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Schroeder fights back to bring Germany past France
Dennis Schroeder couldn’t have started any colder but once he got hot, Germany rowed in right behind him. Emmet Ryan on how the guard found his moment and got a big helping hand from Daniel Theis to beat France and advance to the quarter finals of EuroBasket 2017 The build up to this was pretty […]
VIDEOS: Mirotic, Diaw, Fernandez, Gobert, react to Spain’s win over France
Watch reaction from Nikola Mirotic, Rudy Fernandez, Rudy Gobert, and Boris Diaw to the overtime thriller at EuroBasket 2015 as Spain topped France.
Boris Diaw wins pre-season
“No worries pop only one glass of wine and daily workouts.” via Facebook. In the last 12 months or so Boris Diaw has won EuroBasket, the NBA championship, and bronze at the FIBA Basketball World Cup. Safe to say the San Antonio Spurs and France big man has earned this glass of red.
Boris Diaw is a sorceror
France captain Boris Diaw did this last night as the Spurs took Game 4. Kneel before Boris.
EURO-NBA: Les Spurs roll, Pek scores 25 but T-Wolves fall
It was a busy Veteran’s Day for the NBA’s European contingent. Tony Parker and Marco Belinelli had big days for San Antonio, Nikola Pekovic had a bigger one for Minnesota but came out on the losing end at the Clippers. The Spurs put in another insanely balanced performance, spreading minutes and stats across their roster, […]
EURO-NBA: Parker strikes gold, Jonas dunks on LeBron, Schroeder’s 7 dimes
Jonas Valanciunas scored 18 points in a losing effort for the Raptors last night but none of his buckets stood out quite like the one above as the big Lithuanian posterised the best player in the game. Valanciunas added 9 boards for his trouble but it wasn’t enough as LeBron James scored 35 points, grabbed […]
EURO-NBA: Parker strikes gold, Jonas dunks on LeBron, Schroeder's 7 dimes
Jonas Valanciunas scored 18 points in a losing effort for the Raptors last night but none of his buckets stood out quite like the one above as the big Lithuanian posterised the best player in the game. Valanciunas added 9 boards for his trouble but it wasn’t enough as LeBron James scored 35 points, grabbed […]
France beat Lithuania 80-66 to finally lift their first EuroBasket title
After being carried into the final by Tony Parker on Friday night, the rest of the French team stood tall as a second quarter run sparked their charge to the title. Were it not for the golden generation of Spanish talent, this likely wouldn’t be Tony Parker’s first EuroBasket title. Were it not for Boris […]
EuroBasket: It all comes down to this
After 11 games and ups and downs, France and Lithuania enter Sunday’s EuroBasket 2013 final with a clean slate. The only thing that matters is who is in front when the final buzzer sounds. Key man: Tony Parker He is the tournament’s top scorer and unquestionably its biggest star. Whatever else happens in Ljubjana today, […]
Eurobasket 2013: Which NBA players are in, which are out?
Because it’s never too early to start looking ahead to Eurobasket 2013 – wait a minute, there’s only 11 weeks left until tipoff? Definitely not too early, then, to take a look at the formative rosters for the big Continental tournament. While only a few national teams (Croatia and Lithuania among them) have released preliminary […]
The BallinEurope Eurocentric NBA preview: 25 storylines to watch
BallinEurope’s said it before and fully expects to say it again: Better late than never. Stuff like podcast recording, the day job and, you know, life, has delayed the release of this season’s “Eurocentric preview.” BiE figures he’s morally convinced, since 80% of the NBA hasn’t tipped off as of this writing. We’re doing something […]
Taking stock of European players in the NBA, 2012-13
BallinEurope will be celebrating NBA Opening Day with lots of stuff centered on the big league; firstly, BiE takes stock of Continental ballers in the ‘States. Taking a look at this year’s roundup, we note that 53 Europeans have been named to NBA clubs’ 15-man roster, just beating the pace of the 52 listed in […]