Ball in Europe – European Basketball Blog

Could the NBA head to Europe for good after David Stern leaves his post as NBA boss? The NBA commish says maybe so. Also in the news: Euroleague fans better make sure they have money in their bank accounts as tickets for the Final Four in May in Paris go on sale this week; Maccabi Tel Aviv coach Pini Gershon apologizes for his antics in New York; we learn of a tragic death in Portugal; could Marc Gasol be getting a lot better very soon; and Nicolas Batum goes under the knife.

I do not know when there will be a European division of the NBA. But there will be one

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Ricky Rubio picked apart his old Joventut teammates in leading Barcelona to a convincing 92-59 thrashing of DKV at home on Saturday in the Spanish ACB.
In his first game against the Barcelona suburb team where he played for four seasons, Rubio dished out 10 assists while swiping five steals aand scoring six points in 21 minutes of action. Continue Reading…

Phew! Hopefully people were betting big point spreads in the Euroleague’s first game day as Montepaschi Siena, Barcelona, Olympiacos and Zalgiris notched easy victories by an average of more than 27 points. More on Euroleague as well as bigger than Jordan; a new basketball film; new players soon coming to Europe; a German star talent; and why Euroleague did not want to watch Maroussi-CSKA highlights.
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To torment and tease those of us – and by “those of us” here, i mean “every Euroball fan” – who can’t wait for the Euroleague, Eurocup, and FIBA EuroChallenge championship draws set for Wednesday at 1pm CET, FIBA Europe and Euroleague yesterday released the names of the participating clubs in the three competitions.

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It has now been nearly two years since BallinEurope was launched in September 2007. We were three guys at the time and our goal was to change the landscape of European basketball blogging. Well, changing the landscape may sound huge, but in fact at that time, BallinEurope was the first and only blog about European basketball in English. This has changed dramatically by today, which is a great thing. But today is the day to announce that BallinEurope has found somebody to take over the blog.

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We have built a strong brand with BallinEurope over the past two years, but since we are looking for new goals, BallinEurope is up for sale.

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Bad news from Italy.

Much worse than that from France (Pau Orthez) or Germany (Giessen).

Fortitudo Bologna has gone down to Legadue.

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I started using Facebook about four years ago, when a girl from the US told me about her Facebook thing. Now, four years later, people on a search engine expo are talking only about Facebook: Facebook ads, Facebook marketing, Facebook everything.

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Well, the expected has already taken hold: Just like Brandon Jennings this past off-season, an American has decided to forgo college to play professionally in Europe. Only this time, unlike Jennings who graduated high school only to decline a scholarship at Arizona, Jeremy Tyler is leaving high school early to head to the Continent. Continue Reading…

Spanish teenage sensation Ricky Rubio has issued a statement that he is ready to make the leap to the NBA, saying it’s his goal to enter the NBA for the 2009-10 season.

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