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Sixty-eight Fearless Predictions™ for 2010-11 Euroleague season
With the EL tipoff game tonight, BallinEurope is feeling devotion … not to mention a rush of Fearless Predictions™ coming on. How crazy can BiE get? You be the judge; here are 68 prognostications on all things Euroleague which you may [laugh uproariously about] ponder. Enjoy the season, everyone! (And sign up for the BallinEurope […]
Robin Benzing: “Nein” to 2010 NBA draft
Add another name to the ever-burgeoning list of quality European players who will *not* be considered for selection in the 2010 NBA Draft: Team Germany/Ratiopharm Ulm forward Robin Benzing. David Hein of Germany-based heinnews is reporting that the 21-year-old Bundesliga sensation pulled himself from contention in 2010 because Benzing “would most likely have been drafted […]
Tibor Pleiss: “One year of Euroleague, then the NBA Draft”
Another European player has announced his intention to enter the NBA Draft … the 2011 NBA Draft, that is. Team Germany/Brose Baskets Bamberg big man Tibor Pleiss, the 2009-10 Bundesliga Rookie of the Year, recently informed German press that he’d like to play one more year in Europe before seeking to fulfill his dream in […]
Donatas Motiejunas pulls out of 2010 NBA Draft; BallinEurope waits for 2011
So much for that potential lottery pick: Lithuanian big man Donatas Motiejunas, perhaps after having seen his stock drop off a bit in the past couple of months, has announced he’ll pull his name from 2010 NBA Draft contention. Motiejunas’ agent Herb Rudoy explained to ESPN thusly: “Donatas really felt like he needed another year […]
Dreaming of a Euro-centric 2011 NBA Draft
Here at Ball in Europe we (sometimes) like to do things a little early, and I mainly have one thing on my mind about this year’s NBA draft: Namely, next year’s NBA draft. Since watching the Euroleague third-place game between Partizan Belgrade and CSKA Moscow, I can’t help but think that, because of his decision […]
Jeremy Tyler watch: Wait 'til next year!
It’s official: 18-year-old American phenom Jeremy Tyler has washed out with Israeli club Maccabi Haifa but will stay in Europe next season to further his career and heighten his currently well-low standing on 2011 NBA Draft boards. Tyler, as you may recall (funny how the early hype machine mysteriously went really silent for a long […]
Coming next season to Europe: 2011 NBA No. 1 Draft Pick
Well, the expected has already taken hold: Just like Brandon Jennings this past off-season, an American has decided to forgo college to play professionally in Europe. Only this time, unlike Jennings who graduated high school only to decline a scholarship at Arizona, Jeremy Tyler is leaving high school early to head to the Continent.