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ELPA endorses EuroLeague Basketball and FIBA agreement to avoid overlapping calendar
ELPA applauds the provisional agreement between EuroLeague Basketball and FIBA to avoid overlapping calendar of clubs' and national teams’ competitions in the 2023/24 season. The recent calendar dispute was one of players’ main drivers for ELPA’s...
PAB Newsletter #15 – Smart sun exposure: more benefits than risks!
Authors: Igor Jukic, Jaime Sampaio, Francesco Cuzzolin, Julio Calleja-Gonzalez, Mar Rovira, Baris Kocaoglu, Sergej M. Ostojic The sun and sunlight Sun is a star around which Earth and the other components of the solar system revolve. The Sun is the source of an...
ELPA Players’ Board reappoints Bostjan Nachbar as Managing Director
Ex-NBA and Euroleague player Bostjan Nachbar, who has been leading ELPA since its founding in 2018 has been reappointed for a new four-year term as ELPA Managing Director. Nachbar has been instrumental in the founding and growth of the organization. He and ELPA...
Euroleague Players Association announces partnership with Sport Business Classroom
The EuroLeague Players Association (ELPA) is excited to announce a partnership with Sports Business Classroom, the global leader in basketball education. The first phase of the partnership consists of a group of ELPA members attending Sports Business Classroom’s...
New ELPA Players’ Choice Awards’ winners are known
ELPA presented the second edition of annual Players’ Choice Awards. The winners in nine different categories were selected exclusively by EuroLeague players. 2022 ELPA Players’ Choice Award “MOST VALUABLE PLAYER”: Mike James (38.8% of votes)”Best performing...
OFF COURT : Chris Singleton and his media company, Offbeat Media
You probably know him as a Anadolu Efes player, but Chris Singleton perfectly fits into the narrative of being more than just an athlete. When you ask him how he would describe himself, he answers that he is a serial entrepreneur and investor. “Ever since I could...
ELPA and EuroLeague Basketball agree on amendment of EuroLeague Framework Agreement (EFA)
The Euroleague Players Association (ELPA) announced today that after many months of negotiations with Euroleague Basketball, it has successfully concluded an amendment of the EuroLeague Framework Agreement (EFA) and the Standard Player Contract (SPC). From this...
PAB Newsletter #14 – A scope to Achilles’ tendinosis and ruptures; a nightmare for basketball players
Authors: Baris Kocaoglu, Julio Calleja-González, Francesco Cuzzolin, Igor Jukic, Sergej M. Ostojic, Mar Rovira, Jaime Sampaio Globally every year, there are more than 100 million musculoskeletal injuries. Among them, 30-50% of all sports-related pathologies are...
THE PLAYERS’ PODCAST BY KYLE HINES #17 – Luigi Datome & Nicolò Melli
This episode features Luigi Datome & Nicolò Melli. Tune in to hear Kyle speak with two Italian legends Luigi Datome & Nicolò Melli about their journey, playing for the National Team, and why they decided to join Olimpia Milano! This special episode is...
THE PLAYERS’ PODCAST BY KYLE HINES #16 – Carlos Arroyo
This episode features Carlos Arroyo. Check out the sixteenth episode of The Players’ Podcast hosted by Kyle Hines with current GM of the Puerto Rican national team, Carlos Arroyo! Tune in to hear him talk about winning titles in Europe, memorable moments in the...