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Valencia add to a miserable week for Barcelona
The first half was bad basketball. The third quarter was mostly good basketball. The fourth was good bad basketball. Emmet Ryan almost fell asleep in Palau Blaugrana but eventually got a hot mess to enjoy as the BiE tour saw Barcelona fall to Valencia. The bad basketball was however a fine excuse to go off […]
Dixon delivers as Fenerbahce see off Zalgiris
It was loud, it was tense, but only one side could make it to the championship game as Cinderella squared off with Goliath. In the end Fenerbahce stood tall at the Final Four to book their place in the Euroleague title game for 2018. Emmet Ryan reports from the Stark Arena in Belgrade This was […]
Euroleague 2016-17 preview: Zalgiris Kaunas
In the third of our 16 team previews in 16 days, Emmet Ryan looks at how financial reality in the new format is going to be a big issue for Zalgiris Kaunas this season As the intro suggests, we’re doing a preview for each of the 16 teams in Euroleague in the 16 days leading […]
Nike Hoop Summit: Nine named to World Select Team (but not Enes Kanter)
Rosters for the 2011 Nike Hoop Summit have been released and while The Continent is well-represented on the World Select Team, BallinEurope considers there to be at least one shocking omission. Team World will include Davis Bertans (Latvia/Union Olimpija); Evan Fournier (France/Poitiers); Przemyslaw Karnowski (Poland/SMS PZKosz); Mateusz Ponitka (Poland/Tempcold AZS); and Dario Saric (Croatia/KK Zagreb). […]
Poland can't stop Team USA scoring machine in FIBA U17 Worlds; Bradley Beal takes tourney MVP
Congratulations from BallinEurope go out today to that other national team who won a world championship yesterday, namely Team USA at the first-ever FIBA U17 World Championship. The Americans were once again a scoring machine against Poland in the championship game, simply mercilessly outgunning their opponents in the 111-80 win. Every player on the USA […]
Jordan Brand Classic scoop: Roster changes, player briefs, how to watch online
Just in case international youth basketball fans weren’t sated by the recent Albert Schweitzer and Nike Hoop Summit youth tournaments, perhaps the upcoming Jordan Brand Classic in New York today will go a bit further in sating the craving. Three games will be played between some of the world’s finest U18 players. Game two of […]