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The Frank Euroleague roundup, week nine
With just one more week to go in first-round play, Francesco Cappelletti touches on some issues regarding those teams positioning themselves for the Euroleague Top 16. Also examined frankly: Ergin Ataman’s tenuous position in Turkey, Zoran Planinic and Nikos Zisis embracing their positions on potential Final Four clubs; and bucking for position on Real Madrid. […]
Euroleague team preview: Regal FC Barcelona
Over the next few days, BallinEurope.com will be running brief previews on Euroleague teams in advance of Opening Day (well, Opening Day for 92% of the league, anyway). Today, Jaime Martínez Lafargue, editor of the (mostly) Spanish-language website Solobasket.com, takes a look at the monsters from Barcelona. The Regal FC Barcelona roster is simply amazing. […]
Interview: Ten minutes with Montepaschi Siena mastermind Ferdinando Minucci
Coming up on his 20th anniversary with Montepaschi Siena, general manager Ferdinando Minucci shows no signs of letting up – either in terms of hard work on his winning ways. Minucci’s rise through the ranks in the 1990s coincided with Montepaschi’s increase in prestige in Serie A. Achieving the lofty title of General Director and […]
Euroleague Final Four Preview: Regal FC Barcelona
After we did the Euroleague preview by asking experts from the different countries representing the various Euroleague teams to give their opinion, we did the same exercise again to see what these experts think about the upcoming Euroleague Final Four. Jaime Martinez Lafargue has sent us his preview on Regal FC Barcelona from Spain. Jaime […]
Why Americans should watch Euroleague Final Four
Many observers and participants are already calling the 2009 Final Four in Berlin in early May the best ever. While that remains to be seen, one thing that is certain is that the affair in the German capital is anything but just another European party. And American basketball fans will have plenty of reasons to […]
Last-second choices for the NIKEiD Fantasy Challenge
My transfers were already set Tuesday afternoon but when I came home on the evening, I read that Juan Carlos Navarro will probably miss the next game. So I had to change those nice picks I’d already made. OUT: Nikola Pekovic (Panathinaikos), Mirsad Turkcan (Fenerbahce) and Giorgios Printezis (Olympiacos). IN: Lior Eliyahu (Maccabi), David Andersen […]
Euroleague: Regal FC Barcelona, Spain
Jaime Martínez Lafargue from the Spanish website Solobasket explains us today why FC Barcelona should be followed this season. Solobasket is one of the most popular websites about Basketball in Spain and offers now also content in English. Overall record prediction: 7-3 FC Barcelona comes from a troubled season with a coach replacement and poor […]
And you thought the Navarro deal was big…
How about David Andersen joining Juan Carlos Navarro on FC Barcelona, while CSKA signs Terrence Morris? No, this isn’t the daily rumors section: It’s official, as you can see here and here. Where does this leave Barcelona and CSKA Moscow? Right: As number one contenders for next year’s Euroleague Final Four. I am already excited […]
Duke graduate Trajan Langdon stays in Moscow
As the official CSKA Basketball web site tells us, CSKA guard Trajan Langdon has signed a new ‘2+1’ contract with CSKA, meaning that Langdon will stay in the club until at least the 2009/10 season. I guess I’ll get another chance to show Trajan my “DUKE SUCKS” shirt … Besides Langdon, Matjaz Smodis also signed […]