2022-23 EuroLeague signings

Trailer: "Road to Greatness"

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Georgios Printezis, Thank You!

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Top 10 Long-Shots | 2021-22 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Top 10 Long Shots | 2021-22 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Just one month ago today, the basketball world was abuzz waiting for tipoff of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Championship Game. That sweet anticipation hit a crescendo with the pre-game floor show, Space 4 Glory, a cosmic-themed spectacle with DJs falling out of the sky and flames shooting up to it, 30 million pixels of video magic, 150 kilowatts of musical power, and the most energetic and effervescent of choreography and dancers. It hyped you then and it'll hype you again with this new take culled from footage taken from cameras throughout Stark Arena. The previous season's Final Four pre-game show won an international award, and this year was no less breathtaking. Check it out!

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Final Four MVP Vasilije Micic of Anadolu Efes Istanbul reflects on all the team and individual successes of the just finished 2021-22 season.

Interview: Vasilije Micic, Anadolu Efes Istanbul

Interview: Vasilije Micic

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Anadolu Efes Istanbul head coach Ergin Ataman talks about his championship team, key moments from the Final Four and looks ahead to next season in this exclusive interview.

Interview: Coach Ergin Ataman

Coach Ataman on his championship team

The desire to get to the rim and score no matter what inspired some high-flying heroics from EuroLeague players. Here's a look at the 10 best dunks of the 2021-22 season!

Top 10 Dunks | 2021-22 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Reexperience the highlights of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Semifinals game between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona with EuroLeague TV’s Ronald Macintosh and Joe Arlauckas on the mic.


Broadcaster highlights from the Final Four: Real vs Barcelona

Reexperience the highlights of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Semifinals game between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona with EuroLeague TV’s Ronald Macintosh and Joe Arlauckas on the mic.

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Big names are always on the move in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, whether it’s superstars joining new teams or talented newcomers making their arrivals. Here are some of the most-important signings from the past week.

This week in EuroLeague signings

### Former MVPs on the move

The biggest names to switch teams over the past weeks were former MVPs. On Thursday, LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne announced that it was bringing 2016 EuroLeague MVP [Nando De Colo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/de-colo-makes-switch-to-asvel/) back to France. He will play in his homeland for the first time since 2009. The next day, the 2019 EuroLeague MVP was on the move with FC Barcelona signing [Jan Vesely](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/fc-barcelona-lands-former-mvp-vesely/). Barca will be Vesely’s third club in the competition. De Colo and Vesely were teammates last season at Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, which already made moves to replace them by adding [Scottie Wilbekin](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/fenerbahce-lands-scoring-ace-wilbekin/) and [Tonye Jekiri](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/fenerbahce-inks-rebounding-ace-jekiri/) to the roster.

### Maccabi continues rebuild 

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv completely redid its perimeter with six new players signing with the club in a matter of six days. First to sign was [Darrun Hilliard](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/maccabi-adds-hilliard-to-its-attack) from FC Bayern Munich, then [Austin Hollins](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/maccabi-strengthens-backcourt-with-hollins) from Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade, [Rafi Menco](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/maccabi-adds-menco-at-forward) from Israeli side Hapoel Holon, [Lorenzo Brown](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/maccabi-lands-playmaker-brown) from UNICS Kazan, [Wade Baldwin](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/maccabi-brings-in-point-guard-baldwin) from Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz and [Josh Nebo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/maccabi-tabs-nebo-at-center/) from Zalgiris Kaunas. That’s after signing three players and appointing [Oded Kattash](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/kattash-returns-home-to-coach-maccabi/) as head coach the week before. Maccabi has been busy early in the offseason to build a contender.  

### Milan’s new shooting guard tandem

AX Armani Exchange Milan added a pair of top-notch scoring weapons with the signings of shooting guards [Naz Mitrou-Long](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/milan-signs-shooting-guard-mitrou-long/) and [Billy Baron](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/milan-tabs-sharpshooter-baron/). The two make Milan particularly dangerous from the perimeter. While Baron has knocked down 188 three-pointers in the EuroLeague over the past three seasons with Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade and Zenit St Petersburg, Mitrou-Long will make his debut in the competition after a stellar first season in Europe with fellow Italian side Germani Brescia. After placing third at the end of the regular season, Milan is looking good in the off-season.

### Valencia solidifies its backcourt

Valencia Basket extended the contracts of point guards [Sam Van Rossom](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/valencia-van-rossom-together-for-a-10th-season/) and [Martin Hermannsson](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/valencia-re-signs-guard-hermannsson/) and signed combo-guard [Chris Jones](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/valencia-signs-jones-from-asvel/?pageTitle=Homepage&historyUrl=/euroleague/) this week in moves that stabilize the team’s backcourt. Jones, who comes off a breakout season with LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, brings two years of EuroLeague experience to Valencia, which returns to the EuroLeague after a one-year hiatus. Van Rossom will begin his 10th season with Valencia and fifth in the EuroLeague. They’ll be joined by Hermannsson, who has two seasons of EuroLeague experience.

### Panathinaikos names Radonjic head coach

The Greens of Athens will have a new look this season after naming [Dejan Radonjic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/panathinaikos-names-radonjic-as-new-head-coach/) as the team’s head coach. Panathinaikos will be his third EuroLeague team after two stops at Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade and a stint with FC Bayern Munich. He will bring a new plan and outlook to the team and shortly after the club made two key additions with the signings of point guard [Paris Lee](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/panathinaikos-sign-paris-lee/) from AS Monaco and forward [Panagiotis Kalaitzakis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/prewrite-greens-bring-in-kalaitzakis/) from Lietkabelis Panevezys.

Featuring Zeljko Obradovic's Partizan NIS Belgrade and Sergio Scariolo's Virtus Segafredo Bologna

Insider EuroLeague Documentary Series: "Road to Greatness"

The dramatic quest to earn a place among the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague elite by surviving the most intense 7DAYS EuroCup season ever lies at the heart of "Road to Greatness", the newest Insider Euroleague Basketball Documentary.

Enjoy a 53-minute journey through the most competitive EuroCup season ever following the introduction of a novel single-elimination, do-or-die playoff system that produced major upsets, Cinderella stories and unpredictability all the way to the championship game.

The filmakers focus their cameras on two favorites to lift the trophy – Partizan NIS Belgrade, led by Zeljko Obradovic, and Virtus Segafredo Bologna, coached by Sergio Scariolo – offering behind-the-scenes footage of both while also following Valencia Basket, Joventut Badalona, Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana and Frutti Extra Bursaspor during the thrilling elimination rounds.

Ultimately, only one team could survive.

"Partizan is something special, more than special for me," Obradovic said. "I understand that the job is very tough, very difficult. We have a young team with some experienced players. However, the only way is to be in the gym and continue to work very hard. And I will be happy of all my players come close to have this feeling for Partizan that I have."

Besides exclusive interviews with Obradovic and Scariolo, "Road to Greatness" features star guard Kevin Punter and general manager Zoran Savic of Partizan; former coach Ettore Messina, elite shooter Marco Belinelli and former stars Sandro Abbio and Matjaz Smodis of Virtus; Valencia coach Joan Peñarroya and Bursaspor forward John Holland, who gave a viral halftime interview from the heat of the playoffs battle.

"I was in Virtus Bologna when I was 14-15-16 years old, and then I went to the NBA for 13 years," Belinelli recounts. "To be here with Virtus Bologna, with this organization, for me it is amazing, especially because I had the possibility to stay close to my family... So every practice, every game, I try to be ready and try to give everything for this team."

"Road to Greatness" joins a long list of premium, long-form content from the Euroleague Basketball Originals platform. Among the other features can be found ["Land of MVPs"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMDJsLc01Lg), ["Back to Basketball"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5WV98wT6uw), and ["Limitless: Vassilis Spanoulis"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf2QOa2Mzkg).

Tomas Satoransky is set to start his second stint with FC Barcelona, as he signed a three-year deal with his new club on Monday. 

Barca brings back playmaker Satoransky 

[Tomas Satoransky](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/tomas-satoransky/002939/) begins his second stint with FC Barcelona after the sides put pen to paper on a three-year deal. Satoransky (2.01 meters, 30 years old) arrives from Washington of the NBA, where he averaged 4.9 points and 4.9 assists in 22 games last season. He started the 2021-22 campaign with New Orleans and also played one game with San Antonio before joining Washington. Satoransky played two seasons with Barca, for which he made his Turkish Airlines EuroLeague debut in the 2014-15 campaign. In two EuroLeague seasons with Barca, Satoransky averaged 8.2 points and 3.8 assists in 56 games to help Barca reach the playoffs in both seasons.

Born in the Czech capital, Satoransky started his career with USK Prague before joining Cajasol Sevilla in 2009. He spent five seasons there and helped Cajasol reach the 7DAYS EuroCup Championship Game in 2011 as the team's starting point guard at age 19. Satoransky has also played for Chicago of the NBA and been a regular on the Czech Republic national team. He helped the Czech Republic reach the 2020 Olympic Games. Satoransky returns to the EuroLeague at the prime of his career.

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Bayern keeps Hunter, adds Brankovic 

FC Bayern Munich extended center Othello Hunter for one more year, the club announced Monday. Hunter (2.03 meters, 36 years old) averaged 7.7 points on 57.5% two-point shooting and 5.0 rebounds in 35 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games off the bench last season. He helped Bayern reach the EuroLeague playoffs and the German League finals. Bayern is Hunter's sixth team in the competition, as he is set to start his 10th EuroLeague campaign. In 251 EuroLeague career games, Hunter averages 8.2 points and 5.2 rebounds. He ranks third all-time in offensive rebounds (562) and eighth in total boards (1,308).

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="de" dir="ltr">✍️ 𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝐎 𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐈𝐁𝐓<br><br>Othello Hunter verlängert seinen Vertrag und bleibt beim FCBB. Mehr dazu auf <a href=https://t.co/ft4Ac0OCDW>https://t.co/ft4Ac0OCDW</a><a href=https://twitter.com/hashtag/FCBB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>#FCBB</a> <a href=https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kaderupdate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>#Kaderupdate</a> <a href=https://twitter.com/hashtag/FCBB2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>#FCBB2023</a> <a href=https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hunter2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>#Hunter2023</a> <a href=https://twitter.com/O_hunter5?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>@O_hunter5</a> (c) Eirich</p>&mdash; FC Bayern Basketball (@FCBBasketball) <a href=https://twitter.com/FCBBasketball/status/1543884554498457601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>July 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src=https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js charset="utf-8"></script> </center>

He started his professional career with Atlanta of the NBA and also played for Ilysiakos of Greece, Dinamo Sassari and Montepaschi Siena of Italy, Shandong Flaming Bulls and Jiangsu Tongxi of China, Azovmash Mariupol of Ukraine, Baloncesto Valladolid and Real Madrid of Spain, Olympiacos Piraeus of Greece and CSKA Moscow of Russia, to which he helped win the EuroLeague title in 2019. He also reached the EuroLeague Championship Game with Olympiacos in 2015 and made it to two other Final Fours - with Real in 2017 and CSKA in 2018. Hunter helped Olympiacos win the Greek League title in 2015, lifted the Spanish Cup trophy with Real in 2017, claimed back-to-back VTB League crowns with CSKA in 2018 and 2019, and won consecutive Israeli League titles in 2020 and 2021, adding a Israeli Cup title in his final season with the team.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="de" dir="ltr">👋 𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄, 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐊𝐎<br><br>Wir verpflichten das kroatische Center-Talent Danko Brankovic. Mehr dazu auf <a href=https://t.co/ft4Ac0OCDW>https://t.co/ft4Ac0OCDW</a><a href=https://twitter.com/hashtag/FCBB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>#FCBB</a> <a href=https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kaderupdate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>#Kaderupdate</a> <a href=https://twitter.com/hashtag/FCBB2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>#FCBB2023</a></p>&mdash; FC Bayern Basketball (@FCBBasketball) <a href=https://twitter.com/FCBBasketball/status/1543889971676954626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>July 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src=https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js charset="utf-8"></script> </center>

Bayern also signed center Danko Brankovic to a long-term deal. Brankovic (2.16 meters, 22 years old) arrives from Cibona Zagreb and led the 2021-22 Croatian League in blocks at 1.6 per night. He also averaged 9.8 points and 5.1 rebounds in 41 games, helping Cibona win the title. Brankovic has also been a member of the Croatian national team.

Maccabi brings in Jarell Martin

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv continued its already-busy summer on Monday with the signing of forward Jarell Martin for the coming season. Martin (2.08 meters, 28 years old) arrives from the Sydney Kings, where last season he averaged 15.8 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.0 assist in 31 Australian League games.

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Martin made his pro debut with Memphis of the NBA in 2015-16 and stayed three seasons before another with Orlando. In 184 career NBA games, he averaged 5.4 points and 3.5 rebounds. He spent most of the last two seasons with Sydney. Martin will be making his Turkish Airlines EuroLeague debut in 2022-23.

EuroLeague club meet for new season planning 

Their meeting, part of the annual Euroleague Basketball lnstitute Workshops, was attended by medical professionals from EuroLeague clubs, marking their third annual exchange of best practices on everything from staffing to injury treatment options.

Data presented showed that a combination of injuries and the ongoing COVID pandemic made the 2021-22 season no less challenging than the one before, all the more reason for the club medical staffs to pool their knowledge amid fast-moving developments.

The possibility of future COVID waves focused discussion on refining and updating the protocols used throughout the EuroLeague and the 7DAYS EuroCup so as to minimize any effects on the competitions or club staffs.

The team doctors agreed to tighten control over the concussion protocol that standardizes the time to be taken on each step of the recovery process for players suspected of having suffered such an injury.

Dr. Ignacio Muro, Euroleague Basketball's Medical Officer, also outlined the need to have certification courses in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator use (AED) even for non-medical club staff who may be working with players when medical staff is not present. 

After having faced and met many new challenges in recent seasons, team doctors from across the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague gathered in Barcelona on Friday to continue a close collaboration designed stay ahead of the curve on all medical needs at their clubs.

EuroLeague club doctors meet for new season planning 

 Joe Arlauckas hosts the Efes title-game star on the podcast's season finale

Back-to-back champ Tibor Pleiss joins The Crossover

Joe Arlauckas always like to talk to the big men, so who would make a better guest to conclude the 2021-22 season of The Crossover than Anadolu Efes Istanbul center Tibor Pleiss? Not only did Pleiss win his second consecutive EuroLeague crown, but he played a huge role down the stretch in the recent Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Championship Game in Belgrade, which the two discussed at length.

Of course, they started at the beginning. Pleiss grew up in Cologne, Germany – the home of the 2021 Final Four. Long before his dream of becoming a champion could become a reality, Pleiss's frustration with the time and effort that went into playing as a teenager almost caused him to walk away. 

\[13:45\] "I had two times consideration when I was playing for the young teams where I was thinking about quitting basketball... It was when I was 14-15," Pleiss revealed. "I drove like one and a half hours to practice. But I didn't play at all. I was traveling with the team. I think I was one of the best scorers on the team, but I had less playing time than anybody else. I had this moment where I was thinking, is this all worth it?"

Fortunately, Pleiss stayed with basketball and, by the time he was 17, was already training with the professional team in Cologne and even traveling to EuroCup games abroad. He was still a teenager when he left Cologne to play for Brose Baskets, where he made his EuroLeague debut. Pleiss would go on to play for Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, FC Barcelona and Valencia in Spain, Utah in the NBA and Galatasaray in Turkey, which is where he first linked up with Efes head coach Ergin Ataman.

\[28:25\] "He called me at that time and said, 'Hey Tibor, I know you had a tough season, but if you come to me, we can do something good. I'll give you your free time. You can play. You can do whatever you want.' I think that's what made my decision even easier. So I moved to Gala."

One of Pleiss's great weapons has been his ability to stretch the floor with his long-range shooting, forcing opposing centers out to guard him on the perimeter. At first, however, it was not easy to convince Ataman to let him fire away from deep.

\[29:10\] "Go to the three-point line and give me 6 three-point shots in a row. If you make 6 three-point shots in a row, I'll give you 1 shot every game," Ataman said to Pleiss in a preseason practice in 2016. "I went to the three-point line and I think I made 8 in a row, or 9." 

Pleiss joined Ataman and Efes in 2018 and was a part of the big turnaround that saw the team go from last place the season before to the 2019 EuroLeague Championship Game. The following season, Efes was flying high and dead-set on winning the title when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. 

\[39:00\] "We just thought that this season was different. We had a great shape. We have to continue, so everybody tried to stay in shape," Pleiss recalled of the period when the 2019-20 season was first suspended. "And then of course, when they decided not to continue the season anymore, it was kind of like a hit."

Efes finally got the chance to win the title at the 2021 Final Four in his hometown. Even though he did not have a big part in the rotation when that Final Four rolled around, Pleiss showed his team spirit and character even from the bench.

\[45:30\] "I knew already that I had done my part as well. At the beginning of the season, I had some good games as well. I played good. And I felt like now, I don't care. Of course, I wanted to be on the court, but on the other \[hand\], I wanted to win the championship," Pleiss explained. "I told myself, I don't care who is playing, I want to go out, I want to leave and hold the cup in my hands."

The Final Four in Belgrade was Pleiss's third and he was physically and mentally ready for the challenge. So when the opposition focused more on his star teammates Shane Larkin and Vasilije Micic, Pleiss was ready to take advantage. Among his highlights was a play that got Arlauckas out of his seat!

\[1:11:10\] "I got the ball, I wanted to shoot, I saw like Rudy \[Fernandez\] flying by. I was like, 'Have a good flight. Have a good take-off.' Just a little dribble and, I don't know, I took the shot and the ball went in," Pleiss relayed calmly. 

That shot, which Arlauckas considered the play of the game, helped Efes maintain control. Efes went forward to win it all for a second straight season and put Pleiss's name in the history books.  

With a one-hour format of exclusive one-on-one interviews, The Crossover with Joe Arlauckas goes well beyond the playing court with each podcast to delve into the life experiences that have made his guests protagonists and legends of the EuroLeague. The Crossover debuted in 2018 and has featured such current stars as Mike James, Guerschon Yabusele, Nicolo Melli and Vasilije Micic, coaching greats such as Georgios Bartzokas, Pablo Laso and Zeljko Obradovic, and legends like Theo Papaloukas, Nikola Vujcic and Mike Batiste, among others.

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It is the end of an era for Real Madrid after Los Blancos announced that head coach Pablo Laso will not coach the team next season due to medical reasons. 

Real removes Pablo Laso as head coach

Pablo Laso, 54, had coached Real for the last 11 seasons during which he restored its status as a continental power and EuroLeague title-contender level. When Laso joined Real in 2011, Los Blancos had last won the EuroLeague in 1995. With Coach Laso running the show, Real reached seven Final Fours out of a maximum of 10, won EuroLeague titles in 2015 and 2018 and competed in three other championship games. In early June, Laso suffered a heart attack during the Spanish League semifinals and did not return to the bench again last season.

In a statement released by the club, Real stated: “Real Madrid has made the decision not to keep Pablo Laso as coach of the first basketball team solely and exclusively for medical reasons.

“After the heart attack that our coach suffered a few weeks ago, Real Madrid has made several consultations with doctors and cardiology specialists and all of them have expressed the obvious risk to his health that continuing as the squad's coach at this time entails… Real Madrid considers that after this acute coronary event that led our coach to undergo surgery and to go to the intensive care unit, not making this decision would be absolutely irresponsible.”

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In addition to the two EuroLeague crowns, Laso led Real to six Spanish League championships, six Spanish Copa del Rey triumphs and seven Spanish SuperCups in his time in the Spanish capital. He also helped Real win the Intercontinental title in 2015. Laso was named the Alexander Gomelskiy EuroLeague Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2018 and his team's attractive, run-and-gun playing style helped Real to fill the stands both at WiZink Center and on the road. More than 20 players, including Luka Doncic, Willy Hernangomez, Usman Garuba and more recently Tristan Vukcevic and Juan Nuñez made their EuroLeague debuts from Real’s youth program under Laso. 

 

Laso was also a legendary playmaker who still holds the Spanish League career records for assists (2,896) and steals (1,219). He played at the 1996 Final Four with Real, won the 1994-95 Saporta Cup with Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz and took part in 61 games with the Spanish national team, among other highlights. He has a 238-105 EuroLeague coaching record (69.4%). Laso also coached Castellon, Valencia Basket, Cantabria and Gipuzkoa Basket of Spain. 

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Insider EuroLeague Documentary Series: "Road to Greatness"

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Barca brings back playmaker Satoransky

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Bayern keeps Hunter, adds Brankovic

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Maccabi brings in Jarell Martin

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EuroLeague club doctors meet for new season planning

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