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Juan Núñez (basketball)
Juan Núñez García (born 4 June 2004) is a Spanish professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He plays at the point guard position. Professional career Real Madrid (2015–2022) Born in Madrid, Núñez joined Real Madrid's youth ranks in 2015. In his junior years, he stood out with his passing ability. He was named MVP of the 2019–20 Euroleague Next Generation Tournament qualifying tournament in Munich, averaging 9.5 points and five assists in four games. In 2021, Núñez won the Euroleague Next Generation Tournament with Real Madrid. Although he played in the group games, he did not feature in the final, as he was called up by Pablo Laso to the senior team amidst an injury crisis within the squad. On 6 June 2021, Núñez made his debut for Real Madrid's senior team in an ACB semi-final win against Valencia Basket, scoring two points from the free-throw line and adding two rebounds and one assist in seven minutes of play. He was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Point Guard
The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the Basketball positions, five positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position and is usually the shortest player on the court. Point guards are expected to control the pace of the game. They effectively "run" the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that it gets to the right player at the right time. Generally, point guards are expected to be proficient in passing the ball and being able to get Assist (basketball), assists to teammates. In a pick and roll offense, the point guard typically moves off of screens to facilitate the ball to a Power forward, big. Likewise, point guards can also shoot off of screens if given separation. In transition, the point guard must be able to pass and handle the ball without committing excessive turnovers. Defensively, the point guard is generally responsible for guarding above the Key (basketball), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 FIBA U16 European Championship
The 2019 FIBA U16 European Championship was the 33rd edition of the FIBA U16 European Championship, Under-16 European Basketball Championship. The competition took place from 9 to 17 August 2019 in Udine, Italy. The top five teams qualified for the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup besides Bulgaria men's national under-17 basketball team, Bulgaria who automatically qualified as host. The defending champions were Croatia men's national under-16 basketball team, Croatia. Participating teams * (2nd at 2018 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B) * * * * * * * * * * (3rd at 2018 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B) * (1st at 2018 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B) * * * * Venues Preliminary round The draw ceremony was held on 13 December 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia. Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- Final round Main bracket Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division (NBA), Southwest Division of the Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference. The team plays its home games at Frost Bank Center. The Spurs are one of four former American Basketball Association (ABA) teams to remain intact in the NBA after the 1976 American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger, ABA–NBA merger, one of two former ABA teams to have won an NBA Finals, NBA championship (the other being the Denver Nuggets), and the only former ABA team to have won multiple championships. The franchise has won NBA championships in 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2014. As of the 2022–23 season, the Spurs had the highest winning percentage among active NBA franchises. As of May 2017, the Spurs had the best winning percentage of any franchise in the major professional sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 NBA Draft
The 2024 NBA draft was the 78th edition of the National Basketball Association's annual NBA draft, draft. Unlike recent years, the 2024 draft took place over two nights. This was the first NBA draft to be held on multiple nights since the draft was shortened to two rounds, with earlier drafts consisting of as few as three or as many as twenty-one rounds prior to the current format's debut in 1989. The first round of the draft took place on June 26, 2024, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, while the second round took place on June 27 at South Street Seaport#ESPN studios, ESPN's Seaport District Studios in Manhattan. The time between second-round picks expanded from two minutes to four. For the third year in a row, the draft consists of 58 picks instead of the typical 60, this time due to the loss of a second-round pick for both the Philadelphia 76ers and the Phoenix Suns for violating the NBA's Tapping up, tampering rules during free agency. The List of first overall NBA d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball Bundesliga
The Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) (English language: ''Federal Basketball League''), for sponsorship reasons named easyCredit BBL, is the German basketball league system, highest level Sports league, league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 18 teams. A BBL season is split into a league stage and a playoff stage. At the end of the league stage, the top eight teams qualify for the playoff stage, and the teams positioned in the 17th and 18th places are Relegation, relegated to a lower-tier league. The playoffs are played in a "Playoff format#Best-of-five playoff, Best of five" format. The winning team of the final round are crowned the German champions (basketball), German Champions of that season. In addition to the league competition, all BBL teams compete for the BBL-Cup, German Basketball Cup. Teams playing 2. Basketball Bundesliga, in the second league (ProA or ProB), or in a lower level Regionalliga#Basketball, Regionalliga, are also eligible to par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valencia Basket
Valencia Basket Club Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., commonly known as Valencia Basket (), is a professional basketball team based in Valencia, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup, and his Valencia Basket (women), women's team was created in 2014 and promoted to Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, Liga Femenina Endesa in 2018, with home games played at the Pavelló Municipal Font de San Lluís, Font de Sant Lluís. The club is owned by retail tycoon Juan Roig. Valencia is the only Spanish club to have won the top category of basketball in Spain in both sections, as well as the EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup (ULEB Cup) on four occasions, where it is the most successful club in the competition, and the 2020–21 EuroCup Women. In the historical classification of the ACB has the 7th place, having played 35 editions in the top category. In 2024, the men's team placed 12th in the FIBA Europe classification and the 10th place in the women's classification. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 ACB Playoffs
The 2021 ACB Playoffs, also known as 2021 Liga Endesa Playoffs for sponsorship reasons, was the postseason tournament of the ACB's 2020–21 season, which began on 19 September 2020. The playoffs started on May 31 after the EuroLeague Final Four, which was played on May 28–30, and ended on June 15 before the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, which will be played on June 29–July 4. TD Systems Baskonia was the defending champion which got knocked out by Valencia Basket in the quarterfinals. Barça claimed their 16th ACB title and their 19th Spanish title, ending a 7-year drought, by downing archrivals Real Madrid in Game 2 of the Finals. Barça swept the series and completed its first Spanish double (League and Cup titles) since 2011. Format On May 4, 2021, ACB delayed the regular season ending calendar one week to play the postponed matches. With Barça's already qualified to the EuroLeague Final Four in Cologne, the playoffs will be played in best-of-three, instead of bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Laso
Pablo Laso Biurrun (born 13 October 1967) is a Spanish professional basketball coach and former player who is the current head coach for Saski Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He was the head coach of Real Madrid for eleven seasons from 2011 to 2022, guiding them to two EuroLeague championships and six ACB titles. As a player, he was a prominent point guard in Spain and Italy. Professional playing career Club career Laso played 17,378 minutes (4th most) in 624 games (9th most) in the Liga ACB (the top-tier level Spanish League). He holds the ACB records for most career assists (2,896) and most career steals (1,219). He won the 1995 edition of the Spanish Cup, and won the Most Valuable Player award of the tournament. He also won the championship of the FIBA Saporta Cup's 1996–97 season. National team career Laso played in 61 games with the senior Spanish national team. He played at the EuroBasket 1989, the 1994 FIBA World Championship, and the Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munich
Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is not a state of its own. It ranks as the 11th-largest city in the European Union. The metropolitan area has around 3 million inhabitants, and the broader Munich Metropolitan Region is home to about 6.2 million people. It is the List of EU metropolitan regions by GDP#2021 ranking of top four German metropolitan regions, third largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Munich is located on the river Isar north of the Alps. It is the seat of the Upper Bavaria, Upper Bavarian administrative region. With 4,500 people per km2, Munich is Germany's most densely populated municipality. It is also the second-largest city in the Bavarian language, Bavarian dialect area after Vienna. The first record of Munich dates to 1158. The city ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019–20 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament
The 2019–20 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, also called Adidas Next Generation Tournament by sponsorship reasons, was the 18th edition of the international junior basketball tournament organized by the Euroleague Basketball. Teams As in past years, 32 under-18 teams from 14 countries joined the first stage, which played in four qualifying tournaments between December 2019 and February 2020. Qualifying tournaments Valencia, Spain *27–29 December 2019 The first qualifying tournament featured Valencia Basket, 2016 ANGT champion Barcelona, Herbalife Gran Canaria and Unicaja, all from Spain, LDLC ASVEL from France, Cibona from Croatia, Olympiacos from Greece and Tofaş from Turkey. Herbalife Gran Canaria defeated Unicaja 88–72 in the final and advanced to the Final tournament. Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- 7th place game 5th place game 3rd place game Final Final ranking Munich, Germany *17–19 January 2020 The secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Point Guard
The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the Basketball positions, five positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position and is usually the shortest player on the court. Point guards are expected to control the pace of the game. They effectively "run" the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that it gets to the right player at the right time. Generally, point guards are expected to be proficient in passing the ball and being able to get Assist (basketball), assists to teammates. In a pick and roll offense, the point guard typically moves off of screens to facilitate the ball to a Power forward, big. Likewise, point guards can also shoot off of screens if given separation. In transition, the point guard must be able to pass and handle the ball without committing excessive turnovers. Defensively, the point guard is generally responsible for guarding above the Key (basketball), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain National Under-20 Basketball Team
The Spain men's national under-20 basketball team is the representative for Spain in international basketball competitions, and it is organized and run by the Spanish Basketball Federation. eurobasket.com The U20 team represents Spain at the . Between 1993 and 2001, the U21 team represented Spain at the former . FIBA U20 EuroBasket record FIBA Under-21 World Championship record See also * |
