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Euros dominate the NBA trade deadline
First there was Kristaps, then there was the greatest of all time, then a whole lot of other things happened. NBA trade season got wild and some of the better known Euro names either got moved or got big time help, or both. Emmet Ryan dives in The Kristaps Porzingis trade to the Dallas Mavericks […]
Watch Marc Gasol beat the Rockets with a baseline jumper
Time running out and both teams are literally giving it 100. Enter Marc Gasol. That jumper by the Spanish big man carried the Memphis Grizzlies to a 102-100 win over the Rockets.
Marc Gasol doesn’t need a funky bunch
Marc Gasol unleashed this filthy no-look behind his head assist last night. The Grizzlies beat the Nets 103-92.
EURO-NBA: Les Spurs roll, Pek scores 25 but T-Wolves fall
It was a busy Veteran’s Day for the NBA’s European contingent. Tony Parker and Marco Belinelli had big days for San Antonio, Nikola Pekovic had a bigger one for Minnesota but came out on the losing end at the Clippers. The Spurs put in another insanely balanced performance, spreading minutes and stats across their roster, […]
EURO-NBA: Marc leads Grizzlies past Celtics, tight loss for T-Wolves
After a weekend filled with double-doubles and topped by a trip-dub from Batman, Monday was a much quiter affair for the NBA’s European contingent. Marc Gasol scored 14 points and snagged 8 rebounds in the performance of the night by a European. The Spaniard helped Memphis eke out a 95-88 win over the Celtics. Kosta […]
EuroBasket: Parker, France, finally get the best of Spain
It took overtime, it took Tony time, but France finally got the best of Spain. Now they move on to the final of EuroBasket 2013. Drama does not mean quality. There were extended periods of fantastic basketball when France played Spain on Friday night. There were equally lengthy spell where the play was horrid. Overtime […]
EuroBasket: Spain rout Serbia 90-60 in quarter finals
Spain brutalised Serbia early as they romped to victory in the first quarter final of EuroBasket 2013. Spain started hot and rarely let off in a rout of Serbia. Everyone knew the Spanish had speed but Serbia weren’t ready for how hard Spain would start the game. A 21-5 first quarter set the tone for […]
Eurobasket 2013: Which NBA players are in, which are out?
Because it’s never too early to start looking ahead to Eurobasket 2013 – wait a minute, there’s only 11 weeks left until tipoff? Definitely not too early, then, to take a look at the formative rosters for the big Continental tournament. While only a few national teams (Croatia and Lithuania among them) have released preliminary […]
The BallinEurope Eurocentric NBA preview: 25 storylines to watch
BallinEurope’s said it before and fully expects to say it again: Better late than never. Stuff like podcast recording, the day job and, you know, life, has delayed the release of this season’s “Eurocentric preview.” BiE figures he’s morally convinced, since 80% of the NBA hasn’t tipped off as of this writing. We’re doing something […]
Taking stock of European players in the NBA, 2012-13
BallinEurope will be celebrating NBA Opening Day with lots of stuff centered on the big league; firstly, BiE takes stock of Continental ballers in the ‘States. Taking a look at this year’s roundup, we note that 53 Europeans have been named to NBA clubs’ 15-man roster, just beating the pace of the 52 listed in […]
Breaking news: Pau, Marc Gasol are actually Spanish
And speaking of Olympic basketball-related fails, the folks over at Bball Headlines this morning post a disturbing number of Tweets from the US from an apparently sizable fraction of the population that has some problem comprehending Pau Gasol’s citizenship. Click the link for “Hint to American girls: [The] Gasols are Spanish.” No, really.
US NBA stars beat Spain to take gold
(via AFP) The United States Dream Team of NBA stars captured their second Olympic men’s basketball gold medal in a row and the 14th overall for America by beating Spain 107-100 in Sunday’s final. The US multi-millionaire lineup of NBA elite claimed their fifth crown in the past six Olympics, improving to 62-since revamping the […]