The opening round of the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season was full of excitement, emotion, memorable moments, and great basketball. Check out our selection of social media posts from around the EuroLeague.
CONGRATS, YAKUBA: This past week Monaco team captain Yakuba Ouattara welcomed his third daughter, Iris! Congrats, girl dad!
HONORING RETIREES: During the summer, Stefan Markovic and Luigi Datome decided to end their respective professional careers. Markovic was honored during halftime of Crvena Zvezda's season opener at Stark Arena, while Datome travelled to Istanbul for a special ceremony in front of Fenerbahce fans.
MEMORABLE DEBUT: ASVEL's Noam Yaacov will forever remember his EuroLeague debut, having played against his idol Milos Teodosic.
COACH GOT JOKES: Zalgiris is one of three teams that pulled out a road win in the opening week and head coach Kazys Maksvytis had a unique, and funny, way to congratulate Keenan Evans on his successful return from an Achilles injury.
WE LOVE EUROLEAGUE!: ALBA players and staff watched all four Friday games simultaneously.
COURTSIDE VIBES: Wade Baldwin missed the season-opener due to injury, but he had a front row seat to the show in Tel Aviv. The world's best tennis player Novak Djokovic had a courtside seat for Crvena Zvezda vs. ASVEL. And check out the courtside view of the atmosphere at the Greek derby.
THE PLAYERS VIEW: Michael Roll and Jake Cohen do a great job of entertaining and educating fans in their exciting live streaming show and EuroLeague players love it.
WINNERS' CORNER: Bayern and Olympiacos won derbies, while the champs started their title defense with a road win
