This week's EuroLeague & Friends episode focuses on the upcoming Belgrade derby between KK Partizan and KK Crvena zvezda, with the panel featuring Giulia Cicchine from Italy, Aleksandra Radivojevic from Serbia, Vasiliki Karamouza from Greece, and Lona Jackson from France. 

EuroLeague & Friends episode No. 14 previews the Belgrade derby and more

Episode 14 of EuroLeague & Friends has landed, with this week's lineup featuring [Giulia Cicchine](https://www.instagram.com/lacicchine/) from Italy, [Aleksandra Radivojevic](https://www.instagram.com/amazing__alex/) from Serbia, [Vasiliki Karamouza](https://www.instagram.com/vasiliki_karamouza/) from Greece, and [Lona Jackson](https://www.instagram.com/lonajackson_/?hl=en) from France. Taking center stage this week is Friday night's upcoming derby between [Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/partizan-mozzart-bet-belgrade/par/) and [Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/crvena-zvezda-meridianbet-belgrade/red/). Enjoy!

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade v Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade (2025-01-31T19:30:00.000Z)

Here is Episode 13 of EuroLeague & Friends, featuring a selection of nine contributors from each country with a Turkish Airlines EuroLeague team. This week, the lineup included co-hosts Lisa Rasmuschkat from Germany, Shani Blatt from Israel, Asta Zukaite from Lithuania, and Giulia Cicchine from Italy, who tried to teach the others the meaning of the most popular gesture in her country. After that, it was all basketball, touching all the hot topics in the competition.

EuroLeague & Friends Episode 13: It's an Italian thing!

Here is Episode 13 of EuroLeague & Friends, featuring a selection of nine contributors from each country with a Turkish Airlines EuroLeague team. This week, the lineup included co-hosts [Lisa Rasmuschkat](https://www.instagram.com/lisa_ramuschkat/) from Germany, [Shani Blatt](https://www.instagram.com/shaniblatt/) from Israel, [Asta Zukaite](https://www.instagram.com/asta_zukaite/) from Lithuania, and [Giulia Cicchine](https://www.instagram.com/lacicchine/) from Italy, who tried to teach the others the meaning of the most popular gesture in her country. After that, it was all basketball, touching all the hot topics in the competition.

The first discussion was about [Olympiacos Piraeus](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/olympiacos-piraeus/oly/)'s outstanding form and how [Sasha Vezenkov](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/sasha-vezenkov/003469/) is a perfect fit for this competition. They also touched on [FC Barcelona](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/fc-barcelona/bar/) winning with a superstar sitting on the bench, [FC Bayern Munich](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/fc-bayern-munich/mun/) being up and down after a really strong start and how [Vladimir Lucic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/vladimir-lucic/001288/)'s upcoming return can help the team, [Zalgiris Kaunas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/zalgiris-kaunas/zal/) and head coach [Andrea Trinchieri](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/zalgiris-kaunas/zal/trinchieri-andrea/)'s fit in a basketball-crazy country, and how [Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/partizan-mozzart-bet-belgrade/par/)'s fans welcomed their fans at the airport after a big victory in Milan.

Always with a unique, laid-back perspective, don't miss this latest episode of EuroLeague & Friends. 

Here is Episode 13 of EuroLeague & Friends, featuring a selection of nine contributors from each country with a Turkish Airlines EuroLeague team. This week, the lineup included co-hosts Lisa Rasmuschkat from Germany, Shani Blatt from Israel, Asta Zukaite from Lithuania, and Giulia Cicchine from Italy, who tried to teach the others the meaning of the most popular gesture in her country. After that, it was all basketball, touching all the hot topics in the competition.

The first discussion was about Olympiacos Piraeus's outstanding form and how Sasha Vezenkov is a perfect fit for this competition. They also touched on FC Barcelona winning with a superstar sitting on the bench, FC Bayern Munich being up and down after a really strong start and how Vladimir Lucic's upcoming return can help the team, Zalgiris Kaunas and head coach Andrea Trinchieri's fit in a basketball-crazy country, and how Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade's fans welcomed their fans at the airport after a big victory in Milan.

Always with a unique, laid-back perspective, don't miss this latest episode of EuroLeague & Friends.

Shani Blatt, Asta Zukaite, Giulia Cicchine and Lisa Rasmuschkat discuss all things EuroLeague in a brand-new episode


Co-hosts Frankie Sachs of Euroleague.net and Vasiliki Karamouza of Sport 24 are joined by Arale Weisberg, the head of the basketball desk at Israel's Walla! Sport, for episode number 17 of the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast.

The Fantasy Challenge Podcast welcomes Arale Weisberg to discuss unlimited trades

This week is lucky episode number 17 of the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast as co-hosts [Frankie Sachs](https://x.com/MrEuroleague) of [Euroleague.net](http://Euroleague.net) and [Vasiliki Karamouza](https://x.com/karamouza_vas) of Sport 24 help prepare fans for Round 23. They are joined by [Arale Weisberg](https://x.com/Aralos10), the head of the basketball desk at Israel's Walla! Sport, to discuss which players you should – and should not – have on your team as you take advantage of unlimited trades ahead of Round 23.

After two sub-par games, will [Kendrick Nunn](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/kendrick-nunn/012774/) return to his usual self at home this week? Can you afford not to have [Sasha Vezenkov](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/sasha-vezenkov/003469/) and [TJ Shorts](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/tj-shorts/012608/)? How long will [Matthew Strazel](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/matthew-strazel/008099/) ride his hot-shooting wave? These questions and many more were debated by the trio of fantasy aficionados ahead of Round 23. Make sure to tune in now and don’t forget to update your fantasy rosters early, because the deadline this week is on Wednesday at 20:30 CET when Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade takes on Paris Basketball. Good luck, fantasy fans!

More EuroLeague Fantasy News

With unlimited trades allowed before Round 23, Frankie and Vasiliki are joined by fantasy expert Arale Weisberg to try to build a winning team

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade v Paris Basketball (2025-01-22T19:30:00.000Z)

Olympiacos Piraeus v Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul (2025-01-24T19:15:00.000Z)

LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne v FC Barcelona (2025-01-24T19:00:00.000Z)

ALBA Berlin v FC Bayern Munich (2025-01-24T19:00:00.000Z)

Real Madrid v Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz (2025-01-23T19:45:00.000Z)

Virtus Segafredo Bologna v AS Monaco (2025-01-23T19:30:00.000Z)

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens v Zalgiris Kaunas (2025-01-23T19:15:00.000Z)

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv v Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade (2025-01-23T19:05:00.000Z)

Anadolu Efes Istanbul v EA7 Emporio Armani Milan (2025-01-23T17:30:00.000Z)

Javier Gancedo of Euroleague.net and Vasiliki Karamouza of Sport 24 discussed a number of topics in Episode 16 of the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast, including Vasiliki and absent co-host Frankie Sachs of Euroleague.net breaking the 200-point mark. 

Episode No. 16 of the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast is out now!

[Javier Gancedo](https://x.com/ganchetto) of [Euroleague.net](http://Euroleague.net) and [Vasiliki Karamouza](https://x.com/karamouza_vas) of Sport 24 discussed a number of topics in Episode 16 of the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast, including Vasiliki and absent co-host [Frankie Sachs](https://x.com/MrEuroleague) of [Euroleague.net](http://Euroleague.net) breaking the 200-point mark. 

They also touched on [Olympiacos Piraeus](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/olympiacos-piraeus/oly/) star forward [Sasha Vezenkov](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/sasha-vezenkov/003469/)'s [monster performance against FC Bayern Munich](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/sasha-vezenkov-took-center-stage-on-historic-night-for-olympiacos/): 45 points, 52 PIR and 85.8 fantasy points if he was your team's captain! #VezforPrez

Other topics included [Anadolu Efes Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/anadolu-efes-istanbul/ist/)'s coaching change, [Achille Polonara](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/achille-polonara/002084/) and [Matthew Strazel](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/matthew-strazel/008099/) as possible additions to afford Vezenkov in the short run, as well as discussed their trades and captain choices.

Check out the teams Javi and Vasiliki plan to use in Round 21, which begins at 20:00 CET on Tuesday when [LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/ldlc-asvel-villeurbanne/asv/) hosts [Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/partizan-mozzart-bet-belgrade/par/). Good luck, fantasy managers!

Check out the latest episode of the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast to prepare your fantasy teams for Round 20. Co-hosts Javier Gancedo and Frankie Sachs of Euroleague.net and Vasiliki Karamouza of Sport 24 celebrate some of their successes last week and look ahead to a new round of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games.

The Fantasy Challenge Podcast gang debates new topics in episode No. 15

Check out the latest episode of the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast to prepare your fantasy teams for Round 20. Co-hosts [Javier Gancedo](https://x.com/ganchetto) and [Frankie Sachs](https://x.com/MrEuroleague) of [Euroleague.net](http://Euroleague.net) and [Vasiliki Karamouza](https://x.com/karamouza_vas) of Sport 24 celebrate some of their successes last week and look ahead to a new round of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games.

The trio discussed the center situation at [Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/panathinaikos-aktor-athens/pan/) (is Round 19 MVP [Omer Yurtseven](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/omer-yurtseven/005353/) the answer?), the backcourt of [Zalgiris Kaunas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/zalgiris-kaunas/zal/) (should you ride the [Sylvain Francisco](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/sylvain-francisco/007975/) wave?) and who you should add from [Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/fenerbahce-beko-istanbul/ulk/) (is [Nigel Hayes-Davis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/nigel-hayes-davis/008962/) due for another huge game against ALBA?), among many other topics.

Check out the moves Javi, Frankie and Vasiliki have made ahead of Round 20, including who they have as captains. This week’s action tips off on Thursday at 18:45 CET in Istanbul with the duel between Fenerbahce and ALBA, so make sure to finalize your rosters by then. Good luck, fantasy fans!

Javi, Frankie and Vasiliki debate the best moves for your teams ahead of Round 20

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul v ALBA Berlin (2025-01-09T17:45:00.000Z)

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens v Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade (2025-01-09T19:15:00.000Z)

Zalgiris Kaunas v Real Madrid (2025-01-10T18:00:00.000Z)

Episode No. 14 of the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast is here to help prepare you for 2025! Javier Gancedo of Euroleague.net and Vasiliki Karamouza of Sport 24 dish on strategies, lessons learned, and standout players from the latest fantasy round. 

Get your Fantasy Challenge Podcast fix in Episode No. 14

Episode No. 14 of the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast is here to help prepare you for 2025! [Javier Gancedo](https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fganchetto&data=05%7C02%7Cigor.petrinovic%40euroleague.net%7Cf637e2d6bb3e4ec70a6008dd233d96d4%7C2b3d64f0329542979f1528435f0a62ce%7C1%7C0%7C638705469604612942%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fUS02rr3aDuSVx9gQ66XZiQcD%2Bv6TCX4GMBB6ALFkvE%3D&reserved=0) of [Euroleague.net](http://Euroleague.net) and [Vasiliki Karamouza](https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fkaramouza_vas&data=05%7C02%7Cigor.petrinovic%40euroleague.net%7Cf637e2d6bb3e4ec70a6008dd233d96d4%7C2b3d64f0329542979f1528435f0a62ce%7C1%7C0%7C638705469604647657%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ScfEOK5GTYf4YtFYuF6KZJfXNlUJjKq1IQ5NCpdoQBI%3D&reserved=0) of Sport 24 dish on strategies, lessons learned, and standout players from the latest fantasy round. They also reflected on a particularly low-scoring week, where even the top-performing team managed just 197 points.

Check out the teams Javi and Vasiliki plan to use in Round 18, which begins at 19:00 CET on Thursday when Zalgiris Kaunas and Olympiacos Piraeus meet. Good luck fantasy fans!

Episode No. 14 of the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast is here to help prepare you for 2025! Javier Gancedo of Euroleague.net and Vasiliki Karamouza of Sport 24 dish on strategies, lessons learned, and standout players from the latest fantasy round. They also reflected on a particularly low-scoring week, where even the top-performing team managed just 197 points.

Javi and Vasiliki share some advice and their teams ahead of Round 19

For the first time in several weeks, the trio of hosts for the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast are reunited in Episode No. 13. Javier Gancedo and Frankie Sachs of Euroleague.net and Vasiliki Karamouza of Sport 24 dish on what went well – and in some cases very well – in Rounds 16 and 17 and what to look forward to in Round 18.

The Fantasy Challenge Podcast gang reunites for Episode No. 13

For the first time in several weeks, the trio of hosts for the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast are reunited in Episode No. 13. [Javier Gancedo](https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fganchetto&data=05%7C02%7Cigor.petrinovic%40euroleague.net%7Cf637e2d6bb3e4ec70a6008dd233d96d4%7C2b3d64f0329542979f1528435f0a62ce%7C1%7C0%7C638705469604612942%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fUS02rr3aDuSVx9gQ66XZiQcD%2Bv6TCX4GMBB6ALFkvE%3D&reserved=0) and [Frankie Sachs](https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FMrEuroleague&data=05%7C02%7Cigor.petrinovic%40euroleague.net%7Cf637e2d6bb3e4ec70a6008dd233d96d4%7C2b3d64f0329542979f1528435f0a62ce%7C1%7C0%7C638705469604628238%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zQXYURdvCs21NyTsaIeao0vYWbkNQx0zEiUnGjWg9G8%3D&reserved=0) of [Euroleague.net](http://Euroleague.net) and [Vasiliki Karamouza](https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fkaramouza_vas&data=05%7C02%7Cigor.petrinovic%40euroleague.net%7Cf637e2d6bb3e4ec70a6008dd233d96d4%7C2b3d64f0329542979f1528435f0a62ce%7C1%7C0%7C638705469604647657%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ScfEOK5GTYf4YtFYuF6KZJfXNlUJjKq1IQ5NCpdoQBI%3D&reserved=0) of Sport 24 dish on what went well – and in some cases very well – in Rounds 16 and 17 and what to look forward to in Round 18.

With unlimited trades allowed this week, the trio shared their favorite bargain options, the expensive players they can’t live without and other must-own picks. Other topics of discussion include what to do at the center position after the injury to Mathias Lessort, whether David McCormack is a viable long-term option and if the time is right to add Shane Larkin.

Check out the teams Javi, Frankie and Vasiliki plan to use in Round 18, which begins at 19:00 CET on Thursday when games tip off simultaneously in Berlin and Monaco. Good luck fantasy fans!

Javi, Frankie and Vasiliki share some advice and their teams ahead of Round 18.

Ziga Samar is the latest EuroLeague player to join the EuroLeague Fantasy Podcast alongside co-hosts Frankie Sachs and Vasiliki Karamouza.

Ziga Samar joins the EuroLeague Fantasy Podcast!

The latest Turkish Airlines EuroLeague star to join the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast is [ALBA Berlin](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/alba-berlin/ber/) guard [Ziga Samar](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/ziga-samar/007550/), who is a big fan of the game. With Javier Gancedo not available this week, [Euroleague.net](http://Euroleague.net)'s Frankie Sachs and Sport 24's Vasiliki Karamouza take on the co-hosting duties as they discuss a number of fantasy topics with Samar.

Fantasy experts Frankie Sachs, Javier Gancedo and Vasiliki Karamouza offer their advice ahead of Rounds 6 and 7 in the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge.

EuroLeague Fantasy Podcast: Tips for another double-round week

The fifth episode from season two of the EuroLeague Fantasy Podcast has landed, with [Euroleague.net](http://Euroleague.net) duo [Frankie Sachs](https://x.com/MrEuroleague) and [Javier Gancedo](https://x.com/ganchetto) and Sport 24’s [Vasiliki Karamouza](https://x.com/karamouza_vas) offering their advice for fantasy managers ahead of Rounds 6 and 7 in the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.

Which players should you specifically target this week? Which players should you drop? Find out more by checking out the video above.

Konstantinos Mitoglou’s first season of his second stint with Panathinaikos BC was a year he will never forget. And he shared what it meant to him with Joe Arlauckas on the championship edition of The Crossover.

Konstantinos Mitoglou speaks in championship edition of The Crossover

[Konstantinos Mitoglou](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/konstantinos-mitoglou/007866/)’s first season of his second stint with Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens was a year he will never forget. From the confidence coach Ergin Ataman boasted in their first practice together to the three-pointer he sank to help seal the championship game victory over Real Madrid, it was a wild ride for Mitoglou with the Greens. And he shared what it meant to him with Joe Arlauckas on the championship edition of The Crossover.

After some small talk where they chat about Mitoglou’s college teammate Codi Miller-McIntyre and the host and guest's connection to Aris Thessaloniki, Arlauckas asks Mitoglou about his famous family. With a father and brother who played professional football, how did Konstantinos wind up in basketball?

Aside from his height, Mitoglou relayed the following story:

(7:40) “When I was 11-12 years old, we had a tournament in the Netherlands and we played Ajax. And you know, Ajax the 11-12 years old were very big, strong, fast, especially compared to Greek kids,” Mitoglou shared. “And Coach benched me. And we came back and I said, ‘Dad, I’m not playing football again.’ And he said, ‘Why? I will make you a goalkeeper. I will make you a football player. We’ll find something else.’  I said I’m done with football. I don’t want to play football anymore. And that’s how I started playing basketball.”

Basketball has worked out pretty nicely for Mitoglou. He came through the Aris system to reach their first team and became a regular on the Greek junior national teams. At age 18, he traveled overseas to play college basketball at Wake Forest University. Upon his return, both of the giants of Greek basketball, Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, were interested in his services. Mitoglou chose green.

His first stint in Athens went well as he helped the Greens to four Greek championships, two Greek cups and a host of individual honors. At age 25, he was recruited to play for Ettore Messina at EA7 Emporio Armani Milan. Last summer, Mitoglou returned to Greece for a second time and this time with a new head coach in charge, Ergin Ataman. And the standards were set high from Day 1.

(20:50) “From the first time, the first day, in the preseason, in the preparation. We were gathering altogether. Half the team was with their national teams,” Mitoglou recalled. “Coach gathers us all around and says, ‘Listen, we are not here to play. We are here to win EuroLeague and the championship. I am not here to play games and we will win.’”

Ataman’s leadership and a star-studded roster saw Panathinaikos overcome a rough start to the regular season to finish second in the standings. After overcoming a stiff challenge from Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv in the playoffs and overcoming Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul in the semifinals, the Greens allowed 36 points and fell behind early in the championship game against Real Madrid.

(33:45) “We went into the game with specific tactics, how were we going to defend, how we were going to make the offense. And what did we do? Exactly the opposite happened!” Mitoglou said. “So Coach needed to adjust the game. He did amazing. He made the right subs. They went in. We changed the whole game.  Especially the second half is something I will never forget.”

Mitoglou will go down in history as the man who made the decisive shot in that game, a three-pointer that made it 76-86 with 2:29 remaining, which Arlauckas called “The Dagger.”

(38:40) “When I took the ball and I faked (the pass), as you said very correctly, you have 3-4 seconds before you shoot it, look good at the rim for 1-2 seconds. And then after I made it, everything went black,” Mitoglou said.

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. 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The author of “The Dagger” three-point shot that clinched Panathinaikos’s championship game victory talks about his childhood and the race to the crown this season under Coach Ataman

The Crossover live with Joe Arlauckas and special guests 

After the thrilling semifinals, Joe Arlauckas sits down again for a live episode of The Crossover with Coach Panagiotis Giannakis, former champ David Rivers and BEIN Sports' presenter Ismail Senol to analyze to review Friday's action and analyze what can we expect from the championship game.

For the first time all season, EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast co-hosts Javier Gancedo and Frankie Sachs are together in person. After they touched down in Berlin for the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four, Gancedo and Sachs took a stroll by the famous East Side Gallery and around the home of the Final Four, Uber Arena, while breaking down the two matchups from both basketball and fantasy angles.

Fantasy Challenge Podcast: Together in Berlin! 

For the first time all season, [EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge](https://euroleaguefantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/home) Podcast co-hosts Javier Gancedo and Frankie Sachs are together in person. After they touched down in Berlin for the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four, Gancedo and Sachs took a stroll by the famous East Side Gallery and around the home of the Final Four, Uber Arena, while breaking down the two matchups from both basketball and fantasy angles.

With game will generate more points? Which players do they both see as must-have? And who do they each have winning? Tune in to episode No. 35 of the Fantasy Challenge Podcast for these answers and much more. And be sure to enjoy the Final Four!

We have arrived at the last three games before the 2024 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four and they are all of the win-or-go-home variety. No road team has ever won a Game 5 before, but EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast co-hosts Javier Gancedo and Frankie Sachs believe now is the time for the curse to be broken. 

Fantasy Challenge Podcast: The curse will be broken!

We have arrived at the last three games before the 2024 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four and they are all of the win-or-go-home variety. No road team has ever won a Game 5 before, but EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast co-hosts Javier Gancedo and Frankie Sachs believe now is the time for the curse to be broken. 

Choosing the ultimate [EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge](https://euroleaguefantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/home) lineup with only three games presents challenges and Javi and Frankie are here to break down the tactics they are using and to share which players they feel you must own… and which are the biggest risks. And as a bonus, they pick their winners for each game. Listen to episode No. 34 of your favorite EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast before finalizing your roster!

Fantasy Challenge Podcast: ‘Do as I say, not as I do’

As we enter the second week of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs, there are many difficult decisions to make for [EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge](https://euroleaguefantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/home) managers. There are only four Game 3s on tap and it is possible that by the end of the week, there could be only three Game 4s! The co-hosts of the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast, Javier Gancedo and Frankie Sachs, share some thoughts on each playoff series.

How should injuries impact your selections? Can you afford to use two Turn 2 centers? Will Jan Vesley turn things around? Gancedo and Sachs touch on all of those topics and more. Get ready for the second week of the playoffs with episode No. 33 of your favorite fantasy basketball podcast.

It’s playoff time! And that, in itself, brings new obstacles to EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge managers. On the one hand, fewer players to choose from. On the other, no easy games; no easy points. Moreso than ever before, in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs, every game matters! The co-hosts of the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast, Javier Gancedo, are here to help you navigate through these playoff predicaments.

Fantasy Challenge Podcast: ‘What time is it, Javi?’

It’s playoff time! And that, in itself, brings new obstacles to [EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge](https://euroleaguefantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/home) managers. On the one hand, fewer players to choose from. On the other, no easy games; no easy points. Moreso than ever before, in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs, every game matters! The co-hosts of the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast, Javier Gancedo, are here to help you navigate through these playoff predicaments.

The two jump from series to series, discussing the big names and the underpriced sleepers, to make sure you have thought through all the angles before finalizing your fantasy teams. Get ready for the playoffs with episode No. 32 of your favorite fantasy basketball podcast. 

Welcome to another episode of A Quarter with Kyle Hines with the EA7 Emporio Armani Milan big man! In this latest instalment, Hines chats with Spanish boxer Jonathan 'Maravilla' Alonso, who has not only become a champion and won belts in the ring, but he's also an actor, a model and an entrepreneur. 

In this episode, Hines explores the difference between elite athletes when it comes to playing a team sport or going at it alone, like in boxing. Alonso explains the secrets behind being a successful boxer and, by extension, any individual sport: self-belief, discipline and hard work. Check the full conversation in the latest chapter of A Quarter with Kyle Hines!

A Quarter with Kyle Hines: A chat with boxer Jonathan Alonso

Fantasy Challenge Podcast: Who is your play-in captain?

Do-or-die games? Only four teams to choose from? What should we do? Well, [EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge](https://euroleaguefantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/home) managers, Javier Gancedo and Frankie Sachs are here to help you through the Play-In Showdown. The co-hosts of the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast will breakdown the games, share some tips and guide you toward fantasy success!

Any move could be the difference between domination and disaster, so you must choose wisely from captain to bench. Who are the best centers in the Play-In Showdown? Is Shane Larkin a must-own player? Is Lorenzo Brown worth the gamble? Gancedo and Sachs tackle these topics and much more. Listen to episode No. 31 of the podcast now to prepare for the play-in games the best way possible.  

The Olympiacos Piraeus forward chats about everything from his teammates and coaches to his newborn daughter his breakout campaign

Alec Peters hops aboard The Crossover

In his first season as a full-time starter, Alec Peters has posted the best numbers of his six seasons in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. It’s been an eventful season for Peters, whose wife gave birth to their first child in December and he then signed a contract extension with the Reds that will keep him in Piraeus until 2026.

The Crossover host Joe Arlauckas has been an admirer of Peters’s game since he first saw him play during the stretch-4’s debut EuroLeague season with CSKA Moscow in 2018-19. That year even saw Peters finish on the podium as a EuroLeague champion!

From his childhood in Illinois through his time playing American football in high school and his pro hoops career with four different clubs in the EuroLeague, Arlauckas will talk Peters through the events that have made him who he is today.

\[11:15\] “Football was my go-to sport at the time. I was the quarterback of the team, I had a real future in that. Coaches telling me: ‘This is your future.’ Colleges telling me: ‘Hey, this is your future.’ I just did not like playing football as much as I loved playing basketball,” Peters shared.

“Thankfully, that summer between when I was 15 and 16 years old, I grew three inches, got to about 6’6”, got a little bit faster, got a little bit stronger. Basketball started becoming a little bit easier for me and I got good enough to earn a scholarship at Valparaiso.”

Peters joked that sometimes when watching NFL games with his American-born Olympiacos teammates, they will point to the quarterbacks and joke that it could have been him, but Peters has no regrets.

He became a star at Valparaiso and set school records for scoring and rebounds in his four seasons, despite a foot injury that prematurely ended his senior season. Scouts had already seen more than enough and the Phoenix Suns drafted Peters in 2017 and helped him rehab from his foot surgery.

The summer after his first season with the Suns and their G-League affiliate, Dimitris Itoudis, then the coach of CSKA Moscow, began recruiting Peters to come to the Russian capital. It did not take long to get him on board.

\[23:20\] “This isn’t just an offer from a EuroLeague team that’s been fighting for playoff spots. This is CSKA. This is a team that’s winning right now, that has the roster that nobody can compete with and all they need is you. Coach Itoudis is like: ‘All we need is someone like you,’” Peters said. “I was blessed by Coach Itoudis to have an opportunity of a lifetime to come in right away.”

Peters helped CSKA to the 2019 EuroLeague crown, but soon CSKA went through some changes and he was a casualty of the rebuild. He landed on his feet, however, signing with the team CSKA defeated in the championship game, Anadolu Efes Istanbul.

His season with Efes was a bittersweet one. On the one hand, Peters was part of a team that was mashing the competition and seemed to be the runaway favorite to win it all. On the other, he averaged only 13:42 minutes per game and the season ended in the worst way; it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A year later, Peters was showing off his skills with a new club, Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz as Efes completed the challenge and captured the EuroLeague championship. Though he was no longer with those guys, the bonds built at Efes endured.

\[30:15\] “The only thing that felt good about it was when those guys would text me. Those guys would text me afterward and be like: ‘Hey, we know you’re not here right now, but we still want to give you your flowers, so to speak,” Peters said of his former Efes teammates.

“Bryant Dunston was one of the best teammates I could ever ask for. I still have a great relationship with him today. Just to hear from him after they won that first year. Because I was a little down about it. I wanted to be there. I wanted to be a part of it.”

While Efes was becoming a dynasty without Peters, Peters was taking his game to the next level thanks, in part, to Coach Dusko Ivanovic.

\[33:00\] “What he did for me set me up for the rest of my career in the EuroLeague. The opportunity he gave me. He helped me find a lot of things about myself through the difficulties of training camp, through all that, that have stuck with me today.” Peters said of Coach Ivanovic. “He showed me what it really meant to be in shape to play the game of basketball the way that I could potentially play it. I give him all the credit in the world for that.”

After Peters’s second season with Baskonia was marred by a foot injury, he joined Olympiacos. His expectations for minutes were not realized in 2022-23 when he served as the backup to EuroLeague MVP Sasha Vezenkov. Nevertheless, the Reds reached the EuroLeague championship game.

Vezenkov left for the NBA over the summer leaving the door open for Peters to step in as the new starting power forward. He has not disappointed, although the team has dipped in the standings this season, in part due to injuries to several players. As the playoffs approach, Peters and the Reds are ready to mount another assault on the crown.

\[56:00\] “Whatever position we fall in, we like our chances against anybody,” Peters said. “It could be Barca, Monaco, Pana, Madrid. It doesn't matter to us. We are in that kind of head space as a team that like we are starting to feel like our best days are coming at the right moment.”

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](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/mike-james-opens-up-at-the-crossover/), [Lorenzo Brown](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/lorenzo-brown-hops-aboard-the-crossover/) and [Mario Hezonja](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/mario-hezonja-stops-by-the-crossover/); coaching greats such as [Georgios Bartzokas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/hear-from-coach-bartzokas-on-the-crossover/), [Dimitris Itoudis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/the-crossover-opens-its-season-with-dimitris-itoudis/), and Zeljko Obradovic, and legends like Theo Papaloukas, Nikola Vujcic and [Mike Batiste](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/panathinaikos-legend-mike-batiste-visits-the-crossover/), among others. Peters is the sixth guest this season after [Nigel Hayes-Davis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/season-6-of-the-crossover-opens-with-nigel-hayes-davis/), [Kemba Walker](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/kemba-walker-visits-the-crossover/), [James Nunnally](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/james-nunnally-opens-up-at-the-crossover/), [Chima Moneke](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/chima-moneke-joins-the-crossover/) and [Serge Ibaka](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/serge-ibaka-visits-the-crossover/).

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