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Monday’s cigarettes
It’s playoff time throughout Europe and that’s no reason to slow down our output, but to come up with another Monday morning roundup of the most interesting stuff collected from around the web.
France extends US quota despite protests, contrarian trend
Tonight, the French LNB announced that it has changed the quota rules for the ProA and the ProB. While several countries are openly discussing to reduce the number of the “Non-EU/Cotonou” (i.e. American) players, the French league went in the opposite direction despite protests from the local player union.
Monday’s cigarettes
Monday morning, it’s time for the cigarettes that light up your week, one that will mark the start of the Euroleague quarterfinals. Former UConn Husky and German Bundesliga center Souleyman Wane is now working as French teacher at Haverhill High School and still plays in the faculty basketball team. Taquan Dean hits 10 three pointers. […]
Short and late Monday's cigarettes
A little delay and not much to say today about the cigarette stories. Enjoy, however… Comment dit-on ‘Bobcats’ en Français? Staying with French basketball players and the NBA, check this out to learn how Fred Weis was mobbed out of New York by Jeff van Gundy. Ian Thomsen explains why European basketball is in financial […]
Three French Euroleague teams in 2009?
With the latest evolution to Euroleague format discussions having grown just one week old, some new changes could yet occur. After the trouble between two concerned French teams (SLUC Nancy voting “no” on the latest proposition, and ASVEL Villeurbanne voting in favor of the original 2008 model), Jordi Bertomeu himself sent out a press release […]
Late Monday cigarettes
The Top 16 starts this week, so let’s first check out the nicest stories of last week and also take a little look forward.
Yarone's Weekend Joints – Part I
Let the young men play before us Last game of the regular season. Most teams have a “must-win” label on their game, in one way or another. The serious pressure is on. The results can effect the destiny of a whole season. Investments of millions of Euros are on the line. Jobs, too. You’d expect […]
After the Olympics: What's the future of France?
In the line of various articles I have written about the future of national teams, I will today discuss France. Or let’s say, I will try. When I say “try,” I mean in fact that it is very difficult to discuss the future of a team that has no players (who still want to play […]
Steeve, HO YOU FAT!
When David Hein sent me this email last night, at first I thought that he was refering to a new article from Rod Benson. After a little research, Steeve HO YOU FAT is the actual name of a French guy playing in the first division with Cholet. Now Cholet has four Americans on the team […]
Budgets in the French League
Money, money, money, must be funny, in a Russian world. This is the reality at the moment in the European transfer market. But when you check the numbers published by the French magazine basketnews last week about the budgets of French teams, it what is possible for these teams is coming back to earth.
Monday's cigarettes
After a long weekend, here are the cigarettes for this Monday after a short delay.