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The offical BiE NBA 2009-10 European All-Star Team
As one of the popular highlights of the NBA season, everything about the annual All-Star Game is loaded with pomp, hype and (hopefully) fun. No exception was that moment many a basketball fan awaits with gusto and prepares to heartily attack in argument as the naming of the rosters for the teams that will be […]
The BallinEurope All-Decade All-European Team
While technically this decade doesn’t end until 2010, with millions of sports websites and blogs proclaiming December 31 the end of the 2000s, who is BallinEurope to be pedantic? (Especially when there’s a good excuse to make an all-time team roster.) Therefore, in the spirit of a new era, BallinEurope seeks to comprise Europe’s All-Decade […]
The Innocents Abroad, Part one: Assessing Europe's NBA rookies and sophs
With the NBA regular season nearly one-quarter finished (yeesh, when did that happen?), Ball in Europe takes a look at the league’s freshmen and sophomores from The Continent. The NBA currently lists over 80 international players on its rosters, with exactly 50 coming from European quarters. About one-fifth of those are recent enough entries to […]
Best of the (basketball) net: It's gotta be the hair edition
Not enough time for reading up on everything basketball this week? Have no fear, for BallinEurope.com has collected a top-five for your perusal this Sunday. • Not sure if this was the best basketball-themed piece of the week, but it certainly was the most unique(?): Sneaker specialists Kickz.com took a brief sojourn from dressing up […]
Best of the (basketball) net: Soccer, Serbia, Sergio and Sherri edition
What were we reading at the BallinEurope virtual offices this week? Glad you asked! Here’s a handful of stories on all matters Euroball for your perusal. Happy reading, everyone! One to watch, possibly: Serbian import Darko Cohadarevic of Texas Tech. Hey, did you know the Major League Soccer (America’s, ahem, top fútball league) championship goes […]
Cleaves to Partizan now a done deal?
Can we file this one under “strange but true” yet? Italian-language website SoloBasket.it is reporting that Partizan Belgrade has indeed signed Mateen Cleaves in the wake of the Milt Palacio departure. Solo Basket reports that “Partizan will be back in Europe after the U.S. tour, and bringing back its new American player. The black-and-white of […]
Palacio out and – no way, really? – Mateen Cleaves considered for Partizan spot
Milt Palacio shouldn’t have slacked off. Due to his refusal not to play with Partizan Belgrade on its American tour, Palacio has been eliminated from consideration for the black-and-white’s 2009-10 roster. Reads the official statement from Partizan president Predrag Danilović:
Two more dates in the ‘States for Partizan
Partizan Belgrade hits the road on its American tour later this month and the team has just had its dance card punched for another two games to take place in the Midwest. Before taking on the Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns on October 3rd and 6th, respectively, the Black-and-Whites will be playing against an outfit […]
Ouch! Slovenia's Udrih out for Eurobasket
Bad news for Team Slovenia heading into Eurobasket 2009 (and not great news for the Sacramento Kings for 2009-10, either, really): A Slovenian national press agency story of yesterday confirmed that Beno Udrih will not be able to participate in the tourney due to a knee injury. Udrih suffered a knee injury in Wednesday’s friendly […]
Betting on basketball: EuroBasket 2009 Group C odds
In our ongoing look at the odds on EuroBasket 2009 (herein presented by Euroleague/Ball in Europe partner SportingBet.com), BallinEurope.com takes a few notes on the current odds and trends in Group C. Group C is the pool which is getting officially overhyped in this tournament as the “Group of Death” sports journalists so often seek […]
Rubio "Ready to realize dream," declares for NBA
Spanish teenage sensation Ricky Rubio has issued a statement that he is ready to make the leap to the NBA, saying it’s his goal to enter the NBA for the 2009-10 season. “The hope and responsibility not to disappoint has given me the will to continue to work and I believe that I am ready […]