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Inside the huddle with Zeljko Obradovic and David Blatt
The folks at Euroleague TV had a good 2010-11 season in BallinEurope’s opinion, and they’ve just produced an interesting clip to close things out. See below the break to take ELTV up on their interesting invitation to become a player, i.e. to witness miked up coaches Zeljko Obradovic and David Blatt during the Panathinaikos-Maccabi Tel […]
Dirk, Dydek and beyond: Weekend video clips
European basketball leagues and the NBA may be coming to a close for 2010-11, but there’s still plenty of hoops to keep up with – and even more online video clips for the watching! BallinEurope starts your Sunday with a dozen clips shot in the U.S., Greece, Spain, Israel and other locales. Enjoy today’s action […]
New Zealand’s Abercrombie says “no” to Europe, Penney “maybe”
Even Down Under they’re talking about European ball and the NBA lockout. New Zealand Breakers CEO Richard Clarke today (or yesterday Antipodean Standard Time perhaps…) announced a couple of Euro-tinted roster moves by his defending Australian National Basketball League champs. According to New Zealand-based The Press, national team member Thomas Abercrombie will eschew playing in […]
Greek Cup final set for Sunday; Greece playoff schedule P.O.’s Bobby Brown
Just in case you were wondering, there will in fact be a 2011 Greek Cup awarded after all. Those two monster clubs, Olympiacos and Panathinaikos, will meet on Sunday to award the prize after months of delay and some strange behind-the-scenes decision-making. (Surely BallinEurope’ll be posting video of the typical fan shenanigans on Monday, so […]
List of 2010-11 European Champions: Return from Barcelona edition
BallinEurope apologizes for the recent two-day drought of content in an attempt to catch up on “the day job” since returning from the Euroleague Final Four tournament. To (hopefully) make up for this dearth a bit, and in honor of Panathinaikos’ stirring win in the big league, BiE today presents an updated version of its […]
Real Madrid woes: EL Final Four whitewash of Whites sparks rumors of change
Just one day after getting outmuscled in two Euroleague Final Four games, Real Madrid is looking to next season and figuring to make sweeping changes – are the Whites due for yet another offseason of roster regeneration? Following Real’s 82-63 loss to Maccabi Tel Aviv, former Madrid legend/current staffer Alberto Herreros stated that the current […]
Triple-crown winner Dimantidis named Euroleague MVP
To the surprise of few, Dimitris Diamantidis was named MVP of the 2010-11 Euroleague season last night, thereby completing an individual triple crown in bagging MVP, All-Euroleague first team and Best Defender nods. Equally unsuspenseful was the naming of the All-Euroleague teams – hey, if BallinEurope can go five for five, it must have been […]
Pargo-ing into orbit: Jeremy slams home *the* Euroleague Final Four dunk
Attention, dunkaholics! You should – nay, you must – check out the video below the break for what could well have been the play of the night in more ways than one. For Maccabi Tel Aviv against Real Madrid in the Euroleague Final Four did Jeremy Pargo achieve flight, taking off in his fearless style […]
Live blog: Maccabi Tel Aviv-Real Madrid
At 9pm CET, it’ll be time for the proverbial part two of the Euroleague Final Four doubleheader as Maccabi Tel Aviv takes on Real Madrid. BallinEurope will be sailing the stream of consciousness again, live blogging the action. Click below the break to follow.
Live blog: Montepaschi Siena-Panathinaikos
Right: Here it is, then. The Euroleague Final Four begins tonight and BallinEurope.com will be live blogging the action of Montepaschi Siena-Panathinaikos and Maccabi Tel Aviv-Real Madrid. Click below the break to follow the stream of consciousness…
Euroleague Final Four: Last-minute notes, Fearless Predictions™
With just a few hours to go before the Euroleague Final Four tipoff, BallinEurope has just enough time to mull over the matchups and publish more of those good ol’ Fearless Predictions™. (Keep in mind, though, that BiE was a pretty pitiful 1-3 in the playoff round.) Panathinaikos vs. Montepaschi Siena. It’s extremely difficult to […]
“We are the best team in Europe”: Euroleague Final Four sound bites
The Euroleague officially opened the festivities for the 2011 Final Four yesterday with a squall of press conferences, publicity and media events – but BiE will give you the short version, as presented in video form by the big league itself.