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The ten moves that shaped the EuroLeague summer

Latest 25 Sep 2026

The ten moves that shaped the EuroLeague summer

Five arrivals from the NBA and five transfers inside the league. The players who change how their teams will look in 2026-27.

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Analysis The Man Who Doesn't Dribble: Inside the Mind of Sasha Vezenkov, the Euroleague MVP An MVP who barely dribbles, and dominates anyway.

Analysis Obradović is back where he built the dynasty Europe's greatest coach, and why the doubters are wrong.

Analysis The steadiest and streakiest scorers in EuroLeague 2025-26 Same average, two different players. What a stat line hides.

Analysis The clutch leaders of EuroLeague 2025–26 Who you actually want taking the last shot.

Explainer Beyond points per game: eFG%, TS% and PPP explained Three stats that answer the same question — how efficiently is this player …

Explainer Isolation: the loneliest play in basketball, and the hardest to defend. The hardest play to defend, explained plainly.

Analysis Bartzokas-ball: everyone touches the ball, and nothing is an accident The method behind Olympiacos — constant movement, real roles, and a coach who …

Analysis Elijah Bryant plays exactly like he lives The most efficient scoring guard in the EuroLeague is also its most …

Analysis Who really creates the most points in EuroLeague 2025-26 A box score counts the points a player scores and buries the ones he creates. …

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Players

Evan Fournier 6 Sylvain Francisco 5 Nikola Milutinov 4 Jean Montero 3 Mike James 3 Sasha Vezenkov 3 Shane Larkin 3 Walter Tavares 3 Alec Peters 2 Dario Saric 2 Guerschon Yabusele 2 Mario Hezonja 2 Nadir Hifi 2 Tomas Satoransky 2

Teams

Olympiacos Piraeus 9 Real Madrid 6 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 5 Panathinaikos Aktor Athens 5 Dubai Basketball 3 FC Barcelona 3 Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv 3 Valencia Basket 3 Anadolu Efes Istanbul 2 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 2 Zalgiris Kaunas 2 EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 1 Paris Basketball 1 Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade 1

Stats & tactics

True Shooting 2 Help Defense 1 PIR 1 Pace 1 Post Defense 1 Rebound % 1 Rebounds 1 Transition Defense 1 Transition Frequency 1 Transition Offense 1 Zone Defense 1

Topics

Analysis 12 Transfers 12 Explainer 9 Players 8 Actions 6 Coaches 5 Defense 5 Recap 5 Tools 4 Efficiency 3 Final Four 3 Play Offs 2 Stats 2 Teams 2

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Tactics, explained How plays actually work — defense, isolation and more, step by step. 6 articles

Understand the stats Plain-English guides to the numbers on every player and team page. 5 articles

Summer transfers Who moved, who arrived, and what each new roster actually changes. 12 articles

Playoffs & Final Four Game and series recaps from the nights that decided the season. 5 articles

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September 2026

Transfers 4 min 23 Sep

Anadolu Efes lost their heart. Then they signed the best scorer this league has had.

Larkin left for Fenerbahce after eight years. Efes answered with Mike James, Dario Saric and a deep, talented roster. The defence is the open question.

Recap 3 min 21 Sep

Real Madrid won the first SuperCup

Preseason? Who said so? All games were dogfights. Real made it and the tournament MVP scored six points in the final.

Analysis 3 min 18 Sep

What PIR sees that points don't

Walter Tavares ranked 82nd in scoring and 21st in PIR. So how is PIR working and who does it help most?

Analysis 4 min 16 Sep

Bartzokas-ball: everyone touches the ball, and nothing is an accident

The method behind Olympiacos — constant movement, real roles, and a coach who learned to trust his players.

Transfers 3 min 14 Sep

Hapoel Tel Aviv spent big again. The team they built.

An ambitious owner, a huge roster, a proven coach, and home games far from home.

Analysis 3 min 11 Sep

Milutinov: The quiet, elite, team-first center

A 2.13m throwback who takes no threes, barely touches the ball, and bends games anyway. The quiet, elite, team-first center Olympiacos leaned on all season.

Analysis 2 min 09 Sep

Who really creates the most points in EuroLeague 2025-26

A box score counts the points a player scores and buries the ones he creates. So we counted both, from the play-by-play of all 402 games. Who really runs the offense.

Tools 2 min 07 Sep

Define Your Best: rank the EuroLeague your way

Introducing Define Your Best, a tool that lets you set what "best" means. Six sliders, your weights, and the whole EuroLeague re-sorts to your definition.

Analysis 4 min 04 Sep

Obradović is back where he built the dynasty

The best coach European basketball ever produced went home to Partizan, and it went cold. The doubters called him finished. Panathinaikos just handed him the biggest contract a coach has ever signed. One season to settle it.

Analysis 4 min 02 Sep

The steadiest and streakiest scorers in EuroLeague 2025-26

Kevin Punter and Wade Baldwin both averaged 15 points. Punter scored 43 one night and 2 another. Baldwin gave you 15, most nights. We measured which EuroLeague scorers you can count on, and which run hot and cold.

August 2026

Transfers 3 min 31 Aug

Barcelona starts from (almost) zero

Ten new players, a new coach, and no track record to read. Barcelona tore down its ageing core this summer and rebuilt younger, more athletic and NBA-flavoured. What that becomes, nobody yet knows.

Analysis 3 min 28 Aug

Elijah Bryant plays exactly like he lives

The most efficient scoring guard in the EuroLeague is also its most understated. With Elijah Bryant, that was never two facts. It's one.

Explainer 4 min 26 Aug

Transition offense: the fastest points in basketball, before the defense arrives

Run before they're set. What transition offense actually is, why it's the most efficient scoring in the game, and the EuroLeague team built entirely around it.

Transfers 3 min 24 Aug

The Armani Milano Poeta Wanted

Milano stopped chasing big names. Peppe Poeta built a team to fit his game instead: fast, free, and stacked with guards.

Analysis 3 min 21 Aug

The Rehearsed Chaos of Pedro Martínez

Inside the fast, disciplined system arriving at Real Madrid, and the room of kings waiting to test it.

Explainer 2 min 19 Aug

Rebound % Beats Rebounds Per Game — Here's Why

Raw rebound totals reward playing time. This stat rewards actually winning the ball.

Transfers 3 min 17 Aug

Dubai Got Serious

A EuroLeague-winning coach and a much tougher roster. The debut was respectable. The ambition is now something else entirely.

Transfers 3 min 14 Aug

The Last Shot Is His: Sylvain Francisco, in Stats and Nerve

A stats portrait of an All-EuroLeague guard — the confidence that wins games and loses them.

Explainer 3 min 12 Aug

Zone defense: why a coach chooses to guard space instead of a player.

Not every defense follows one man around the court. Here's who reaches for zone, and why.

Transfers 3 min 10 Aug

Zalgiris rebuilt for a title run. Here's who's new — and the one gap they're still managing.

A summer of major additions, and why small forward is the position to watch.

Analysis 3 min 05 Aug

The Man Who Doesn't Dribble: Inside the Mind of Sasha Vezenkov, the Euroleague MVP

No muscle, no speed, no wasted motion — how Olympiacos' quiet forward outthinks a league built to stop him, and the one place his body still wins.

Explainer 3 min 03 Aug

Transition defense: the four seconds that decide whether a turnover costs you nothing or costs you two points.

Sprint back, foul, or scramble. Three ways teams handle the moment right after they lose the ball — and why the best teams never really choose.

July 2026

Analysis 3 min 31 Jul

EuroLeague Offensive Rating, Defensive Rating and Net Rating: the 2025-26 efficiency landscape

Points scored and allowed per 100 possessions, mapped for every team. The picture is more interesting than the standings.

Tools 3 min 29 Jul

Who's the best center in EuroLeague at grabbing rebounds? Now you can just ask.

A tool built for one very specific kind of question — and it answers it better than anything else on the site.

Transfers 4 min 27 Jul

Fenerbahçe rebuilt half their team this summer. Here's what each new player brings.

Six new faces, one clear plan — told in plain language for fans of every level.

Tools 2 min 24 Jul

Does your player actually matter? The Player Impact tool tells you.

When Mfiondu Kabengele performs, Dubai Basketball wins. When he doesn't, they mostly lose. The numbers are that clear.

Analysis 3 min 22 Jul

The clutch leaders of EuroLeague 2025–26

Who showed up in the moments that mattered — and what the numbers say about how.

Explainer 3 min 20 Jul

Help defense: the one player who doesn't rotate breaks the entire system

Three variations, one principle — and why Juancho Hernangómez is the perfect example of how it works.

Explainer 2 min 17 Jul

EuroLeague advanced stats: what every number on a player page means.

Most stat pages give you numbers. This one tells you what they mean.

Transfers 3 min 15 Jul

Panathinaikos is changing their skin. They're not only an offensive team anymore.

Four signings, one clear message — and a coach who has built this kind of team before.

Explainer 4 min 13 Jul

Post defense: how you guard the block tells you everything about what you fear

Three ways to defend the post. Each one is a bet — on your own size, your help defense, or your teammate.

Transfers 4 min 10 Jul

Montero and Miller-McIntyre: what Olympiacos just added at point guard

The reigning EuroLeague champions didn't rebuild. They upgraded — in the most specific way possible.

Tools 3 min 08 Jul

Is your team actually playing better? The Team Form Guide tells you.

Standings tell you where teams are. Form tells you where they're going. Here's the tool that shows the difference.

Explainer 3 min 06 Jul

Beyond points per game: eFG%, TS% and PPP explained

Three stats that answer the same question — how efficiently is this player scoring? — with increasing depth.

Transfers 5 min 03 Jul

ASVEL built something different this summer

Theis, Weiler-Babb, Brooks, Francisco. Four arrivals, four very different profiles — and a clearer picture of what Villeurbanne is trying to become.

June 2026

Explainer 4 min 27 Jun

Isolation: the loneliest play in basketball, and the hardest to defend.

One player. One defender. No help coming. Here's what makes it work — and who does it best in EuroLeague.

May 2026

Recap 2 min 24 May

A pure dogfight. Two giants. One title.

Olympiacos 92 – Real Madrid 85. The long wait is over.

Recap 3 min 22 May

Fenerbahçe wanted a defensive battle. Olympiacos gave them one they couldn't survive.

How the Reds shut down the defending champions and booked their place in the final.

Recap 2 min 22 May

The old fox made its way to the Final. Without two centers. By 15.

Real Madrid didn't just beat Valencia. They did it with half their frontcourt missing.

Recap 2 min 12 May

Real didn't crush Hapoel. They just won every battle that mattered.

How a team missing its best defender still found a way through.

Analysis 2 min 07 May

Evan Fournier turns it on when it matters

The French guard's numbers don't just improve in the playoffs — they transform.