How 2025–26 Star Performances Set Up the Next NBA Player Props Market
The 2025–26 NBA season delivered remarkable individual performances that reshaped expectations for elite players across the league. Consistent scoring, defensive excellence, and historic single-game achievements influenced how analysts evaluate player production heading into the next campaign. As sportsbooks and fans study recent trends, standout performances from the league’s biggest names have become valuable reference points. […]
Europeans in the 2026 NBA Draft
The NBA has been a global league for a long time now. There have been star athletes from Europe and beyond making a name for themselves in the world’s best basketball league for decades. If you needed any further proof of the diversity of the NBA, there hasn’t been an American MVP since 2018. […]
2026 NBA Finals: How the Knicks Are Forcing Bettors to Rethink Wembanyama
The 2026 NBA Finals have created an unexpected betting storyline. Entering the series, Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs were widely viewed as the team to beat. Sportsbooks installed San Antonio as the favorite, with many analysts pointing to Wembanyama’s dominance throughout the postseason as the biggest factor behind those odds. New York has […]
NBA Finals: Victor Wembanyama has no more time for calm
Once more, the San Antonio Spurs and Victor Wembanyama were too calm. Once more, they fell to a vibrant New York Knicks. Emmet Ryan on a need for raw aggression from the Western Conference champions in the NBA Finals. Here’s the thing about being a Zen master. It’s not about running from emotion, it’s about […]
Greek Finals: Panathinaikos wake up and make it a series
It took a while but Panathinaikos finally came to life in Game 2 of the Greek Finals. Their dominant victory over Olympiacos in OAKA means, thankfully, that Emmet Ryan gets to say one of his favourite things. We’ve got a series! If you’re a neutral watching the Greek Finals, then thank the heavens for Jerian […]
NBA Finals: Victor Wembanyama must turn calm into chaos
It’s possible to be too calm. That’s something Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs need to realise before Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Having lost the opener to the New York Knicks, the Spurs look like they need to change the tempo up a bit, writes Emmet Ryan After winning the Western Conference […]
Ergin Ataman is already setting up his next act
Just when we thought we had all the answers, he went and changed the question. Ergin Ataman delivered a most on-brand response after Panathinaikos lost Game 1 of the Greek finals to Olympiacos. With his future questionable, to put it mildly, he once again set about setting the table for his next act. Emmet Ryan […]
The Alien is human: Victor Wembanyama, joy, and the NBA Finals
Victor Wembanyama has become the most compelling basketball player alive. There’s stiff competition for that title, yet the San Antonio Spurs star has claimed it as his own. Now, in just his third NBA season, he’s in the NBA Finals for the first time and leading the Spurs against the New York Knicks. Emmet Ryan […]
Olympiacos finally conquer Real Madrid for Euroleague title
There was drama, despair, and determination throughout these furious forty minutes in the Oaka. The culmination of the Euroleague Final Four saw Olympiacos put to an enormous test by Real Madrid but finally emerged triumphant. Emmet Ryan reports on the night the Reds finally got over the line. The Olympiacos chants began over three hours […]
Real Madrid are still the final boss
In a season filled with variety and surprises, somehow the most normal thing happened. Real Madrid beat Valencia at the Euroleague Final Four. They are inevitable. Emmet Ryan on how even a wounded version of Los Blancos just made it look like normal business. We really should have seen this coming. I’m sure that many […]
Sasha Vezenkov leaves no doubt for Olympiacos
In the first half, Olympiacos wowed us with modular basketball. In the second, Sasha Vezenkov decided to leave no doubt. A convincing win over Fenerbahce saw them advance to Sunday’s title game at the Euroleague Final Four. Emmet Ryan shares his thoughts from Athens. Sasha Vezenkov has won all the individual accolades as well as […]
Sasha Vezenkov has one last step to take
He has the individual accolades to go with the domestic titles and adoration from Olympiacos fans. The one thing Sasha Vezenkov is missing is a Euroleague title. In Athens, he gets a chance to change that. Sasha Vezenkov has done everything he could in Euroleague basketball and more, bar that one thing. He has Euroleague […]