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Georgios Papagiannis will stay with the Portland Trail Blazers after signing a contract that takes him through the 2018-19 season, the team announced Sunday.

Papagiannis joined the Blazers on a 10-day deal on March 8.

Drafted 13th overall by the Phoenix Suns in 2016, Papagiannis was then sent to the Sacramento Kings in a trade.

Russell Westbrook drained the game-winning 3-pointer as time expired to give the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder a 110-107 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Feb. 22.

BELGRADE - The Basketball Federation of Serbia (KSS) on Tuesday handed out the 2017 Player of the Year Awards to Bogdan Bogdanovic and Jelena Milovanovic.

Hidayet Türkoğlu, a former NBA player and a current advisor to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been elected as the new president of the Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF).

The sole candidate Türkoğlu received all of the 113 valid votes cast at the regular convention held in Ankara on Oct. 26.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an appointed March 15 Hidayet Türko?lu, a former basketball star, as one of his senior advisers, a presidential office source has said.

Türko?lu, the first Turkish-born player to play in the NBA, has been recruited to give advice on sports.

Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF) President Harun Erdenay announced the appointment of national star Hidayet Türko?lu as the TBF's new CEO at a press conference in Istanbul on Nov. 16. 

SACRAMENTO - Vlade Divac, Serbian legendary basketball player and president of the Olympic Committee of Serbia, was named Sacramento Kings vice president of basketball and franchise operations, reads the club's website.

Divac will remain in office in the Olympic Committee of Serbia by the end of the next Olympic cycle, which ends after the Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.