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Yann Bonato better than Tony Parker
Former French national team point guard Laurent Sciarra, who would surely be a permanent member of a hypothetical European All-Interview team, has hit big once again in a recent interview he gave the French newspaper Libération. You can read the full interview here, but we’ve translated the most interesting parts into English for you, as […]
Six Europeans On World Nike Hoop Summit Team
Six Europeans have been included in the World team for the 2009 Nike Hoop Summit, which will be played on April 11 in Portland, Oregon. The roster features Guard Edwin Jackson of France (Nanterre), Serbian forward Milan Macvan (Hemofarm), Lithuanian center Donatas Motiejunas (Aisciai Kaunas), Greek guard Nikos Pappas (Real Madrid), French center Kevin Seraphin […]
Monday's cigarettes
Here we go for another round of Monday morning cigarettes! Always a beauty, the ACB has come up with the best plays of the most spectacular players of the season so far. And no surprise here: The top 3 is composed of Sergio Llull, Quinton Hosley and Marcus Haislip. How to come back from a […]
Monday's cigarettes
Yeah, Christmas is coming closer and the Euroleague is in full force, right? Ricky plays again and immediately wins against Brandon. What better moment for some smoky cigarettes on a Monday morning? Even USA Today reported (through Jonathan Givony) on the Ricky versus Brandon game. French magazine Basketnews reported a very nice story about the […]
After the Olympics: What's the future of France?
In the line of various articles I have written about the future of national teams, I will today discuss France. Or let’s say, I will try. When I say “try,” I mean in fact that it is very difficult to discuss the future of a team that has no players (who still want to play […]
TP: "I am a PC and I have three rings!"
OK, I’ll admit it: I’m a huge Apple, MAC, iPod and Steve Jobs fan, so I check macrumors.com every day just to see when my Apple Cinema HD screen or my macbook pro or any other apple product I own gets outdated. Kind of weird, isn’t it? Today, I checked that great web site again […]
Tony Parker affected by the global financial crisis?
Everybody has heard about the dramatic events currently going on in the financial world. Big traditional banks and insurance companies are going bankrupt or getting taken over. But did you ever think that these events would put European basketball players in trouble?
Monday's cigarettes
And here we go again for the cigarettes you absolutely need to start the week.
Bonjour TP! Parker back with Team France
Today, the French basketball federation announced some very surprising news: Tony Parker will play for Team France during the Eurobasket 2009 qualifications. But let’s start from the beginning.
Tony Parker at the Finals
For the French fans, the current NBA Finals are of course less interesting than recent years, as San Antonio has not qualified. And the brief appearances of Ronny Turiaf won’t change this. But Tony Parker will be at the Finals, as a spectator, in Paris.
Bargnani says "NO!" to Italian national team
FIBA Europe reported, that Italian star Andrea Bargnani will not play for his country this season when the Azzurri attempt to qualify for [tag]EuroBasket 2009[/tag] in Poland.
Five European reasons to watch the NBA playoffs
The Euroleague season is over, so I am officially allowed to also talk about the NBA. For some Europeans, the NBA is like … evil … so in Europe you have to be careful if you want to talk about NBA and European basketball at the same time. Obviously I do like and admire the […]