EuroLeague 2342
It’s on us – The death of Marko Ivkovic
Last night European basketball and sport as whole suffered a senseless loss with the murder of Marko Ivkovic, a Crvena Zvezda fan, in Istanbul. BallinEurope’s editor Emmet Ryan offers his thoughts. It doesn’t matter that Galatasaray won in double overtime. It doesn’t matter that Marcus Williams set a new assists record. It definitely doesn’t matter […]
Bayern continue to learn the hard way
The second part of BiE’s two-legged German adventure was in the Audi Dome as FC Bayern hosted FC Barcelona in Round 6 of Euroleague’s regular season. Even I have limits. Sure there’s beer in the fridge of the press room but I’m not touching that until someone else does. Besides, I’d already had a couple […]
AUDIO: Interview with DeAndre Liggins
BIE’s Andrei Britz caught up with DeAndre Liggins after his Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd team scored a big road win, 79-96, over Asesoft Ploiesti in Eurocup. Liggins a former Kentucky product, played for Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA and their D-Leagues affiliate Tulsa 66ers. He spend last season with another D-league team, Sioux Falls Skyforce. […]
Return to Freak City
BiE’s editor returned to Bamberg for the first time since 2010 to take in the gang from Freak City hosting Reggio Emilia in Eurocup action. He got as much hops as hoops in on this trip. It was always the quietest ones. A young fan would go “Brose Baskets” and then the 999 at their […]
Talking Bamberg and Bayern on the Phil Naessens Show
Emmet joined Phil Naessens once more to discuss what’s happening in European basketball. As BiE is in Bavaria this week, Emmet talked in depth about tonight’s Eurocup game between Brose Baskets Bamberg and Reggion Emilia along with tomorrow night’s clash in Euroleague between FC Bayern and FC Barcelona. There’s also a round-up of the latest […]
BiE’s Euroleague picks on the Phil Naessens Show
Emmet joined Phil again this week to make his picks and break down the groups in Euroleague. Listen to hear our take on the week ahead.
Diamantidis, the plain looking enigma
With Triple D hitting the 1,000 assist mark in Euroleague, Emmet Ryan looks at the man who defines everything about Panathinaikos. Numbers help. When gauging Dimitris Diamandtidis’ place in history, it’s the best thing to rely on when trying to find where to place him. It’s hard to think of a Euro of his generation […]
CSU Asesoft Ploiesti routs Lietuvos Rytas in Eurocup
It was a memorable night in Ploiesti, the oil capital of Romania as CSU Asesoft got a convincing win at home against Lietuvos Rytas (103-83) in group E of the Eurocup. The Romanian champions had a great start, jumping into a 30-11 lead and the Baltic side could never get close the rest of the […]
Moment of silence for José Luis Abós
A moment of silence will be held before all Eurocup games this week to honour the memory of former CAI Zaragoza coach José Luis Abós. We here in BallinEurope would like to extend our sympathies to all associated with the late coach. Here is the full statement from Euroleague: Euroleague Basketball has declared that a […]
Navarro suffers hamstring injury
FC Barcelona has just announced that Juan Carlos Navarro is set to miss some time with a first degree hamstring injury. In a statement the club said his “availability for forthcoming matches will depend on how the recovery progresses.” Injuries have hampered La Bomba for the last two seasons now and this is a blow […]
The Gody is heating up
Valencia lost their Euroleague opener to Olympiacos but Luke Harangody sent a message that the Gody of Notre Dame lore is ready for business this season, writes Emmet Ryan. Luke Harangody is a monster but a terribly specific one. To look at, despite his 240 lbs frame, the Valencia big man is about as intimidating […]
Baskonia crushes Neptunas on Euroleague opening night
THe 2014/15 Euroleague season tipped off in Vitoria, Zeb Benbrook gives his thoughts on a big win for Baskonia. Davis Bertans looked like one of the world’s elite catch and shoot players while Thomas Huertel managed to rack up double digit assists in just 30 minutes of action. Those were the types of breakout performances […]