In the summer of 2001, the Eurobasket of Turkey was held, where in the grand final, the Gold went to Yugoslavia, where despite the hostile environment against it, as it faced the local Turkey, the Balkan showed their best quality to win by 78-69
In the 2.001 NBA, O´Neal and their Lakers continue with their tyranny, winning their second consecutive league, this time beating Iverson’s Philadelphia Sixers 4-1. That lost game was the only one they lost in the entire playoff, a steamroller, these 2001 Lakers
In the ACB of the year 2.001, in the beginning was the league of Seikaly, nothing to do … was the league of the explosion of the best basketball player that has given Spain, was the league of Pau Gasol. In the final of the ACB, Barcelona played against Real Madrid, 3-0 for the Catalans, undefeated as in all the playoffs, nobody that year, in ACB, could stop Barcelona, nobody could stop Pau Gasol
A historic event took place in the summer of 2000. Some of Europe’s top teams dissatisfied with FIBA’s economic dealings with them decided to create an organisation called the European Basketball Leagues Union (ULEB) and create a parallel competition under its mandate. During the whole summer, both FIBA and ULEB did not reach an agreement and the grotesque situation of competing for two European Cups, the one of all life, the one of FIBA, which decided to be called Suproleague and the new one, the one of ULEB, which would be called Euroleague. The teams on each side were completing the two competitions, the schism for European basketball clubs was served
In 2001 the cup was held in Malaga, where the first explosion of Pau Gasol was experienced, who brought together all the lights leading Barcelona to beat Real Madrid in the final (80-77) and winning the MVP of the tournament. It was clear that we were in front of a differential player
In 2001 the Winners’ Cup final was played by Maroussi and Elan Chalon in the Polish city of Warsaw, where the Greeks won by a tight margin (74-72), thanks mainly to the MVP of the final, scorer Jimmy Oliver
A 30 point victory in the first leg gave Unicaja Malaga the 2001 Korac title against Hemofarm. Frederic Weis with his 13 points, 10 rebounds and 8 blocks in that first game, was decisive for the final victory of the Andalusian
