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NBA trades and signings 2019 – what have the biggest brought to their teams?
All basketball fans will be loving the action as the season rumbles along in top gear. As the games come thick and fast leading up to the playoffs and finals later in 2019, there are bound to be more amazing games to follow. What is also interesting for all NBA fans is seeing how the […]
Euros dominate the NBA trade deadline
First there was Kristaps, then there was the greatest of all time, then a whole lot of other things happened. NBA trade season got wild and some of the better known Euro names either got moved or got big time help, or both. Emmet Ryan dives in The Kristaps Porzingis trade to the Dallas Mavericks […]
Boys do cry so get over it
The reaction to Rudy Gobert crying after finding out he didn’t make the NBA All Star game was a mix of sympathy and scorn. Emmet Ryan on the utter stupidity of those who took issue with Gobert being in tears after addressing the media for the first time following his snub Best to get the […]
Luka makes history while Europe watches
The last word most certainly belonged to Giannis Antetokounmpo but on a night when Europe’s two young superstars squared off, Luka Doncic became only the second teenager to record a triple double in NBA history and he did so at a reasonable hour for his homeland. Emmet Ryan on a special night for European hoops […]
Doncic is the first baller with the real Euro factor in All Star voting
With early returns in, Luka Doncic is polling insanely well in NBA All Star voting. Emmet Ryan on how the Slovenian sensation has succeeded off the court in a manner no player from this side of the Atlantic has before, by building a real pan-European voting bloc Every time a European baller does well in […]
Which Euro Stars Could Upset One of the Greatest Teams in NBA History?
With three NBA Championships in four seasons, losing to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers on only one occasion, the Golden State Warriors are being looked at as one of the greatest teams in NBA history. After achieving the most wins in a season, the Warriors then added Kevin Durant to their all-star cast to […]
Ronny Turiaf talks Luka Doncic, Asvel, and more
It’s not every day a NBA champion visits Dublin but that’s what happened last week when Ronny Turiaf paid a visit to the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght. Emmet Ryan caught up with the maestro from Martinique who was in town to mark the end of the first ever jrNBA programme in Ireland Ronny Turiaf’s […]
Samson, Goliath, and some fish out of water in Belfast
They came from Silicon Valley and the home of the Bills Mafia, East Texas and the city where Giannis goes to work, the reed covered lodge by the little water place to the home state of Jed Bartlett, Brooklyn and a city Springfield elementary cancelled a trip to, all on the same Odyssey yet sort […]
Bulls down Dons in Belfast Christmas cracker
The end of three days of action saw Buffalo beat the University of San Francisco to claim the Goliath championship at the 2018 Belfast Hall of Fame Classic. Emmet Ryan was at the SSE Arena as a big crowd witnessed the culmination of a thrilling tournament The 21 ranked Buffalo Bulls came to Belfast looking […]
There’s time to re-shape Bender
The news that the Phoenix Suns won’t pick up the option on Dragan Bender is far from shocking but, with him being just 20 years old, there’s still time to rebuild the game of the young Croatian according to Emmet Ryan The signs really were there the year before Dragan Bender went to the NBA. […]
British NBA fans rejoice as Sky begins to broadcast action
Good news for NBA fans in Britain, as Sky Sports have announced they have secured the rights to broadcast action from the world’s greatest basketball league in the United Kingdom. The four-year deal sees the globe’s finest hooping talent beamed to living rooms around Britain, combining with Sky’s rights to show the NFL – which […]
Sky, the NBA, and Britain’s basketball relationship
The NBA’s odd existence in the United Kingdom got a touch of stability earlier in the week due to its new deal with Sky. Emmet Ryan on how the NBA is everything always on the edge of being nothing and needs to be somewhere in-between Channel 4 realised one thing about the sports rights it […]