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The many trials of Ettore Messina
The Olimpia Milano head coach is in the twilight of his career and things look miserable. Ettore Messina’s side are off to a dreadful start in Euroleague and look lost. Emmet Ryan on how this could be a sad end to a magnificent career in basketball. He’s one of the most decorated coaches in the […]
Euroleague season preview: Olimpia Milano need a spark
BallinEurope is previewing all 18 Euroleague Basketball teams ahead of the start of the season. Today it’s the turn of Olimpia Milano, a side that can’t help but hinder itself. There are few teams that carry the bizarrely consistent frustration of Olimpia Milano. The champions of Italy enter another Euroleague Basketball season with mixed expectations. […]
Calm Keenan Evans keeps Euroleague hopes alive for Zalgiris Kaunas
It was undoubtedly Edmond Sumner’s night but a cool headed performance from Keenan Evans proved crucial for Zalgiris Kaunas. His efficient performance guided them past Olimpia Milano in a must-win game late in the Euroleague Basketball season. This one went eerily close to the script but Zalgiris Kaunas won’t mind. Keenan Evans and Edmond Sumner […]
Preview: Zalgiris Kaunas vs Olimpia Milano – Euroleague Round 32
It’s all but an elimination game in Euroleague Basketball on Thursday as Zalgiris Kaunas host Olimpia Milano The race for the last spot in the play-ins is as tight as it gets. Who will make it to the postseason of Euroleague Basketball when Zalgiris Kaunas host Olimpia Milano? Key details Who: Zalgiris Kaunas (13-18) vs […]
Preview: Anadolu Efes vs Olimpia Milano – Euroleague Round 25
With both teams fighting for their postseason lives in Euroleague Basketball, it promises to be a tense one between Anadolu Efes and Olimpia Milano on Friday This feels like the last chance saloon for Anadolu Efes and Olimpia Milano. Their play-in hopes in Euroleague Basketball hang by a thread. That makes Friday’s clash one with […]
Mike James makes the Euroleague MVP debate worthwhile
It’s a trophy that gets discussed but nobody quite puts a focus on it like Mike James of AS Monaco. Emmet Ryan writes about how James is the fire that makes discussing the MVP of Euroleague Basketball worthwhile Every year it feels like we have this discussion. Every year the answer seems to guarantee one […]
Preview: Olimpia Milano vs FC Barcelona – Euroleague Round 23
Two all too familiar rivals square off in Euroleague Basketball on Friday night. Olimpia Milano host FC Barcelona in a clash with significant playoff implications Key details Who: Olimpia Milano (9-15) vs FC Barcelona (15-7) Where: The Forum, Milan When: Friday 26 January at 20.30 CET, 19.30 UK/Ireland, 14.30 CET Last time out Olimpia Milano […]
Olimpia Milano will lean on Nikola Mirotic – Euroleague season preview
BallinEurope is previewing all 18 Euroleague Basketball teams over the next 18 days. Yesterday it was the turn of Fenerbahce. Today it’s Ettore Messina and Olimpia Milano, featuring the newly acquired Nikola Mirotic. Ettore Messina has seen quite a few names of note leave and one big one arrive. Will it be enough for Olimpia […]
Pau proves he’s not here to make up the numbers
Pau Gasol’s return to Barcelona may have been a marriage of convenience but he showed against Olimpia Milano that he didn’t sign just to get in shape. He is home to win. Emmet Ryan on how Pau showed he’d shed his rust when Barcelona really needed it Let’s not pretend Pau Gasol plans to play […]
VIDEO: Euroleague Final Four preview with Nikola Vujčić
It’s a Euroleague Final Four like no other as the four combatants battle it out in an empty arena in Köln. While the Euroleague Sweet 16 crew can’t all be there in person, save for one, we’re still bringing you wall to wall coverage of the event. Emmet Ryan of BallinEurope is joined by Moshe […]
Messina needs to deliver a masterpiece
Ettore Messina is coming home to Italy after a wildly successful itinerant coaching career to take on a job with all kinds of issues. Emmet Ryan on how Olimpia Milano’s hot seat is the Harrenhal of European hoops Game of Thrones had one particularly infamous castle that wasn’t noted for any battles or murders but […]
The expectation of history still weighs on Milano
Emmet Ryan went to Milano to try and work out how a side fighting its own history is keeping a playoff push together as they went into battle with cellar dwellers Darussafaka at the Mediolanum Forum Milano is a big city and it wants you to know it. As soon as you get off the […]