The Euroleague starts, with Baskonia in search of the play-offs
The Euroleague 2023-2024 will start this Thursday with 16 teams willing to fight for the throne defended by the Real Madrid. Among them is the Baskonia, who will seek a place in the play-offs. The first match for the Vitorian team will be at home and against the current champion, this Friday, October 6, starting at 8:30 p.m.
The 16 teams will begin with a Regular Phase that will run until April 12 and will have the novelty of a ‘Play-in’ that will further liven up the fight to play in the ‘Playoffs’. In this way, as already happens in the NBA, the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth will compete for two tickets to accompany the first six classified teams.
In this edition, some clubs have not hesitated to make significant investments to reinforce their squads with players dissatisfied with their role in the NBA and who want to face new challenges, attracted by the potential of a very demanding tournament and an atmosphere in the stands. that you don’t live in the United States.
In this sense, the name that has focused all eyes throughout the summer has been that of the 33-year-old point guard Kemba Walkera four-time All-Star who joins the Monaco after the French league team was among the four best in the competition last year.
Their case is not the only one since the brothers Juancho and Willy Hernangomez They have flown back to Europe to join the Greek Panathinaikos and Barça. The latter has also been joined by Jabari Parkeronce chosen as number 2 in the 2014 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks.
Serge Ibaka, winner of the ring with the Toronto Raptors in 2019 and who had been in the NBA since 2009, has joined the new project of the Bayernwhich is led by Pablo Laso, the great movement on the benches and who returns after his abrupt departure from Real Madrid in 2022.
In short, a very open competition is expected and full of ambitious projects that seek to succeed the real Madrid in the role of reigning champion.
Source: Eitb
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