Basketball
Omer Jurceven, the center who upsets Obradovic and breaks the NBA
Zeljko Obradovic didn’t want to see him because Omer Jurceven dreamed of playing in the NBA. Now, a few years into their episodic relationship, the Turkish center has become the absolute sea bass of the Miami Heat.
Five years ago, at the age of 18, it was the young Fenerbahce center who took Zeljko Obradovic out of his clothes. It was February 2016 when he left the Turkish team to travel to Toronto and take part in an NBA program, he complained because the Serbian coach did not give him a significant role and enough time to participate and European basketball somehow missed the back turned.
Omer Yurceven played at NC State from 2016-18 and at Georgetown University for one season (2019-20), he saw all 30 league teams overtake in the 2020 NBA draft and after a year in the G-League he found his chance this year , not just to play, but to emphatically dominate the highest level of world basketball.
Last March, he poked fun at the partner league and reported on Alexei Pokusevski, who he was living with at Oklahoma City Blue. In May, one day before the end of the regular season, the Miami Heat put him in their potential against the backdrop of the 2021-22 season. In the Summer League, the 23-year-old Turk (2m.13) had no opponent and somehow in Florida they started to think they were hitting a gold vein. Even if they didn’t count on him for the basic rotation at the beginning of the year.
In the first few weeks of his rookie season, Jurceven was patient. He played in 13 games, averaging 3.1 minutes and had 1.6 points and 1 rebound. It wasn’t the role he wanted but problems soon began with the result that Adebayo-Dentmon’s absence paved the way for him to gain recognition.
Without Bam, Jurceven had 5.4 points and 6.3 rebounds per 14.9 minutes in 13 games. And when Dentmon got hurt, Eric Spolstra had to throw him deep. He knew the Turk would swim, only that Omer as… pole vaulter in the first sprint proved that he is not an addition, but a player who can make a difference with the above.
In four games as a fiver, the young center has 14.5 points (50% on two points, 50% on shots), 14.5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1.5 steals and just 1.3 errors per 32.4 minutes Mission. He has four double-doubles and culminated in 22 points and 16 rebounds in yesterday’s Heat loss to the Kings in Sacramento where he had 11/18 two points!
With a $1,489,065 contract this year and an unsecured $1,752,638 contract next season, Yurceven knows he will have to wait until the fall when The Heat can offer him an early extension. or by summer 2023, which will be released as a free agent on the market. He knows his talent is enough to keep him in the NBA for many years. In any case, that was a child’s dream, even if Obradovic criticized him at every opportunity.
Source: sport24
Jessica Martinez is an author at Sportish, a publication dedicated to sports news and analysis. She covers various topics related to sports and provides insightful commentary on the latest developments in the world of sports.
President of FIBA Europe Jorge Garbajosa He talked about the NBA Europe project and the clubs ready to participate in this project.
“2027 will be the year when NBA Europe will be operational,” Garbajosa said.
He confirmed the interest of Real Madrid, whose participation had already been accepted, according to media reports.
“We know Real Madrid is interested, the NBA is in direct talks with the club at the highest level.”
Garbajosa emphasized that the aim of the project is to transform the current system in which clubs suffer huge losses. According to him, the NBA wants to cooperate because it sees great growth potential.
For the President of FIBA Europe, the current EuroLeague model means “an irreversible loss for the clubs of an average of 20, 25 or 30 million per year.” When asked if the teams would make money, Garbajosa insisted it was a “good business opportunity” because he said it was “investing in a product with a forecast and business plan that requires profitability.”
Real Madrid are not the only club to express interest in participating. Garbajosa confirmed that “several” teams had reached an agreement following a “crazy” schedule of meetings with investment funds, companies and other clubs in Berlin and London. “The impression is that the process is already underway,” he repeated, describing the project as a “huge boost” for basketball across the continent.
Previously, Barcelona announced whether it would continue to play in the Euroleague.
Source: Sport UA
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Golden State Warriors superstar in his match against the Dallas Mavericks (115:123) Stephen Curry He became the first player in NBA history to make a total of 10,000 three-point field goal attempts.
Curry scored 38 points on 8 of 15 attempts from beyond the arc. He scored 9,992 runs before this match.
Stephen reached 10,000 in the first half of the game and now has 10,007 total attempts.
Curry also holds the record for the most three-pointers made in league history with 4,222 points. Five years ago, he surpassed Ray Allen’s record of 2,973 3-pointers in the regular season.
This season, Curry averaged 27.4 points on 39.2% three-point shooting along with 4.9 assists and 3.7 rebounds in 36 games.
Source: Sport UA
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barcelona The club’s board of directors reported the results of its meeting on its official website.
As a result, the extension of the first men’s basketball team’s license to participate in the Euroleague for the next 10 seasons (until the 2035/36 season) was approved. FC Barcelona is one of the founding partners of this tournament and its Board of Directors confirms its unwavering commitment to always compete in the best competitions possible.
Currently, only Real Madrid, Fenerbahce and ASVEL, among the founding partners of the Euroleague, have not signed a license to extend their participation in the tournament.
Additionally, at the meeting, it was decided to hold an election for the President of Barcelona on Sunday, March 15, 2026. In the coming days, an official election announcement will be published, including all details regarding the calendar and the selection process, in accordance with the deadlines specified in the Club Constitution.
Source: Sport UA
Ralph Bean is a writer for Sportish. Ralph has written about sports news for the last two years, and is currently an author on the site. He enjoys writing about sports, and hopes to cover more stories in the future.
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