http://www.ballineurope.com European basketball Blog Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:56:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am not a big fan of posts with just one phrase. But this clip from yesterday's preparation game for the Olympics between Spain and Lithuania is worth to go for such a short message. By the way, who is Saras? http://www.ballineurope.com/countries/spain/ricky-freezes-lithuania/ The last of the four groups in the 2008-2009 edition of the Euroleague features some high-quality teams, including defending champion CSKA Moscow and Spain's biggest name in Real Madrid. CSKA Moscow The Euroleague defending champs have done it up big this summer. Even if they lost some of their main men, they ... http://www.ballineurope.com/european-basketball/euroleague/euroleague-transfer-analysis-group-d/ It is no surprise that almost-NBA champion Sasha "The Machine" Vujacic has been contacted by several European teams. Kobe Bryant tells us that he would not be surprised if Sasha takes the money and runs, just because he won't get that much money from the Lakers or any other NBA ... http://www.ballineurope.com/us-basketball/nba/sasha-vujacic-to-europe-the-real-reasons/ After Carlos Delfino signed a nice contract with Eurocup team BC Khimki, it looks like the Khimki managers wanted more from the Raptors than "just" Delfino. A few hours ago, the club and the Eurocup website announced that Jorge Garbajosa has signed a two-year contract with Russian club BC Khimki. It ... http://www.ballineurope.com/european-basketball/euroleague/carlos-delfino-has-a-newold-teammate/ The next group in BallinEurope's continuing analysis is Group C, as A and B have already been discussed. While A will be called the Childress Group, in C we'll have the Jennings Group then. But let's see what the teams have done so far in terms of transfers. TAU Ceramica The Spanish ... http://www.ballineurope.com/european-basketball/euroleague/euroleague-transfer-analysis-group-c/ According to Lithuanian basketball web site krepsinis.net (thanks to Zaidaw), Josh Childress has signed with Olympiacos. To make it less a rumor, but a more reliable note: See here (for a picture of Josh actually signing), here and here are also reports and "photo evidence" of his signature in Greece ... http://www.ballineurope.com/european-basketball/euroleague/josh-childress-update-signs-with-olympiakos/ After explaining the first transfers of Group A, I will take a closer look at group B today to see who did what and give you my opinion on these moves. Montepaschi Siena The Italian roster is at the moment mostly undefined. Coach Pianigiani could only announce the signing of Morris Finley ... http://www.ballineurope.com/european-basketball/euroleague/euroleague-transfer-analysis-group-b/ Marc Berman recently published an article at NYPost.com saying that "Knicks have Gallinari doubts." Give the [New York] people what the people want! We [bloggers and journalists] all know that a good headline is everything! - at least Berman's right about this. If you keep reading his article, you will find ... http://www.ballineurope.com/national-teams/new-york-post-isnt-a-gallinari-fan/ After the first transfer mania on the European market, I want to take a look at the current roster situation of the Euroleague teams. Of course, right now, you cannot tell how the teams will perform this season as the squads have not been fixed, but let's take a first ... http://www.ballineurope.com/european-basketball/euroleague/euroleague-transfer-analysis-group-a/ Well, things are changing very quickly these days. Just a few hours after reporting that Olympiakos might be interested in Bostijan Nachbar if the Josh Childress deal didn't come through, Nachbar signed with Dinamo Moscow. Just to get it right: Dinamo is not part of the Euroleague, participating instead in the ... http://www.ballineurope.com/us-basketball/nba/bostijan-nachbar-joins-dinamo-moscow/