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2010 NBA Draft Analysis: Four Europeans walk into a league…
Right, so in the 2010 NBA Draft there were four Europeans: a Frenchman, a German, a Brit and a Serbian. I could easily make up a joke about how they all walk into a bar … but I won’t. [Aw. –Ed.] Instead, I’ll give you some stats on each of these players: Okay, the Frenchman: […]
Rumor mills cranking: Childress to Washington? Siskauskas to Madrid? Childress to Atlanta?
Oh boy, it’s the first big Eurocentric rumor of the 2010-11 season! According to TalkBasket.net and a few other sources, Olympiacos has informed Josh Childress that the club would like him not be to re-up with the Reds in his option year. One wonders if this information was passed on before or after Tuesday’s announcement […]
Team Greece's FIBA World Championship preliminary roster announced: No Papaloukas, still scary
The preliminary Team Greece roster of 17 players has been announced and, despite the notable exclusion of Theo Papaloukas, the 2006 FIBA World Championship silver medalists are bringing quite the squad to the 2010 edition of the competition. EΣAKE’s two most celebrated franchises are naturally well-represented, with six Panathinaikos players and five from Olympiacos making […]
Asseco Prokom’s Seczkowski named Euroleague Exec of 2009-10
Congratulations from BallinEurope to Asseco Prokom Gdynia and its CEO Przemyslaw Seczkowski, who deservedly took the 2010 Euroleague Club Executive of the Year after what the EL is justifiably calling “The most successful season ever by a Polish team in European basketball history.” Official Euroleague press release follows the break.
How much playing in Europe helped Brandon Jennings: The final word
Throughout Brandon Jennings’ outstanding debut season in the NBA, the first reaction among American audiences was one of high surprise enough to raise the question “Why was this guy drafted so low?” After letting the B.J. effect sink in and watching the Milwaukee Bucks inexorable rise to contending playoff team, the question – especially as […]
Russian Revolution: Ten teams announce break with Superleague to form new basketball association
In response to a “last straw,” i.e. the Russian Basketball Federation reformatting its season-ending tournament, 10 clubs in the country have announced their withdrawal from the competition and plans to make up a new Russian league. The list includes essentially all the top names in Russian professional basketball and clubs who play Euroleague, EuroCup and […]
From A.I. to Zalgiris: The top stories in 2009-10 European basketball
As BallinEurope closes the book on the 2009-10 basketball season, it’s time to take stock of the year that was with the clarity of history. Without further ado, let’s retrospect on the top 10 Eurocentric basketball stories of the season.
Panagiotis Giannakis out as Olympiacos coach
And another big-name coach is out: Olympiacos BC officials today announced today that the club had “parted ways” with head coach Panagiotis Giannakis. Despite getting the Reds to consecutive Euroleague Final Fours, a feat not accomplished by Olympiacos since the late 1990s, Giannakis was doubtlessly held responsible for falling short of the big one either […]
The take on would-be Heaters Patrick Beverley, Robert Dozier
BallinEurope is syndicated! Well, sort of. Surya Fernandez, he of fellow ESPN TrueHoop Network blog Hot Hot Hoops, recently asked for some scouting-esque notes on a pair of EΣAKE players drafted by his favored Miami Heat in 2009. What’s the BiE book on Patrick Beverley and Robert Dozier? Click here to find out. And whereas […]
Homage to the Killer: BallinEurope’s video tribute to Arvydas Macijauskas
Reader AM recently noted his disappointment with BiE lately due to this website’s non-reportage on the recent premature retirement of 30-year-old Arvydas Macijauskas on Wednesday. At the time BiE heard the news, the story had already been well reported on dozens of other websites and so passed on writing something up. However, AM is right […]
Giant slayers: Caja Laboral Baskonia wins 70-69, pushes FC Barcelona to brink
In a season already spiced with big playoff upsets, Caja Laboral Baskonia may be adding the biggest to the list yet, as the Basque Country boys held on through an insane final minute of play to eke out a 70-69 win over FC Barcelona. And now things in Spain have become suddenly unthinkable as the […]
Kushchenko: “I cannot accept a position in the New Jersey Nets board.”
For Russian readers and creative Babel Fish users, Russia-based Tribuna Sports is running a nice interview with Sergey Kushchenko. CSKA Moscow basketball and Brooklyn/New Jersey Nets enthusiasts surely recall Kushchenko as Mikhail Prokhorov’s team-running “basketball people” whilst the multimillionaire was owner of the Red Army. Most immediately relevant for NBA followers and Prokhorov groupies is […]