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Euroleague Final Four Preview: Panathinaikos Athens
Today, we give this platform to our Greek friends, Drazen and Scire from the Double Team Blog, to discuss Panathinaikos Athens.
Why Americans should watch Euroleague Final Four
Many observers and participants are already calling the 2009 Final Four in Berlin in early May the best ever. While that remains to be seen, one thing that is certain is that the affair in the German capital is anything but just another European party. And American basketball fans will have plenty of reasons to […]
My Euroleague Playoff Tuesday
The Euroleague playoffs began this Tuesday and despite having practice during the evening, I tried to blog my playoff night as it happened. So the evening started in Moscow, of course, with the playoff opener in a tournament that is finally played in best-of-five mode.
Yarone's Weekend Joints – Part II
Part II of the Weekend Joints is presented to you with visits to Kaunas, Nancy’s hot dog stands, Pionir, Milano and Greece. Can’t go wrong with that route. The matchup that never happened The Le Mans-Unicaja match had the potential to host one of the most intriguing match-ups Euroleague 2008/09 can offer. Unicaja’s big lead […]
Yarone's Weekend Joints – Part II
Part II of the Weekend Joints breathes air before the weekend comes to an end. Three-ball diversity Seems like Olimpija finally found the path to the W. In their win over Alba, the Slovenians finished 11-of-24 from close range and 13-of-33 behind the arc. The Germans had big problems deciding who to stop first, as […]
Yarone's late Friday's joints
Globalization – The player with the highest VAL on Zalgiris of Lithuania was US center Loren Woods. The players with the best VAL for Italian Montepaschi were Rimantas Kaukenas and Ksistof Lavrinovic from … Lithuania. In fact, the latter two combined for a VAL of 45 while all Lithuanian players on the Lithuanian team combined […]
Monday's cigarettes
There we go: We know now all the Eurobasket 2009 participants except one, and the Euroleague tipoff is only one month away. So France and Italy have to go through an additional qualifying round next summer in order to qualify for Eurobasket 2009. In the tournament, they will face Bosnia-Herzegovina, Portugal, Finland and Belgium. Czech […]
After the Olympics: What's the future of Lithuania?
After having talked about the future of the Greek National team, today we’re going to analyze the current situation in the Lithuanian national team.
Monday's cigarettes
The Olympics are over and the preseason is now officially launched. Here, the first Monday’s cigarettes of the season.
Olympic Games: the Lithuanian fan experience
As I am still in Riga to cover the U20 European Championships and as I wanted however to follow the Olympic Games, I was looking around to see if some bars or pubs are showing the games. And this was not that easy.
Four basketball stars to serve as Olympic-flag bearers
With the Olympics coming closer every day, the excitement is getting bigger and bigger in the different countries. And for every nation, the position of the flag-bearer during the Opening ceremony is a huge honor. This year, this massive responsibility will be in the hands of several European basketball stars.
Ricky freezes Lithuania
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 posting such a short message. By the way, who is Saras?