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How much will the CSKA Moscow budget be? (Plus, official statement from club)
For a brief while, the collective imagination of Twitter’s European basketball region was captured by rumors of the CSKA Moscow budget for 2012-13. Naturally, it’s no news when the Big Red Machine spends large sums wheeling and dealing in the off-season, but the rumored figures this year are pretty damn mind-boggling. CSKA has already been […]
Highlights: Gescrap Bilbao Basket annihilates Real Madrid, 93-69
The sickest thing about Gescrap Bilbao Basket’s 93-69 crushing of Liga Endesa rivals Real Madrid in Euroleague play last night? Well, there were a lot of sick things about it, actually. Like the 34-14 score in favor of the home side after one quarter. Like how Bilbao started on a 13-of-14 shooting spree. Like how […]
Shocker in Spain: Real Madrid falls to Bizkaia Bilbao, 80-72
Congratulations this morning go out from BallinEurope to perhaps the underdog of the year, as Bizkaia Bilbao Basket has advanced to the ACB final by defeating Real Madrid in game four of their semifinal matchup, 80-72. The club which had never won a playoff game going into 2010-11 dispatched the Euroleague Final Four squad and […]