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Euroleague Qualifying Round brackets determined
Following up the group draw for the first 22 teams confirmed for 2010-11 Euroleague play was … another draw! These time, the pingpong balls (actually they look more like something out of Dragonball Z; poor Diego, the dude who has to manipulate these things at high speed during the draw) determined the entire bracket draw […]
Euroleague 2010-11 groups set
Lebron who? Over here on The Continent, the biggest basketball news today is all about the pingpong balls which determined the groups for the 2010-11 Euroleague season. The 22 teams that have qualified for Euroleague play have been divvied up into the four groups who will duke it out in the regular season. Without further […]
Montepaschi Siena signs Milovan Rakovic, two others for frontcourt
The 2010-11 edition of Montepaschi Siena basketball looks to be the proverbial scintillating blend of old and new, as the club today announced the signing of three players – not to mention the apparent cementing of its frontcourt for the season. Announced as all aboard MPS for the near future today were Milovan Rakovic from […]
Euroleague announces seedings for 2010-11 draw
In advance of the draws on Thursday, Euroleague basketball have announced the seeds of the 22 Euroleague teams that will be divvied into four divisions in the 2010-11 season, as well as the 16 teams competing for the remaining two EL spots in the Euroleague Qualifying Rounds. This seedings do not of course determine the […]
Rumor mill: Sasha Kaun closer to Cleveland Cavaliers?
Even if their club doesn’t manage to re-sign Lebron James (cf. recent second meeting between the King’s men and New York Knicks officials), fans can take solace in the fact that their Cleveland Cavaliers may soon be showing off “one of the best centers in Europe.” Okay, so BiE wouldn’t go that far. But after […]
LMT Riga out, Banvit in Euroleague qualifying round
Here’s a quickie: LMT Riga, which won the Latvian Basketball Championship and thus earned the right to participate in the 2010-11 Euroleague Qualifying Rounds, has renounced its entry into the competition. The space is to be filled by the next-best team according to the Euroleague ranking system, in this case Banvit Basketbol Kulubu. Banvit finished […]
Trajan Langdon on assimilating into Russian culture
What’s it like being a basketball star in Russia? Here’s a piece that recently ran on English-language program Russia Today, a day in the life kinda thing on longtime CSKA Moscow player Trajan “The Alaskan Assassin” Landon. Langdon has truly settled down to live the expat family experience in Russia, even adopting a Muscovite family […]
It's official: Sergio Rodriguez to Real Madrid
Team Spain’s Sergio Rodriguez is coming home to play professional ball through 2013, as Real Madrid this afternoon announced the New York Knicks free agent had signed a contract with the ACB team. Just about a month ago, word had leaked that Rodriguez had in fact agreed in principle to … a three-year deal with […]
Euroleague American Tour dates announced; Russian, Spanish champs to visit U.S. in October
CSKA Moscow and Caja Laboral Baskonia have been chosen to represent The Continent on the annual Euroleague American Tour. The slate of games will feature four NBA teams. On October 14, the Baskonians will be facing off against the Memphis Grizzlies, that team with the Spanish connections historically, while CSKA Moscow takes on those dynamic […]
Blaugrana maneuvers: Lubos Barton out, Pete Mickael in contract dispute
What seemed inevitable is nearly official, as FC Barcelona gets set to release Lubos Barton. Between the signing of Kosta Perovic earlier in the week and Barton’s troubling Achilles tendon injury suffered late in 2008-09 combined to make Barton redundant for the Blaugrana. Even with the departure of Barton, Barcelona is currently carrying 13 players […]
Vrankovic names preliminary Team Croatia roster; includes 11 Euroleaguers, just six from Eurobasket
How do you say, “Let’s clean house!” in Croatian? Because that’s the phrase Team Croatia coach Josip Vrankovic was certainly employing when he assembled his 17-man preliminary FIBA World Championship. After the disappointing finish by the Croats in the 2009 Eurobasket competition, then-head coach Jasmin Repesa hastily resigned and thereafter replaced by Vrankovic; now Vrankovic […]
The new transfers table is here! The new transfers table is here!
Your patience has been rewarded, BallinEurope Euroleague fans, and after a weekend of beers and World Cup football hard work trawling online, the 2010/11 BiE Euroleague Transfers Table is complete. You may find it by clicking here or by selecting the tab on the homepage. Any corrections or even rumor reportage are happily accepted and […]