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Better know a Euro – Vasilije Micic
With the 2014 NBA Draft taking place on Thursday, we’re providing refreshers on all the European playerss hoping to hear their names called. Next up, Vasilije Micic. Vasilije Micic Position: PG Draft Express Rank: 36 Draft Express Projection: 39 to the Philadelphia 76ers. Nationality: Serbia Club: Mega Vizura Season: Finished 8th in ABA Liga with […]
Better know a Euro – Artem Klimenko
With the 2014 NBA Draft taking place on Thursday, we’re providing you with refreshers on all of the European prospects hoping to hear their names called. Next up, Artem Klimenko. Artem Klimenko Position: C Draft Express Rank: 38 Draft Express Projection: 37 to Toronto Raptors. Nationality: Russia Club: Avtodor Saratov Season: Won the Russian Superleague […]
Better know a Euro – Bogdan Bogdanovic
With the 2014 NBA Draft taking place on Thursday, we’re giving you a refresher on all of the Europeans hoping to hear their names called. Next up, it’s Bogdan Bogdanovic. Bogdan Bogdanovic Position: SG Draft Express Rank: 30 Draft Express Projection: 35 to the Utah Jazz. Nationality: Serbia Club: Partizan Season: Won the Serbian league […]
Better know a Euro – Jusuf Nurkic
With the 2014 NBA Draft taking place on Thursday, BallinEurope has a refresher on each of the European prospects hoping to be drafted. Next up it’s Croatian league winner and a man destined to be compared to Dario Saric for at least the next three days, Jusuf Nurkic. Jusuf Nurkic Position: C Draft Express Rank: […]
Better know a Euro – Dario Saric
With the 2014 NBA Draft taking place on Thursday, BallinEurope has a refresher on each of the European prospects hoping to be drafted. First up it’s ABA Liga winner and new Anadolu Efes signing Dario Saric. Dario Saric Position: PF Draft Express Rank: 8 Draft Express Projection: 17 to Boston Celtics. EDIT: Prior to last […]
Blatt’s Cavs to take on Maccabi in pre-season
Euroleague champions Maccabi Tel-Aviv are heading to the US and they’re going to run into an old friend. The Euroleague champions will play the Cleveland Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena on 5 October in the Euroleague US Tour. Last week the Cavaliers hired David Blatt, the man who led Maccabi to Euroleague glory this past […]
The All-Seeing eyes
SportVU has changed the way we measure basketball performance. BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan spoke with the man leading the technology’s charge, Brian Kopp, to find out how its all-seeing eyes are changing basketball. Statistics and performance analysis are nothing new to team sports. The long-standing problem for analysts has been breaking down individual performances with relatively […]
David Blatt smashes the glass ceiling
The Cleveland Cavaliers and David Blatt have come to terms, giving the Boston born coach with over 30 years in the European game his first taste of a NBA head coaching gig. Emmet Ryan says this could be a defining moment for European coaches. You don’t have to go back all that far in history […]
Which NBA teams are in with a chance of being crowned 2015 Champions?
The current NBA title holders are the San Antonio Spurs. The franchise won the title in 2014 with a 4-1 series win over the Miami Heat, having lost 4-3 to the Heat 2013 NBA Finals. With all of their top talent back for another season, it seems to many people that it is a foregone […]
Money does not equal professionalism
The Belgrade derby ends in a 3-on-4 match-up and then an Istanbul derby doesn’t happen at all. These are supposed to be finals, the pinnacle of the season. Emmet Ryan writes on why, irrespective of individual fault, this makes all involved look bad. It’s been one of those weeks (and a bit), the type we […]
A Different Perspective for Euroleague
While the world still awaits Google Glass hitting the mainstream, Europe’s top basketball league is already finding ways to help it change the game. Maccabi Electra Tel-Aviv took the Euroleague title, basketball’s answer to the Champions League, in thrilling fashion against Real Madrid last month. The under-card game that preceded the epic final may however […]
Top 10 moments from the VTB League playoffs
The season is over in the VTB United League, with CSKA once again proving triumphant. Here’s the run down of the Top 10 moments from the playoffs.