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A true Euroleague fan experience
“Free tickets! Free tickets!”, that’s all that’s running through my mind. I still cant believe as we figure out where they are, that we are only 4 rows back, 5 meters from “where the fit birds that dance are”. This was a great game (aside from questionable officiating). Rytas came out firing on all cylinders, […]
Euroleague Top8: who will qualify?
With one game ahead in the Top16, there will be a tough race for several teams to qualify for the Quarterfinals of the Euroleague this week. I checked the different groups and will explain who has to do what in order to qualify. Group D Here the situation is pretty easy to explain. Montepaschi Siena […]
Leverkusen: winning despite everything
The Bayer Giants Leverkusen Basketball team is actually the hottest team in the German league. With the win yesterday night against Telekom Baskets Bonn, the former German Champion and Euroleague team reached the top of the standings. After several seasons in the middle of the Bundesliga and even being faced to relegation partly, the 2007/2008 […]
Marcus Brown: "European basketball is never gonna grow, if.."
I am really thankful, that Jonas Miklovas of BasketNews.lt shares his experiences from last nights’ game of Zalgiris vs. Olympiakos with us. Zalgiris lost 52-61 and I remember Marcus Brown being really upset when he went to the bench in the fourth quarter Jonas explains us what happened. DeJuan Collins quickly dressed up, packed his […]
Proof of European fans being crazy
Sometimes it is good to wait with an article. If you have followed last weeks’ live blog of Lottomatica Roma vs. CSKA Moscow you probably noticed the comments I made about the dance team and the response of the crowd. Luckily I was able to take a picture of that action. I will leave it […]
Chris Kaman: "I want to be German"
I promised you updates with this story so here is the latest: “I want to be German”, at least this is what the German news site RP-online tells us. Kaman said that he would want to play for the German national team. He talked to the German Basketball Federation and they really try to make […]
Euroleague LIVE: Roma – FC Barcelona
Probably the last LIVE blog from Roma – since I don’t think they will go to the Top8. After the two horrible losses by as much as 30 points against CSKA and Barcelona they will face Barcelona again tonight. Live Blog starts at 8.15pm
Interview with Chuck Eidson
Lietuvos Rytas forward Chuck Eidson gave us a short interview just before today’s Euroleague game against Fenerbahce. So Chuck, you apparently signed a 4 year deal with Lietuvos Rytas. What were the main reasons for this somehow unusual deal for a basketball player as normally most of the players only get 1 year contracts? I […]
Euroleague Fantasy Challenge – week 5
As every week we get an insight from Euroleague Fantasy expert Arkadios, who shares his thoughts about this week. Week 4 was the best week for me in the Top16. Mainly because everything went on as expected, except for Olympiakos’ win in Israel. Whoever had Lyn Greer in their roster should feel happy and lucky. […]
Some love for the FIBA bloggers
Each of us “bloggers” would not say no if he or she would get paid for writing blog posts, right? So far only the best get some kind of reward. Not too long ago I got an email from fellow US bloggers complaining that it is hard even to get media credentials for NBA games […]
Is Ricky Rubio already the ULEB Cup MVP?
I had the chance to see the end of the 2nd half of today’s ULEB Cup Game between DKV Joventut Badalona in Moscow against Khimki. While we all know already about Ricky’s qualities, this game was once again a great showing of his abilities. Known already for his defensive qualities, he showed an amazing scoring […]
ULEB Cup Live
Eurosport 2 is having a triple header tonight with the ULEB Cup Top 16 round. One game is already going on at the moment but there are two others to come up later. Actually Joventut Badalona is ahead against Khimki in the Russian gym. So not a lot to add so far from me. The […]