Will Azovmash be the next Prokom Trefl?

July 3, 2008

If you’ve been reading about the signings by Ukrainian team Azovmash Mariupol these days, it looks as though the owners at Azov Sea just discovered oil under their gym: Dijon Thompson, Uche Nsonwu, Marc Salyers, Khalid El-Amin, Alexandr Capin or Simonas Serapinas have all signed contracts in recent weeks.

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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.

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Where all the young European big guys hide

November 22, 2007

Who’s the best young European big man ? If you watched Euroleague TV those last few weeks, there’s no way you pass on Nikola Pekovic who has blossomed into a superstar at age 21. It was hard to predict such an improvement really since last year he played in the shadow of another talented young center. His name ? Kosta Perovic.

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A little bit of Pacific Division in Europe

November 15, 2007

Once a month, BallinEurope will spend a week telling a couple of stories about former NBA players now playing in Europe division by division and team by team. Now is Southeast Division’s turn. If you wanna know what’s going on with players such as Marc Jackson, Pau Gasol’s brother or Tyus Edney then this post is for you. Read more