RealGM Basketball Wiretap

Hawks Seriously Considering Ettore Messina

Fri, 17 May 2013 02:43:39 EDT

Ettore Messina has emerged as a serious candidate to become the next head coach of the Atlanta Hawks.

Messina was born in Italy and is the current coach of CSKA Moscow. Messina is a four-time Euroleague championship coach and two-time Euroleague coach of the year. 

Messina was part of the Los Angeles Lakers' coaching staff during the 11-12 NBA season.

Messina left the NBA to take a $1 million-plus a year job with CSKA.

Danny Ferry recently scouted CSKA at last weekend's Euroleague Final Four.

Stan Van Gundy and Quin Snyder are also candidates.

Spanoulis, Olympiacos Repeat As Euroleague Champions

Sun, 12 May 2013 20:21:05 EDT

Olympiacos has defeated Real Madrid by a final score of 100-88 to win the 2013 Euroleague championship.

Olympiacos also won the Euroleague last season, defeating CSKA in the title game in Istanbul.

Vassilis Spanoulis was named MVP of the Final Four, the third time he has won the honor.

Real Madrid started the first quarter strong, holding a 27-10 lead after the first 10 minutes of the game. Olympiacos cut the lead to four at halftime and outscored Real Madrid by 12 points in the fourth quarter after tying the game after three quarters.

Spanoulis had 22 points, four assists and two rebounds in the game, while Acie Law had 20 points and five turnovers.

Rudy Fernandez led Real Madrid with 21 points.

Vassilis Spanoulis Named Euroleague MVP

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:27:43 EDT

Vassilis Spanoulis of Olympiacos Piraeus has been named the 2012-13 Euroleague MVP.

Spanoulis averaged 14.7 points per game (4th overall) and 5.59 assists (3rd overall).

Spanoulis is a two-time MVP of the Euroleague Final Four.

Fernandez, Diamantidis, Krstic, Tomic, Spanoulis Named To All-Euroleague First Team

Mon, 06 May 2013 14:32:21 EDT

Rudy Fernandez, Dimiris Diamantidis, Nenad Krstic, Ante Tomic and Vassilis Spanoulis headline the 2013 All-Euroleague First Team.

On the All-Euroleage Second Team are Shawn James, Juan Carlos Navarro, Milos Teodosic, Viktor Khryapa and Nikola Mirotic.

CSKA, Barcelona, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, Real Madrid and Maccabi were the six teams with first and second team representatives.

Teletovic Has No Plans To Return To Euroleague

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:27:42 EDT

Mirza Teletovic is not considering leaving the Brooklyn Nets after this season.

“No,” he said flatly about going back to Europe, where Teletovic was last season’s leading scorer of the Euroleague. “Never going to happen.

“I’m going to prove some stuff.”

Teletovic has remained positive despite seeing limited minutes.

“You have to deal with it. It is what it is,” Teletovic said. “You have to learn from it and be ready every time you get in and try to do your best.”

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