Euroleague Final Four 2011: Old World Powers Vie For Top Honor In Europe
The 2011 Euroleague Final Four tips off at noon ET on Friday in Barcelona, bringing together the four top teams in European basketball for a weekend in which nearly all of the NBA will be represented in the Old World. The Final Four offers a good opportunity for NBA personnel to gauge prospects playing in the games, as well as do some digging on other players whose teams didn’t make it.
Euroleague is a tournament held in addition to the normal league seasons for these clubs, much like soccer’s Champions League. Thirty-two teams are whittled through group play and a knockout tournament until we have a Final Four. This year’s edition features teams from the continent’s top three leagues -- Spain’s Real Madrid, Italy’s Montepaschi Siena and Greece’s Panathinkaikos -- and Maccabi Electra from Israel.
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