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Club Deportivo Saski-Baskonia, S.A.D., commonly known as Saski Baskonia (), also known as Cazoo Baskonia for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. The team plays in the
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and the EuroLeague.


History


1959–1969: start in the provincial basketball

In 1951, the Club Deportivo Vasconia organized its own basketball section but without enough support to survive in the competition. It was already in the 1959–60 season when the club founded the basketball section after disappointment with the football team, under the presidency of Félix Ullivarriarrazua. Vicente Elejalde was appointed as head coach. In its first season, the team occupied the second position of the provincial championship behind Corazonistas. In the 1963–64 season, the team achieved its first provincial titles, proclaiming itself champion of league and cup. The team became strong in the provincial championship winning five of the ten editions played between 1959 and 1969. The club achieved the promotion to the 3rd division after beating the city rival Deportivo Alavés in the season that Vicente Elejalde was replaced by Pepe Laso.


1970–1980: the leap to the Spanish top league

In 1969–70 season, the team was promoted in the 3rd division with a very young team. The team achieved the promotion to the 2nd division after beating Grupo Covadonga in the promotion playoffs. In the next season, the team made a great regular season which qualified for the promotion playoffs to the 1st division, but was defeated by Breogán in the promotion playoffs. A year later, the team achieved promotion to the 1st division after finishing as the champion of the Group A. The team achieved its first win in its first game in its first season in the 1st division by 89–67 against Breogán. This season, the Basque team became strong at home by winning direct rivals avoiding the relegation six rounds before to finish the league by winning in Bilbao and debuted in the Copa del Rey reaching the semi-finals where were eliminated by Estudiantes. In the 1973–74 season, the club reached 1,400 supporters and this support allowed to sign its first foreign player, the Canadian
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. This second season, the team concluded the league in eighth position and it gain the right to play in Korać Cup, but it had to resign due to lack of budget. In 1974, Jose Luis Sánchez Erauskin, former player and founder of the club, took over the club's presidency. The team incorporated young players such as Manu Moreno, Kepa Segurola, Luis María Junguitu, Carlos Salinas and José Antonio Querejeta. The signing star was the American Ray Price who became in the top scorer of the competition. In the 1975–76 season, the humble team starred in two surprising wins, managed to impose 70–69 to FC Barcelona in home game and Joventut in a road game 76–78. In Badalona, the Joventut fans ended up cheering the great match. In the 1976–77 season, the president José Luis Sánchez Erauskin along with his board, made the decision to change the V by B, in the name of the club, becoming Club Deportivo Basconia and adopting the colors of the
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as the headlines. The equipment became green with red and white letters, instead of the usual blue and maroon. Pepe Laso combined his position as head coach with the Spanish coach and Iñaki Garaialde and Txema Capetillo joined the team. In 1977, Juan Antonio Ortiz de Pinedo retired as a player to become the head coach of the team, replacing Pepe Laso. In 1978, José Antonio Querejeta, who had negotiated with other teams like Joventut and FC Barcelona, was transferred to
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. The club, in addition to financial compensation, obtained the young player Manuel San Emeterio from the white club. Iñaki Iriarte became the head coach of the team and the American who signed with the team this year was Webb Williams. Players like Junguitu, Txomin Sautu returned and Juan Manuel Conde was signed. Fernando Aranguiz assumed the presidency of the club in June 1978 and Carlos Luquero received the tribute to his entire career, he was the first to have a professional record accumulating more than 300 games and adding more than 7,000 points with the team. In the Copa del Rey, the team returned to reach the semi-finals after defeating Mollet and Estudiantes in the previous rounds, but cannot defeat the winner of that year FC Barcelona. In 1979, Peio Cambronero arrived from Estudiantes, and the club again with a tight budget, young players and the signing of the American Malcolm Cesare faced the 1979–80 season with the aim of maintaining the category for another year. The results were not good and the team finished the league in relegation positions. Fortunately, the Spanish Federation decided to extend the competition to fourteen teams and the team could continue one more year in the league.


1980–1990: in steady progression

The 1980–81 season was one of the saddest memories for the club, because it relegated to the 2nd division after finished in last position of the league with a baggage of six wins, two achieved against renowned teams like
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and Joventut. But the misfortunes did not end there, since one of his players Juanma Conde died after an irreversible illness. This was a blow to the entire club, for the loss of a teammate and a friend. In the summer of 1981, José Antonio Querejeta, who had returned to the team after passing through
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and had been tested by FC Barcelona, was transferred to Joventut. With the direction of Iñaki Iriarte from the bench and the contribution of the Cambronero Peio, Txomin Sautu, Salva Diez, Mikel Cuadra, Xabier Jon Davalillo and Luis Mari Junguitu allowed the team to promote to the 1st division and return to the place that it had occupied among the greats teams for almost a decade. A new change in the presidency of the club allowed the arrival of José Antonio Apraiz. The season of the return to the top league was not very positive in terms of results, the team ended up in relegation positions with a baggage of three wins, three draws and twenty defeats. The Spanish basketball was preparing to enter a new stage marked by professionalism, and the creation of the
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made it possible for the team to avoid relegation back to 2nd Division. As of the 1983–84 season with the first edition of the
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, the modern Spanish basketball story begins in which the club was strongly committed to leaving its modest club status. Basque guard Alberto Ortega returns to the team, one of the stars of the league like Essie Hollis and Rilley Clarida became the first couple of foreigners of the club because the new
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allowed the signing of two foreign players per team. In the 1984–85 season, José Antonio Querejeta returned to the team,
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made the leap to the first team after his trip at an American institute with only 16 years, which together with another youth player like Aitor Zárate formed the youngest guards in the league. As a counterpoint to this commitment to youth, an illustrious veteran of Spanish basketball like Miguel López signed for the team. Completing the incorporations with the arrival of Terry White as new foreign player for the team led by Xabier Añua. In 1985, the club won its first official title, the Copa Asociación which was played among the teams eliminated in the first round of the league playoffs. In the final, the team won to the Zaragoza led by Pepe Laso in Villanueva de La Serena ( Badajoz). José Antonio Querejeta was the top scorer of the game with 30 points and the team earned the qualification to the Korać Cup for the following season. At the institutional level, Jose Antonio Santamaría is again the club president. The 1985–86 season was marked by the Korać Cup debut. The first rival was the Dutch Super Cracks Werkendam, which was clearly defeated at home (73–88) and overwhelmingly in Vitoria-Gasteiz (130–94). The next rival was the French ASVEL. In the home game, the Basque team fell against the French team 84–94, but this defeat did not undermine the team hopes to seek the comeback weeks later in Lyon. The game played in the French town at the end of game resulted in a draw at 88 points, but the competition system computed the difference in points of both clashes and meant the elimination of the Basque team from the competition. At that time, important foreigners such as
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and
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arrived who gave a plus of quality to a large team from the team (Alberto Ortega, José Antonio Querejeta,
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, Jesús Brizuela and the young players Madoz, Urdiain, Felix De La Fuente and Arana) and directed by Pepe Laso who returned to be the head coach of the team for two seasons. A season later, the captain of the team, Iñaki Garaialde, who was honored in Polideportivo Mendizorrotza days before the start of the 1987–88 season, retired as a player. Manu Moreno took over the bench as the head coach. Names like Fede Ramiro, or Agustin Cuesta with an already important experience in Spanish basketball reinforced the team. Larry Micheaux and David Lawrence formed the American couple, but the weak performance of the second led to its replacement by the jumpy Nikita Wilson midway through the season. The team was strong at home and began to stand up to rivals with a bigger budget. The season ended in eighth position. At the start of the 1988–89 season, José Antonio Querejeta retired as a player. A few weeks after his retirement, offered himself as a candidate for the presidency of the club and José Antonio Santamaría gave his position to the former player, being one of the youngest presidents of the ACB. As president, began the process of converting the club into a
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, as required by the Sports Law. The club became the first Spanish professional sport club to carry out this transformation and was born under the name of Saski-Baskonia S.A.D.. The Baskonia of José Antonio Querejeta wanted to take another step in the professionalization of the club taking as an example the
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franchises and began to make his first important bets, the signing of Chicho Sibilio after being one of the stars of FC Barcelona. Puerto Rican pivot from the Boston Celtics, Ramón Rivas and the signing of the Argentine
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who signed a 10-year deal as a franchise player in which the club would settle in the 90s. The objective was to overcome the seventh place in the final standings that would allow the pass to compete in European competitions. Despite these important bets, the 1989–90 season the club failed to take that step forward. Halfway through the season, Manu Moreno was sacked as coach and the Željko Pavličević signed after a brilliant record in
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. However, the team fell in the first round of playoffs against
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and closed his short stay in Vitoria-Gasteiz as a head coach.


1990–2010: introducing in European basketball and first trophies

With José Antonio Querejeta as president, the club grows exponentially. Herb Brown signed as head coach and Alfredo Salazar began his travels through Argentina to capture talent. In 1991, the club left Polideportivo Mendizorrotza to move to the Araba Arena, which lived its extension from 5,000 to 9,500 spectators at the end of the decade. In 1993, Manel Comas signed as head coach. With Manel Comas, the team won its first Spanish King's Cup, when
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and Velimir Perasović led the team to an historical win. The club was already making noise internationally too, reaching the FIBA European Cup final in both 1994 and 1995. When it hosted the same title game in 1996, the team pleased its many fans by downing PAOK behind 31 points from Ramón Rivas. After the departure of Manel Comas, Sergio Scariolo signed as head coach. With Scariolo, the team made its first Spanish Championship playoff final in 1998 and added a second Spanish King's Cup title in 1999. Names like Ramón Rivas,
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,
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, Elmer Bennett or Velimir Perasović were some of the protagonists of that decade. The team started the 21st century with Duško Ivanović on the bench. In his first year, they then found quick success in the newly reborn EuroLeague. With a deep roster featuring Elmer Bennett, Saulius Štombergas, Victor Alexander, Fabricio Oberto and a young Luis Scola, Baskonia reached the
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, before losing to Virtus Bologna in the fifth and final game on the road. With winning momentum and the additions of Dejan Tomašević and
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, the team achieved its first double in the next season, with another Spanish King's Cup trophy and its first Spanish League title ever. Baskonia snatched two more Spanish King's Cups, in 2004 and 2006, as Luis Scola and Pablo Prigioni played decisive roles, and success followed the team in the EuroLeague. Baskonia's arrival to its first EuroLeague Final Four in 2005 couldn't have been louder, as the team upset favored host CSKA Moscow in the semi-finals, but couldn't overcome defending champ Maccabi in the title game. Back home, Baskonia again reached the Spanish League finals, only to lose in dramatic fashion. Baskonia returned to the EuroLeague Final Four in 2006, but once again Maccabi stood in its way, this time in the semi-final. The team also made it to the Spanish League finals, but was swept there. The next season, Baskonia won its EuroLeague regular season and Top 16 groups before sweeping Olympiacos in the Playoffs, as Scola became the
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's top all-time scorer at that time. Nonetheless, eventual champion
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downed Baskonia in the semi-finals and once home again in Spain, Baskonia lost in the semi-finals. Through outstanding scouting and shrewd management, Baskonia built a squad that went to four straight EuroLeague Final Fours. Baskonia advanced to the EuroLeague Final Four in
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, losing to Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 2005 final, and 2006 semi-finals, to
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in the 2007 semi-finals, and to CSKA Moscow in the 2008 semi-finals. In the 2007–08 season, the team led by Neven Spahija won its second Spanish
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championship. In 2008–09 season, the team added its sixth Spanish King's Cup title. In the 2009–10 season, Baskonia won its third Spanish
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championship by sweeping FC Barcelona on a memorable series-winning three-point play by Fernando San Emeterio. Names like Luis Scola,
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, Pablo Prigioni. Igor Rakočević,
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, José Calderón, Pete Mickeal or Tiago Splitter were some of the protagonists of that decade.


2010–present: new arena and the new EuroLeague era

In 2012, its arena Fernando Buesa Arena was expanded to 15,504 seats and the many initiatives the club continues to put into practice show that Baskonia is always moving forward. The club reached the EuroLeague Playoffs in 2011 and 2012 and reached the Top 16 14 times in 15 years. In 2016, Baskonia returned the EuroLeague Final Four for the first time in eight years, as the club made it to the 2016 Final Four. Here the team was defeated after overtime in the semi-final by Fenerbahçe. In the third place game, Baskonia lost to Russian side Lokomotiv Kuban. In the 2016–17 season, the EuroLeague adopted a new league-style format in which a round-robin season of sixteen teams was played. In the first season in the new format, the team changed its core of players and also its head coach, but still remained deep in the playoff zone for most of the regular season and ended up advancing to the next phase with a 17–13 record and seventh place. A four-game winning streak in December and another in March covered up for a negative run of six losses in seven games between Rounds 17 and 23. Baskonia clinched a playoff berth for the 10th time in 12 seasons, but there the team was swept by CSKA Moscow after three tough games. Ádám Hanga was one of the team leaders and was chosen as the EuroLeague Best Defender by the league's head coaches, and Baskonia showed, once again, its innate ability to sign talent that seemed to go under the radar for everybody else with names like Shane Larkin, Johannes Voigtmann and
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playing major roles. In the 2017–18 season, the club advanced to the playoffs for the third consecutive year and put up a major fight against Fenerbahçe before falling in four games. None of that was looking likely when the Basque club suffered a shocking start, losing its first four games to signal the departure from the coaching position of club legend Pablo Prigioni. The man appointed to turn things around was Pedro Martínez, who immediately effected a remarkable revival as Baskonia won four of its next five games to ignite its challenge. A mid-season dip left the side in the bottom half of the standings heading into the final few weeks of the regular season, but then came a dramatic surge in form that yielded six consecutive win, with the consistent excellence of versatile big man Tornike Shengelia earning him the monthly MVP award for March. A top half finish was sealed with a home win over Maccabi Tel Aviv in Round 29, and although disappointment followed against Fenerbahçe, that playoff berth was a just reward for Baskonia's typically spirited recovery from its slow start. The team was also highly competitive on the domestic front, earning a second-place finish in the Spanish League after pushing
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hard in the finals. The 2018–19 season was an important season for the club with the Final Four taking place on its home court. A slow start caused Baskonia to part ways with head coach Pedro Martínez and bring back club legend Velimir Perasović to replace him. Baskonia kept struggling on the road, but won 10 of its last 11 regular season games – including victories against playoff-bound teams CSKA Moscow,
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and
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– to reach the playoffs from sixth place. Baskonia managed to do something no team had done in over a decade – steal home-court advantage in a playoff series against
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, but the Russian powerhouse recovered with back-to-back wins at Buesa Arena to qualify for the Final Four and eventually win the title. Vincent Poirier was chosen to the
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. Baskonia had early exits in its two main domestic competitions; it lost against Joventut in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals and against Zaragoza in the Spanish League quarterfinals. On 30 June 2020, ten years after their last title, Baskonia won the
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, marked by the COVID-19 pandemic.


Sponsorship naming

The club was often referred to for years as TAU Cerámica, a Spanish brand name of ceramics manufacturer TAULELL, which name sponsored the club from 1987 to 2009. Originally, TAULELL used another of its brand names, Taugrés, as the name of the team, before changing the name to TAU Cerámica in 1997. TAU, Taugrés and TAU Vitoria were also frequently used to refer to the team. Baskonia, Saski Baskonia, and Saski Baskonia, S.A.D. refer to the name of the actual sports club itself. In 2009, the Spanish credit union
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became the new name sponsor of the club and increased the amount of money that the name sponsor contributes to the sports club's budget. In 2016,
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end its sponsorship naming to Baskonia. Baskonia has received diverse sponsorship names along the years: * Caja Álava (1983–1987) * Taugrés (1987–1997) / Tau Cerámica (1997–2009) *
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(2009–2016) * Kirolbet Baskonia (2018–2020) * TD Systems Baskonia (2020–2021) * Bitci Baskonia (2021–2022) * Cazoo Baskonia (2022–present)


Arena

Since 1991, Baskonia has played its home games at the Fernando Buesa Arena, which has a seating capacity of 15,504SPORTS COMPETITIONS: Maximum capacity for sports events leaving the court free 15504.
people for basketball games. The arena was originally called the Pabellón Araba, from 1991 to 2000. The arena was extensively renovated and expanded in the year 2012. The arena hosted the 1996 FIBA European Cup Final, in which Baskonia won the title and also hosted the
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Players


Current roster


Depth chart


Notable players

Despite not having retired any number in its history, three of the club's most notable players have a shirt with the number they wore in their time with the team hung in the Fernando Buesa Arena. These are Pablo Prigioni (#5), whose shirt was put on display in 2017; Igor Rakočević (#8) and
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(#9), who followed suit in 2020. *
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* José Calderón *
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* Ilimane Diop *
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Roberto Íñiguez Roberto Íñiguez de Heredia Santamaria, (born 5 September 1967) is a former Spanish basketball player and the current head coach of Çukurova Basketbol. Iñiguez spent most of his career with Valencia BC. He played for Saski Baskonia, Valencia ...
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Pablo Laso Pablo Laso Biurrun (born October 13, 1967) is a Spanish professional basketball coach and former player. He was the head coach of Real Madrid for eleven seasons from 2011 to 2022, guiding them to two EuroLeague championships and six Liga ACB ...
* Fernando San Emeterio *
Pau Ribas Pau Ribas Tossas (born 2 March 1987) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Joventut Badalona of the Spanish Liga ACB. Standing at , he primarily plays the shooting guard position. His father, Jordi Ribas, was also a professional bask ...
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Sergi Vidal Sergi Vidal Plana (born April 9, 1981) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player, who played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. Professional career Vidal signed with the Spanish League giants Real Madrid in August 2009 ...
* Walter Herrmann *
Marcelo Nicola Marcelo Patricio Nicola Virginio (born May 12, 1971) is an Argentine-Italian former professional basketball player and a current coach. A very versatile power forward, he was a regular member of the Argentine national basketball team, and compete ...
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Andrés Nocioni Andrés Marcelo Nocioni (born November 30, 1979) is an Argentine retired professional basketball player. He was a two-time All-EuroLeague selection before spending eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), from 2004 to 2012. No ...
* Fabricio Oberto * Pablo Prigioni * Luis Scola *
Luca Vildoza Luca Vildoza (born August 11, 1995) is an Argentine professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. At tall, he can play as a point guard or a shooting guard. Professional career Quilmes (2012–201 ...
* Mirza Teletović * Marcelo Huertas * Tiago Splitter *
Georgi Glouchkov Georgi Nikolov Glouchkov (alternate spelling: Gueorgui) ( bg, Георги Николов Глушков; born January 10, 1960 in Tryavna) is a Bulgarian former professional basketball player and president of Bulgarian Basketball Federation. A ...
* Velimir Perasović * Zoran Planinić *
Darko Planinić Darko Planinić (born November 22, 1990) is a Croatian professional basketball player for CSO Voluntari of the Liga Națională. Standing at 2.11 m, he plays at the center position. Professional career Planinić spent the 2019-20 season with U B ...
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Roko Ukić Roko Leni Ukić (born December 5, 1984) is a Croatian professional basketball player currently playing for Split in the Croatian League and ABA League. Standing at , he mainly played at the point guard position, but could also play at the shoo ...
* Jim Bilba * Laurent Foirest * Thomas Heurtel * William Phillips *
Kevin Séraphin Kevin Séraphin (born 7 December 1989) is a French retired professional basketball player. Standing tall, Séraphin played at both the power forward and center positions in his playing career. Séraphin started his professional basketball career ...
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Hanno Möttölä Hanno Aleksanteri Möttölä (born 9 September 1976) is a Finnish former professional basketball player. Möttölä played for the Atlanta Hawks in the National Basketball Association (NBA), at the power forward position, where he became the first ...
* Tornike Shengelia * Tibor Pleiß * Johannes Voigtmann * Ioannis Bourousis *
Christos Charissis Christos Charissis (alternate spellings: Charisis, Harissis, Harisis) ( el, Χρήστος Χαρίσης; born July 9, 1976) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At 191 cm or 6'3" in height, he played at the point guard positi ...
* Kornél Dávid * Ádám Hanga * Pat Burke * Lior Eliyahu * Andrea Bargnani *
Achille Polonara Achille Polonara (born November 23, 1991) is an Italian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He primarily plays at the power forward position. Professional career Ter ...
* Stefano Rusconi * Dāvis Bertāns * Jānis Timma * Simas Jasaitis * Rimantas Kaukėnas *
Arvydas Macijauskas Arvydas Macijauskas (born January 19, 1980) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player. Standing at tall, he played at the shooting guard position. He was one of the greatest Lithuanian players of the 2000s, as he won numerous individu ...
* Saulius Štombergas *
Mindaugas Timinskas Mindaugas Timinskas (born March 28, 1974) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and basketball coach. He represented the senior Lithuanian national basketball team. College career Born in Šilutė, Lithuanian SSR, Timinskas play ...
* Predrag Drobnjak *
Thomas Kelati Thomas Kelati (born September 27, 1982) is an American professional basketball player of Eritrean heritage. In 2010, he gained Polish citizenship through his wife and is eligible to play on the Poland national basketball team in international comp ...
* Maciej Lampe *
David Logan David or Dave Logan may refer to: * Dave Logan (American football) (born 1954), former NFL wide receiver * David Logan (American football) (1956–1999), former NFL defensive lineman * Dave Logan (ice hockey) (born 1954), former NHL defenseman * ...
* Ramón Rivas *
Miroslav Berić Miroslav "Mića" Berić ( sr-cyr, Мирослав "Мића" Берић; born January 20, 1973) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. Standing at 2.00 m (6'6 ") tall, he played at the shooting guard position. Professional career Be ...
* Nemanja Bjelica * Vladimir Micov * Dejan Tomašević * Igor Rakočević * Richard Petruška * Goran Dragić * Zoran Dragić * Jaka Blažič *
Ender Arslan Ender Arslan (born 13 January 1983) is a Turkish professional basketball coach and former player who played at the point guard position. He is assistant coach for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Professional care ...
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Serkan Erdoğan Serkan Erdoğan (born 30 August 1978) is a retired Turkish professional basketball player. Erdoğan tested positive for the banned substance Nandrolone, and was thus immediately suspended from the FIBA SuproLeague's 2000–01 season competition. ...
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Kaya Peker Kaya Peker (born August 2, 1980) is a retired Turkish professional basketball player. He played at the center position. Professional career During his club career, Peker first played with the Turkish Super League Turkish may refer to: *a Turki ...
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Andrew Betts Andrew Richard Betts (born 11 May 1977) is a retired British professional basketball player. He had a mostly international career. Career notes After starting his career as a junior player with the Leicester Riders, Betts played college basketb ...
* Victor Alexander * Jerome Allen *
J. J. Anderson Mitchell Keith "J. J." Anderson (born September 25, 1960) is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). His position was Power forward (basketball), power forward. He stood at 6'8" and weighed 2 ...
* Joe Arlauckas * Wade Baldwin IV * Ken Bannister *
Scooter Barry Richard Francis "Scooter" Barry IV (born August 13, 1966) is a retired American professional basketball player. His nickname "Scooter" was given shortly after being born in San Francisco, California. The son of NBA Hall of Fame member Rick Ba ...
* Elmer Bennett *
Anthony Bonner Anthony Bonner (born June 8, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player. College career Bonner played college basketball at Saint Louis University. He is the Saint Louis Billikens' all-time leading scorer, with 1,972 points. Pr ...
* Ryan Bowen * Rickey Brown *
Lionel Chalmers Lionel Chalmers, Jr. (born November 10, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who currently works as an assistant coach for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is 6'0" (1.83 m) in height and play ...
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Chris Corchiani Christopher Corchiani Sr. (born March 28, 1968) is an American-Italian former professional basketball player. At a height of 1.85 m (6'1") tall, and a weight of 88 kg (195 lbs.), he played at the point guard position. High school Born ...
* Pat Durham * Rashard Griffith * Travis Hansen * Pierriá Henry * Darrun Hilliard * Essie Hollis * Casey Jacobsen * Mike James *
Linton Johnson Linton Johnson III (born June 13, 1980) is an American professional basketball player. He is married to a woman from Caserta, and has Italian citizenship. Linton Johnson is the nephew of former NBA player Mickey Johnson. Career After a four-yea ...
* Jalen Jones * Randolph Keys * Shane Larkin *
Will McDonald William McDonald (born October 5, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player. He graduated from the University of South Florida. In March 2012, McDonald was ejected from a game while playing for Petron Blaze Boosters. During a ...
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Jordan McRae Jordan Tyler McRae (born March 28, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for the Tennessee Volunteers, and was drafted 58th overall in the 2 ...
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Larry Micheaux Larry Wayne Micheaux ( ) (born March 24, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player who played for several teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and in Europe. Career College After earning all-state honors as a seni ...
* Pete Mickeal *
Drew Nicholas Andrew Lawrence Nicholas (born May 17, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. A shooting guard, Nicholas was the leading scorer in the EuroLeague 2005–06 season, being awarded the Alphonso Ford Trophy. He is a two-time Eu ...
* Dan O'Sullivan * Lamar Odom * Lou Roe *
Brent Scott Brent Scott can mean: * Brent Scott (basketball), retired American professional basketball player * Brent W. Scott, retired United States Navy rear admiral and chaplain * Brent Scott, also known as PD, founder of the pornographic website Insex ...
* James Singleton *
Matt Steigenga Matthew Todd Steigenga (born March 27, 1970) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'7", 220-40 lbs. power forward who most notably played a part of one season with the Chicago Bulls and a season in the Liga ACB. H ...
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Nikita Wilson Nikita Franciscus Wilson (born February 25, 1964) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was selected by the National Basketball Association's Portland Trail Blazers with the 30th overall pick in the second round of the 1987 N ...
* David Wood


Players at the NBA Draft


Head coaches

* Vicente Elejalde 1959–1969 * Pepe Laso 1969–1977, 1985–1987 * Juan Antonio Ortiz de Pinedo 1977–1978, 1982–1983 * Iñaki Iriarte 1978–1980, 1981–1983, 1992–1993 * Manu Moreno 1980–1981, 1987–1989 * Txema Capetillo 1983–1984 * Xabier Añúa 1984–1985 * Željko Pavličević 1989–1990 * Herb Brown 1990–1992 * Manel Comas 1993–1997 * Sergio Scariolo 1997–1999, 2013–2014 * Salva Maldonado 1999 * Julio Lamas 1999–2000 * Duško Ivanović 2000–2005, 2008–2012, 2019–2021 * Pedro Martínez 2005, 2017–2018 * Velimir Perasović 2005–2007, 2015–2016, 2018–2019 *
Natxo Lezkano Natxo Lezkano Moya (born 17 October 1972) is a Spanish professional basketball coach, who currently manages Liberbank Oviedo Baloncesto of the Spanish LEB Oro. Since 2011, he has coached Ivory Coast's national basketball team, which he led to t ...
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Božidar Maljković Božidar "Boža" Maljković ( sr-cyr, Божидар Божа Маљковић; born 20 April 1952) is a Serbian former professional basketball coach and current president of the Olympic Committee of Serbia. He is one of the most successful bask ...
2007 * Neven Spahija 2007–2008, 2021–2022 * Žan Tabak 2012–2013 * Marco Crespi 2014 *
Ibon Navarro Ibon Navarro Pérez de Albéniz (born April 30, 1976, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava) is a Spanish basketball coach. He currently works for Unicaja of the Spanish Liga ACB. Coaching career Ibon Navarro has been a coach in the lower categories of Sask ...
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Sito Alonso Alfonso Alonso Blasco, commonly known as Sito Alonso, (born December 4, 1975) is a Spanish basketball coach who is the head coach for UCAM Murcia of the Spanish Liga ACB. Coaching career Pro clubs Alonso made his coaching debut in the Liga End ...
2016–2017 * Pablo Prigioni 2017 * Joan Peñarroya 2022–present Source: baskonistas.com


Logos

Saski Baskonia Logo.gif, Non commercial logo (2010–2016) Saski Baskonia.png, Non commercial logo (2016–present) TAU Ceramica.png, Tau sponsorship logo (1987–2009) Caja Laboral Logo.png, Caja Laboral sponsorship logo (2009–2013)


Season by season


Honours


Domestic competitions

* Spanish League : Winners (4): 2001–02, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2019–20 : ''Runners-up (5)'': 1997–98, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2017–18 *
Spanish Cup The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...
: Winners (6):
1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...
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1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...
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2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...
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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
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2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...
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2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...
: ''Runners-up (3)'':
1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...
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2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...
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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
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Spanish Supercup Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
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2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...
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2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...
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2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...
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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
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2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...
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2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...
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Association Cup Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary associatio ...
: Winners (1): 1985 * 2nd Division : Winners (1): 1971–72 * Basque Cup : Winners (4): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2018–19, 2022–23


European competitions

* EuroLeague : ''Runners-up (2)'': 2000–01, 2004–05 : ''3rd place (1)'': 2005–06 : ''4th place (3)'': 2006–07, 2007–08, 2015–16 : Final Four (5):
2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...
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2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...
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2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...
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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
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2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...
* FIBA Saporta Cup : Winners (1): 1995–96 MVP Ramón Rivas : ''Runners-up (2)'': 1993–94, 1994–95


Other competitions

* Trofeo Diputación / Álava : Winners (27): 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 * Estella, Spain Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2007 * Logroño, Spain Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2007 * Ourense, Spain Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2008 * Tudela, Spain Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2008 * Torneo de Lleida Stagepro : ''3rd Place (1)'': 2009 * Switzerland Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2010 * Torneo Angers : Winners (1): 2010 * Lanzarote, Spain Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2011 * Bergara, Spain Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2015 * Torneo Fundacion CID : ''Runners-up (1)'': 2016


Individual awards

ACB Most Valuable Player * Kenny Green – 1997 *
Andrés Nocioni Andrés Marcelo Nocioni (born November 30, 1979) is an Argentine retired professional basketball player. He was a two-time All-EuroLeague selection before spending eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), from 2004 to 2012. No ...
– 2004 * Luis Scola – 2005, 2007 * Tiago Splitter – 2010 * Fernando San Emeterio – 2011 * Ioannis Bourousis – 2016 ACB Rising Star * Mirza Teletović – 2008
ACB Finals MVP The ACB Finals Most Valuable Player Award is an award for the top-tier professional basketball league in Spain, the Spanish ACB League. The ACB first named a Finals Most Valuable Player after the 1990–91 ACB season. Since then, only three player ...
* Elmer Bennett – 2002 * Pete Mickeal – 2008 * Tiago Splitter – 2010 *
Luca Vildoza Luca Vildoza (born August 11, 1995) is an Argentine professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. At tall, he can play as a point guard or a shooting guard. Professional career Quilmes (2012–201 ...
– 2020 Spanish Cup MVP * Joe Arlauckas – 1993 * Velimir Perasović – 1994 *
Pablo Laso Pablo Laso Biurrun (born October 13, 1967) is a Spanish professional basketball coach and former player. He was the head coach of Real Madrid for eleven seasons from 2011 to 2022, guiding them to two EuroLeague championships and six Liga ACB ...
– 1995 * Elmer Bennett – 1999 * Dejan Tomašević – 2002 * Pablo Prigioni – 2007 * Mirza Teletović – 2009 Supercup MVP * Luis Scola – 2005 * Tiago Splitter – 2006, 2007 * Pablo Prigioni – 2008 ACB Three Point Shootout Champion *
Juan Alberto Espil Juan Alberto Espil Vanotti (born 5 January 1968) is a retired Argentine-Italian professional basketball player, who played as a shooting guard-small forward. Professional career Espil's last pro club was Bahía Basket (successor of Estudiante ...
– 1997 * Igor Rakočević – 2007 EuroLeague Best Defender * Ádám Hanga – 2017 All-EuroLeague First Team * Dejan Tomašević – 2002 *
Arvydas Macijauskas Arvydas Macijauskas (born January 19, 1980) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player. Standing at tall, he played at the shooting guard position. He was one of the greatest Lithuanian players of the 2000s, as he won numerous individu ...
– 2005 * Luis Scola – 2006, 2007 * Tiago Splitter – 2008 * Igor Rakočević – 2009 * Fernando San Emeterio – 2011 * Ioannis Bourousis – 2016 * Tornike Shengelia – 2018
All-EuroLeague Second Team The All-EuroLeague Team is an award for Europe's premier level league, the EuroLeague, that is given to the league's top ten basketball players for each season, since the 2000–01 season. During the FIBA era of the EuroLeague, players were honor ...
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Andrés Nocioni Andrés Marcelo Nocioni (born November 30, 1979) is an Argentine retired professional basketball player. He was a two-time All-EuroLeague selection before spending eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), from 2004 to 2012. No ...
– 2003, 2004 * Luis Scola – 2005 * Pablo Prigioni – 2006, 2007 * Igor Rakočević – 2007 * Tiago Splitter – 2009, 2010 * Vincent Poirier – 2019 All-ACB First Team *
Andrés Nocioni Andrés Marcelo Nocioni (born November 30, 1979) is an Argentine retired professional basketball player. He was a two-time All-EuroLeague selection before spending eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), from 2004 to 2012. No ...
– 2004, 2013 * Luis Scola – 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 * José Calderón – 2005 * Pablo Prigioni – 2006, 2007, 2009 * Igor Rakočević – 2009 * Tiago Splitter – 2010 * Marcelo Huertas – 2011 * Fernando San Emeterio – 2011 * Mirza Teletović – 2012 * Darius Adams – 2016 * Ioannis Bourousis – 2016 * Ádám Hanga – 2017 * Tornike Shengelia – 2018 * Pierriá Henry – 2021 All-ACB Second Team * Ádám Hanga – 2016 * Shane Larkin – 2017 * Tornike Shengelia – 2019, 2020 * Vincent Poirier – 2019 * Rokas Giedraitis – 2021
ACB Most Spectacular Player The ACB Most Spectacular Player, also known as the KIA ACB Most Spectacular Player for sponsorship reasons, is the annual award that is given to the "most spectacular player" of each regular season phase of the Liga ACB The Liga ACB, known as ...
* Tornike Shengelia – 2019


Matches against NBA teams


Baskonia B

Baskonia B is the reserve team of Baskonia. It currently plays in
Liga EBA Liga Española de Baloncesto Aficionado (EBA), commonly known as Liga EBA, is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth tier level in the Spanish basketball league system, after the Liga ACB, LEB Oro, and LEB Plata. It is administered ...
, the fourth tier of Spanish basketball.


References and notes


External links

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ACB.com The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...

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