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That's the pinnacle of compliments in this industry! Thank you, Coach! 🙏
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Donatas Urbonas
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Donatas Urbonas
@Urbodo
VP Media & Partnerships at @BasketNews_com, also representing the biggest basketball website in Lithuania @BasketNews_lt | [email protected]
- Bogdan Bogdanovic: “We tried to talk to referees; they didn't try to talk to us, but it's ok. The USA doesn't need that type of help against us. We didn't have that type of help when they were grabbing us with two hands and all that. We played the best we could.”
- LeBron James: “I'm 39 years old, it's my 22nd season. I don't know how many opportunities and moments I'm going to get like to be able to compete for something big and playing big games. And tonight was a big game.”
- The group stage for basketball at the Paris 2024 Olympics is set A – 🇨🇦Canada 🇬🇷 Greece 🇦🇺 Australia 🇪🇸 Spain B – 🇩🇪 Germany 🇫🇷 France 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇯🇵 Japan C – 🇺🇸 USA 🇷🇸 Serbia 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇸🇸 South Sudan
- Lonnie Walker IV on Luka Doncic's conditioning concerns: "You can say what you want about Luka being out of shape or whatever, but I vividly remember him giving people 70 last year and making it to the Finals." "So whatever negativity you want to say... man, a 24-year-old,
- Kevin Durant on Steph Curry: “That was a godlike performance. God was with him tonight. It was one of the greatest games I’ve ever seen him play.”
- Jonas Valanciunas spoke with me to clear the air on the Nuggets and Panathinaikos situation: "I want to clear the air about my playing situation next season now that Denver has made their decision to keep me. The idea of playing for Panathinaikos, closer to home, was very
- LaVar Ball on his big plan how he's going to bring Lonzo, Melo and Gelo to one NBA team: “Lonzo will be on his 3rd year and I want let every NBA team know, that Lonzo is not going to resign with the Lakers, but will go to any team, that will take all of my three boys.”
- 4 years ago, he brought in a personal coach to Kaunas for a few days to fix his shot, shooting 20-30% from three midway through his rookie EuroLeague season. Today, he scored 50, hitting 9 of 16 from three. Can’t be more proud of Nigel Hayes-Davis 🙏
- Dennis Schroder: "European basketball is no entertainment, it's straight IQ basketball. Straight coaching. Really really high-IQ players who know how to play the game. Of course, the NBA is the best league in the world, but Europeans are coming for sure.”
- The EuroLeague announced a new partnership with ESPN, which means that US basketball fans will be able to catch all the action from the 2022-23 Playoffs, the Final Four in Kaunas, and the entire 2023-24 season on the ESPN platform.
- Vassilis Spanoulis stopped in the corner before heading to the locker room, just to watch Fenerbahce lift the trophy — a small Abu Dhabi moment from my phone. Simple, but powerful. You can tell he’s going to use that as motivation for the next few years.
00:00 - The best team arrivals of the Euroleague Final Four in Berlin belong to Fenerbahce this year 😅
- Giannis Antetokounmpo, after bringing medals to Greece after 16 years– "I felt for a day and a half like my legacy was on the line. And I love that feeling, because I’ve always found a way to respond." "When my parents did not have money, I found a way to help them sell stuff
