9 p.m. Authoritative insider Sportando Emiliano Karchia shared some information about a possible vote. According to the Italian, Anadolu Efes, Maccabi, Real Madrid, Barcelona are ready to vote for – CSKA, Milan, Fenerbahce, Panathinaikos and Olympiakos. Zalgiris and Basque Country are still being defined. In any case, you need to wait for the official Euroleague meeting. May 25 is a very busy day for European basketball. The Championship will inform you of all important events online.
20:15. CSKA Defender Mike James As always, he expressed his position as directly as possible. The American is categorically against playing this season.
“People cannot go to a restaurant, and you want us to play basketball. I can’t go out without a mask, but I have to play. Make it make sense, ”James tweeted.
19:45. In general, the main participants of the action – players of the Euroleague clubs – have no enthusiasm to return to the venue in July. On May 23, the vast majority of performers during a video conference with the leadership of the Euroleague opposed the resumption of the 2019-2020 season. The conference was attended by 36 players, representing all 18 league teams. Basketball players expressed concern about the situation with coronavirus, which is different in different countries.
“Team captains and players expressed their views on the current situation. The tournament management listened with great attention to all participants. I think that this format was very useful for deciding on the end or continuation of the tournament, ”the captain of the Zenith estimated the results of the video conference. Evgeny Voronov in the commentary to the official website of the “blue-white-blue”.
19:15. The enthusiasm of the Pyrenees is not shared by all. President of CSKA Andrey Vatutin and general director of Khimki Pavel Astakhov repeatedly expressed the idea of the complexity and inappropriateness of the replay of the current Euroleague season. VTB United League Championship is prematurely completed, the vast majority of players and coaches dispersed to their countries. As mentioned above, clubs from different countries have unequal conditions.
18:45. The Spanish League recently expressed its readiness to postpone the restart of the championship to June, so that “Real”, “Barcelona”, “Basque Country” and “Valencia” do not have overlays on the calendar.
18:15. The Spanish League recently expressed its readiness to postpone the restart of the championship to June, so that “Real”, “Barcelona”, “Basque Country” and “Valencia” do not have overlays on the calendar.
17:45. The 40-year-old captain of Real Madrid Felipe Reyes in his social networks urges to return to action as soon as possible. His opinion is shared by point guard Sergio Jul, who publicly spoke out for the replay of the Euroleague season.
17:15. Clubs are already in unequal conditions. For example, the Spanish giants “Real” and “Barcelona” have been training since the beginning of May. CSKA, Khimki and Zenit did not start work.
16:45. In the event of the cancellation of the 2019-2020 campaign, the situation is very clear – the clubs will begin to prepare for the next season at some point in the summer. If you decide to finish this championship, many questions arise. How to ensure the safety of all participants? How to achieve equal conditions for everyone? Euroleague is not the NBA. 18 participating clubs from 10 different countries – Turkey, Spain, Israel, Russia, Greece, Lithuania, Italy, Serbia, France and Germany.
In all states, the situation with the coronavirus epidemic is different. So far, Antalya and Istanbul (Turkey), Belgrade (Serbia), Athens (Greece) and Kaunas (Lithuania) are claiming the final stage of the season. In one of these places with empty stands, 6 rounds of the regular season will be played, after which the “Final Eight” stage will begin instead of the usual “Final Four”. Of course, if on May 25 they still decide to resume the season.
16:15. Hello dear basketball fans! On Monday, May 25, 2020, a decision will be made on the possible resumption of the Euroleague season, which was interrupted in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. The final verdict will be issued by voting of clubs that have a category A license. These are Anadolu Efes, Baskonia, CSKA, Barcelona, Fenerbahçe, Maccabi, Milan, Olympiakos, Panathinaikos, Real Madrid and Zalgiris.
To take any one of the decisions you need to get 6 votes. Clubs have the right to abstain. In the event of a tie vote (for example, 5 “for”, 5 “against” and 1 “abstained”), the deciding word will be with the president of the Euroleague Jordi Bertomeu.
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