Turkish Airlines Euroleague, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is named Turkish Airlines Euroleague. The competition is controlled by the private company Euroleague Basketball, and features clubs that come from a Europe-wide consortium of leading professional basketball leagues, called ULEB. During the season, the Euroleague is broadcast on television in 191 countries and can be seen by up to 245 million (800 million via satellite) households weekly in China. It is also televised in the United States and Canada on NBA TV and available online through ESPN3. The Euroleague Final Four is broadcast on television in 197 countries.

The league usually, but not always, includes domestic champions from the leading countries. Depending on the country, places in the Euroleague may be awarded on the basis of:

East Flatbush Project is the alias of Brooklyn producer Spencer Bellamy aka Spencer 4 Hire. He has released six singles to date, the most famous of which is Tried By 12. Each single was released on his record label, 10/30 Uproar Records. The East Flatbush Project has released an EP in July 2008 titled "First Born" that is available online. Contacted by many known and upcoming artists, Bellamy has become one of the most sought after producers in the rap world.

In 2011, DJ Premier used the "Tried By 12" instrumental as the beat for the Shady 2.0 cypher at the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards. The cypher consisted of Eminem, Shady Records artists Slaughterhouse (a hip hop collective of rappers Royce da 5'9", Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz and Crooked I) and Yelawolf all freestyling over the beat. This cypher was critically acclaimed and became one of the most discussed events to take place at the awards.

Konstantinos "Kostas" Papanikolaou (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Παπανικολάου; born August 1, 1990 in Trikala, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) tall. He plays at the small forward position.

Papanikolaou began playing basketball with the youth teams of Proteas Grevenon and Aris and he made his pro debut in the Greek League with Aris Thessaloniki during the 2008-09 season. He was named the MVP of the Greek Under 22 All Star Game in 2009. He was also named the Greek League's Best Young Player in 2009. In 2009, he moved to Olympiacos. With Olympiacos, he won the Euroleague championship in 2012.

As a member of the junior national basketball teams of Greece, Papanikolaou won the silver medal at the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and the gold medal at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He also won the silver medal at the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. Papanikolaou also won the gold medal at the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, where he was also named to the All-Tournament Team and won the MVP award.