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Vít Krejčí
Vít Krejčí (; born 19 June 2000) is a Czech professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association. Early life and career Krejčí was born in Strakonice, Czech Republic and played basketball for the youth academy of Sokol Pisek. At age 14, he joined Spanish basketball club, Zaragoza. In the 2016–17 season, he began playing for Anagan Olivar, the reserve team of Zaragoza, in the Liga EBA. Professional career Basket Zaragoza (2017–2021) On 5 March 2017, at 16 years and eight months of age, Krejčí made his professional debut for Zaragoza against Fuenlabrada. He tied with Sergi García as the second-youngest debutant in club history, behind Carlos Alocén. On 17 April 2020, Krejčí declared for the 2020 NBA draft. In the 2019–20 season, Krejčí averaged 3.2 points in 9.2 minutes per game and was named to the ACB All-Young Players Team. On 25 September 2020, he suffered a season-ending left knee injury in a game against Real Madrid ... [...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] |
FIBA U20 European Championship
The FIBA U20 EuroBasket is the new name for the FIBA U20 European Championship, originally known as the European Championship for Men '22 and Under'. It is a men's youth basketball competition that was inaugurated with the 1992 edition. Through the 2004 edition, it was held biennially, but since the 2005 edition, it is held every year. The tournament was originally an Under-22 age tournament, but it is now an Under-20 age tournament. The current champions are France. Starting with the 2005 B edition, a Division B tournament, which is the secondary level of the European Under-20 Basketball Championship, is also organized. Since the 2013 B edition, the top three placed teams at each year's Division B tournament are promoted to the next year's Division A Championship. This way, the three bottom teams of the Division A Championship are relegated to the next year's Division B Championship. The current champions of Division B are Romania. Division A The Division A is the top leve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NBA G League
The NBA G League, or simply the G League, is a professional basketball league in North America that serves as the Minor league#Basketball, developmental league of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The league comprises 31 teams; as of the 2024–25 NBA G League season, 2024–25 season, all are single-affiliated or owned by an NBA team except for the independent Mexico City Capitanes. The league was founded in 2001 as the National Basketball Development League (NBDL), renamed the NBA Development League (NBA D-League) in 2005. It received its present name in 2017 under a deal with Gatorade, becoming the first U.S. professional sports league named for an advertiser. Initially eight teams, the league expanded after 2005 under a plan by NBA commissioner David Stern to develop it into a true minor-league farm team, farm system, with each team affiliated with one or more NBA teams. By mid-2014, one-third of NBA players had spent time in the league, up from 23% in 2011. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real Madrid Baloncesto
Real Madrid Baloncesto (English: Royal Madrid Basketball) is a Spanish professional basketball club that was founded in 1931, as a division of Real Madrid CF. They play domestically in the Liga ACB, and internationally in the EuroLeague. They are widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball clubs in Europe. Real Madrid currently ranks first in the European professional basketball club rankings. Similarly to the Real Madrid athletic association football club, the basketball team has been the most successful of its peers in both Spain and Europe. Real Madrid CF is the only European sports club to have become the European champions in both 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, football and 2017–18 EuroLeague, basketball in the same season. The Real Madrid squads have won a record 36 List of Spanish basketball champions, Spanish League championships, including in 7-in-a-row and 10-in-a-row sequences. They have also won a record 29 Spanish Basketball King's Cup, Spanish Cup titles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liga ACB
The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administered by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, with the two lowest-placed teams Promotion and relegation, relegated to the Primera FEB and replaced by the top team in that division plus the winner of the promotion playoffs. The competition was founded as the ACB Primera División on 1983 following the decision of clubs in the Liga Española de Baloncesto (1957–1983), Liga Nacional, founded in 1957, to break away from the Spanish Basketball Federation and professionalize the league. The league's accumulated revenues were worth around €30 million in 2020, with Endesa and Movistar Plus+ contributing 50% of the revenues of the league. The league is a corporation where president Antonio Martín Espina, Antonio Martín is responsible for its management, whilst the member clubs act as shar ... [...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] |
Carlos Alocén
Carlos Alocén Arrondo (born 30 December 2000) is a Spanish professional basketball player who plays for CB Gran Canaria of the Spanish Liga ACB. He plays at the point guard position. Early life and career Alocén grew up playing basketball at the youth level for Basket Zaragoza, Zaragoza. He made his professional debut on 30 October 2016, playing for Zaragoza in a Liga ACB game against Real Madrid Baloncesto, Real Madrid. At age 15 years and 10 months, Alocén became the youngest ACB debutant in club history, breaking Sergi García (basketball), Sergi García's record. He also became the third-youngest player in Liga ACB history, behind Ángel Rebolo and Ricky Rubio. At the end of the 2018-19 ACB season, Alocén signed with Real Madrid, but remained on loan at Zaragoza for one season. Alocén was named the Basketball Champions League Best Young Player, Best Young Player of the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League. On 15 July 2020, he joined Real Madrid's first team. In February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergi García (basketball)
Sergi García Calvo (born 17 February 1997) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Covirán Granada of the Liga ACB. Professional career A product of Centre de Tecnificació Esportiva Illes Balears, García moved to CAI Zaragoza of the Spanish top flight Liga ACB in 2013. Until 2016, he also saw action for Zaragoza’s affiliate El Olivar. In 2013, García was named Most Valuable Player of the Jordan Brand Classic Camp in Barcelona. During the 2017–18 ACB season, Valencia Basket paid off García's contract's rescission clause and subsequently signed him under a four-year contract, including the ongoing season. On 24 July 2019 Valencia Basket loaned him to Rasta Vechta for the 2019–20 season. However, on 5 December 2019 he terminated his contract for signing with EuroLeague team Baskonia. Garcia signed with MoraBanc Andorra of the Liga ACB on 20 July 2020. On 14 December 2021 Garcia signed a two-month contract with Gran Canaria of the Liga ACB. Gran Canaria an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., known as Flexicar Fuenlabrada because of sponsorship reasons, or just as Fuenlabrada, is a professional basketball team based in Fuenlabrada, Spain. The team plays in the Primera FEB and plays their home games at Polideportivo Fernando Martín, Fernando Martín. History Founded in 1983, Fuenlabrada started to compete at a local level. The club joined national competitions two years later and worked its way up, reaching the first regional division in the late 1980s. By 1991, it already became Baloncesto Fuenlabrada and a year later, it merged with CB Torrejón de Ardoz to compete in the Spanish second division. Fuenlabrada acquired CB Peñas Huesca, Club Peñas Recreativas de Huesca's rights to earn the right to compete in the Liga ACB, Spanish first division in the 1996–97 ACB season, 1996–97 season. The club went down to the Liga Española de Baloncesto, second division, but inked scoring machine Velimir Perasović a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball Champions League
The Basketball Champions League (BCL), also commonly known as the FIBA Champions League, is an annual professional basketball competition for European sports club, clubs, organised by FIBA. It is the European professional club basketball system, top-level competition organised by FIBA Europe, therefore the champion participates in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. Clubs qualify for the competition mostly based on performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Although exceptional, some teams can be Wild card (sports), wildcarded. Each season consists of 32 teams. The inaugural season was held in 2016–17 Basketball Champions League, 2016–17 and since then five different clubs won the competition. CB Canarias, Canarias, CB San Pablo Burgos, San Pablo Burgos and Baloncesto Málaga, Malaga hold the joint record of most BCL titles with two each. Creation and adoption In October 2015, FIBA attempted to take back control of Europe's top-tier club competition, by pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liga EBA
The Tercera FEB, formerly known as Liga EBA (''Liga Española de Baloncesto Aficionado''), is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth tier level in the Spanish basketball league system, after the Liga ACB, Primera FEB and Segunda FEB. It is administered by the Spanish Basketball Federation, FEB. It was previously the Spanish second tier level competition from 1994 to 1996, the third tier level from 1996 to 2000, and the fifth tier level, from 2007 to 2009. From the 2024–25 season it will be named Tercera FEB. Competition format The Tercera FEB is made up of five inter-regional groups. After the regular season, sixteen teams advance to the playoffs, where only four teams are promotion and relegation, promoted to the Segunda FEB. The lowest ranked teams of each group, are promotion and relegation, relegated to the Primera División de Baloncesto, Primera División. History Final Eight Format The best teams in the Final Eight were usually promoted to a higher divisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reserve Team
In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players who are under contract to a club but who do not regularly play in matches for the club's primary team. Reserve teams usually include players who are part of the larger first-team squad but unable to command a place in the team itself as well as young players who need playing time to improve their skills before progressing to the first team. In some countries, reserve or development teams compete in entirely separate competitions from first teams, while some countries allow reserve teams or farm teams to compete in the same league system as their club's first team, although usually in separate divisions. In association football Reserve teams usually consist of a combination of emerging youth players and first-team squad players. These teams are distinct from a club's youth team, which usually consists of players under a certain age and plays in an age-specific league. In England, Argentina and the Major League Soccer, United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
