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Marquez Haynes, dunksmith of France
Days later and the internet is still loaded with chatter about Blake Griffin’s monster dunks perpetuated against the New York Knicks this weekend (okay, so they were pretty badass buckets), but rookie Marquez Haynes of Chalon/Saône may be making himself a name as the dunksmith of France with some insane hops in evidence lately. Haynes, […]
Twelve European players to watch in 2010-11 NCAA basketball
‘Stateside, this weekend saw the tipping off of college basketball across the country and, while most prospects from The Continent are avoiding the Kanter treatment to simply play with club teams here, BallinEurope still has eyes on a handful of European players looking to make an impact in the NCAA in 2010-11. Our official preseason […]
Kanter ruled ineligible by NCAA (P.S. Free Enes!)
Bummer. In a pretty major short-term setback to Enes Kanter’s career, the NCAA has ruled that the big Turk is ineligible to play at the college level. ESPN.com reports that “the school will appeal the decision,” which found that “Kanter received benefits above his actual and necessary expenses while playing for a club basketball team […]
Coach Calipari's last word on Enes Kanter
One last quickie this morning for y’all: Coach John Calipari has posted what is promised to be his final statement on Enes Kanter NCAA eligibility matter.
Calipari: Kanter “a great kid,” amateur; status still under review
While the NCAA Eligibility Center continues to review the case of Enes Kanter, whose reception of up to $150,000 in benefits from Turkish club Fenerbahçe Ülker may make him ineligible to play for the University of Kentucky in the 2010-11, team coach John Calipari offered a public show of support Thursday night. Calipari opined to […]
Kanter can’t play at U.K.? Fenerbahce Ulker exec blows whistle on eligibility
All those rumors that dogged Turkish phenom Enes Kanter through his senior year of high school in the U.S. – to the extent that he twice transferred schools when his eligibility was questioned – have blown up into allegations that may threaten his much-anticipated freshman year at University of Kentucky. Fenerbahçe Ülker GM Nedim Karakas […]
Barton Think: Should Will go D League or to Europe?
“It dont get no worse than this. The hardest thing I ever had 2 face is here. Need vision cuz everything blurry now. Where do I go from here?” – American prospect Will Barton on Twitter Will Barton of Baltimore faces an all-too-familiar problem of young American basketballers, but thanks to Latavious Williams and Brandon […]
Bienvenue à Gonzaga, Mathis Keita!
Mathis Keita, a 1992-born product of France’s INSEP, has verbally committed to joining Gonzaga University for the 2009-10 season; Keita makes the third prospective signing for the Bulldogs. Keita was first seen on the international stage in the 2008 FIBA U16 World Championship and he played for champion INSEP at this year’s Nike International Junior […]
Three games remain; records will fall in Spain
With three games left to play in what has been another truly great ACB season, some folks are thumbing through the league record books to see which bits of 2009-10 might be immortalized in statistics when it’s over. Over at the league’s official website, Daniel Barranquero takes a long look – no, a loooooooooooong look […]
For Phil Jackson: What to expect from Bennett Salvatore
A bit of an aside here, if you would be so kind, BallinEurope readers, and an apology; you see, i’m still traumatized by Sunday’s Los Angeles Lakers-San Antonio Spurs game. Due to that old life/other plans thing, i waited until last night to watch the possible playoff matchup in a game that’s often a regular-season […]
And then there were two: Kiliçli, Sekelja still representing Europe in NCAA tourney
Congratulations to Turkey’s Deniz Kiliçli and his West Virginia University Mountaineers, who pulled off the nice 73-66 upset of Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament regional finals last night. With six teams remaining in The Big Dance, Kiliçli is one of two remaining European youngsters in an otherwise all-American tournament; Baylor, with Bosnia & Herzegovina-born Dragan […]
Are the Harlem Globetrotters still relevant?
Budapest last night played host to the Harlem Globetrotters, and BallinEurope was among the approximately 4,000 in attendance. Though a generally good time appeared to have been had by all – and particularly, of course, the preteens for whom the team’s brand of tomfoolery is really for – BiE just couldn’t help but wonder at […]