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Exit Report — FC Bayern München Basketball

Exit Report — FC Bayern München Basketball

Place: 13 | EuroLeague Season The Roster Bayern entered 2025-26 as a club with genuine ambitions after a promising Play-In campaign the previous season. The summer brought significant departures: Carsen Edwards — EuroLeague scoring leader in 2024-25 — left for Virtus Bologna. Nenad Dimitrijević moved on. In their place came Spencer Dinwiddie (11

Exit Report — Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv

Exit Report — Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv

Place: 12 | EuroLeague Season The Roster Maccabi played the entire season without a home arena in Tel Aviv due to the ongoing security situation, hosting all games at the Aleksandar Nikolić Hall in Belgrade. Every single one. That context is not a footnote — it is the structural condition under which

Exit Report — Dubai Basketball

Exit Report — Dubai Basketball

Place: 11 | EuroLeague Debut Season The Roster Dubai Basketball entered the EuroLeague as the competition's most historically unprecedented participant: the first non-European, non-Israeli club to play at the top level of continental basketball. Founded in 2023. EuroLeague debut in 2025-26. Budget of €16 million — mid-table by EuroLeague standards,

The Season's Biggest Surprises.

The Season's Biggest Surprises.

Five players nobody circled on a preseason ballot. By April, all five were impossible to ignore. This is my ballot — and the reasoning behind each.

EuroLeague Coach of the Year

EuroLeague Coach of the Year

Valencia led the EuroLeague in scoring, won at Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, and Crvena Zvezda in the same November run, and finished second with no superstar. Pedro Martínez did that in his first full EuroLeague season. His colleagues voted accordingly.

Defense Wins. Moneke Wins.

Defense Wins. Moneke Wins.

My EuroLeague Defensive Player of the Year ballot — Moneke, Diallo, Walkup. Three defenders, three different ways to make life miserable. One winner.

The Season's Biggest Disappointments. The Teams That Should Have Been Better.

Nineteenth place for a two-time champion. A coaching change that came too late. Three European giants in the Play-In when they should have been seeded.