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Okur: I will play FIBA Worlds, want to be 100%
Seeking to produce a sequel to the country’s Eurobasket title of 2001 in the 2010 FIBA World Championship, Turkish basketball federation officials believe they have gotten one step closer with a verbal commitment from an eager Mehmet Okur. Media outlets in Turkey and Utah are today reporting that Turkish Basketball Federation official Aaron Erdenay and […]
Quickies: Suton closer to Jazz, Arroyo maybe with Bulls
The Utah Jazz took one step forward in adding Goran Suton, former Team Bosnia & Herzegovina/Michigan State University member, to the squad on Friday; the Jazz closed out their week announcing the front office had “completed the required tender to retain [Suton’s] rights.” Suton parlayed a second-team All-Big Ten season of 10.1 points and 8.2 […]
Final tips from the Euroleague fantasy boss!
Hello NIKEiD Fantasy Challenge players all over Europe! Once again, this is Javier Gancedo, as always from Euroleague Basketball headquarters. Well, the 2008-09 NIKEiD Fantasy Challenge comes to an end this week. It has been a fantastic season for the game, I think. I guess I’ll have to do a recap next week: In fact, […]
Tips from the Euroleague boss
Hello everybody at BallinEurope, this is once again Javier Gancedo, all the way from Euroleague headquarters in Barcelona. This has been arguably the best Top 16 since I joined the company in 2003. I have great memories of my first Top 16 as an insider (Sharp’s three-pointer against Zalgiris, Basile’s triple against Efes followed by […]
Weekend Joints – Part I
The best moment of the week With less than a minute to go and Maccabi up by a double-digit margin over the multi-million team of Olympiacos, Nokia Arena became the place to be. 11,000 Maccabi fans started to sing from the bottom of their lungs to one of the players on the floor, but it […]
Yarone's Weekend Joints – Part I
Stretch your legs, inhale, exhale, surround yourself with your fave munchies (Tobias, this is where the “pizza delivery” banner should appear!) and get ready for another edition of Euroleague Joints. So here we stand – Group A With three more weeks to play in the regular season, it’s time to take a glimpse at the standings. Group […]
All of the editor’s Devotion to…
The masses (well, a few of you anyway) have weighed in and i’ve tossed around a few considerations as to my favorite Euroleague team since opened for discussion here at BallinEurope.com and over at Facebook last week. As you no doubt have noticed, it’s Partizan. The arguments pro and con were weighed, but most impressive […]
Shawn Kemp, Jason Kidd, Earl Boykins and Europe
Being at a basketball camp 24/7 right now does not help in staying on top of things: Today there are 129 new emails in my inbox and a lot of new developments going on. I guess I’m lucky to be at the 76ers camp, where the director has great connections and informs me about current […]
Live from the Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Kris Santiago, a FIBA.com blogger, is in Athens right now, following every game of the pre-Olympic tournament. Here are his notes from today: Slovenia is getting better from game to game and could be facing Puerto Rico or Croatia (but I would go with Puerto Rico, as they are looking quite good on the perimeter) […]
Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008: Day 2
Day one is in the books and the first two games weren’t that surprising at all, right? New Zealand, most famous for its pre-game dance, won their game against Cape Verde by 27 points. Why does this matter? Because on day 2, Cape Verde will play Germany. Why does Germany matter? You’re right, just because […]