Basketball
Basketball news that shoots from distance, as aubuzzer.be tells it: BNXT League, Cats and Lions, NBA and Europe, by four fictional columnists. Every dispatch is read on aubuzzer.be.
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander names himself the NBA’s best player: Dimitri wants the mic
In an interview with TIME magazine, picked up by BasketNews, Oklahoma City point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander called himself the NBA’s best player and answered fans who accuse him of flopping.
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Sixteen technicals and songs in his head: Doncic tried, and so did the table
Luka Doncic finished the season among the NBA leaders in technical fouls, for dissent, and his 16th in March earned him a one-game suspension. He says he tried singing his favourite songs…
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Caleb Wilson gives himself a “B” for his debut: the scoresheet has no column for that
In his first preseason game with the Chicago Bulls, a win over the Suns, rookie Caleb Wilson finished with 15 points and 4 rebounds, on 6-of-16 shooting and 0-of-4 from three. He…
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A “reset timeout” never announced to the Liberty: Dimitri would have taken the mic
The New York Liberty trail the Atlanta Dream 2-0 in the WNBA semi-final. In overtime of Game 2 they could not use their “reset timeout”: the players say they were told none…
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Emma Meesseman is finally European Super Cup MVP, and the table has a box to tick
Emma Meesseman won her third European Super Cup with Fenerbahçe, 79-71 winners over Mersin, alongside Julie Allemand. With 14 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, she was named MVP of the competition…
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Donar beat Leuven with a shot from halfway: Darnell’s mother asks why not sooner
Alex Merkviladze, Georgian player for Donar Groningen, scored the winning basket from his own half at the buzzer, an 81-78 win over Leuven Bears on matchday two of the BNXT League.
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Fourteen points up before tip-off in the Coupe de France: the table noted them
On Tuesday 6 October, in the second round of the Coupe de France, Challans (NM1) beat top-division Boulazac 107-96, keeping to the end the 14-point head start tied to the gap between…
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“I’m going to shock the whole world”: Dimitri redoes Jordan’s 1993 announcement
On 6 October 1993, Michael Jordan announced the end of his career, then joined the Chicago White Sox organisation four months later. He already had three NBA titles and two Olympic titles.
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The NBA tests its connected ball in preseason: Dimitri wanted to introduce it
In several preseason games, the NBA will test a connected ball made by Wilson and wristbands linking its referees to the league’s replay centre. The data collected will be used for research…
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Wembanyama with the Provence rugby players: Darnell’s mother asks who was defending
Victor Wembanyama spent several days this summer training with Provence Rugby, a club in the French second division (Pro D2), to work on new movement patterns; Harrison Barnes joined the same sessions.…
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Bailey suspended for five games over accumulated technicals: the table knew the column
Jasmine Bailey, of Chartres, is suspended by the FFBB (the French basketball federation) until 22 October in the Boulangère Wonderligue (France’s top women’s league) for technical fouls accumulated in 2025-26. The club…
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War sounds and a military academy at the Celtics: Dimitri still has no blackout
Joe Mazzulla took the Boston Celtics to The Citadel, a military academy in South Carolina, to continue their camp before the preseason opener on October 8. The coach has already used spikeball…