After coming up short in her quest to win a championship in college and the WNBA, Kelsey Griffin of Eagle River is closing in on her prize in the Hungarian League. The 6-foot-2 starting forward and her top-ranked professional women’s team MiZo Pecs moved into the Finals against the second-ranked team MKB Euroleasing. Game 1… Read more »
For one of the few times in his basketball career Brad Oleson of North Pole isn’t the main option. With Spanish champion Caja Laboral, he’s just one of many weapons. And he’s just fine with that. Oleson, 27, doesn’t get caught up with points, rebounds and assists; instead focusing on blocked shots, steals and dunks…. Read more »
Anchorage’s Doron Perkins showed off his impeccable playmaking skills on the Euroleague’s biggest stage, dishing off a career-high 9 assists today to help Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv beat Lottomatica Roma 99-58 in Top 16 group play. The 6-foot-2 starting point guard also had 9 points, 7 rebounds and 3 steals in 27 minutes. He was… Read more »
Doron Perkins might just be the biggest bargain in the Euroleague. Just ask Israeli power Maccabi Tel Aviv. The 27-year-old Anchorage guard has turned into the one of the team’s biggest dividends despite being one of its lowest paid players. The Jerusalem Post has the story. “Maccabi has had its fair share of steals over… Read more »
The only thing better than helping his Spanish club Caja Laboral win its Euroleague opener was the fact that he beat another Alaska player in the process. North Pole’s Brad Oleson earned bragging rights over Anchorage’s Doron Perkins when reigning Spanish champion Caja Laboral pounded Perkins and Israeli power Maccabi Tel Aviv 94-78 today. Both… Read more »
After upsetting No. 1 ranked European power Regal Barcelona on the road in Games 1 and 2 of the Spanish League Finals, you kind of wondered what Caja Laboral could possibly do for an encore in Game 3. Does a last-second three-point play to win the game suffice? In one of the biggest basketball surprises… Read more »
If it’s May then it must mean Anchorage’s Trajan Langdon is close to a Euroleague title. For the sixth time in his eight seasons in the overseas equivalent of the NBA, Langdon is in Paris for the Euroleague Final Four. The 33-year-old veteran guard, a two-time champion with his Russian pro team CSKA Moscow, hits… Read more »
None of the three Alaskans had much to brag about today as the Euroleague quarterfinals continued for Brad Oleson, Trajan Langdon and Doron Perkins. The only real positive was that Oleson’s Spanish club Caja Laboral won Game 3 against Langdon’s Russian team CSKA Moscow to pull within 2-1 in the best-of-5 series. Perkins and his… Read more »
Timing is everything in sports and right now few in the Euroleague are playing better than Trajan Langdon. The Alaskan Assassin appears to be heating up as the playoffs arrive, a promising sign for Russian juggernaut CSKA Moscow. Langdon, of East High fame, helped CSKA clinch first place in Group C over the weekend after… Read more »
The NBA season is still two weeks from starting, but the European equivalent tips off tomorrow. That means Alaskans Doron Perkins, Trajan Langdon and Brad Oleson will be back in action. All three players are veterans of the international game and have found success beyond the NBA, flourishing overseas and enjoying the luxury of a… Read more »
