First evidence as to why to follow Josh Childress in Europe
September 25, 2008 by Tobias · 4 Comments
We finally got some basketball action from Athens, where Olympiakos played an exhibition game. The first time somebody posted the video, I wasn’t expecting too much - well, watch for yourself to see some Dwight Howard blocks and LeBron James dunks … made by Josh Childress.
Might be a great season to start following the Euroleague!
The stats from the game: Olympiakos 88, Kolossos 82. Josh Childress, 14 points.
Shawn Kemp, by the way, went back to the States to take care of the victims of hurricane Ike. His Italian team is now somewhat worried that Kemp might not come back. Now this is only a rumor picked up at the IBN forum, but those people are always pretty well informed. We will see.
The end of Euroball?
August 19, 2008 by Christophe · 8 Comments
With the arrival of more and more current NBA players to Europe and the first-ever player signing with a Euroleague team directly out of high school, I asked myself if this is the end of our beloved “Euroball”?
Shawn Kemp to Italy! It’s official
August 16, 2008 by Christophe · 5 Comments
The Italian team of Premiata Montegranaro just finalized the deal of the year week. Shawn Kemp, the Reignman will relaunch his basket ball career and play in Italy next season.
Shawn Kemp, Jason Kidd, Earl Boykins and Europe
August 6, 2008 by Tobias · 2 Comments
Being at a basketball camp 24/7 right now does not help in staying on top of things: Today there are 129 new emails in my inbox and a lot of new developments going on. I guess I’m lucky to be at the 76ers camp, where the director has great connections and informs me about current events from time to time.
Wearing this shirt initiated the latest news tough. As you can imagine, Shawn Kemp is a pretty big deal for Europe. Especially if you grew up in that era with him and Gary Payton. Shawn Kemp was THE deal, right?
Well, Shawn has been offered a contract by Italian club Premiata Montegranaro and if you know a little bit about Shawn’s recent problems, you might want to believe that he be would be more than glad to take this offer.
My five cents: If Shawn Kemp signs in Europe, I am buying season tickets for that team!
Earl Boykins finally took a deal in Europe which many believe he should have done much earlier, like last season, when BallinEurope was already discussing the possibility. Now, Earl has signed with Virtus Bologna, a team which struggled mightily with their Americans last season - Delonte Holland, that is.
As you see, there is no need to speculate, especially when you hear the birds in Olympiakos telling people that even LeBron James is an option in 2010 when his contract is over; let’s talk about that … in 2010.
Let’s keep it realistic - like Jason Kidd realistic. Talking to basketball experts, a Jason Kidd move to Europe would not surprising to them at all, since nobody is a real fan of him for being on the Olympic team. We might have to talk about Jason Kidd in Europe pretty soon - pretty seriously!
That’s all from the deep deep Poconos in beautiful Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
