EuroLeague 2315
Last-second choices for the NIKEiD Fantasy Challenge
My transfers were already set Tuesday afternoon but when I came home on the evening, I read that Juan Carlos Navarro will probably miss the next game. So I had to change those nice picks I’d already made. OUT: Nikola Pekovic (Panathinaikos), Mirsad Turkcan (Fenerbahce) and Giorgios Printezis (Olympiacos). IN: Lior Eliyahu (Maccabi), David Andersen […]
Euroleague Power Rankings (Week 7)
The last game day before Christmas is just ahead, so let’s check which are teams are hot and which are not at the moment. 1. CSKA Moscow (6-1) (+1) It was just a short-term downgrade to second place for CSKA Moscow. An emphatic win against Panionios and a hard-fought victory over Unics Kazan helped them […]
Eurocup LIVE: Brose Baskets – Spirou Charleroi
David Hein will cover the Eurocup game between Brose Baskets Bamberg and Spirou Charleroi live from the JAKO Arena in Bamberg. Other games of the evening that you can follow as Live Stream via Eurosport are at 17h00 CET Khimki Moscow vs. Besiktas Istanbul (LIVE Stream here) and at 19h00 CET Turk Telekom Ankara vs. […]
Tips from the Euroleague boss: Week 7
Hello everybody, once again this is Javier Gancedo, as always from Euroleague Basketball in the last NIKEiD Fantasy Challenge blog of 2008. Looking back at the Euroleague year, it has been a fantastic one. The Final Four in Madrid was terrific; the competition system changed and it is safe to say it was an improvement; […]
Yarone's Weekend Joints – Part II
Home far away from home In Week 2, when FenerUlker hosted Alba the official attendance indicated 3,000 people less were on the streets of Istanbul. This week Alba gathered an impressive 13,189 people in the O2 World arena, that will host the Final Four. The anecdote of the story, as big boss Christophe mentioned, was […]
Yarone's Weekend Joints – Part I
Stretch your legs, inhale, exhale, surround yourself with your fave munchies (Tobias, this is where the “pizza delivery” banner should appear!) and get ready for another edition of Euroleague Joints. So here we stand – Group A With three more weeks to play in the regular season, it’s time to take a glimpse at the standings. Group […]
The nightmare before Christmas
I’ve really been into the NIKEiD Fantasy Challenge lately. But this week makes me think about going ahead with it or not. Game day isn’t even over (at the moment I write these lines), and I already know that this will be my worst score ever. After it started so well on Tuesday, Wednesday was […]
Open letter to Bill Simmons and America
After checking out the Unicaja-Olympiacos match and witnessing yet another stellar performance from my compatriot Josh Childress, i was moved enough, as all sports-worshiping Americans eventually do at some point in our lives, to whip off an email to The Sports Guy, ESPN.com’s Bill Simmons. Since he’ll never publish it, we’ll run it here, too. […]
Brandon Jennings' coach says Arrivederci
What has already been reported by a multitude of media became official yesterday evening: Jasmin Repesa resigned from his coaching job at Lottomatica Roma. But the story that sounds pretty familiar is probably bigger news in the United States, as Roma is the team of Brandon Jennings. So I imagined a US version of the […]
Euroleague Power Rankings (Week 6)
Here we go for a quick hitter: The Euroleague Power Rankings for Week 6. And in order to have it online before game day begins, there will be no comments on the positioning. Take a look and feel free to comment on the position changes. Montepaschi Siena (5-1) (+2) CSKA Moscow (5-1) (-1) Olympiacos (5-1) […]
Attention: The Fantasy deadline is tonight
I was quite a bit shocked when I saw Monday morning that the first game of the Euroleague week was already today. While ALBA fans in various forums were still discussing whether their game against Fenerbahce in the O2 World will be a home game or not (bear in mind that Berlin is sometimes called […]
Tips from the Euroleague boss: Week 6
Hi everyone, this is once again Javier Gancedo, as always from the Euroleague Basketball headquarters at Palau Sant Jordi. Well, not always, since it is my day off today, and I’m at home chilling out in Barcelona. First of all, the fact that I know nothing about basketball kills me. I come up with The […]