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Euroleague season preview: An overhaul for Maccabi Tel Aviv
BallinEurope is previewing all 18 Euroleague Basketball teams ahead of the start of the season. Today it’s the turn of Maccabi Tel Aviv. After getting so close last season, it’s a wildly new roster for Oded Kattash. They were so close a year ago. Oded Kattash put on some coaching clinics late in the season […]
Record breaking Kostas Sloukas saves the season for Panathinaikos
On a night where he became the all-time Euroleague playoffs assist leader, Kostas Sloukas took control when it mattered most. Emmet Ryan on how the inevitable one saved the season for Panathinaikos. That was quite the evening. While their city rivals, Olympiacos, were rampant against Barcelona it was a stressful night for Panathinaikos. With his […]
Kostas Sloukas was the definition of must-win mentality for Panathinaikos
One mistake. That was all it took to unleash the beast. Kostas Sloukas took out his frustrations in style on Thursday to guide Panathinaikos to Game 2 victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Euroleague Basketball playoffs If this is how Kostas Sloukas responds to one mistake, imagine what he’d do after an actually bad […]
Ergin Ataman and the weight of expectation
The Panathinaikos head coach has his side with home court advantage in the Euroleague Basketball playoffs. Now, Ergin Ataman has to show his side is ready for the next The story of Euroleague Basketball can’t be written without the rivalry of Panathinaikos and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Ergin Ataman has another chapter in mind, one where […]
Mario Hezonja has found his happy place with Real Madrid in Euroleague
The statline on Tuesday night was very good if not eye-popping. Still, Mario Hezonja showed that he’s never looked more at home than with Real Madrid in Euroleague Basketball It’s been quite the rollercoaster of a career for Mario Hezonja. Picked ahead of Kristaps Porzingis in the same NBA draft class, he has taken a […]
Euroleague season preview: Stability at Maccabi Tel Aviv but not much spark
BallinEurope is previewing all 18 Euroleague Basketball teams over the next 18 days. This series began with a look at Crvena Zvezda and then LDLC Asvel. Up today, we ask if one of the most stable rosters in Euroleague is ready to push on? Join us as we examine the prospects for Oded Kattash and […]
The irrational stress we live for
Game 1 in the Euroleague playoffs is a wildly unbalanced beast in terms of stakes, or at least the imagined stakes, and few games made the beauty of the madness of such a scenario quite as clear Elie Okobo went 0 of 3 from deep in the first half of Game 1. It felt like […]
PAO made changing the channel too easy
A touch of predictability in how Panathinaikos have performed on the road made it far too easy a decision to turn to another game on Thursday for BiE editor Emmet Ryan. Rick Pitino needs to find something on the floor to stop them sliding out of contention, and fast Thursday’s Euroleague slate was, simply, a […]
There’s time to re-shape Bender
The news that the Phoenix Suns won’t pick up the option on Dragan Bender is far from shocking but, with him being just 20 years old, there’s still time to rebuild the game of the young Croatian according to Emmet Ryan The signs really were there the year before Dragan Bender went to the NBA. […]
The 60 must watch Euroleague games of 2018-19
There are 30 rounds of games in the Euroleague regular season. They take place across 60 nights. Emmet Ryan has put together a viewing schedule to give you the best way through the season ahead With 16 teams playing 30 rounds of basketball there are 240 games in the Euroleague season. We’re distilling this […]
The pleasant surprise of Joe Ingles
After a successful but far from fire-starting career in Europe, Joe Ingles has become a factor in multiple playoff series since going to the NBA. For most observers on this side of the pond, it wasn’t accepted but it is delightful according to Emmet Ryan The magician was a bore and the only thing less […]
Maccabi seeking some order
With the new Euroleague season nearing, BallinEurope is once more break down each of the teams individually on 16 consecutive days in the run up to tip off. As with last season, we’re going in reverse order from the opening round of games. We continue our rapid catch-up process, because we are so behind schedule, […]