National cups roundup: February 14, 2020

San Emeterio announces his retirement

Former All-EuroLeague selection and 2019 7DAYS EuroCup champion Fernando San Emeterio announced his retirement as a basketball player on Friday at a ceremony at La Fonteta, Valencia Basket’s court that has served as his second home for the past six seasons. The 37-year-old hung up his uniform after 20 seasons as a professional player.

Teenagers Garuba, Nikolaidis stand tall

With Real Madrid and Olympiacos Piraeus facing significant injury problems heading into Thursday’s Round 25 games, the question in the air was how the teams would cope and who would make up for that production. In both cases, some of the youngest players on the team took advantage of the opportunity and came up big.

Conversation with Tim Abromaitis: Like father, like son

Not for the first time, Zenit power forward Tim Abromaitis will play against his father’s old team, Real Madrid, when the Spanish powerhouse visits St Petersburg on Friday.