Ricky freezes Lithuania
July 25, 2008
I am not a big fan of posts with just one phrase. But this clip from yesterday’s preparation game for the Olympics between Spain and Lithuania is worth to go for such a short message. By the way, who is Saras?
Euroleague transfer analysis: Group B
July 23, 2008
After explaining the first transfers of Group A, I will take a closer look at group B today to see who did what and give you my opinion on these moves.
Lithuanian invasion in the Bay Area
July 15, 2008
Lietuvos Rytas, one of the top two Lithuanian teams, will travel to the United States in October to play a friendly against the Golden State Warriors in the NBA preseason.
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D.C. Collins settles down in Rostov
June 30, 2008
Today, the Zalgiris Kaunas fans got shocking news. Crowd and journalist favorite D.C. Collins will move to Rostov, last year seventh-best in the Russian Superleague. I tried to investigate what could have motivated the American guard to move from a Euroleague team to a mediocre Russian team.
The 2008 National Champions
June 25, 2008
BallinEurope has established a list of all National Champions in the various European leagues as they are known so far. If you have results to add or know who was named Final MVPs in a European league, feel free to add this in the comments so that we can update the list.
How to find a big man for Zalgiris Kaunas
June 20, 2008
The European transfer market is going crazy. Panathinaikos is signing Dimitris Verginis for €1.7 million, Khimky signs Jerome Moiso for €2 million. Additionally, former European glories come back from the NBA where they cannot earn as much as they can in the Euroleague: think Juan Carlos Navarro, Jorge Garbajosa and most likely Primoz Brezec in the near future, too. But what about this deal?
Monday’s cigarettes
June 16, 2008
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas won’t play for Lithuania at the 2008 Olympics. The AP reports that Cavaliers management refused to give permission to the Lithuanian center to play because of his injury history.
- Omar Cook just got his Montenegrin passport; check out the sliding images here.
- German guard Joe Herber will miss another two months and can forget playing in the 2008 Olympics, after medical staff diagnosed another problem with his injured knee.
- Olimpija Ljubljana signed Damjan Rudez for a 2+1 contract. Rudez averaged 10.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game with KK Split in the Adriatic League this season.
- After moving up to the third German league, FC Bayern Munich switched its licence with Düsseldorf Magic and will play next season in the 2nd German league. The goal for the basketball section of the famous German soccer team is to move up to Bundesliga.
- Spain, Latvia, Belarus and Czech Republic qualified for the Olympic women’s tournament in Beijing.
- The top 10 plays of the Spanish ACB for the full season 2007/2008 — Watch out!!!
- SLUC Nancy finally won the French title and qualified for the Euroleague. Jeff Greer was MVP in a blowout win against Chorale de Roanne this Sunday afternoon.
Monday’s cigarettes
May 26, 2008
The rumors in Europe are in heavy rotation these days when it comes to transfers. But we also found some other nice stories that are worth mentioning.
The BallinEurope playoff round-up
May 19, 2008
As the playoffs are running across Europe, BallinEurope will give you some regular updates about series in the different countries and the stories that you don’t read in the box scores.
Monday’s cigarettes
May 19, 2008
The playoffs have begun and there are already big surprises in various European leagues.
