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What’s missing from FIBA’s World Championship ad campaign?
So the Euroleague season is over and, though domestic league action is still with us for a couple months longer (BallinEurope’s “European Champions” feature is coming soon), something of that international competition spirit is missing for the nonce – at least until the FIBA World Championships in August and September! And so the high-profile FIBA […]
For Phil Jackson: What to expect from Bennett Salvatore
A bit of an aside here, if you would be so kind, BallinEurope readers, and an apology; you see, i’m still traumatized by Sunday’s Los Angeles Lakers-San Antonio Spurs game. Due to that old life/other plans thing, i waited until last night to watch the possible playoff matchup in a game that’s often a regular-season […]
The Innocents Abroad, Part Two: Assessing the US' Euroleague rookies and sophs
Yesterday, Ball in Europe had a look at about a dozen newbies in the NBA from Europe; today, we’re flipping continents for a brief look at players from the US trying to make it in European basketball. With about one-third of the Euroleague season in the books, how are the first- and second-year Americans faring […]
Travis Best lands with Martos Napoli
Whoa, 90s flashback! On Friday, Serie A club Martos Napoli announced the signing of 37-year-old Travis Best, perhaps best known for his play with Larry Bird’s Indiana Pacers, the NBA championship-contending team of 1999-2000. Best was a first-round draft choice of the Pacers in 1995. The point guard stuck with Indiana until 2002, when he […]
Tyronn Lue to PAOK Thessaloniki: No, thanks
No news is bad news for PAOK Thessaloniki B.C., who less than a day after the rumor mill on a possible signing of long-time NBA point guard Tyronn Lue was in full gear, had to announce the former Los Angeles Lakers/Atlanta Hawks player would not be coming to Greece after all. Though Lue stated he […]
A European Final 4 in Miami!
No, the Euroleague has not decided to play the Final Four 2010 in the United States. It even has nothing to do with European basketball. But I find the story highly interesting and it could be adapted in the future by innovative European basketball leagues as well. So let’s check out what I am talking […]
The Currywurst-with-French fries trade explained
We’ve already talked about what happened to Marcus Slaughter in Bremerhaven a few days ago, but the story has now somehow come to a crazy conclusion. But let’s start from the beginning. Marcus Slaughter is a young US player with a lot of talent. Born in 1985 and after a great campaign with San Diego […]
NBA Europe fans: SORRY!
Euroleague fans are already disappointed that no Euroleague team will play an NBA team this summer. We still don’t know any reasons for this decision by the Euroleague and NBA, since it would be good competition this year, right? Since the Euroleague is still not the most interesting league for the average basketball fan, people […]