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Watch Nick Calathes make a wild steal and shot
It was a bad night for the Grizzlies as they fell 93-82 to the Jazz but Nick Calathes gave the fans something to cheer with a circus steal and wild finish.
Big night for Rudy Gobert
Rudy Gobert had a career high 24 rebounds for the Utah Jazz last night. Check out some of the best bits from a big outing for the young Frenchman. Robert also had 15 points for the Jazz as they topped the Grizzlies 93-82.
John Calipari talks to BiE about Kanter, FIBA ball, and the potential perfect season
BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan spoke with John Calipari, coach of the currently unbeaten Kentucky Wildcats, in an exclusive interview for BiE. Coach Cal discussed Enes Kanter, his time with the Dominican Republic national team, and the current unbeaten run of his Wildcats this season with March Madness just around the corner. With a 584-174 record in […]
Eurobasket 2013: Which NBA players are in, which are out?
Because it’s never too early to start looking ahead to Eurobasket 2013 – wait a minute, there’s only 11 weeks left until tipoff? Definitely not too early, then, to take a look at the formative rosters for the big Continental tournament. While only a few national teams (Croatia and Lithuania among them) have released preliminary […]
It's official: Enes Kanter is the toughest player in the NBA — and possibly the world
The most amazing thing about the dislocated shoulder injury that Turkey’s Enes Kanter suffered last night in the Utah Jazz’ win against the Phoenix Suns last night wasn’t the way TV cameras gave the audience such a prolonged view of the visibly excruciating damage or even the manner in which the Jazzmen held on short-handed […]
BallinEurope's most popular stories of 2012
BiE likes to write up this particular roundup at year’s end for a couple of reasons: Firstly as a thank you to the readers who check out BallinEurope however frequently; like they say in sports, this website wouldn’t exist without the audience. Secondly, a look back at which BallinEurope stories drew the most attention provides […]
Taking stock of European players in the NBA, 2012-13
BallinEurope will be celebrating NBA Opening Day with lots of stuff centered on the big league; firstly, BiE takes stock of Continental ballers in the ‘States. Taking a look at this year’s roundup, we note that 53 Europeans have been named to NBA clubs’ 15-man roster, just beating the pace of the 52 listed in […]
Enes, Ersan, Ömer and Hedo: Turkey’s quartet in the NBA preseason
As one who believes wholeheartedly in the forthcoming Turkish invasion of the NBA, BallinEurope sends props to Trend Basket today; via Tweet by a Turkey-based fan, the preseason statistics for the country’s four current NBAers are listed. Here’s how they looked (based on 36 minutes of playing time): ● Enes Kanter, Utah Jazz: 21.2 points, […]
Free Enes (up some space on the dance floor)!
BallinEurope’s been a big fan of Enes Kanter since his youth ball days, but his performance in Sunday’s exhibition game for the Utah Jazz may steal away the no. 1 spot on the BiE adoration chart from Ricky Rubio. Nah, BiE’s not talking about what the big Turk did in the open-scrimmage game in Salt […]
Tanjevic: “NBA coaches don’t understand,” “Kanter has forgotten how to play”
Not to fan the flames of debate here at BallinEurope or anything … a few particularly incendiary comments made by former Limoges/Asvel Villeurbanne head coach and current Team Turkey technical coordinator Bogdan Tanjevic were first reported on Italy-based La Gazzetta dello Sport and subsequently picked up by Sportando and France-based Passion Basket, among others. We […]
The BallinEurope Summer League Review: On 14 NBA aspirants from the Continent
While so much attention is paid to the upcoming Olympics and warm-up games, a number of European players have quietly gone about their business in the NBA Summer Leagues in Vegas and Orlando. BallinEurope’s man in the U.K., Sam Chadwick, takes a look at an extended roster’s worth of European ballers’ performances in the Orlando […]
Kirilenko on playing for Utah Jazz, CSKA Moscow: “It’s hard to compare”
Amid a crowd of athletes well-versed in jockspeak, Andrei Kirilenko is a breath of fresh air. Though no controversy-stirrer on the Charles Barkley level (and who is, really, aside from Sir Charles himself), Kirilenko is personable, patient, friendly and fluent in two languages in the interview milieu. Kirilenko arrived late to “open media” session after […]