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Euroleague 2016-17 preview: CSKA Moscow
We are into the final four of our 16 previews of all 16 Euroleague teams in 16 days and today it’s the turn of the reigning champions, CSKA Moscow As the intro suggests, we’re doing a preview for each of the 16 teams in Euroleague in the 16 days leading up to the start of […]
League preview – VTB League – Another gong for Milos
The second of BallinEurope’s league previews looks at the VTB United League and doesn’t even bother to ask if anyone can challenge CSKA Moscow this season Last year’s VTB League looked really promising in terms of competitive depth. Khimki had made some big name signings and had a couple of results early on, both in […]
Sasha Kaun retires an underappreciated champion
Sasha Kaun finally won the big one this season before riding off into the sunset. With his retirement comes the end of a career of a man whose value was rarely sufficiently recognised by those who really mattered, writes Emmet Ryan There’s a fair debate as to whether we should call this Sasha Kaun’s first […]
The 61 must-watch games on every night of the 2016/17 Euroleague season
The games for the first season of the new 16 team 30 game Euroleague format have been announced. With 61 game nights in total, BiE’s Emmet Ryan has picked the game to watch on every night of the campaign We knew it was going to be big but wow that is a crowded calendar. While […]
VIDEOS: Jackson and Hines react to CSKA’s Euroleague triumph
Aaron Jackson didn’t so much do an interview as cut a promo while talking to Emmet Ryan in the mixed zone after CSKA Moscow’s Euroleague title win. We got react from Jackson and Kyle Hines after the game On his third trip to the Euroleague Final Four, Aaron Jackson finally won the big one. A […]
VIDEO: Bobby Dixon talks about Fenerbahce’s spirit to fight back
He is the man who nearly guided Fenerbahce to the most extraordinary turnaround in Euroleague history. After his side’s loss to CSKA Moscow, Bobby Dixon spoke to BiE’s Emmet Ryan Despite losing the Euroleague championship game to CSKA Moscow, Bobby Dixon and Fenerbahce can return to Istanbul with their heads held high having delivered one […]
CSKA win insane Euroleague title decider over Fenerbahce in OT
It looked like it was going to be a coronation for so long but the 2016 Euroleague championship game turned into one of the craziest title games in history. Emmet Ryan reports from a wild Mercedes-Benz Arena. Out of nowhere a game that looked like a rout turned into one of the most extraordinary clashes […]
Preview: Fenerbahce vs CSKA Moscow – Euroleague title game
It all comes down to this, Fenerbahce in their first ever Euroleague final against a CSKA side looking for its seventh crown after four straight failures at the Final Four. Emmet Ryan looks ahead to the biggest game in European basketball We’re about to find out how much size matters at the top of the […]
VIDEOS: Jackson, Hines, and de Colo on CSKA’s win
BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan caught up with CSKA Moscow’s Euroleague MVP Nando de Colo, defensive player of the year Kyle Hines, and an understandably relieved Aaron Jackson after their Final Four win over Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar Aaron Jackson is in his fourth Euroleague Final Four but he earned his first chance to play for the title […]
VIDEOS: Broekhoff and Delaney on Loko’s loss to CSKA
BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan caught up with Malcolm Delaney and Ryan Broekhoff of Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar as their dream of lifting the Euroleague trophy ended at the hands of CSKA Moscow Ryan Broekhoff spoke to BallinEurope about an emotional defeat for Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar at the hands of CSKA Moscow in the Euroleague Final Four Lokomotiv […]
Nando De Colo fires CSKA into Euroleague Final
It was far from a free flowing game but with Lokomotiv Kuban recording their worst defensive half of the season and Nando De Colo scoring 30 points, CSKA did enough writes Emmet Ryan CSKA opted not to start Milos Teodosic letting Nando de Colo and Cory Higgins carry the load early. It gave the Moscow […]
Euroleague Final Four preview
The drinking and thinkpieces are why you come here but it would just be weird if we didn’t have a straight up preview of the Final Four. Here’s how Emmet Ryan sees it going down Nobody comes to Berlin without flaws but the team with the few holes looks pretty obvious. Fenerbahce don’t have a […]