December 2007 58
Italian basketball in trouble?
The last few days, this was the main topic in every basketball gym in Italy – at least the ones I have been to lately: “Criminal investigation on about 50 basketball contracts in the first and second league in Italy”. As I experienced it is “normal” to pay players in lower division “under the table” […]
The Roman empire – even Panathinaikos can't conquer them
Why would you lose to Virtus Roma if you haven’t lost one game in the Euroleague so far? Why would you only score 9 points in the third quarter and why the heck would Roberto Gabini push Sani Becirovic to the ground? Those are just a few questions that went through my mind as I […]
A Euroleague night without watching a game
Today, I deliberately watched no Euroleague game on TV because the Live Blog from yesterday was a little too much for my nerves 😉 So here are some thoughts and rumors I found after seeing today’s results.
Le Mans leaving the Euroleague?
As you may know, the French team of Le Mans was present at the right moment in Summer 2006 to grab one of the 3 year deals with the Euroleague by winning the French Championship. But now, there is a rule that may will force the French team to leave the Euroleague.
Euroleague LIVE: Chorale Roanne – Brose Baskets Bamberg
The recap of the LIVE BLOG is now available
Insulting Sam Mitchell and the Raptors
We already found out that Sam doesn’t really follow European basketball – with five guys from Europe on his team. Now we found out through the Toronto Sun that he even feels insulted when you try to tell Sam Mitchell they are playing European-style basketball:
Euroleague LIVE: What to watch
Doesn’t it look like a lot of people are hurt now? Take a look at the injury list of the Euroleague: Lynn Greer, Matjaz Smodis, Tomas van den Spiegel and last weeks’ MVP Daniel Santiago – just to mention a few names.
Bergeaud says "au revoir"
The French NT coach Claude Bergeaud officially announced yesterday that he will step back from the head coach position. After the disappointing 8th place and the non-qualification for the Olympics, the French NT needed some change.
Go, went, gone – or Prokom Trefl
It should have been a good season for Prokom. They invested a lot of money in new players and clearly wanted to be a part of the Top16 if not more. So let’s face the reality: – Prokom wins: 1 – Prokom losses: 6 – which means last place in Group A – next game […]
The other Benetton
Benetton Treviso is a household name in the European Basketball scene, but did you know that there is another team called Benetton that is actually rocking the European scene? And the biggest surprise is that the team is coming from Switzerland.
Buzzer beater of the week
SSV ratiopharm ULM just had an incredible win this weekend in the German Bundesliga. With a few seconds left and ball for the opponents of EWE Baskets Oldenburg, they managed to win the game however. Check the Video (#18) of the incredible mid-court shot from Emeka Erege here and see what I would call a […]
Italian Euroleague weekend
I don’t know if the Italian league already planned this or if it is just an incident, but this past weekend the four Italian Euroleague teams played each other. While Armani Jeans Milano played Virtus Bologna, Montepaschi Siena played Lottomatica Roma.