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"I didn't sleep all night," Saraf told Haaretz from Germany after being drafted. "It's amazing, I feel really good, happy, but there's not a lot of time, there's a game tonight." Saraf and his team, Ratiopharm Ulm, will play Thursday night in the fifth and decisive game of the German league playoff series against Bayern Munich.

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NetsDaily: Ben Saraf’s Ratiopharm Ulm lost to Bayern Munich today in Game 5 of the Bundesliga Finals. Saraf had his worst game of the season the day after Nets picked him at 26. He scored two points in 11 minutes.

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Michael Grange: Gord Herbert is new head coach for @CanBball men’s team through the 2028 Olympics, per sources. Herbert, a Canadian, is head coach for EuroLeague club Bayern Munich & previously led Germany to @FIBA World Cup gold in 2023, and @EuroBasket gold in ‘22. Story up soon @Sportsnet .

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He certainly checks off a lot of boxes. The former Canadian Olympic team (1984) player has had a long and successful career in Europe and is currently head coach for EuroLeague club Bayern Munich. Herbert was the head coach for the German national team when it won bronze at EuroBasket in 2022 and gold at the 2023 World Cup before finishing fourth at the Olympics in Paris. He was with Canada during World Cup qualifying prior to Nurse being hired in 2019.

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One idea the NBA has already explored, sources said, is partnering with major soccer clubs in places such as Manchester, U.K., to have expansion teams under the soccer clubs' umbrellas. Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich are soccer powerhouses that already have basketball teams in the EuroLeague.

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Donatas Urbonas: Lonnie Walker IV is set to make his EuroLeague debut on Thursday against Bayern in Munich. 🏥 Alen Smailagic is out with a hand injury and will be reevaluated this week. ❔ Bryant Dunston is traveling with Zalgiris and will be a game-time decision. pic.x.com/s7lRIwQ8M7

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Another former teammate in Milan, Shabazz Napier, joined. “Congratulations Champ. Thankful for all of those moments I had you as a teammate/brother. You deserve this moment because you paved the way for all of us my brother. You made the ultimate sacrifice time and time again. Legendary Hines. Love always”, the newest Bayern Munich’s playmaker said.

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Bayern Munich is in advanced talks with Shabazz Napier, sources tell BasketNews.

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Former Celtics player Carsen Edwards re-signed with German team Bayern Munich until the 2025-26 season.

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Real Madrid C.F. has reached an agreement with Serge Ibaka, who arrives from FC Bayern Munich, for next season

Sportando

Dennis Schröder stood out for Germany with 23 points and was followed properly only by new Bayern Munich player, Oscar da Silva, with 15 points. Johannes Voigtmann added eight points with 11 rebounds. The match was also marked by an altercation between Evan Fournier and Schröder, which saw the French player getting ejected.

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Former NBA big man Serge Ibaka denied that there’s any agreement between him and Real Madrid or any other team. Ibaka, who just finished the season as German League champion with Bayern Munich, enters the offseason as a free agent. “No, come on! For me, it was disappointing that these rumors came out while I still was playing in the playoffs. I didn’t like that. It seems to be the way how things work here in Europe,” Ibaka said per Robert Heusel.

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Dionysis Aravantinos: OFFICIAL: Serge Ibaka signs a deal with Bayern Munich.

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Having fullfilled two key career goals this summer, Francisco has shown that he can achieve anything he sets up his mind to. And the next desirable destination for him is the NBA. “The NBA is still on my mind,” Francisco admitted. “Sometimes you simply just want to go there. You may stay one year, two years, three years. Even if you don’t stay that long you can go back to Europe. “Maybe if you come back in Europe you’ll be the main guy. But in the end, it all depends on the situation you are in and what you want to do. But of course everybody wants to go to the NBA to see what’s going on. And if they don’t feel like it, if they don’t have a good role they can go back to Europe. “For me? I’m open minded. Of course it’s still a dream to go to the NBA.”

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