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LIVE: Sacramento State at Arizona State
It’s full court Friday and we have 9 free NCAA games featuring Pac-12 teams streaming live here with our partners Eversport. First up it’s Sacramento State against the Sun Devils of Arizona State. The game tips at 01.30 CET/00.30 Irish time/ 19.30 EST Press play to watch live Please enable Javascript to watch this video […]
The Ballin After – Finally Mario
The Ballin After is back with a slightly shorter than usual edition this week because wow it’s been a horrible week for me in my day job. This week’s show looks at the NBA getting ready for the arrival of Mario Hezonja, the FIBA Europe Cup adventure for Hibernia Basketball. and the HOT TAKE is […]
European Impact on Picks and Predictions for 2015-16 NBA Season
2015-16 will be a huge season for European players in the National Basketball Association. Across the map there are new players ready to make an impact and primed stars awaiting their chance in the spot light. For some, it’s a ways off. However, for a few there’s a real opportunity this year to help take […]
Mario Hezonja was sent here to wreck you
The NBA Summer League got a brutal introduction to Mario Hezonja yesterday, even though he had already made one huge game-ending play in his previous outing Playing for the Orlando Magic’s blue team in the NBA Summer League, Croatian sensation Mario Hezonja hasn’t wasted time making an impression. We all knew about his confidence from […]
The other Euros you need to know in the 2015 NBA Draft
By now, you’ve read an awful lot about Kristaps Porzingis and Mario Hezonja so we’ve put together the essentials you need to know about the bunch of other Euros who will hear their names called on Thursday night Going all-in on Porzingis and Hezonja isn’t a bad thing. These are two high profile yet wildly […]
Llull’s versatility makes him appealing to the Rockets
Real Madrid could complete the treble with a win in Barcelona on Wednesday night but it could be the last time Sergio Llull suits up for Los Blancos if the Rockets get their way. Emmet Ryan on why Houston are keen on the Spanish guard Sergio Llull really picked the right weekend to go absolutely […]
Finally Mario Hezonja is ready for the jump
On the eve of the ACB finals and just a week before the 2015 NBA Draft, BallinEurope takes a deep look at the Croatian sensation Mario Hezonja Mario Hezonja has been on the NBA radar a long time. The FC Barcelona swingman has been talked up since he was 14 as a serious prospect. Now, […]
The view on Vezenkov’s NBA draft withdrawal from Bulgaria
Aris BC forward Aleksandar Vezenkov withdrew from the 2015 NBA draft despite getting graded around the late first round on some boards. BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan spoke with Bulgarian journalist Maria Mitsova to get the take from his homeland Aleksandar Vezenkov has been the highest profile name to withdraw from the NBA draft this year. Vezenkov, […]
Barcelona re-sign Ante Tomic through to 2018
Big news this morning for fans of Euroleague and the Utah Jazz as Ante Tomic has committed to FC Barcelona long-term in a new three-year deal Ante Tomic has inked a new deal with FC Barcelona that will see him stay at Palau Blaugrana through to the end of the 2017/18 season, at which point […]
Getting to grips with the hype around Kristaps Porzingis
One workout video against exactly no-one has sent Kristaps Porzingis rocketing up draft boards but context is critical according to Emmet Ryan For most of the past year Latvia’s Kristaps Porzingis has been the top European on NBA Draft boards. Last month however he finally slipped below the far more hyped Mario Hezonja. In terms […]
Ognjen Kuzmic and the ring of unexpected destiny
A European player will win the NBA Championship this year but if it’s the Warriors who lift Larry O’Brien it will come in odd circumstances In a shock to roughly no-one, this site’s focus through the NBA Finals has been on Timofey Mozgov and David Blatt. Mozgov is Russian, Blatt’s history in Europe is well-documented. […]
Mozgov shines but Warriors tie NBA Finals 2-2
It was ostenibly a good night for Timofey Mozgov but Emmet Ryan says the Russian’s success was in many ways a by-product of what the Golden State Warriors did to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 103-82 Timofey Mozgov went big time on Thursday night. The Russian giant had 28 points on 9 of 16 shooting. He […]