November 2008 37
Rod Benson likes French rock
Rod Benson, the famous US blogger who currently plays for SLUC Nancy in France, revealed an interesting thought today. Whereas Rod in fact mostly likes hip-hop, Benson wrote in his Twitter the following words today: BB Brunes “Dis moi.” Sweet. Probably a lot of readers from outside France did not understand this message. Julie probably […]
Crisis reaches Russia – Delfino refuses to play
Our contact in Russia has informed us about some major development in Russia. According to him, the global financial crisis is having a direct effect on the Russian basketball. If you really think about it, it just makes sense and critics of high-paying Russian investors are finally proven right. He also explains why Russia is […]
Americans investing in European basketball
When I read the news here, I had to check today’s date. OK … this isn’t an April Fool’s joke or bad journalism – this looks like legit news. During a secret meeting between two American investors, Henry Feinberg (shareholder of Technology Crossover Ventures) and partner Steven M. Julius (president of Workplace Solutions), it was […]
The Currywurst-with-French fries trade explained
We’ve already talked about what happened to Marcus Slaughter in Bremerhaven a few days ago, but the story has now somehow come to a crazy conclusion. But let’s start from the beginning. Marcus Slaughter is a young US player with a lot of talent. Born in 1985 and after a great campaign with San Diego […]
Where have all the scorers gone?
Vincenzo Esposito in Italy, Delaney Rudd in France, Tony Dawson in Germany, Oded Katash in Israel: All were top scorers in their respective leagues, leading the rankings with 25 or more points per game. Brad Oleson, Steven Smith, Rashad Anderson: These are our top scorers, nowadays. How many are they scoring? Not more than 21 […]
Monday's cigarettes
Here we go for the Euroleague bye week. And we’ve put together some interesting stories in order to get through these 14 days without Devotion. Take a look into Nicolas Batum’s mind. In the German Bundesliga, the Giessen 46ers had to go for a road game on Saturday against EnBW Ludwigsburg. For this 250km trip, […]
Tips from the Euroleague Fantasy boss: Week 4
Hello everyone, this is Javier Gancedo, always from Euroleague Basketball. Looks like it has been yet another great fantasy week for me. I am beginning to get worried after modifying all my previous entries because of injuries. Seriously. We’ll see what happens this week. It has been a fantastic week in Euroleague, especially the nine-game […]
For sale: BallinEurope editor’s loyalty
Now that the Euroleague is in full swing, a couple of problems have arisen (What can i say? I’m living in Hungary where the dominant cultural paradigm says, “Complain first, enjoy later.”) and I’m appealing to the BallinEurope crowd for help. Problem one: So much basketball, so little time. Between writing/editing for this website and […]
Yarone's weekend Joints
Lots of three-ball action took place this week. Some went in with great accuracy. Others will have to pay for the rim damage. Lazos, Erceg and Childress are the most overpaid players of this week, the double OT in Istanbul had two sides, Spencer caught up, Nancy made history, Jennings made us proud, and one […]
NIKEiD Fantasy Challenge: Consistency is the key
With a season-low one transfer this week, I went for one of my better scores: 153.7 ranking points. The addition of Emir Preldzic can be considered a nice move and staying with Sergio Llull was the right decision after Raul Lopez’ injury absence. With Pepe Sanchez also going down in the game, Llull played 24 […]
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 […]
Euroleague Final Four tickets to become shelf warmers?
It is now two weeks since tickets for the Euroleague Final Four in Berlin went on sale. But we’re still waiting for a “sold-out” message. While in 2008, tickets were gone in just 72 hours, currently only the seats in the balcony part of the O2 World are gone. In the medium- to higher-price categories, […]