February 2015 24
Basket geek Mark Deeks needs your help for charity
Mark Deeks, arguably the geekiest man in basketball (and I say this as someone who has met Simon Jatsch), is doing something pretty nuts for Red Nose Day. Starting at 9pm UK time on Friday night, Deeks and two other guys will try to score 100,027 points in a game of darts over the course […]
PODCAST: Talking Kirilenko, Mekel, and Round 8 with Phil Naessens
BiE’s Emmet Ryan joined the Phil Naessens Show for their regular chat on the latest happenings in European hoops. With Andrei Kirilenko and Gal Mekel making big moves to Euroleague clubs, the duo discussed the impact this duo would have on the remainder of the Top 16 as well as looking ahead to this week’s […]
A new dawn for Dragic but will it be bright?
The trade deadline shocker that saw Goran Dragic and his brother Zoran move from the Phoenix Suns to the Miami Heat presents a new opportunity for the brothers but will it be to their benefit? Emmet Ryan looks at what’s in store for the Slovenian duo. The second time round in Phoenix looked to be […]
A quick look at prospect Jordan Blount
Jordan Blount is the hottest prospect to come out of Ireland in quite a long time. The 6’7″ shooting guard is part of Canarias Basketball Academy and CBA just posted some highlights of the young man in action. h/t Sam Meyerkopf Anyone can look good on a mixtape but what jumps out for Blount here […]
Cool look inside Maccabi Tel Aviv with Nikola Vujcic
Check out this nice little video feature inside the Nokia Arena, home of Maccabi Tel Aviv, as Maccabi legend Nikola Vujcic guides Euroleague TV around the historic venue and talks about the history of the club.
The Struggles of Sviata
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk went to the University of Kansas as one of the most hyped prospects to come out of Europe in recent years but so far the Ukrainian wunderkind has struggled. Emmet Ryan looks at the struggles of Sviata. Mike Fratello wasn’t in the best of moods. It wasn’t so much the result as he […]
Check out the game ball for EuroBasket 2015
We could write a really long post telling you about the aesthetics of the ball for EuroBasket 2015, which was unveiled today, or we could just re-post the press release after a snarky intro. I’ve got work today, no prizes for guessing the route we’re going. Here’s the official release: Molten, in collaboration with FIBA, […]
Barca’s rhythm problem
Cloning Ante Tomic isn’t on the table and that leaves Barcelona with a big problem that was clear to see in the Copa del Rey, writes Emmet Ryan. The scoreline on Saturday night was the most misleading part. Barcelona, if you only checked in after the final horn, looked like they had cruised past ACB […]
BiE goes to the ball
Last Friday night it was our time to rep BiE Nation and all the Basketbloggers around the world as BallinEurope was up for best blog at the Digital Media Awards. Watch what happened: Thanks to everyone who supported us in our run to the final.
So what now for Bayern?
Bayern Munich crashed out of the German Cup at the hands of Alba Berlin on Wednesday night. The reigning German champions aren’t the team that took the title last year but Emmet Ryan says they have come a long way since a disastrous regular season in Euroleague. When last we looked at Bayern in depth, […]
Podcast: Can we finally trust Fenerbahce?
Emmet Ryan joined the Phil Naessens show once again this week to discuss the latest happenings in European basketball. With Euroleague on an off week for the national cups, Emmet and Phil took stock of what we have seen so far breaking down two of the most interesting teams in European basketball. First up was […]
Lesser spotted dunks: Preston Ross makes the big jam against DCU Saints
We heard about this dunk on Twitter but it took a few days for it to surface online, check out Preston Ross nailing the huge one-handed jam for UCD Marian in their 89-80 win over DCU Saints in the Irish league. Ross is averaging 20.7 points per game 6.7 rebounds per game in his first […]