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Euroleague season preview: LDLC Asvel look like a bad tribute act
BallinEurope is previewing all 18 Euroleague Basketball teams over the next 18 days. This series began with a look at Crvena Zvezda. Up today it’s a team that looks to have a long season in store and not in a good way. What can TJ Parker do with this LDLC Asvel side? There’s a very […]
CSKA show their nerve to become 2019 Euroleague champions
CSKA Moscow shot the lights out all night but they never got comfortable as a gallant Anadolu Efes side fought them to the last. Emmet Ryan on an enthralling close to the 2019 Euroleague Final Four That beautiful big booming voice of Eddy Vidal as he announced the players. Finally, at the end of a […]
Spanoulis the gangster again as Olympiacos beat CSKA
It’s the one ghost CSKA Moscow can’t shake. Vassilis Spanoulis was dire through three quarters before coming good in the fourth to lead Olympiacos to the Euroleague Final Four championship game. Emmet Ryan reports from the Sinan Erdem Dome We’ve all seen too much to bet against Spanoulis in the clutch but from the off […]
Breaking down the Euroleague 2016-17 MVP candidates
With the regular season of Euroleague in the bag, it’s time to make cases for all the candidates…yes all of them. Emmet Ryan with a slightly different take on MVP voting on why each of the candidates in the running deserves legitimate consideration So I’m coming at this a little back to front. There are […]
United they stand, divided this backcourt falls
In his debut piece for BallinEurope, Nicolò Origgi examines the relationship on the court between Milos Teodosic and Nando de Colo As the current Euroleague season approaches its annual April Madness, the fact that Milos Teodosic and Nando de Colo are once again the most likely MVP candidates – although this time the unreal Sergio […]
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 […]
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 […]
Doncic shines, Rivers reassures, but Madrid have Real worries
Luka Doncic more than held his own against CSKA Moscow in Round 2 of Euroleague but Real are clearly still far from fixed, writes Emmet Ryan There were upsides for Real Madrid in Moscow. KC Rivers looked like he had slotted right back into the role he left in the summer, picking his shots well […]
Ataman out of answers as France breeze by Turkey
Powered on by 26,135 screaming fans, France cruised past Turkey to book their spot in the quarter finals of EuroBasket 2015. Emmet Ryan reports from the arean If there’s a more intimadating sound in sports than the Marseillaise I’ve yet to hear it. Stade Pierre du Mauroy was loud long before the anthems, Tony Park […]
Watch Nando De Colo’s Top 5 plays of Euroleague 2014/15
Nando De Colo helped CSKA Moscow to yet another Euroleague Final Four this season. The Russian giants came up short but their French star provided some big time highlights along the way. Check out his best moments.
Nando de Colo has the best location for a basketball camp
Sun & Basketball @NDCBasketball pic.twitter.com/ziRfdz44LK — Syra Sylla (@LADYHOOOP) July 25, 2014 That’s the scene in Tignes where Nando de Colo is running his basketball camp. Ummm, yup, beats pretty much any location I can recall seeing a summer sports camp of any kind from my youth. (h/t Syra Sylla) Update: And here’s another fantastic […]
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, […]