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Taylor Rochestie wins the Alphonso Ford award as Euroleague top scorer
As expected, Taylor Rochestie of Nizhny Novgorod has formally been announced as this year’s winner of the Alphonso Ford award as top scorer in Euroleague. Here’s the full release from Euroleague…read to the bottom for extra news about BiE’s coverage of the Final Four in Madrid. The first of the 2014-15 EFES Euroleague Awards, the […]
Brinkmanship the order in Europe
The weeks continue to be tense behind the scenes, with only smidgen and guesses have been truly learned, the powers that be in European basketball are playing a most dangerous game. Nobody knows the hand Patrick Baumann is willing to play. Would FIBA’s secretary general really gamble that crushing sanctions on national federations would be […]
Fearless Predictions: BallinEurope’s Euroleague Playoff Picks
It’s playoff time with two fantastic match-ups, one we are a little shaky on, and a fourth we are worried will be a blow-out. The Euroleague playoffs tip-off tomorrow, following a thrilling end to the Top 16 despite not one team changing positions in the playoff rankings in the final round of games. There was […]
Euroleague signs deal with Turkish ministry of culture
Euroleague Basketball has announced a partnership of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Here’s the statement from Euroleague with all the details: With the one-of-a-kind launch pad at the Final Four basketball party set for May 14 to 17 in the Spanish capital of Madrid, the family of Turkish tourism brands will have as […]
It was the game we needed
Thursday night was always meant to be about Alba vs Maccabi but actions elsewhere made the game even more important for a wild final round. Given Fenerbahce had second place locked up, it was a little surprising to see Efes fall so meekly to their Istanbul rivals. Even more surprising was how Baskonia wholly failed […]
All eyes on Alba…yet also in other places
Alba Berlin did what Alba Berlin do, the unexpected. Now what? Emmet Ryan looks ahead to a wild finish to Euroleague’s Top 16. It is, in the most basic of terms, the biggest game in German basketball since the EuroBasket final of 2005. At club level, you’ve got to go all the way back to […]
PODCAST: Previewing the final round of the Top 16
Alba Berlin’s win in the OAKA last week has set up an amazing final round of games in the Top 16 of Euroleague. In this week’s Euroleague slot on The Phil Naessens show, Emmet and Phil discuss all the big stories as the playoffs finally take shape. Press play to listen now:
We really don’t need another civil war
The opening salvos have been fired with little dignity. It’s not going to get prettier. Everyone needs to grow up. That’s what Emmet Ryan thinks of the latest FIBA vs ULEB spat. Didn’t we already go through this around the turn of the century? ULEB and FIBA Europe fought for control of Europe’s top competition […]
We have one request for the Saras documentary
Euroleague has released the trailer for its upcoming documentary One Day with a Legend: Sarunas Jasikevicius. It looks promising. Promising, for sure. You know what would make it a slam dunk hit with BiE? Get Saras to eat The Saras.
Reggie Redding keeps Alba Berlin’s Euroleague season alive
Alba Berlin entered Wednesday’s Euroleague Top 16 game with Zalgiris knowing that defeat would effectively end their shot at making the playoffs. Reggie Redding was having none of that as he dropped 27 points along with 7 rebounds and 5 assists in an 80-72 win over the Lithuanian champions. Check out the highlights. That win […]
Return of the big gun – Kirilenko’s future with CSKA
It’s been a period for NBA refugees to find new homes in Russia with Victor Claver and Gal Mekel both making the jump but no move sent shockwaves around Europe quite like the return of Andrei Kirlenko to CSKA Moscow, writes Emmet Ryan. The return was a cameo, just 5 minutes and 2 points in […]
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.