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Aleksej Pokuševski
Aleksej Pokuševski ( sr-cyr, Алексеј Покушевски; born 26 December 2001) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Partizan Mozzart Bet of the Basketball League of Serbia (KLS), the ABA League and the EuroLeague. Standing at and weighing , he plays at both the power forward and center positions. Born in Belgrade, Pokuševski was previously a youth player for the Greek club, Olympiacos. He debuted for their senior team in 2018, at age 17 and becoming the youngest EuroLeague player in club history. He was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the 17th overall pick in the 2020 NBA draft and traded to the Thunder. Early career Pokuševski grew up in Novi Sad, where he started to play youth basketball for local clubs, KK Kadet, KK NS Stars and Vojvodina. In 2015, Pokuševski joined the youth system of Olympiacos. In 2017, he participated in the Jordan Brand Classic camp. In August 2018, he attended the Basketball Without Borders Europe camp, in Belgrad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Forward
The power forward (PF), also known as the four, is one of the five traditional Basketball positions, positions in a regulation basketball game. Traditionally, power forwards have played a role similar to center (basketball), centers and are typically the tallest or second tallest player on the court. During an offensive possession, the power forward typically plays with their backs toward the basket and are typically a "go-to" position in regard to scoring in the Post (basketball), post. In a pick and roll offense, the power forward typically sets a screen for a guard and "rolls" towards the basket to receive a pass (or "pops" towards the perimeter for an open shot). When on Defense (sport), defense, they typically position themselves under the basket in a zone defense or against the opposing power forward in man-to-man defense. The power forward position entails a variety of responsibilities, including rebound (basketball), rebounding, Screen (sports), screen setting, Block (bask ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KK Partizan
Košarkaški klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Партизан, lit=Basketball Club Partizan), commonly known as Partizan Belgrade, or as Partizan Mozzart Bet for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball Sports club, club based in Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. It is part of the multi-sports Belgrade-based club JSD Partizan, Partizan. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the ABA League JTD, Adriatic Basketball Association, and competes in the Basketball League of Serbia, Serbian League (KLS), the ABA League, and the continental top-tier EuroLeague. Since 1945, Partizan has won 50 trophies and is the holder of the 21 national champion titles. They have also won 16 national basketball cups, 8 Adriatic (ABA League) championships and 1 ABA League Supercup, and most notably the European Champion trophy at the Final Four of the EuroLeague in Istanbul in 1992. The final game was notable for the buzzer-beater by Aleksandar Đorđević which ranks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Bayern Munich (basketball)
FC Bayern München Basketball GmbH, commonly referred to as Bayern Munich, is a professional basketball club, a part of the FC Bayern Munich sports club, based in Munich, Germany. The club competes domestically in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and internationally in the EuroLeague. The club has won six German Championships, and five German Cups in its history. Founded in 1946, Bayern's basketball section had early success in the 1950s and 1960s, before mostly disappearing from the national first level in the following three decades. The team had a resurgence in 2010s and has since been among Germany's best teams, as well as a EuroLeague regular. Bayern plays its domestic home games at BMW Park, which was opened in 1972, while international games are played at the SAP Garden, which opened in 2024. FC Bayern Munich Basketball also has a reserve team that plays in German third-tier level ProB. History Early history (1946–1989) Bayern Munich was founded in 1900 when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympiacos BC
Olympiacos B.C. (), commonly referred to as Olympiacos and Olympiacos Piraeus, is a Greek professional basketball club based in Piraeus, part of the major multi-sport club, Olympiacos CFP. The parent club was founded in 1925, with the basketball team created in 1931, and their home ground is the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus. Olympiacos has been established as one of the most successful clubs in Greek basketball history and one of the most successful clubs in European basketball, having won 3 EuroLeagues, 1 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, one Triple Crown, 15 Greek League titles, 12 Greek Cups and 3 Greek Super Cups. As a traditional European powerhouse, Olympiacos have also been 6 times EuroLeague runners-up and, having played a total of 9 finals, they are the Greek club with the most EuroLeague Final appearances. They have also participated in 14 EuroLeague Final Fours. The first major achievement of Olympiacos in European competitions was their presence in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte ( ) is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making Charlotte the List of United States cities by population, 14th-most populous city in the United States, the seventh-most populous city in Southern United States, the South, and the second-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast behind Jacksonville, Florida. Charlotte is the cultural, economic, and transportation center of the Charlotte metropolitan area, whose estimated 2023 population of 2,805,115 ranked Metropolitan statistical area, 22nd in the United States. The Charlotte metropolitan area is part of an 18-county market region and combined statistical area with an estimated population of 3,387,115 as of 2023. Between 2004 and 2014, Charlotte was among the country's fastest-grow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NBA All-Star
The National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game is an annual exhibition basketball game. It is the main event of the NBA All-Star Weekend. Traditionally, the All-Star Game featured a conference-based format, featuring a team composed of all of the top ranked basketball players in the Eastern Conference and another team of all-stars from the Western Conference. From 2018 to 2023, the NBA employed a different format featuring two teams captained by the top leading vote-getter from each conference. For the 2025 game, a tournament-based format would be used, featuring three teams composed of NBA All-Stars, and a fourth team represented by a mix of NBA rookies, sophomores and NBA G League standouts that won the Rising Stars Challenge. Following the selection of the all-star starters and reserves, the captains choose from a pool of all-stars to form their teams regardless of conference. Twelve players—five starters and seven reserves—from each conference are chosen fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball Without Borders
Basketball Without Borders is a basketball instructional camp organized by the NBA in conjunction with FIBA. It presents itself as a “basketball development and community outreach program that unites young basketball players to promote the sport and encourage positive social change in the areas of education, health, and wellness.” Organized annually since 2001, 41 BWB camps have been held across 23 cities in 20 countries with over 2,300 participants from more than 120 countries and territories, 33 of whom were later drafted into the NBA. Around 150 different current and former NBA/ WNBA players have joined nearly 140 NBA team personnel as staff. History Billed as a “summer camp for 12–14-year-olds designed to promote friendship and understanding through sport,” the initial editions focused on peace and international relations, bringing together youths from former Yugoslavia in 2001 shortly after the Yugoslav Wars and from Greece and Turkey in 2002 amidst tense Greek– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Brand Classic
The Jordan Brand Classic is a high school all star basketball game played annually in April. The game's rosters feature the best and most highly recruited high school boys and girls in the senior class. In 2015, a girl's game was introduced. The game takes its name from the chief organizer, Jordan Brand, a division of Nike, Inc., Nike named after Michael Jordan. The 22 players are routinely selected from the top 100 players as ranked by numerous scouting services. Jordan Brand previously sponsored the Capital Classic (all-star game), Capital Classic in the Washington, D.C. area, from 2002 to 2004, when it was known as the Jordan Brand Capital Classic. After Michael Jordan was unable to move the game to New York, he started the Jordan Brand Classic. History 2002 The 2002 Jordan Capital Classic was played at Washington, D.C.'s MCI Center with many players who went on to play in the NBA. The White Jerseys, led by coach Steve Smith (basketball coach), Steve Smith of Oak Hill Acad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth System
In sporting terminology, a youth system (or youth academy) is a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show enough potential. In contrast to most professional sports in the United States where the high school and collegiate system is responsible for developing young sports people, most football and basketball clubs, especially in Europe and Latin America, take responsibility for developing their own players of the future. A subset of youth academies are referred to as elite academies, designated for teenagers and young adults. These academies typically have a higher cost of capital incurred for maintaining an optimal environment for practice as well as cups and other competitions that may be partaken. Elite academies often have full time staff including but not limited to coaches, physiotherapists, office staff and other roles that assist in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KK Vojvodina
Košarkaški klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Војводина, ), commonly referred to as KK Vojvodina or simply Vojvodina, is a professional basketball club based in Novi Sad, Serbia, and the major part of the Vojvodina multi-sport club. The club competes in the top-tier Basketball League of Serbia. History During the 2000s and early 2010s, the club was also known as Old Vojvodina to be distinguished from the dissolved and much better known town rivals Vojvodina Srbijagas. At that time, the club functioned as Vojvodina Srbijagas's reserve team. After their dissolving in 2016, Vojvodina received many their players and got promoted to the Basketball League of Serbia for the 2017–18 BLS season. On 6 June 2022, the club elected Željko Rebrača as their new club's president. Sponsorship naming The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship: * Privredna banka: 1992–1994 * Vojvodina Panšped: 1994–1995 * Vojvod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannonian Plain on the border of the Bačka and Syrmia geographical regions. Lying on the banks of the Danube river, the city faces the northern slopes of Fruška Gora and it is the fifth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. It is the largest Danube city that is not the capital of an independent state. , the population of the city proper area totals 260,438 while its urban area (including the adjacent settlements of Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica) comprises 306,702 inhabitants. According to the city's Informatika Agency, Novi Sad had 415,712 residents in 2025. Novi Sad was founded in 1694, when Serb merchants formed a colony across the Danube from the Petrovaradin Fortress, a strategic Habsb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 NBA Draft
The 2020 NBA draft was held on November 18, 2020. The draft was originally scheduled to be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on June 25, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was instead conducted at ESPN's facilities in Bristol, Connecticut, with the event held via videoconferencing. National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur United States college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. It was televised nationally on ESPN. The draft lottery was originally scheduled to take place on May 19, 2020, but due in part to the 2020 NBA Bubble, it was rescheduled to take place on August 20, 2020, instead. This was the first draft since 1975 to not be held in June and was also the second to be done later than that month after the inaugural 1947 draft, which was conducted in July by the NBA's predecessor, the Basketball Association of America (BAA). This draft also featured the lack of a proper "green room" due to pande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
