Virtus Bologna renews with Mumbrú and makes nine signings
Virtus Bologna is facing a rebuild after finishing nineteenth with 10 wins and 28 losses last season. The Italian club presents a new coach, Àlex Mumbru, and a completely reshaped roster with young players and sustainable contracts.
Valanciunas returns to Kaunas after 14 years in the NBA
Žalgiris is undergoing a deep reconstruction following the departure of Sylvain Francisco. The return of the Lithuanian center from the NBA is the star signing of a summer that brings seven new additions and retains the winning core that claimed the domestic title.
Paris bets on Hifi and Warren ahead of its third technical revolution
The Paris Basketball team faces the new Euroleague season with its third coach in twelve months. Maxime Lefèvre arrives after the tenure of Francesco Tabellini and Julius Thomas, in a project that keeps Nadir Hifi as the cornerstone and adds six signings with NBA backgrounds, led by TJ Warren.
Partizan renews with Peñarroya and makes eight signings to recover
The Partizan is facing a rebuilding campaign after finishing fifteenth last season. Joan Peñarroya has a complete preseason, a renewed squad with eight new signings, and the support of a fanbase that filled the Belgrade Arena with over 21,000 spectators in the derby against Red Star.
Lorenzo Brown has not played a Euroleague match for almost eight months since his last appearance on January 22. The American guard with a Spanish passport remains without a team while negotiating an exit from his contract with Olimpia Milano, a process that has stalled in recent weeks.
The Euroleague will start its SuperCup next week with a completely revamped set of regulations. The competition will implement the changes approved by FIBA from the first match, with special emphasis on clarifications regarding contact with the shooter, one of the most controversial plays in basketball.
The Anadolu Efes faces the 2026-27 season after finishing the previous one in second-to-last place with twelve wins and twenty-six losses. Four years separate the back-to-back championship of 2022 from this radical reconstruction, with Pablo Laso at the helm from day one and significant signings like Mike James and Dario Saric.
Besiktas returns to Euroliga after a thirteen-season absence. The Turkish club receives a one-year invitation following Monaco's withdrawal, unanimously approved by the shareholders' meeting. With nine new signings and a core of continuity, the team is preparing for a demanding debut in the toughest European competition.
Ibon Navarro leaves Spain at 50 years old to take on his first challenge outside the country at the helm of Red Star Belgrade. The coach from Vitoria rejected the opportunity to continue at Unicaja and wait for Barça to accept the 300,000 euros buyout clause that the Serbian club deposited, which has executed an ambitious market with eight signings and the arrival of Milos Teodosic as sports director.
Olimpia Milano is undergoing a profound transformation to break its playoff drought. Eight new signings, a coach in his first full season, and the goal of returning to the postseason after two seasons away shape an ambitious project in the EuroLeague.
Barça faces the new season with a radical transformation: it retains only five players from the previous squad, has signed eleven new ones, and changed both the coach and the sporting director. The focus is on athletic profiles and players eager to grow, moving away from the previous model after finishing ninth last season without postseason presence.
