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Ryan Broekhoff and the tree of woe
Losing the big one has nagged Ryan Broekhoff throughout his rise but he’s been steeled by the experience and is ready to be more than just the other import in Dallas this season, writes Emmet Ryan Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar were playing with house money arriving in Berlin in 2016. Having rode the Malcolm Delaney […]
League preview – VTB League – Another gong for Milos
The second of BallinEurope’s league previews looks at the VTB United League and doesn’t even bother to ask if anyone can challenge CSKA Moscow this season Last year’s VTB League looked really promising in terms of competitive depth. Khimki had made some big name signings and had a couple of results early on, both in […]
The 10 games to watch in the Eurocup 2016/17 season
Having gone through all 61 game days of the Euroleague season yesterday, Emmet Ryan is back to pick BiE’s 10 games of the week in the 2016/17 season of the new look Eurocup There’s a lot to digest with the new format for Eurocup but, essentially, it matches what Euroleague was like as recently as […]
Alright NBA fans, here’s what you are getting
Monday was almost as rough for fans of European basketball as it was for fans of the Oklahoma City Thunder. With Sergio ‘Chacho’ Rodriguez making the jump to the NBA, following Malcolm Delaney and Tomas Satoransky, three of the most electrifying talents in Europe’s back courts are heading to the bigger show. Emmet Ryan looks […]
VIDEOS: Jackson, Hines, and de Colo on CSKA’s win
BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan caught up with CSKA Moscow’s Euroleague MVP Nando de Colo, defensive player of the year Kyle Hines, and an understandably relieved Aaron Jackson after their Final Four win over Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar Aaron Jackson is in his fourth Euroleague Final Four but he earned his first chance to play for the title […]
VIDEOS: Broekhoff and Delaney on Loko’s loss to CSKA
BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan caught up with Malcolm Delaney and Ryan Broekhoff of Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar as their dream of lifting the Euroleague trophy ended at the hands of CSKA Moscow Ryan Broekhoff spoke to BallinEurope about an emotional defeat for Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar at the hands of CSKA Moscow in the Euroleague Final Four Lokomotiv […]
Nando De Colo fires CSKA into Euroleague Final
It was far from a free flowing game but with Lokomotiv Kuban recording their worst defensive half of the season and Nando De Colo scoring 30 points, CSKA did enough writes Emmet Ryan CSKA opted not to start Milos Teodosic letting Nando de Colo and Cory Higgins carry the load early. It gave the Moscow […]
Euroleague Final Four preview
The drinking and thinkpieces are why you come here but it would just be weird if we didn’t have a straight up preview of the Final Four. Here’s how Emmet Ryan sees it going down Nobody comes to Berlin without flaws but the team with the few holes looks pretty obvious. Fenerbahce don’t have a […]
VIDEOS: Delaney and Broekhoff on Loko’s big chance
BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan spoke with All-Euroleague first teamer Malcolm Delaney and his team mate Ryan Broekhoff ahead of Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar’s Euroleague Final Four clash with CSKA Moscow Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar’s Malcolm Delaney was in a relaxed mood when speaking to BallinEurope ahead of the Euroleague Final Four. Delaney discussed what this means for his […]
Cold blooded Lokomotiv Kuban headed for Berlin
Lokomotiv Kuban won Game 5 against Barcelona in bizarre style, fortunately Emmet Ryan reflects on a good night to be Giorgios Bartzokas This game was over so many times. At the buzzer for the half, there was the cold blooded dagger by Malcolm Delaney. Then Barcelona ran riot in the third, making Loko look like […]
Navarro and Delaney crossing in the night
One is the ascendant import guard in Europe, the other a legend who is looking for one more effort from his body but on Tuesday Juan Carlos Navarro and Malcolm Delaney will both be the emotional core for their sides in Game 5, writes Emmet Ryan The arguments over when we last saw the true […]
Randolph’s five minutes of fury
The opening 40 minutes of Lokomotiv Kuban’s win over Barcelona weren’t bad but those 5 minutes of overtime were pure beast mode from Anthoony Randolph, writes Emmet Ryan The Palau Blaugrana is hardly the most intimidating arena on the continent but it was in full voice as OT got under way in Game 4. A […]