Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul and team captain Melih Mahmutoglu have agreed on another one-year contract, the club announced Saturday.

Fenerbahce re-signs team captain Mahmutoglu for another season

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul and team captain [Melih Mahmutoglu](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/melih-mahmutoglu/002969/) have agreed on another one-year contract, the club announced Saturday. For Mahmutoglu (1.91 meters, 35 years old), who joined the team in the 2013-14 season, this will be his 13th season with the club. 

Mahmutoglu is Fenerbahce’s longest-tenured player, with 234 EuroLeague appearances. He appeared in six games last season, helping Fenerbahce win its second EuroLeague crown. He also played 39 games in the Turkish League, averaging 9.6 points on 46.6% three-point shooting.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="tr" dir="ltr">Kaptanımız Melih Mahmutoğlu 1 yıl daha Fenerbahçe Beko’da! 💛💙✍️<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/YellowLegacy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#YellowLegacy</a><br><br>👉 <a href="https://t.co/jmgEmzdEXu">https://t.co/jmgEmzdEXu</a> <a href="https://t.co/MFu4gmm4So">pic.twitter.com/MFu4gmm4So</a></p>&mdash; Fenerbahçe Beko (@FBBasketbol) <a href="https://twitter.com/FBBasketbol/status/1946510768700014715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Over his 12 EuroLeague seasons, Mahmutoglu  he has made 225 three-pointers at 40% accuracy and scored 1,002 points. In his time with Fenerbahce, Mahmutoglu has helped the club to seven EuroLeague Final Fours, seven Turkish championships and five Turkish Cups. 

Mahmutoglu began his career with Anadolu Efes Istanbul and also played for Pertevniyal Istanbul, Darussafaka, Galatasaray, Antalya and Erdermispor before joining Fenerbahce and becoming a club legend.

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This will be the 13th season with the club for the shooting guard.

Dubai Basketball added size and power to its frontcourt by signing center Mfiondu Kabengele.

Dubai adds All-EuroCup center Mfiondu Kabengele

Dubai Basketball added size and power to its frontcourt by inking center Mfiondu Kabengele to a two-year deal, the club announced Saturday. Kabengele (2.07 meters, 27 years old) arrives from Umana Reyer Venice and had a stunning EuroCup season, becoming the competition's best rebounder with 9.7 boards per night.

He also averaged 15.4 points on 66.7% two-pointers and 38.1% three-pointers, 0.6 blocks and a PIR of 23.2, second overall only behind 2024-25 EuroCup MVP Jared Harper of Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem (27.2 PIR). Kabengele earned 2024-25 All-EuroCup First Team honors and led the season in double-doubles with nine.

Mfiondu Kabengele of Umana Reyer Venice was chosen to the 2024-25 All-EuroCup First Team.

2024-25 EuroCup highlights: Mfiondu Kabengele, Reyer

Born in Burlington, Canada, Kabengele moved to the United States to play college basketball for the Florida State Seminoles. 

He started his professional basketball career with the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA and also played for the San Diego Clippers, Rio Grande Valley Vipers and Maine Celtics of the G League, as well as for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics of the NBA before joining AEK Athens in 2023. 

Kabengele helped Rio Grande win the G League title in 2022 and has been a member of the Canadian national team.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="in" dir="ltr">Kabengele x Dubai Basketball. It begins 🏀 <a href="https://t.co/jMrGJAEQ2r">pic.twitter.com/jMrGJAEQ2r</a></p>&mdash; Dubai Basketball (@dubaibasket) <a href="https://twitter.com/dubaibasket/status/1946517876669812745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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He will make his EuroLeague debut this coming season

Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade announced the signing of center Jasiel Rivero, who is the team's eighth reinforcement this summer. 

Zvezda adds Jasiel Rivero to its frontcourt mix

Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade announced the signing of center [Jasiel Rivero](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/jasiel-rivero/011214/), who is the team's eighth reinforcement this summer. Rivero (2.06 meters, 31 years old) has spent the last two seasons with Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv, but comes to a somewhat familiar territory in the Serbian capital where Maccabi has played its EuroLeague games during that two-year period.

Rivero averaged 8.7 points and 3.5 rebounds last EuroLeague season, up from 7.6 points and 3.1 rebounds a year earlier when the Cuban center helped Maccabi reach the 2024 EuroLeague Playoffs.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="sr" dir="ltr">Хасиел Риверо је нови члан КК Црвена звезда Меридианбет!<br><br>Доскорашњи играч Макабија ново је појачање црвено-белих и доноси велику борбеност, одличну игру у рекету, осећај за скокове уз огромну физичку снагу коју поседује. <br><br>Welcome to red and white family, Jasiel! 🔴⚪<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/kkcz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#kkcz</a>… <a href="https://t.co/GXOoVRr3SY">pic.twitter.com/GXOoVRr3SY</a></p>&mdash; KK Crvena zvezda Meridianbet (@kkcrvenazvezda) <a href="https://twitter.com/kkcrvenazvezda/status/1946206426507944117?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Last season was Rivero's third in the competition, after he made his debut with Valencia Basket in the 2022-23 campaign. The 31-year-old also played with Valencia in the BKT EuroCup in the 2021-22 season, averaging 12.6 points and 4.4 rebounds.

Prior to joining Valencia in the summer of 2021, Rivero spent two years with fellow Spanish side San Pablo Burgos. After starting his professional career with Capitalinos in his native Cuba in the 2014-15 season, Rivero played for Argentinian team Estudiantes Concordia between 2015 and 2018 before signing for another Argentinian side in Boca Juniors, where he remained for one season. He has also been a member of the Cuban national team.

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Veteran big man is headed to the red-and-white Belgrade club

Zalgiris Kaunas has signed Azuolas Tubelis to a multi-year deal. The deal is for two seasons for an option for a third. 

Zalgiris tabs Azuolas Tubelis on multi-year deal

[Zalgiris Kaunas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/zalgiris-kaunas/roster/zal/) has signed [Azuolas Tubelis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/azuolas-tubelis/008192/) to a two-year deal with an option for a further year, the club announced on Friday. 

Tubelis (2.08 meters, 23 years old) arrives from Rytas Vilnius, for which he averaged 12.7 points and 6.0 rebounds in the Lithuanian League last season, including 12.2 points and 8.2 boards in the five-game finals against Zalgiris. He also posted 9.9 points and 6.4 rebounds in the Champions League.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Zalgiris’ latest addition to the frontcourt is one of the most talented Lithuanian players of his generation - Azuolas Tubelis, who has signed a 2+1 deal with the club. 📷 <a href="https://t.co/arrndIwhF4">pic.twitter.com/arrndIwhF4</a></p>&mdash; BC Zalgiris Kaunas (@bczalgiris) <a href="https://twitter.com/bczalgiris/status/1946132433096638724?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The big man is a product of the Rytas youth system and he made his professional debut with that club. He also spent one season on loan at Perlas Vilnius before heading overseas to play college basketball at the University of Arizona, where he won postseason honors in all three seasons. He was chosen to the Pac-12 Conference All-Freshman team in 2021 and to the all-conference first team in each of the next two seasons.

Upon his return to Lithuania, Tubelis joined Neptunas Klaipeda, with which he averaged 17.5 points and 7 rebounds to earn Lithuanian League MVP honors. He has played for Lithuania at both the junior and senior levels, too.

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The Lithuanian international joins the Lithuanian champions

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan has confirmed that Diego Flaccadori has renewed his contract at the club until the end of the 2026-27 season.

Diego Flaccadori re-signs with Milan until 2027

[EA7 Emporio Armani Milan](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/ea7-emporio-armani-milan/mil/) has confirmed that [Diego Flaccadori](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/diego-flaccadori/005670/) has renewed his contract at the club until the end of the 2026-27 season.

Flaccadori (1.93 meters, 29 years old) signed for Milan in the offseason of 2023 and has spent the last two seasons with the club. In the 2024-25 campaign, he made 13 appearances in the EuroLeague – all off the bench – and posted 1.8 points and 1.1 assists.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="it" dir="ltr">Flaccadori: &quot;Difendere i colori dell&#39;Olimpia è una responsabilità e un onore&quot; 🤍❤️<br><br>La Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano comunica di aver raggiunto un accordo per l’estensione pluriennale del contratto di Diego Flaccadori.<br><br>🇮🇹 Comunicato ufficiale 👉🏻 <a href="https://t.co/SdvMWeDien">https://t.co/SdvMWeDien</a><br>🇬🇧… <a href="https://t.co/MnUWMc56EJ">pic.twitter.com/MnUWMc56EJ</a></p>&mdash; Olimpia Milano (@OlimpiaMI1936) <a href="https://twitter.com/OlimpiaMI1936/status/1946117741145964994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The season before, 2023-24, Flaccadori had a bigger role at Milan as he averaged 4.6 points, 1.0 rebound and 1.1 assists in 26 games.

Having started his career with Dolomiti Energia Trento, he remained with the club between 2014 and 2019 before signing for FC Bayern Munich, which gave him his first taste of EuroLeague basketball. After two years with Bayern, he rejoined Trento and stayed there until his move to Milan in 2023.

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The Italian is staying put with the Little Red Shoes

Valencia Basket has announced the signing of Darius Thompson, who joins from Anadolu Efes Istanbul.

Valencia secures Darius Thompson

[Valencia Basket](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/valencia-basket/pam/) has announced the signing of [Darius Thompson](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/darius-thompson/011078/), who has penned a three-year contract at the club.

Thompson (1.93 meters, 30 years old) arrives from Anadolu Efes Istanbul, where he spent the last two seasons. In the 2024-25 EuroLeague campaign, he posted 9.5 points, 2.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists in 39 games.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="qme" dir="ltr">🧘🏻‍♂️ <a href="https://t.co/B1TGLjbunZ">pic.twitter.com/B1TGLjbunZ</a></p>&mdash; Valencia Basket Club (@valenciabasket) <a href="https://twitter.com/valenciabasket/status/1946117696375984477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Following two seasons with Efes, Thompson returns to Spain having played for Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz in the 2022-23 campaign. That year, his first in the EuroLeague, he led the league in assists and was named to the All-EuroLeague Second Team.

Thompson also featured in the BKT EuroCup in 2021-22 for Lokomotiv Kuban, while he started his professional career in Belgium with Leiden, where he played between 2017 and 2019, before joining Italian side Brindisi, which was his home between 2019 and 2021.

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The guard returns to Spain after two years away

The latest matchup in our quest to crown the greatest All-EuroLeague First Team of all time pits 2015 against 2025!

Vote for the best All-EuroLeague First Team in history: 2015 vs. 2025

Each season, the top five players in Europe’s premier basketball competition are recognized with All-EuroLeague First Team honors. Over the past quarter century, these elite selections have showcased a who’s who of basketball legends, from rising stars to Hall of Famers and everything in between.

This summer, we're putting them all head-to-head to answer one big question: Which All-EuroLeague First Team stands above the rest?

We’ve seeded all 24 teams into a bracket created by our panel of in-house EuroLeague experts. Several times a week, we’ll reveal a new matchup on the official **EuroLeague Instagram account**, where you can vote for your favorite.

Right here on the official EuroLeague website, you’ll find a quick breakdown of each matchup – and which team we think deserves the edge. This time it's 2015 vs. 2025.

Let the debates begin. Let the voting begin. Let the best team win!

2015

- [Milos Teodosic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/milos-teodosic/jdr/), CSKA Moscow (age 28)
- [Vassilis Spanoulis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/vassilis-spanoulis/juo/), Olympiacos (age 32)
- [Nemanja Bjelica](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/nemanja-bjelica/001413/), Fenerbahce (age 27)
- [Felipe Reyes](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/felipe-reyes/aax/), Real Madrid (age 35)
- [Boban Marjanovic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/boban-marjanovic/lmg/), Crvena Zvezda (age 26)

2025

- [TJ Shorts](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/tj-shorts/012608/), Paris (age 27)
- [Carsen Edwards](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/carsen-edwards/011987/), Bayern (age 27)
- [Kendrick Nunn](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/kendrick-nunn/012774/), Panathinaikos (age 29)
- [Sasha Vezenkov](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/sasha-vezenkov/003469/), Olympiacos (age 29)
- [Nigel Hayes-Davis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/nigel-hayes-davis/008962/), Fenerbahce (age 30)

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What a difference a decade makes, right? The All-EuroLeague teams from 2015 and 2025 could not be more different. While the former came in a time when size and power were king, the latter is built on speed and shooting. The 2025 team has no real center and the 2015 team has limited perimeter speed.

So how would I imagine this matchup? I think Shorts, Edwards and Nunn would run their counterparts off the floor. Shorts dives to the basket – when they didn’t result in layups – would lead to open shots for Vezenkov and Hayes-Davis, even if that mean another swing pass to further break the 2015 defense.

There is no questioning that Teodosic would find Marjanovic for easy basket after easy basket with the 2025 forwards struggling to contain the massive center. But when Marjanovic tires, what is the 2015 Plan B? Reyes offers limited offensive upside and then the size advantage is gone. So I would pick 2025 hands down… Now go and vote for your choice!

Dubai Basketball has announced the signing of veteran forward Justin Anderson, who will play in the EuroLeague for a third straight season

Dubai adds Justin Anderson to the mix

[Dubai Basketball](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/dubai-basketball/roster/dub/) has announced the signing of veteran forward [Justin Anderson](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/justin-anderson/012795/), who will play in the EuroLeague for a third straight season. He has penned a contract until the summer of 2027.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Welcome to your new home, <a href="https://twitter.com/JusAnderson1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JusAnderson1</a> 🤎🤍🖤 <a href="https://t.co/ttrg9Myzqv">pic.twitter.com/ttrg9Myzqv</a></p>&mdash; Dubai Basketball (@dubaibasket) <a href="https://twitter.com/dubaibasket/status/1945785555973034294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Anderson (1.98 meters, 31 years old) arrives from FC Barcelona, where he averaged 7.1 points and 2.8 rebounds over 37 EuroLeague games last season. More than just his numbers, Anderson was a strong defensive presence and made lots of great hustle plays to fuel his team as it came just short of the Final Four.

That was Anderson's second EuroLeague campaign after debuting with Valencia Basket the season before. He began the 2023-24 campaign with Spanish side Rio Breogan before moving to Valencia midseason.

Best of Justin Anderson: 2024-25

A standout college basketball player at the University of Virginia, Anderson was selected in the first round of the 2015 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks. Between 2015 and 2022, he would played a total of 257 games in the NBA for Dallas (2015-17), the Philadelphia 76ers (2017-18), Atlanta Hawks (2018-19), Brooklyn Nets (2019-20), Cleveland Cavaliers (2021-22) and Indiana Pacers (2021-22).

The American swingman also spent time in the G League, where he represented the Texas Legends (2015-16), Raptors 905 (2019-20), Long Island Nets (2019-20) and the Fort Wayne Mad Ants (2021-23). In the G League, Anderson was named to the All-NBA G League First Team in 2021-22 and the All-NBA G League Third Team in 2019-20 and 2022-23. His next challenge will be to help Dubai in the club's first season in Europe's premier competition.

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The athletic forward is the latest EuroLeague veteran to bolster the Dubai roster

FC Barcelona announced on Thursday that it has extended contract with its shooting guard Dario Brizuela, who signed to stay with the club until the end of 2027-28 season. Nicknamed 'Basque Mamba', he stepped up in the second part of last season and turned into a key backcourt piece for Barcelona. He has now been rewarded with a new three-year contract, after having one year left on his old one.

Barcelona extends sharpshooter Dario Brizuela

[FC Barcelona](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/fc-barcelona/roster/bar/) announced on Thursday that it has with shooting guard [Dario Brizuela](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/dario-brizuela/009992/) on a contract extension through the end of 2027-28 season. 

Brizuela (1.88 meters, 30 years old), nicknamed 'Basque Mamba', stepped up in the second part of last season and turned into a key backcourt piece for Barcelona. He has now been rewarded with a new contract, after having one year left on his old one.

Brizuela's rise was one of the silver linings of an injury-riddled season for Barcelona. Before Round 20, his season-high was 19 minutes and 41 seconds. But starting with Round 20, Brizuela turned into one of Barcelona's most dangerous offensive weapons.

Until the end of the regular season, and in five playoff games, Brizuela averaged 13.1 points on 50.0% three-point shooting, scoring in double figures in 16 of his 20 appearances over that span. Having also been asked to play as a point guard due to injuries to Nico Laprovittola and Juan Nunez, he averaged 2.7 assists during that stretch.

Dario Brizuela had to play point guard for the first time in his career, becoming an even more dangerous player.

Brizuela: Barca's X-factor at point guard

For the entire season, in 36 EuroLeague appearances all of the bench, Brizuela finished averaging 10.0 points on a stellar 46.0% three-point shooting, along with 2.2 assists and 1.4 rebounds. He also posted 9.6 points, 2.8 assists and 1.6 rebounds in Spanish League action.

Brizuela arrived to Palau Blaugrana in the summer of 2023 from Unicaja Malaga, where he has established himself as one of Europe's up-and-coming shooting guards.

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Having come through Estudiantes Madrid's youth academy, he made his professional debut with the club in 2013. He was sent to Huesca on loan in the 2014-15 season, but he returned to Estudiantes in the summer of 2015, this time as a starter. Then, in 2019, he signed for Unicaja.

Brizuela is a regular member of the Spanish national team, too, and won the gold medal at EuroBasket 2022. Earlier, he also took a silver medal with the U20 national team at the 2014 European Championship in Greece.

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The guard will remain with Barcelona for another three seasons