panathinaikos look to advance. Read more »
Europe Interview: Sean May Of KK Zagreb
After a few unsuccessful attempts to return to the NBA, Sean May turned his career to overseas. Now the 27-year-old big man is playing in Croatia, KK Zagreb club, where he is having a career year. Read more »
RealGM Interview: Sonny Weems Of Zalgiris Kaunas
Sonny Weems was one of the best players to go to Europe without an NBA-out. The 7th best scorer in Euroleague explains why he picked Europe instead of China and discusses the Raptors. Read more »
Season Preview: Greek HEBA A1
Panathinaikos has won ten consecutive Greek titles and the economic crisis of the county has ruled out Olympiakos from signing big name NBA stars during the lockout. Read more »
Season Preview: Italian Basketball (Lega Basket Serie A)
Italian basketball has struggled over since the turn of the century, both in terms of club teams and their national squad. But Montepaschi Siena continues to thrive behind the likes of Bo McCalebb. Read more »
Season Preview: Russian PBL
With nine championships in a row and counting, CSKA Moscow can compete with the likes of Panathinaikos and Montepaschi in regards to domination of its own domestic league. Read more »
Season Preview: Spanish ACB
The Spanish league is the strongest domestic league in the world not named the NBA, and also has had great parity with four teams winning its title over the past seven years. Read more »
Season Preview: Turkish TBL
Even though Besikitas signed Deron Williams, the favorite remains the perennially excellent Fenerbache Ulker. Read more »
RealGM Interview: Zaza Pachulia
Zaza Pachulia talked with RealGM about his first days in EuroBasket, European basketball, Georgia, the Atlanta Hawks and the NBA lockout. Read more »
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