Basketball Bundesliga 26
Reggie Redding, from some guy to THE guy
With his season ending in defeat on Thursday night, Emmet Ryan looks at Reggie Redding’s unusual journey towards becoming one of the most sought after free agents in Europe. Reggie Redding was many things at Villanova. Glue guy. Under-rated local prospect. Dude who made mistakes. One thing he definitely wasn’t was the man. On Thursday […]
Reggie Redding erupts as Alba go 2-1 up on Bayern
It was an offensive feast in Berlin as Alba Berlin took the 101-88 win in Game 3 to put Bayern Munich on the brink of elimination in the Bundesliga semi-finals. This game was an insult to defence. Alba may not be the most D-focused team at Euroleague level but in the Bundesliga, you expect them […]
Business just about as usual in the Bundesliga playoffs
Pic via David Hein of heinnews. Ahead of flying to Madrid for the Euroleague Final Four, BiE’s Emmet Ryan spent his weekend in front of a huge PC screen watching the Bundesliga playoffs. There is something delightfully German in its aping of American culture around the Bundesliga playoffs. While it may not be Europe’s best […]
Keith Ramsey says stop. Hammertime
Phoenix Hagen’s Keith Ramsey posterised Trevor Mbakwe of Brose Baskets Bamberg with this big play in Bundesliga action. Bamberg pulled off the win 57-70 on the road to remain top of the table at 21-3. Hagen are back in 14th spot on 9-16.
Niels Giffey brings his March Madness form to the Bundesliga
Last season Niels Giffey was a lethal weapon from deep in the NCAA Tournament as UConn rode the German’s three-pointers to a national championship. Giffey had that March Madness magic pumping through his veins late on for Alba Berlin on the road to Gottingen as he went big from deep repeatedly to pull out a […]
Watch this wild circus shot from Je’kel Foster
Je’kel Foster made 7 shots from the field for medi Bayreuth against CrailsheiM Merlins at the weekend but only one merited our attention. Check out this wild play by Foster. Despite Foster’s 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists, Bayreuth fell 88-84 to drop to 9-15 in the Bundesliga. Crailsheim remain bottom of the table […]
Lawrence Hill says not in my house
Lawrence Hill of Artland Dragons went the extra mile for this block against Tübingen on Saturday. Hill and the Quackenbrück club took the road win 86-90.
So what now for Bayern?
Bayern Munich crashed out of the German Cup at the hands of Alba Berlin on Wednesday night. The reigning German champions aren’t the team that took the title last year but Emmet Ryan says they have come a long way since a disastrous regular season in Euroleague. When last we looked at Bayern in depth, […]
Renfroe and Obradovic exchange shoves during a time-out
Things got heated on the sideline during Alba Berlin’s stunning home loss to Oldenburg. Just three days after stunning Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv in Euroleague play, the Bundesliga side fell to their second straight defeat in domestic action. The big story however wasn’t just the L, which means Alba lose outright control of top spot […]
What’s the deal with Alba Berlin?
Is there a more mystifying team in European basketball this season than Alba Berlin? Emmet Ryan writes about how last night’s upset of Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv is in line with the crazy season for the club from Germany’s capital city. If it was just a case of who Alba Berlin beat, they would be […]
The BBL experience – Rowdy in Frankfurt
BiE’s editor headed to Frankfurt to catch a supposedly nothing game between Fraport Skyliners and medi Bayreuth on Sunday. It was 11th vs 15th, the atmosphere was like a playoff spot was at stake. The stakes could hardly have been lower. Fraport Skyliners were all but eliminated from the playoffs and medi Bayreuth only faced […]
Diagramming an impressive debut for Mike Stockton, son of that Stockton
We’re not quite at the stage where if Simon Jatsch of In-the-game.org draws it up we’ll share it but we’re not far off. This chart from Ludwigsburg’s first two games of Germany’s Bundesliga season shows just how impressive a debut Michael Stockton, son of hall-of-famer John Stockton, made for his new team. Stockton scored 20 […]