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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.! […]
Bet365 lines and odds for Euroleague week six matchups
Euroleague presents the slightly shorter slate of games for the week tonight, with two matches to be played. Judging from the sportsbook litmus test, i.e. oddsmakers tend to know what’s going on because they stand to lose the most on a given proposition, it’s five decisive wins we’ll be watching tonight. (Despite the interesting contention […]
Morning Eurohoops news: November 30
It’s Monday morning and that means news! A handful of news briefs, columns and video to tip off your own week this week. Enjoy! • The biggest domestic-league game of the weekend? How about Panathinaikos vs. Olympiacos in Greece on Sunday? Behind Josh Childress (6-of-9 shooting to got with 10 rebounds), Olympiacos prevailed, 87-76, to […]
Ataman: “Hopeful” about “serious opportunity” in tonight’s Olympiacos-Efes game
Early on, Euroleague followers are putting Efes Pilsen in the “disappointing” category for 2009-10; the team has managed a 1-2 record in Euroleague play and, as defending champions, a mark of just 2-1 in Turkey’s Beko Basketball League. Nevertheless, Efes head coach Ergin Ataman still likes his team’s chances tonight. After praising Olympiacos as one […]
Dispatch from parallel universe: Iverson, Olympiacos roll into game fours
parallel universe (n.): A universe or space-time continuum that exists alongside ours, and which may possess different physical laws or a different history. – Answers.com dictionary Talk about your critical decisions: I mean, imagine if Allen Iverson had turned down Olympiacos’ mammoth $10 million offer back in August to come play for the Angelopoulos Brothers’ […]
L.A. ain't the Answer, A.I.: Come to Europe!
I’ve been waiting to talk trash to my NBA-supremacist friends ever since the announcement in April of an imminent deal between free agent Allen Iverson and Olympiacos: Ha! That’s what you get for trying to make a Hall of Fame stud sit on the bench for some second-rank team in the ‘States! Think Europe’s top […]
Transaction Tuesday: Milojevic returns, Morris jumps, Nachbar signs, and Childress goes nowhere
More major roster moves by Euroleague teams were reported late yesterday and today: Local hero Dejan Milojevic officially announced his return to Partizan Belgrade, the home of his glory years of 2004-2006, and his imminent retirement from professional basketball; recently well-traveled US player Terence Morris jumped from CSKA Moscow to Regal FC Barcelona; and former […]
Short Monday’s cigarettes
A few small cigarettes only today, so here we go for some nice stories from around The Continent.
John Lucas III twitters about contract issues
John Lucas III arrived in Spain this May to play for one of the best teams in Europe, TAU Vitoria. Everything is going well, as Vitoria qualified for the semifinals in the local ACB league and Lucas is a important part of the team as backup point guard. Well, just until yesterday evening…
Cabezas the savior and Childress homesick (or not?)
With the NBA playoffs at full speed in the conference finals, the playoffs in various European domestic leagues are in their decisive phase, too. And the nerves of players and fans are on edge right now, as you can see through our short notes on what has happened during the past few days.
Jeremy Tyler to Olympiacos?
We’ve already discussed 17-year-old high school kid Jeremy Tyler, who wants to play in Europe for two years in order to prepare himself for the NBA. Originally, he was put in contact with teams in Spain, Italy and Israel. But today, the New York Times published an article reporting that the man who arranged the […]
How to improve Euroleague.TV
Another Euroleague season has passed, and this fan would like to thank Euroleague.TV for making the games available online via subscription program. Given the available resources, the Euroleague.TV people do an excellent job in covering their brand of basketball. Living in Hungary, wherein consistent television coverage of any sport outside of soccer is fairly poor, […]