LeBron Leaves Los Angeles - Five Clubs Fight for the Legend's Signature

After eight years in the Lakers jersey, LeBron James said goodbye and announced he will play next season somewhere else. Now the whole NBA is waiting to see where. According to insider Shams Charania, LeBron has already gathered all the information he needs and the decision is close - „it gets nearer every day". Five clubs have emerged as the main candidates: Cleveland (where it all began), Miami, Golden State, Philadelphia and Minnesota. General managers, presidents and owners have already put in their offers through his agent Rich Paul - some even with recorded voice messages. At 41 and in his twenty-third season, the man is still so sought-after that the entire league revolves around his decision. This is not a career, it is an era that refuses to end.

Valanciunas on the Verge of a Return to Europe? Zalgiris Waits, but the NBA Still Holds Him

The saga around Jonas Valanciunas is a perfect picture of the clash between European basketball and the NBA. The media reported that the centre had signed a two-year deal with Lithuania's Zalgiris of Kaunas, but the player himself publicly denies it. The truth, according to sources, is more precise: there is a verbal agreement - Valanciunas has promised to join Zalgiris if he does not stay in the NBA. And the NBA is exactly the reason nothing has been signed. Denver waived him on 8 July, no club claimed him in the next 48 hours, but the free agent is still studying offers from the strongest league in the world. Last season he was a backup behind Nikola Jokic at the Nuggets. Whether he returns home, to Kaunas, or chases one last shot in America - the decision hangs by a thread.

Chaos at the Spanish Giants: Real, Barcelona and Baskonia in Turmoil

While the EuroLeague is changing at its core - with a plan for clubs to become real franchises and the league to expand to 24 teams from the 2027/28 season - three Spanish names that built the foundations of European basketball are going through a turbulent summer. Real Madrid, Barcelona and Baskonia are all struggling with their own internal problems at the very moment when Europe is reshaping the rules of the game. For clubs used to dictating, they are suddenly in a position to react. When even the biggest start to wobble, it is a sign that the change is not cosmetic - it touches even those who for decades considered themselves untouchable.

A Defeat for Our Young Basketballers: Sweden Beat Them 86:64 at the European Championship

Macedonia's men's youth national team suffered a second defeat at the European Championship Division „B" in Bratislava. In the fourth round of group „A", Sweden was the better side, winning 86:64 and confirming first place. Our boys came in motivated against a until-then unbeaten opponent, but the Swedes imposed their game already in the first half - at the break they led 45:32, and by the end of the third quarter the lead had grown to 31 points. The bright spot was Lukanoski with a double-double: 15 points and 13 rebounds. Dimovski added nine points. Tomorrow our boys play against Azerbaijan in a duel decisive for the final standings in the group. Defeats of this calibre hurt, but the development of a young team rarely runs in a straight line.

MZT Skopje Returns to Europe - in the Sixth Pot for the FIBA Europe Cup

After a long pause, Macedonian champions MZT Skopje A. are returning to the European scene. FIBA has announced the pots for the draw of the FIBA Europe Cup for the 2026/27 season, and the Skopje side landed in the sixth pot. The new system is more ambitious than before: 48 clubs split into eight groups of six teams each, with as many as 21 clubs joining from the Champions League qualifiers. The draw is scheduled for this Thursday in Munich. The sixth pot means tougher rivals and a small handicap up front, but the very return to continental cups after so long is news worth having. For a club with a history like MZT, the place is there - among the European sides, not beside them.