And the band played on for Bourousis
Baskonia’s thrilling season ended limply and trophyless on Friday night but their fans recognised the ride, writes Emmet Ryan The season in Spain promised so much carnage. Valencia had its ridiculous unbeaten run to start the year that was ended by, of all teams, Limoges. Unicaja had moments where up until injuries came a knocking […]
BallinEurope’s 2016 NBA Mock Draft
Ahead of the 2016 NBA Draft, Sam Chadwick breaks who he sees going where including some interesting landing spots for Europe’s top youngsters For the purposes of this mock draft we go deep on the fit for the lottery rounds. Given how scattered we expect the subsequent breakdown of picks to be, we have essentially […]
Smoked beer and basketball, a Bamberg journey
Emmet Ryan hopped on a train to experience what Freak City was like when it was in the mood to become Sweep City. This is how BallinEurope experienced Bamberg on the weekend of Game 1 of the Bundesliga finals Right off the train there was no doubting what the big show in town was this […]
Fenerbahce are ready for their close-up
On the eve of the BSL Finals in Turkey, Emmet Ryan examines two clubs at different points in the road with Fenerbahce and Anadolu Efes having radically different motivations to end the season on a high Efes having home advantage in this series will have easily caught those who aren’t regular followers of the BSL […]
Colbert and Boone claim Irish MVP titles
The Irish basketball end of season awards have been announced with Lehmon Colbert of UCC Demons and Jazmen Boone of WIT Wildcats taking the top honours Fresh off claiming a second straight league title as well as the Champions Trophy with C&S UCC Demons, Lehmon Colbert has been named the MVP of the Irish men’s […]
Diamantidis goes down like a champion
The end came for Dimitris Diamantidis last night in the OAKA. Emmet Ryan writes how the way in which his career was a perfect send off for the Panathinaikos legend Going out on top is wildly over-rated. With champions, people who have consistently got the big one over the course of their career, it leaves […]
Bamberg slaughter Bayern to complete sweep
The Bavarian derby in the post-season ended in a beat-down as Brose Baskets Bamberg demolished FC Bayern to complete a 3-0 sweep and progress to the Bundesliga finals. Emmet Ryan looks back on a big-time whupping The warning signs were there in Game 2 when Bamberg looked far too comfortable coming back to take what […]
VIDEOS: Jackson and Hines react to CSKA’s Euroleague triumph
Aaron Jackson didn’t so much do an interview as cut a promo while talking to Emmet Ryan in the mixed zone after CSKA Moscow’s Euroleague title win. We got react from Jackson and Kyle Hines after the game On his third trip to the Euroleague Final Four, Aaron Jackson finally won the big one. A […]
VIDEO: Bobby Dixon talks about Fenerbahce’s spirit to fight back
He is the man who nearly guided Fenerbahce to the most extraordinary turnaround in Euroleague history. After his side’s loss to CSKA Moscow, Bobby Dixon spoke to BiE’s Emmet Ryan Despite losing the Euroleague championship game to CSKA Moscow, Bobby Dixon and Fenerbahce can return to Istanbul with their heads held high having delivered one […]
CSKA win insane Euroleague title decider over Fenerbahce in OT
It looked like it was going to be a coronation for so long but the 2016 Euroleague championship game turned into one of the craziest title games in history. Emmet Ryan reports from a wild Mercedes-Benz Arena. Out of nowhere a game that looked like a rout turned into one of the most extraordinary clashes […]
Preview: Fenerbahce vs CSKA Moscow – Euroleague title game
It all comes down to this, Fenerbahce in their first ever Euroleague final against a CSKA side looking for its seventh crown after four straight failures at the Final Four. Emmet Ryan looks ahead to the biggest game in European basketball We’re about to find out how much size matters at the top of the […]
That time MacGyver rode a coffin down the Spree
It’s the rest day at the final four and it’s going to be late, if at all, before I write anything basketball related today. Instead I’m dropping a piece of pop culture that was set not too far from the arena. In a first season episode of MacGyver, the eponymous hero was being smuggled from […]