
Jaycee Carroll, who ended up deciding not to play the 2021-22 season, was honored center-court before Real's Spanish League playoff game against Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz. Carroll leaves the game of basketball as a two-time EuroLeague champion and one of the most prolific three-point and free throw shooters in competition history.

Carroll, 39, played a full decade with Real Madrid and has worn Real's jersey more than any other foreign player in club history. He joined the team before the start of the 2011-12 campaign, and in his time with the club Carroll has helped Real win two EuroLeague titles in 2015 and 2018, reaching two other championship games in 2012 and 2013. 

He ends his career tied for 22nd place in games played in EuroLeague history with 274. Only two American players, Kyle Hines (357) and James Gist (297), have appeared in more EuroLeague games than him. Carroll ranks ninth all-time with 437 three-pointers, which he has done on 42.1% accuracy. He is the fourth most accurate free throw shooter all-time (91.2%) and rank 20th this century with 2,607 career points. 

He has also lifted the Spanish League title five times, and won six Spanish Copa del Rey crowns, as well as the 2015 Intercontinental Cup. Before joining Real Madrid, Carroll spent two seasons with Gran Canaria, competing in the 7DAYS EuroCup.



Saturday was a special occasion in the Spanish capital as one of the purest shooters in competition history and the two-time Turkish Airlines EuroLeague champion officially retired.

Jaycee Carroll officially retires

Euroleague Basketball is pleased to partner with MindFly Ltd. to create, process and distribute First-Person-View (FPV) content from the point of view of the players during Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games starting next season.

EuroLeague teams with MindFly to create FPV content

MindFly will deliver FPV content to the EuroLeague's digital channels and in the future enable this content to be tokenized as NFTs through appointed vendors. In doing so, the EuroLeague becomes the first professional sports league to offer such innovation to our fans.

"We are excited that we've found a First-Person-View solution that's 100% safe for the players and can deliver high-quality, stable footage for viewers," Alex Ferrer Kristjansson, Euroleague Basketball's Brand and Communications Senior Director, said. "MindFly's FPV solution will transport fans right onto the court during games and training sessions and deepen the relationships between fans, players and clubs."

MindFly uses AI-powered bodycams and an AI cloud platform to provide a seamless, automated, end-to-end solution, from recording through processing and delivering professional-quality, fully-stabilized and ready-made HD video highlights to every digital and traditional media endpoint. For every sport and from any court without additional crew or infrastructure.

As Eran Tal, CEO and Co-Founder of MindFly, succinctly puts it: "You wear the vest, we do the rest."

Euroleague Basketball CEO met with many of the hundreds of media attending the 2022 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four in Belgrade on Friday to discuss the state of affairs in the company.

Jordi Bertomeu meets the Final Four media

He is survived by his sons Jan, Jiri and Tomas, two of whom were at the Final Four in Belgrade when given the news, and many grandchildren. Jiri Zidek, Jr., a former EuroLeague champion and a commentator for EuroLeague TV, said he would stay to work the games on Sunday because his father "would want me to finish the job."

"His life was basketball to last day," Jiri Jr., said. "He loved basketball more than any man I know."

Mr. Zidek spent 17 seasons on the court as a player and another seven on the sidelines coaching. He was a Final Four pioneer, leading Slavia Prague to both editions of the event when the format was experimented with in the 1960s. In 1966, he was the top scorer in the championship game with 22 points in a loss to Olimpia Milan in Bologna, Italy. A year later, in 1967, he and Slavia finished third in Madrid, Spain. Mr. Zidek then led Slavia to back-to-back appearances in the Saporta Cup finals. In 1968, they lost 89-82 to AEK despite his 31 points before what was long considered to have been the biggest crowd in basketball history, an estimated 80,000 fans at the historic, outdoor Panathinaikos Stadium in Athens. Finally, in 1969, he and Slavia got to lift the Saporta Cup trophy title, beating Dinamo Tbilisi 80-74 in Vienna, Austria, with Mr. Zidek scoring 15 points.

A six-time Czechoslovakian League champion, Mr. Zidek was also a star of that country's national team. He was a member of the all-tournament team after leading Czechoslovakia to a silver medal at EuroBasket 1967 and followed that with a bronze medal at EuroBasket 1969. Zidek also competed at the 1972 Olympic Games.

Euroleague Basketball joins the family of European basketball in mourning Jiri Zidek Sr., long considered the greatest basketball player in the history of the Czech Republic, who passed away early Sunday after a lengthy illness.

Euroleague Basketball mourns Jiri Zidek Sr.

Jiri Zidek - Final Four Prague 2006 - EB05

Mr. Okulaja brought the best of three continents to basketball. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, he moved with his family to Berlin, Germany, as a child. Okulaja later starred for the famed University of North Carolina Tar Heels in college before embarking on a successful professional basketball career in Europe, mostly in Spain and Germany.

"Ademola Okulaja represented everything good about our sport as a true competitor on the court and an even finer gentleman off it, and we cannot be sadder to hear that he is gone," Euroleague Basketball CEO Jordi Bertomeu stated. "On behalf of everyone at Euroleague Basketball, we offer our deepest condolences to his loved ones. May his memory serve as a blessing to them at this difficult time."

The big man led North Carolina to a pair of Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championships and was the ACC player of the year in 1998-99, the last of his four seasons there. Okulaja returned home to begin his professional career with ALBA Berlin. He would later play for FC Barcelona, Unicaja Malaga and Brose Bamberg in the EuroLeague, as well for Valencia Basket and Khimki Moscow Region in the EuroCup. A long-time member of the German national team, he was a member of the squad that captured the bronze medal at the 2002 Basketball World Cup in the United States.

A former EuroLeague standout and a friend to Euroleague Basketball since he stopped playing in 2009 due to a cancer diagnosis, Mr. Okulaja participated as an ambassador in that season's Final Four in his hometown of Berlin. He later studied in the Euroleague Basketball Institute's master’s program and participated in a EuroLeague Originals documentary, [Table Talk: Athletes' Retirement](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhc3e1kyNG4), released in early 2020. At that time, Mr. Okulaja was the CEO of his own management and consulting agency, Pro4Pros, but he also worked as a television analyst and a player agent.

Euroleague Basketball joins the family of international basketball in mourning the premature passing of a star person and player, Ademola Okulaja, at age 46.

Euroleague Basketball mourns Ademola Okulaja

•	OLYMPIACOS PIRAEUS has been sanctioned with a fine of €10,000 due to not respecting the deadlines established in the Financial Stability and Fair Play Regulations, in accordance with Article 32.c) of the Euroleague Basketball Disciplinary Code.

The procedure was initiated due to the club missing the deadline to provide financial statements.

Acting on a referral by the Euroleague Basketball Management Control Commission (MCC), the independent Finance Panel has issued the following decision:

Finance Panel decision on Olympiacos Piraeus

Euroleague Basketball and the EuroLeague Players Association (ELPA) announced on Thursday an update of the EuroLeague Framework Agreement (EFA) that entered into force in July 2021. The updated EFA will be in force through the end of the 2023-24 season.

Euroleague Basketball and ELPA update collective agreement

Euroleague Basketball and ELPA have been negotiating consistently to adapt the EFA with an understanding that the agreement should evolve to reflect the continuous conversations between the different parties. The agreement seeks to standardize the relationships between players, clubs and the league by creating a consistent framework and defining what they can count on from each other.



The EuroLeague Clubs Commission played an active role in the negotiations. A collective of top player representation agencies was also consulted and lent support to the EFA modifications.



The EFA signed in 2021 is the first of its kind in pan-European basketball and has become a reference for team sports in general on the continent.



Among the areas in which the updated agreement has been adjusted are:



· Length of the preseason

· Insurance for players' families

· Standardized medical services

· Performance bonus ceiling

· Clarification on the duration of contracts

· Regulated image, commercial and promotional activities



The updated EFA, which is a compulsory minimum standard for all participating EuroLeague clubs and players, is applicable to the extent that it does not contradict mandatory laws and regulations within the countries of the clubs.

Imbroda had a long, fruitful coaching career, taking two different teams, Unicaja Malaga and Caja San Fernando, to the EuroLeague. He began his coaching career with Maristas Malaga, which he guided to promotion to the Spanish elite. Once Maristas merged with the other Malaga-based team, Caja de Ronda, Unicaja was born and he was chosen to guide the team. Imbroda led Unicaja to the 1995 Spanish League finals, opening the doors to its EuroLeague debut in the 1995-96 campaign.

Imbroda went on to coach Caja San Fernando to the Spanish League finals and the Spanish Copa del Rey championship game in 1999. Imbroda also coached the Seville-based team in the 1999-00 EuroLeague. He coached Real Madrid in the 2002-03 EuroLeague campaign and also spent time as the head of bench with Valladolid and Menorca. Imbroda was a Lithuanian national team's assistant coach in 1992, helping it win its first-ever Olympic bronze medal in 1992. He coached the Spanish national team to a bronze medal at EuroBasket 2001 and a fifth-place finish at the 2002 World Cup. More recently, Imbroda worked for the Andalusian regional government as Head of Sports and Education.

May he rest in peace.

Euroleague Basketball joins the Spanish and European basketball family in mourning Javier Imbroda, who died at age 61. 

Euroleague Basketball mourns Javier Imbroda

The deal also sees IMG ARENA extend its relationship with Euroleague Basketball to capture live game data in stadia from over 500 matches a season from the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and 7DAYS EuroCup. IMG ARENA will distribute FastPath Data to hundreds of licensed sportsbook operators around the world in under a second. 

The partnership extension builds on Euroleague Basketball's exponential growth on all audience verticals during the last three seasons, with a remarkable 75% growth in TV viewership, over 20% in social media followers and over 25% in on-line viewership.

Roser Queralto, Chief Business Officer of Euroleague Basketball, said: “IMG ARENA is an undisputed leader in the creation, productization and distribution of sports content, and we are delighted not only to renew but bring our collaboration one step further. This is a significant commercial partnership that helps grow the game with thrilling content reaching new audiences and driving fan engagement around the world.” 

Freddie Longe, EVP and Managing Director of IMG ARENA, said: “We are delighted to extend our long-standing partnership with Euroleague Basketball, one of the world’s leading basketball leagues. With its global footprint and loyal fan-base, Euroleague Basketball is an essential part of the sports betting eco-system. Our renewed partnership demonstrates the commercial confidence on both sides and establishes a renewed platform for even greater success and innovation.”

Headquartered in London, IMG ARENA is a sports content and technology hub serving the sports, sports betting and sports media eco-systems. IMG ARENA delivers live streaming and data feeds for more than 45,000 sports events annually, as well as for on-demand virtual sports products and front-end solutions including the UFC Event Centre. IMG ARENA’s clients include the ATP, UFC, European Tour, PGA Tour, MLS and the FA.

IMG ARENA, a leading sports content and technology business, has extended its longstanding partnership with Euroleague Basketball for live streaming rights for the sports betting industry marking a decade of collaboration between both companies.