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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 […]
TP: "I am a PC and I have three rings!"
OK, I’ll admit it: I’m a huge Apple, MAC, iPod and Steve Jobs fan, so I check macrumors.com every day just to see when my Apple Cinema HD screen or my macbook pro or any other apple product I own gets outdated. Kind of weird, isn’t it? Today, I checked that great web site again […]
The German league explained
To continue in our series of articles (see Russia and Spain), Simon Jatsch takes a look at the German BBL league. This is one of the most detailed and excellent articles I have read about the German league, so make sure you read it all. In case you want to get to know the German […]
NBA Europe fans: SORRY!
Euroleague fans are already disappointed that no Euroleague team will play an NBA team this summer. We still don’t know any reasons for this decision by the Euroleague and NBA, since it would be good competition this year, right? Since the Euroleague is still not the most interesting league for the average basketball fan, people […]
The Euro player-blogger roundup
With the new Euroleague season approaching and the number of player-bloggers in Europe increasing, I will give you a (more or less) regular roundup about interesting stories these writers have to share with us.
Tony Parker affected by the global financial crisis?
Everybody has heard about the dramatic events currently going on in the financial world. Big traditional banks and insurance companies are going bankrupt or getting taken over. But did you ever think that these events would put European basketball players in trouble?
Kirilenko back to Russia?
Krepsinis.net lets us know about the possible offer from big-time club CSKA Moscow to get Krilenko back to Russia. These are the facts: Kirilenko has not yet signed with the Utah Jazz, at least as far as the public knows. Since there are no other facts, besides the great strength Kirilenko brings with him to […]
The Spanish league explained
Is the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto still the best league in Europe? The question is now open, considering the recent arrivals of NBA stars to Russia and especially the return to the top level by many Italian teams. At the moment, though, the most admired European basketball is still played in Spain, at least […]
Italy back on track; Great Britain close to Poland
The Eurobasket 2009 qualifiers have started really poorly for coach Recalcati’s Team Italy. After four losses in the first five games, the situation was pretty bad but without going for incredible results, Italy is back in the race for Poland.
Monday's cigarettes
Here we go again for the Monday roundup of the hottest news from around the Internet world.
After the Olympics: What's the future of Germany?
The oldest European team in Beijing showed during the tournament that it has come to the end of a cycle. Several German players will end their career in the national team after this tournament, and coach Dirk Bauermann has now four years to rebuild a team to remain competitive.
The Russian league explained
Since 2006, when CSKA brought the Euroleague title back to Moscow after 35 years, all eyes are trained on Russian basketball and its new economic power. By the way, no single Roman Abramovich heads a club, but the great boom of the entire movement (which includes the National Team, European champion in pectore) […]