Summer ended early for the Euroleague Basketball family of referees with the 33rd Clinic for Euroleague Basketball Officials last weekend. The four-day-long event, which began on August 29, saw the men and women who will oversee the games this season in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and the BKT EuroCup meet for physicals, rules discussions and analyses, breakout sessions and much more in Zagreb, Croatia.

Zagreb hosted the annual Clinic for Euroleague Basketball Officials

Some 68 referees were on hand for the clinic, including four newcomers: Manuel Attard of Italy, Stefan Calic of Serbia, Sergio Manuel of Spain and Christian Theis of Germany. This marked the second such clinic under the guidance of Daniel Hierrezuelo as Euroleague Basketball Director of Officiating.

“The annual clinic is essential for maintaining the high standards we expect at Euroleague Basketball. It’s not just about the rules but about sharing knowledge and experiences, fostering teamwork, preparing mentally and physically, and ultimately delivering the best officiating for the league,” Hierrezuelo stated.

The list of experts invited to lecture at the clinic featured Euroleague Basketball President Dejan Bodiroga, former Euroleague Basketball Senior Director of Officiating Mr. Costas Rigas, Spanish national team head coach Sergio Scariolo, Euroleague Head Coaches Board President and former EuroLeague champion Dimitris Itoudis, Euroleague Head Coaches Board Executive Director Goran Sasic, ELPA Head of Player Relations Walter Jeklin, sports psychologist Mar Rovira, and physical trainer Gianluca Mazzoncini.

There were lectures on IRS reviews and rule changes for the coming season. The referees also met in smaller groups to dive deeper into video analysis, proper mechanics on the court, injury prevention, and self-improvement, among other topics. Each official also underwent eye exams, fitness checkups and rules tests. And by the end of the clinic, they were all better prepared for the exciting season that awaits!

Europe’s premier referees gathered in the Croatian capital to prepare for the 2024-25 season

Kyle Hines, a EuroLeague legend and four-time champion, has decided to retire after 14 seasons in the competition.

Kyle Hines retires: The four-time EuroLeague champion calls it a day

One of the most legendary players to ever grace the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague has decided to hang up his sneakers. After 425 games, 3,339 points, 1,855 rebounds, 510 assists, 287 steals and 320 blocks, [Kyle Hines](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/kyle-hines/002812/) has called time on his professional basketball career.

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### Kyle Hines's goodbye to basketball

"Today I officially announce my retirement from professional basketball. A career that started in 2008, I could have never imagined that basketball would have taken me this far. When I didn't get drafted, what I thought would be one of the biggest disappointments in my life turned out to be my biggest blessing... Coming to Europe gave me the opportunity to grow as a person, it allowed me to compete at the highest level. It allowed to become a competitor, a leader, and a champion. Off the court, it has given me the opportunity to travel the world, meet so many great people and share in some amazing moments that will last a lifetime.

"My journey has been nothing short but amazing. My dreams of playing professional basketball, while the individual and team accomplishments mean a lot, they weren't the reason I played the game. I played the game for the work, the love, and the opportunity to compete with my teammates every single day. My grandfather once told me: do the best you can be possible, do with the tools you have been given. That was my goal every day I stepped on the basketball court.

"Thank you to my wife, Gianna, for giving the love and support I needed to have a successful career. Thank you, Anya, Justin, and Cash for being my why every single day. My parents, my brother, and sister, thank you for your support no matter where I am in the world. I can always count on you guys to be there. To my Hines, Smith, and other extended family members, thank you for always holding it down and supporting from afar. To my Sickerville, Timber Creek and Team Hines family, thank you for pushing me to reach new levels and never be satisfied, gym all day!!! To my agent, Misko, thank you for believing in me and putting me in the best position possible to achieve my dreams. To Lance Young and the late George Dimitropoulos, both of whom had a great early impact on my career, thank you for teaching me the business early in my career.

"To my legendary coaches Trinchieri, Cancellieri, Chris Fleming, Duda Ivkovic, Coach Bartzokas, Itoudis and Messina, thank you for pushing me to become a better player but more importantly, a better human being. I learned so many life lessons from you all. To all the team strength coaches, trainers, physios and therapists, thank you for all the work behind the scenes, you guys are the real reason I was able to have a 16-year career. Thank you to my trainers who I work with during the off-season back home, thank you for giving me the tools to get better every single season. To my teammates, thank you for the opportunity to work with you all. We are more than teammates now, we are a brotherhood, my time with you all is what I'm going to miss the most.

"To Veroli Basket, Brose Bamberg, Olympiacos, CSKA Moscow, Olimpia and everyone that has worked or associated, thank you for trusting me to represent your clubs, it was an honor to wear your teams' uniforms. To Veroli, Brose, Olympiacos, CSKA Moscow and Olimpia basketball fans, thank you for all the love and support. You will have my heart forever.

"As I start the next chapter, I look forward to starting a new adventure with you all.

"All the best. 42."

### A EuroLeague legend

The 37-year-old, who played for four clubs across a 14-season stretch in the EuroLeague, went out on a high, too, after lifting the Italian League championship with EA7 Emporio Armani Milan on Thursday night. That is his third straight Italian League title, while he helped the team win the Italian Cup in 2020-21 and 2021-22, as well as the Italian Super Cup in 2019-20. The veteran big man was also a key factor in guiding Milan back to the EuroLeague Final Four in 2021, ending the club’s 29-year wait to return to European basketball’s showpiece event.

Hines made his EuroLeague debut with Brose Bamberg in 2010-11, then spent two seasons at Olympiacos Piraeus (2011-13), seven campaigns with CSKA Moscow (2013-20), and four years with Milan (2020-24). In that time, he became a EuroLeague champion on four occasions – in back-to-back years with Olympiacos in 2012 and 2013, before lifting the trophy in 2016 and 2019 with CSKA. Then, in 2020, Milan’s No. 42 was selected to the EuroLeague 2010–20 All-Decade Team.

From the archive: Kyle Hines highlights

Renowned for his play on the defensive end of the floor, Hines was chosen as the recipient of the EuroLeague Best Defender award three times – in 2015-16, 2017-18 and 2021-22 – and holds the all-time record for games played with 425 EuroLeague appearances. He ranks fifth in all-time minutes (8,789:32), 11th in points (3,339), second in two-pointers made (1,332), first in offensive rebounds (824), eighth in defensive boards (1,031), second overall in rebounding (1,855), 11th in steals (287), third in blocks (320) and fifth in accumulated PIR (4,299).

It is not just in the EuroLeague where Hines has left his mark on European basketball. Domestically, Hines has lifted 18 trophies during his illustrious career. While his EuroLeague start came with Bamberg in 2010-11, he spent the first two years of his professional career with Veroli in the Italian second tier. There, he twice won the Italian Second Division Cup (2008-09, 2009-10) before moving on to Bamberg, where he secured the German League, German Cup and German Super Cup titles. In Greece with Olympiacos, Hines was part of the team that won the 2011-12 Greek League title, then at CSKA he lifted six VTB League titles between 2014 and 2019. Now in Italy, Hines has three Italian League titles to his name, as well as two Italian Cup triumphs and one Italian Super Cup.

Euroleague Basketball Originals: Overseas | Episode 1

In addition to his play on the court, Hines has shown his compassionate side by being a positive force and active presence for Euroleague Basketball’s One Team program. He also appeared on Euroleague Basketball's "Overseas" documentary featuring Olympiacos's Shaquielle McKissic and AS Monaco's Donatas Motiejunas. EuroLeague fans have been able to hear Hines’s journey into the media, too, thanks to the A Quarter with Kyle Hines podcast and his occasional appearances on The Players’ View.

Kyle Hines is and forever will be a EuroLeague legend. Here’s to a wonderful career, Kyle!

More Kyle Hines News

Kyle Hines kisses the trophy handed out to the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague champions after Olympiacos Piraeus won the 2012 championship game.

He spent 14 seasons playing in the EuroLeague across four different clubs

FC Bayern Basketball has confirmed the signing of Shabazz Napier on a one-year deal.

Bayern signs point guard Shabazz Napier 

FC Bayern Munich has strengthened its backcourt by inking experienced point guard [Shabazz Napier](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/shabazz-napier/011224/) to a one-year deal, which includes an option for a further year, the club announced Wednesday.

Napier (1.85 meters, 33 years old) arrives from EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, where he averaged 10.9 points and 4.0 assists in 16 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games last season.

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Last season was Napier's second stint with Milan in as many years. He made 12 EuroLeague appearances for the club in the 2022-23 season, in which he averaged 15.0 points, 1.8 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.1 steals. 

The American point guard helped Milan win back-to-back Italian League titles in the last two seasons. Napier started the 2023-24 EuroLeague campaign with Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade, averaging 9.8 points and 2.3 assists in 12 EuroLeague games.

The best plays of new FC Bayern Munich signing Shabazz Napier while playing for EA7 Emporio Armani Milan in the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.

Shabazz Napier's Top Plays in 2023-24

Napier began his professional career in the NBA with the Miami Heat in the 2014-15 season and went on to play a total of 354 games in the association, having also suited up for the Orlando Magic (2015-16), Portland Trail Blazers (2016-18), Brooklyn Nets (2018-19) and then both the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Washington Wizards in the 2019-20 campaign.

At Bayern, he will link up with his former teammate at UConn, [Niels Giffey](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/niels-giffey/001557/). Together, they won two NCAA championships (2011, 2014).

The 33-year-old playmaker adds experience and talent to the German team's roster


The 2024-25 edition of the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge, the official fantasy game of the EuroLeague, is now active.

The EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge is back and better than ever

Fans of the [EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge](https://fantasychallenge.page.link/game) are in for a treat heading into the 2024-25 season. Several improvements have been made to the overall experience, which should bring fantasy managers even closer to the action.

On Wednesday, September 4, the official fantasy game of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague goes live. That gives fantasy managers just under a month to get their team – or teams – ready ahead of the 2024-25 EuroLeague season getting underway on Thursday, October 3.

For those familiar with the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge, the basic will remain the same. Fantasy managers get 100 credits per team to build a squad of four guards, four forwards, two centers and one head coach. Teams will earn points each round based on the performances of their players in the actual Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games in that round. Managers can make a limited number of player swaps after each round. And the best teams are eligible to win prizes!

Last year saw the introduction of a new stats page and unlimited player swaps after certain rounds. Fantasy managers can make unlimited alterations to their rosters during the postseason, too, starting with the Play-In Showdown before continuing through the playoffs and Final Four.

So what is new for the 2024-25 season? The app and website have been given a makeover, offering an updated look and feel that is in line with the thrills and spills of the EuroLeague season. There has been an adjustment made to trades, too. Ahead of each round, excluding those where unlimited trades are available, fantasy managers can either trade four players and retain their manager, or they can trade three players and change their manager.

There’s more. Players whose teams had their game postponed will no longer have their score doubled if they are selected as the captain; this avoids a situation where a fantasy manager can guarantee a certain number of points from that player. There are also new dates for unlimited trades:

1. After Round 4: October 19-23
2. After Round 10: November 16-20
3. After Round 17: December 21-26
4. After Round 22: January 18-23
5. After Round 26: February 8-27

Last but not least, EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge managers can converse with one another for the first time by joining a WhatsApp or Telegram group called League Chat, with the administrator able to add the link for both private and public leagues.

The list of available prizes for the 2024-25 season includes tickets to games, official EuroLeague jerseys and basketballs, subscriptions to EuroLeague TV and more, highlighted by the grand prize: a VIP Package for the winner and a friend to attend the 2025 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four, including flights, four hotel nights and VIP tickets.

Registration opens soon, so get ready to compete against over one hundred thousand basketball fans across the world and prove you have what it takes to succeed in the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge.

Real Madrid announced on Tuesday that forward Alberto Abalde has extended his contract until June 2027. 

Real Madrid extends forward Alberto Abalde

Real Madrid announced on Tuesday that forward [Alberto Abalde](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/alberto-abalde/003733/) has extended his contract until June 2027. 

 

Abalde (2.02 meters, 28 years old) has spent the last four years with *Los Blancos*, helping the team reach three consecutive Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Championship Games and wining the EuroLeague crown in 2023.

 

Last season, Abalde appeared in 24 games, posting 3.6 points and 1.9 rebounds in limited action. He also averaged 5.1 points and 2.6 rebounds in the Spanish League, helping the team win the domestic championship. Over the last four years, Abalde also helped Real Madrid win the Spanish League in 2022 and Spanish Cup last season.

 

Prior to his time in Madrid, Abalde played with Valencia Basket from 2017 to 2020. That is where he made his EuroLeague debut in 2017, helping the team win the EuroCup title in 2019. Abalde grew up with Joventut Badalona, which is where he made his professional debut in 2013, and has also spent as a teenager with CB Prat in Spanish lower divisions. Abalde has also been a member of the Spanish national team.

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The club and the player will remain together for the next three seasons.

After a dozen seasons in the NBA, Fournier will make his Turkish Airlines EuroLeague debut


Olympiacos adds star guard Evan Fournier to backcourt 

Olympiacos Piraeus bolstered its backcourt by signing shooting guard Evan Fournier to a two-year deal, the club announced Monday. 

Fournier (1.98 meters, 31 years old) arrives from the Detroit Pistons, where he averaged 7.2 points and 1.6 assists in 29 NBA games last season. He started the 2023-24 campaign with the New York Knicks. Fournier began his career in his native France where he suited up for INSEP, JSF Nanterre and Union Poitiers Basket 86. A first-round pick by the Denver Nuggets in the 2012 NBA Draft, he played for the Nuggets, Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic before joining the Knicks. In 704 NBA regular season games, Fournier averaged 13.6 points and 2.5 assists. He took part in 19 playoff games, too, in which he posted 11.7 points.

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### A French national team icon

Fournier has also been a regular member of the French national team for more than a decade. He has helped Les Bleus win back-to-back Olympic silver medals in Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024. Fournier also won the silver medal at EuroBasket 2022 and respective bronze medals at the 2014 and 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cups and EuroBasket 2015. Fournier has scored 1,329 points in 118 games with the French national team. He now faces a new challenge in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague with Olympiacos.

Omer Yurtseven has returned to the EuroLeague by signing a deal with Panathinaikos BC.

Panathinaikos lands Omer Yurtseven

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens has further strengthened its options at the center position by signing [Omer Yurtseven](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/omer-yurtseven/005353/) on a one-year deal with an option for another season, the club announced Friday.

Yurtseven (2.11 meters, 26 years old) has spent the last three seasons playing in the NBA. In the 2023-24 campaign, he averaged 4.6 points and 4.3 rebounds in 48 games for the Utah Jazz.

The Turkish center spent the previous two campaigns with the Miami Heat, playing a total of 65 games.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">It&#39;s official! Yurtseven is now a Panathinaikos BC AKTOR player ✍🏼<br><br>Let&#39;s welcome him to the Green Family 💚<br><br>Η ΚΑΕ Παναθηναϊκός AKTOR ανακοινώνει την απόκτηση του Ομέρ Γιουρτσεβέν 🤝<br><br>Διαβάστε περισσότερα στο <a href="https://t.co/e6E9Y7llEo">https://t.co/e6E9Y7llEo</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeTheGreens?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeTheGreens</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/paobcaktor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#paobcaktor</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LiveTheGreenMagic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LiveTheGreenMagic</a> <a href="https://t.co/xRzytBC8rC">pic.twitter.com/xRzytBC8rC</a></p>&mdash; Panathinaikos BC (@Paobcgr) <a href="https://twitter.com/Paobcgr/status/1829431232523841953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

For Yurtseven, his arrival at Panathinaikos signifies his return to the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, where he suited up 11 times for Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul across the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.

In the summer of 2016, Yurtseven decided to head to the United States in order to play for North Carolina State University. He stayed there for two years before transferring to Georgetown University, although he could not play until the 2019-20 season. He remained at Georgetown for one year.

Yurtseven spent the 2020-21 campaign with the G League team of the Oklahoma City Thunder, then got his NBA career underway with the Heat. Now, eight years after leaving Fenerbahce, the Turkiye international is back in the EuroLeague.

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New Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens signing Omer Yurtseven in action for the Utah Jazz in the 2023-24 NBA season.

He last played in the EuroLeague in the 2015-16 season

Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz added another piece to its 2024-25 roster by signing combo-guard Ognjen Jaramaz to a one-year deal, the club announced Tuesday.

Baskonia adds Ognjen Jaramaz to its backcourt mix

Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz has added another piece to its 2024-25 roster by signing combo-guard [Ognjen Jaramaz](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/ognjen-jaramaz/004058/) to a one-year deal, the club announced Tuesday. 

Jaramaz (1.93 meters, 28 years old) has spent last season with Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade. In the 2023-24 campaign, he averaged 3.2 points and 1.5 assists, playing 13 minutes per game in 22 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague appearances. Jaramaz also posted 4.0 points and 3.0 assists in ABA League action last season.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">✍️🧠 Ognjen Jaramaz completa la dirección de juego de Baskonia <br><br>📋 <a href="https://t.co/z9qQBTjul9">https://t.co/z9qQBTjul9</a><br><br>Welcome, Ognjen!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoazenBaskonia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoazenBaskonia</a> <a href="https://t.co/UH7JTGp0ze">pic.twitter.com/UH7JTGp0ze</a></p>&mdash; Baskonia (@Baskonia) <a href="https://twitter.com/Baskonia/status/1828481681751208142?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

The Serbian guard is a veteran of three EuroLeague campaigns, having spent the first two with FC Bayern Munich in 2021-22 and 2022-23. He has played a total of 83 games in the competition, including 22 starts.

Prior to his time at Bayern, Jaramaz played two and a half seasons with Partizan, where he was one of the team leaders and helped the side capture back-to-back Serbian Cups. He also appeared in 26 BKT EuroCup games with the club.

Jaramaz is a product of Partizan's youth system but moved to Mega Belgrade, where he made his professional debut in 2013. He also played half of a season with Burgos in Spain. 

At youth level, Jaramaz was a member of Serbia's gold-medal winning team at the 2015 U20 European Championship and also won a bronze at the same tournament a year earlier. He is a member of the Serbian national team.

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The Serbian guard has joined Coach Pablo Laso's team

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv bolstered its frontline by signing forward Will Rayman, who arrives from fellow Israeli club Hapoel Haifa

Maccabi signs Will Rayman at forward

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv has bolstered its frontline by bringing back forward Will Rayman, the club announced Thursday. 

Rayman (2.03 meters, 26 years old) spent last season on loan with Saint-Quentin in the French League, where he averaged 7.3 points and 5.5 rebounds.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="iw" dir="rtl">וויל ריימן חוזר למכבי מהשאלה &gt;&gt; <a href="https://t.co/Hh5Rn4QADE">https://t.co/Hh5Rn4QADE</a> <a href="https://t.co/zd9LOZgJqg">pic.twitter.com/zd9LOZgJqg</a></p>&mdash; Maccabi Tel Aviv BC 🇮🇱​ (@MaccabiTLVBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaccabiTLVBC/status/1826574722890379662?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 22, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

Rayman signed with Maccabi last summer, arriving from fellow Israeli club Hapoel Haifa, where he averaged 8.5 points and 4.9 rebounds over 26 games in the 2022-23 season, his second campaign with the club.

The 2020 Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year in his senior season at Colgate University, Rayman made his professional debut with Tartu in Estonia and has also played for BG Goettingen in Germany. He is now set to make his Turkish Airlines EuroLeague debut.

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The Israeli forward is returning to the club after a season in France