International Analysis

Euroleague's Most Improved Players Of The 2013-14 Season

by Erildas Budraitis

While Euroleague is on a short break, here are our Top 10 Euroleague's Most Improved Players Ranking. With the season halfway over, RealGM ranked players who have taken the next step in their Euroleague careers. Read more »
Euroleague Rookie Ladder

by Erildas Budraitis

While Euroleague is on a short break, RealGM presents Top 10 Euroleague Rookie Rankings. With the season halfway over, RealGM ranked best players who made their debut in Euroleague during the 13-14 season. Like season, Americans dominate the ranking, occupying the top five spots. Read more »
Euroleague Interview: Malcolm Delaney Of Bayern Munich

by Erildas Budraitis

RealGM caught up with Malcolm Delaney in Europe to talk about Bayern’s performance in the Euroleague, the team’s affiliation with the soccer program, his future plans and much more. Read more »
Europe Interview: Blake Schilb Of Crvena Zvezda

by Erildas Budraitis

RealGM caught up with Blake Schilb to talk about the transition from France to Serbia, Crvena Zvezda’s performance in the Euroleague, rivalry with Partizan and much more. Read more »
Europe Interview: Luke Harangody Of Unics Kazan

by Erildas Budraitis

RealGM caught up with Luke Harangody to talk about his experience in Russia, playing under foreigner coach, NBA and more. Read more »
Euroleague Power Rankings (Mid-December Edition)

by Erildas Budraitis

With less than two weeks remaining until the end of its regular season, RealGM presents the Euroleague Power Rankings. We evaluated and ranked all 24 teams' performance over their first eight games and their perspective for the next rounds. Read more »
D-League's Tre Kelley Driven To Turn Ruthless Past Into Success Story

by Shams Charania

Once the Grizzlies waived him in the 2010 training camp, Tre' Kelley played parts of two seasons overseas where he starred in Europe, and where he scored two 50-point performances in China. Through it all, his sights remained on finding a way back into the NBA, so he decided to return to the D-League with Austin. Read more »
Euroleague Interview: Alexis Ajinca Of Strasbourg IG

by Erildas Budraitis

RealGM spoke with Alexis Ajinca to talk about the restart of his career, his plans to get back to the NBA, France's national team and much more. Read more »
Euroleague Power Rankings For Mid-November

by Erildas Budraitis

Fenerbahce Ulker, Real Madrid, Olympiacos, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Barcelona, Anadolu Efes and CSKA are at the top of RealGM's Euroleague rankings. Read more »
Euroleague Power Rankings (End Of October Edition)

by Erildas Budraitis

While Real Madrid, Fenerbahce Ulker, CSKA Moscow and Olympiacos are at the top of the table and our rankings, Alexis Ajinca has been playing like an MVP candidate. Read more »
24 Questions For The Start Of Euroleague 2013-14

by Erildas Budraitis

On Nikola Mirotic, a possible threepeat for Olympiacos, Carlos Arroy's return, can CSKA buy chemistry, the rise of Ukrainian basketball and much more. Read more »
Stephen Graham Hoping To Settle With NBA Team After Playing Overseas

by Shams Charania

As a career journeyman with seven teams, Stephen Graham had earned three multi-year contracts, but the NBA’s lockout in 2011 prevented him from working out for organizations in the summer and he eventually landed in the D-League and overseas. Read more »
Tony Parker Now And In The Future

by Jonathan Tjarks

At an age where most smaller guards are slowing down, Tony Parker is as good as ever. There’s no real secret to what he does: he takes what the defense gives him and doesn’t make the game hard on himself. That’s how a slight 6’2 31-year-old dominates a sport designed for giants. Read more »
Europe Interview: Jeremy Pargo Of CSKA

by Erildas Budraitis

RealGM caught up with Jeremy Pargo to talk about his time in the NBA, his decision to join CSKA, the upcoming season in Russia and more. Read more »
Behind Serbia's EuroBasket Run

by Jonathan Tjarks

Through the first two rounds of EuroBasket 2013, there’s been no country more impressive than Serbia. Despite having the youngest team in Slovenia, with an average age of 24, they are tied for the second-best record. Read more »
Europe Interview: Petteri Koponen Of Finland

by Erildas Budraitis

Right before the tip-off of EuroBasket 2013, Petteri Koponen talked with RealGM about Finish basketball, his NBA dream, first season with Khimki and much more. Read more »
The AAU System And How The NBA Could Fix It

by Jonathan Tjarks

Because there is no professional structure to youth basketball in the United States, a poorly organized and often self-defeating culture has developed in its place. If AAU basketball is bad for business, the NBA has the power to fix it and instead look to the models of Europe. Read more »
Europe Interview: Tomas Van Den Spiegel

by Erildas Budraitis

RealGM recently caught up with Tomas Van Den Spiegel, a pioneer in European basketball's social media community, to talk about his retirement, career highlights, Belgium basketball and much more. Read more »
The Euroleague Elite 50-40-90 Club

by Erildas Budraitis

Nikola Mirotic, Sarunas Jasikevicius and Trajan Langdon are amongst the Euroleague players that have shot better than 50 percent from the floor, 40 percent from three and 90 percent from the free throw line. Read more »
Americans Winning Titles Abroad, 2013 Edition

by Erildas Budraitis

In 45 European national leagues, there were 107 players from the United States on their rosters. Read more »