The 2009 Euroleague American Tour inaugurated a yearly basketball exhibition Tour organized by the Euroleague in the United States. The aim of the Euroleague American Tour is to expose to American basketball fans a different basketball approach than the one presented by the NBA, a lot more similar to the NCAA one.
The Euroleague teams that participated in that first edition were Partizan Belgrade, Olympiacos and Maccabi Tel Aviv. On the other hand, the NBA franchises that played against them were the Denver Nuggets, the Phoenix Suns, the San Antonio Spurs, the New York Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers. The NBA rules that applied to the event combined with the fact that the opponents were all top class NBA teams led to consecutive losses for the Euroleague representants. In Partizan's case, things were even worse as they competed without future All-Euroleague point guard Bo McCalebb and power forward Lawrence Roberts.
The three EuroLeague teams lost all six games against their NBA opponents.
Participants
Continent Teams Clubs Europe 3 Olympiacos Partizan Belgrade Maccabi Tel Aviv North America 6 Denver Nuggets New York Knicks Phoenix Suns Cleveland Cavaliers San Antonio Spurs Los Angeles Clippers
Games
Stats ClubGamesRecord Denver Nuggets 1 1–0 New York Knicks 1 1–0 Cleveland Cavaliers 1 1–0 Los Angeles Clippers 1 1–0 San Antonio Spurs 1 1–0 Phoenix Suns 1 1–0 Olympiacos 2 0-2 Partizan Belgrade 2 0-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2 0-2
Topscorer: Aleks Marić (35 pts - 2 games)
See also 2010 Euroleague American Tour
External links Official 2009 Euroleague American Tour Website