Amath M’Baye will forgo his senior season of eligibility to enter the NBA draft.

M'Baye, a native of France, is a longshot to make an NBA roster next year.

"I grew up watching the Euro league stuff. I can tell you it's not that bad over there," he said. "They make a great living for themselves. It's a great environment to play in. The NBA is definitely a dream. It's still a goal of mine. But the options are not bad at all."

M’Baye is set to graduate from the University of Oklahoma in May.

Petteri Koponen has been named Euroleague Top 16, Game 12 MVP.

Koponen led BC Khimki Moscow Region to a 99-76 win over Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul with 23 points and seven assists.

Simas Jasaitis of PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar has been named the Eurocup Quarterfinals game 2 MVP.

Jasaitis had 23 points with five rebounds in Lokomotiv's 90-65 win over KK Buducnost.

The Golden State Warriors will sign Malcolm Thomas to a 10-day contract.

The Warriors have two roster spots available following their cap-saving trades of Jeremy Tyler and Charles Jenkins before the deadline.

Thomas played for Maccabi Tel Aviv this season until February and recently joined the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the D-League.

Rudy Fernandez was punched in the face by a Lithuanian fan following Real Madrid's 105-104 win over Zalgiris Kaunas in Euroleague play on Thursday.

Fernandez was bloodied by the punch and went straight to the airport. Real Madrid had a security guard with the team but he reportedly did not react fast enough to prevent the assault.

The assailant has been arrested.

Fernandez had 11 points and four assists in the game.

The depressed financial situation for several top European clubs is expected to mean fewer NBA-caliber International players in coming years, according to a source.

The bigger European clubs such as Real Madrid, Barcelona and CSKA continue to develop players, but most clubs have fewer financial resources to train and develop young players.

Evan Fournier was the first International player selected in the 2012 NBA Draft with the 20th overall pick, whereas picks five through seven in 2011 were on International players.

Rudy Gobert is widely expected to be the top International pick of the 2013 NBA Draft, while Ukraine native Alex Len is playing collegiately at Maryland.

Josh Harrellson has signed with Brujos de Guayama of the Puerto Rican basketball league.

Harrellson played his rookie season with the New York Knicks and was a non-guaranteed contract casualty by the Miami Heat in January.

Ante Tomic has been named Euroleague MVP for the month of February.

Tomic averaged 17 points, five rebounds and one block while leading Barcelona to a 4-0 record.

Barcelona is in first place in its Top-16 group.

Nenad Krstic has been named the Euroleague Top-16, Game 9 MVP.

Krstic had 20 points, four rebounds and four assists in CSKA's 80-65 win over Alba Berlin.

With Mike Krzyzewski declaring his pending departure from Team USA, Gregg Popovich was adamant it would be an honor to fill the position coaching the men's national team.

“Anybody would feel honored to have their name mentioned as far as the Olympic movement is concerned,” Popovich said. “There are a lot of people who can fill that role. That goes without saying. Anybody would feel humbled and honored to even be talked about in that regard.”

USA basketball spokesman Craig Smith told Fox 29 Sports that president Jerry Colangelo will not allow potential misunderstandings to get in the way of picking the best candidate.

“Jerry’s not going to put himself in a position where he’s not picking the best candidates,” Smith said.