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Podcast: Talking Top 16 Round 8 with Phil Naessens
BiE’s Emmet Ryan joined The Phil Naessens show to talk about the big match-ups this week in the Euroleague Top 16. Emmet and Phil look at a resurgent Panathinaikos, the struggles of Olympiacos, and a win or bust game for Anadolu Efes along with much more on this week’s action. Listen to the full show […]
Is a resurgent Dorsey the difference for Barcelona?
Emmet Ryan was in the Palau Blaugrana last Friday to witness the truly triumphant return of Joey Dorsey to FC Barcelona For the first 4 minutes and 27 seconds it looked the same. FC Barcelona, the jumbled mess of a roster that was on the wrong side of the playoff places, looked indecisive and vulnerable. […]
Fighting Football is foolish aka why Eurocup is vital
In the second part of out longform series on the business of basketball, Emmet Ryan looks at the vital role a secondary competition such as Eurocup plays in the overall growth of basketball in Europe. Part one, on the Euroleague proposal for next season, is here Football is big and people with money know this […]
Closing off sense – Euroleague, Champions League, and market stagnation
In the first of a series of pieces looking at the business and marketing of European basketball, Emmet Ryan reacts to the news that Euroleague may fully close off entry to the new 16 team competition The civil war has been ugly. The fans have been left hanging by and large. Money talks, naturally, but […]
Doncic shines, Rivers reassures, but Madrid have Real worries
Luka Doncic more than held his own against CSKA Moscow in Round 2 of Euroleague but Real are clearly still far from fixed, writes Emmet Ryan There were upsides for Real Madrid in Moscow. KC Rivers looked like he had slotted right back into the role he left in the summer, picking his shots well […]
The streaky shape of a Final Four contender
They live and die off streaks but Efes need to find what they are if they are to make a legitimate Final Four push according to Emmet Ryan On paper this team is stacked. Heurtel, Saric, Granger, Diebler, Dunston, Tyus, Osman, are the type of names that belong on a Final Four roster. This side […]
Shved makes the statement Khimki paid for
Alexey Shved showed why Khimki paid him the biggest bucks but the job is only really beginning writes Emmet Ryan The Moscow derby was never likely to be a blowout. Khimki have invested far too much to simply roll over in the face of CSKA’s extraordinary roster. Still, with Paul Davis effectively broken and Marko […]
The Ballin After – Finally Mario
The Ballin After is back with a slightly shorter than usual edition this week because wow it’s been a horrible week for me in my day job. This week’s show looks at the NBA getting ready for the arrival of Mario Hezonja, the FIBA Europe Cup adventure for Hibernia Basketball. and the HOT TAKE is […]
The Ballin After – But what about that guy?
BiE is back with a round up and look ahead to what’s big in European basketball this week. On this week’s show We look back on the dominance of Turkish and Russian sides in Round 1 of Euroleague along with looking ahead to Pinar Karsiyaka’s trip to face Panathinaikos. We also here from Cian Nihill […]
The Ballin After – Have ball, will travel
Euroleague returns and we are hyped up but there are other matters to attend to first with some big results in the ACB in Spain and Bundesliga in Germany. This week’s HOT TAKE is Joey Dorsey, love machine
The Ballin After – Basketball is back
With the European basketball season finally, kind of, sort of, back, Emmet Ryan is back to give you BallinEurope’s regular breakdown of the big stories across Europe. This week the focus is on the giants falling across the continent, exciting news for Belgian hoops, and the return of Europe’s top leagues. A new addition for […]
Quick notes on Game 1 between Real Madrid and Bauru
The first leg of the Intercontinental Cup clash between Real Madrid and Bauru took place last night with the Brazilians winning 91-90. Emmet Ryan stayed up late to watch No rest for the wicked Several of Real’s stars were playing this game just 5 nights removed from EuroBasket. With celebrations and transatlantic flights to deal […]