Sasha Vujacic to Europe? The real reasons
July 25, 2008
It is no surprise that almost-NBA champion Sasha “The Machine” Vujacic has been contacted by several European teams. Kobe Bryant tells us that he would not be surprised if Sasha takes the money and runs, just because he won’t get that much money from the Lakers or any other NBA club.
So once again, money is supposed to be the reason? NO! If Sasha is treated like this by his favorite MVP, his American idol (let’s just call him Sasha’s GOD), he has to leave. Watch this:
Oh well, Sasha, Kobe doesn’t love you like you love him … but it looks like a few more people don’t like you that much, either. Like Manu Ginobili, Andrew Bynum, Carmelo Anthony, Baron Davis and even the entire Cleveland Cavaliers team. He can’t even join the New York Knicks anymore! Would you want to stay in this league when nobody likes you and you get hurt all the time? I don’t know.
Does Europe want a guy like that? I guess not - well, hold on - the Euroleague might need a substitute for that guy who made us all laugh last season, even though he knew what he was saying to make us laugh: Sasha probably doesn’t know.
If everything fails, Sasha, why don’t you look into coaching and teach some people “how to look like a hero on the court” as well as “how to fly like a mosquito bite next to you”? Nope - no typo - watch this:
Euroleague transfer analysis: Group C
July 24, 2008
The next group in BallinEurope’s continuing analysis is Group C, as A and B have already been discussed. While A will be called the Childress Group, in C we’ll have the Jennings Group then. But let’s see what the teams have done so far in terms of transfers.
Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008: Day 2
July 15, 2008
Day one is in the books and the first two games weren’t that surprising at all, right? New Zealand, most famous for its pre-game dance, won their game against Cape Verde by 27 points. Why does this matter? Because on day 2, Cape Verde will play Germany.
Why does Germany matter? You’re right, just because of Dirk Nowitzki and the Germanized Chris Kaman, who will play his first game for head coach Dirk Bauermann. It looks like Chris is pretty excited to play for Germany and even thinks the German eagle on his chest is “cool.” Basically Chris is trading in this eagle for that one.
Should be an easy first game for Chris unless Cape Verde is that mad because of losing to New Zealand by 27 points - It won’t happen; these guys are pretty chilled.
The third matchup features Cameroon and Puerto Rico. Cameroon just lost their opener against Croatia by 14 points, and I am sure Puerto Rico won’t give them an easy chance to win their first game of the tournament. With players such as Daniel Santiago, Juan Jose Barea (Dallas Mavericks) and Carlos Arroyo (Orlando Magic), Puerto Rico has one goal in mind: to qualify for the Olympics. I am pretty sure that Cameroon won’t be the team to stop their mission.
The last matchup for Tuesday night is Lebanon vs. Brazil. Even without a Leandro Barbosa, Brazil is good enough to easily beat Lebanon. Players such as Tiago Splitter and Alex Garica are enough to beat a team on which the tallest player is “only” 6′9″ (205cm).
Game to watch: Germany v. Cape Verde.
Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008: Day 1
July 13, 2008
With about 24 hours until the Olympic Qualifying Tournament starts, let’s have a look at the teams and the chances for each team to make it to the big goal: the Olympics in Beijing. Read more
Monday’s cigarettes
July 7, 2008
A new week is starting and still no official competition going on. So the cigarettes are pretty short this Monday, too.
What will happen to Goran Dragic this summer?
July 1, 2008
The Goran Dragic case has caused a lot of discussion in recent years. Some even considered his signing by TAU Ceramica as theft. The whole transaction went to court, and now there has been a decision. I spoke with our Slovenian friend Matej Bergant, who send us his insight into this case.
Monday’s cigarettes
June 30, 2008
The European Leagues have finished play and the transfer season is in full effect. I will give you few interesting reads that have nothing to do with players changing teams. Well, at least I’ll try…
The Euro Draft explained to Americans
June 27, 2008
The NBA Draft is the yearly rendez-vous in which US basketball fans and commentators believe that the whole future of “their” team can change. But it’s also the place where such uncommon names like Manu Ginobili or Dirk Nowitzki get selected in total anonymity. And with the according reactions.
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.
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.
