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2010 FIBA Worlds wild card draw a Europe-heavy slam dunk?
On Monday, certainly to much pomp and fanfare, FIBA officials will announce the four “wild card” entries that will round out the 2010 World Championship field of 24. The world may indeed be watching, with basketball fans in up to 15 nations truly believing their national team will be named, but is this a serious […]
Morning Eurohoops News: December 3
Good morning, b-ball devotees. Ball in Europe’s daily dose of video clips and text blurbs from around the internet is here. In today’s edition, Papaloukas and Kleiza go off, Andrea Bargnani sounds off, an Israeli executive gets pissed off, and some stuff on Allen Iverson — true, not European ball, but come on! It’s A.I.! […]
Best of the (basketball) net: Food-and-retro edition
For your edification and amusement, Ball in Europe presents seven stories, interviews, blog entries and whatnot definitively worth a little of your time on a Sunday. Read on, compliments of us and a bunch of hard-working writers out there. The Los Angeles Times was intrigued enough by the blogging activities of Coleman Collins – he […]
Galil/Gilboa gets ex-Zag Jeremy Pargo
An interesting, if slightly obscure, signing was reported this week by Hapoel Gilboa/Galil Elyon, as the Israeli club penned Gonzaga alumnus and Jannero’s little bro Jeremy to a one-year deal. In his senior year at Gonzaga, Pargo put together a crazy season of 10.2 points, 4.9 assists and 3.4 rebounds per game for 2008-09. In […]
A Really Big Crisis (Part 1)
With the end of the regular season in most European leagues, the time for contract negotiation has arrived. With the teams’ current financial situation, players will probably earn less money for their services: The worldwide financial crisis has reached the hardwood. Through two examples, BallinEurope.com will explain just how deep the crisis truly runs in […]