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Nowitzki won’t play in 2010 FIBA Worlds, will play in 2011 Eurobasket
Cross yet another internationally-known name off the list for participation in the 2010 FIBA World Championship: Dirk Nowitzki today announced in a good news/bad news kind of way that he would not be playing for Team Germany in this summer’s tournament but that he will be suiting up for next year’s 2011 Eurobasket competition. Nowitzki […]
Summer vacation? Gallinari out for Italy, Batum in for France
Another big name gets crossed off the list of stars to be playing international basketball this summer, as Danilo Gallinari stated yesterday he wouldn’t be suiting up for Team Italy in 2011 Eurobasket qualifiers after all. Despite some high-profile meetings during this season with Dino Meneghin and other luminaries of the Italian national team, Gallinari […]
Lithuania victory at Eurobasket 2011 > 20th-century Russian geopolitics
If there were any doubt anywhere in the world as to the level of insanity that is basketball obsession fandom, a crack by Lithuanian prime minister Andrius Kubilius on Russia-based RT.com should dispel any underestimation of the power of roundball in the Baltic country. Amidst what was ostensibly an interview about Lithuania’s “stance on Europe […]
Quotebook, results from FIBA EuroBasket 2011 qualifying draw
The draw for FIBA EuroBasket 2011 Qualifying Round games in the men’s and women’s competitions is over, and the reactions are pouring in. The men’s half will consist of three groups of five teams each. Group A has Finland, Israel, Italy, Latvia and Montenegro; Group B is Bosnia & Herzegovina, Great Britain, Hungary, FYR Macedonia […]
Who's ready for EuroBasket 2011?
While the teams for the Eurobasket 2009 final had yet to be determined on Saturday, the first official step on the road to Eurobasket 2011 was taken with the introduction of the logo (though BallinEurope still much prefers the green-and-gold losing bid) and venues for the next biennial tournament. Members of the press were given […]
High marks for Lithuania in leadup to EuroBasket 2011
Though Team Lithuania suffered an unexpected and defeat at home in the final game of the FIBA U16 European Championship Men on Sunday, the country at least received some good news from off the court. FIBA Europe President George Vassilakopoulos held a press conference prior to the game along with secretary-general of the Lithuanian state […]