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Interview: Ten minutes with Montepaschi Siena mastermind Ferdinando Minucci
Coming up on his 20th anniversary with Montepaschi Siena, general manager Ferdinando Minucci shows no signs of letting up – either in terms of hard work on his winning ways. Minucci’s rise through the ranks in the 1990s coincided with Montepaschi’s increase in prestige in Serie A. Achieving the lofty title of General Director and […]
Interview: Ten Minutes with CSKA Moscow dance team captain Anna Burkina
The players and coaches aren’t the only ones prepping for upcoming 2009-10 seasons across Europe; hundreds of cheerleading teams are also putting final touches on routines and getting into shape for opening day. As unabashed admirers of the glamorous ladies of the CSKA Moscow dance team, BallinEurope thought it might be a good idea to […]
Interview: Ten minutes with Terence Morris
Among the many high-level transactions made by FC Barcelona in this off-season – i hear they signed a hot young point guard… – is the well-traveled Terence Morris. In a career that has seen the former Maryland Terrapin boomerang from the United States to Europe to the Middle East in eight seasons of play, Morris […]
Donatas Motiejunas on FIBA U20 Euros: “I played bullshit here”
Over at heinnews.com runs an interview with Donatas Motiejunas, the center touted as the next international superstar to come out of Lithuania. The site contends that Motiejunas is “projected as the number three pick in the 2010 NBA Draft” in leading an interview that took place during the FIBA U20 Championship Men. When asked about […]
No news on Euroleague competition system
The Euroleague competition system for next season is still unknown officially. Multiple discussions have been held during recent weeks but no decision has been taken. Several opinions are still around and the news comes for the moment essentially from leagues, clubs or other groups, while the Euroleague has fallen into apathy since the Final Four […]
Zeljko Obradovic owns Greek journalist
During the post-game press conference of the Euroleague Final, Zeljko Obradovic talked about “strange things” that happened in the second half. However, he explained that he wants to see the game again before he makes any additional comment. Making such allusions, of course, gives journalists enough potential to speculate about what Obradovic meant.
Euroleague Final Four: Ramunas Sikauskas Interview
Ramunas Sikaukas who was the man of the first semi-final spoke to us just after his incredible performance today against FC Barcelona.
Francesco Cappelletti: "Cut and sew!"
Every year when October runs out, several players are denied a happy ending to their stories, and their NBA dream vanishes in a moment. This happens when waived by a franchise after a training camp spent sweating blood to emerge from among the “desperate ballers” hoping to make the team. So, there are two different […]
Basketball betting: The SportingBet interview
If you are a long-time reader of BallinEurope, you have read the outstanding interviews we posted with people involved with bets on basketball games. This time we talked to Philip Carpenter, an odds compiler at SportingBet.com, the official partner of the Euroleague. When Philip sent in the interview, I was amazed by his answers – […]
Wednesday Rumors
If you are really trying to provide readers with good stuff, the basketball off-season is probably more interesting and even busier than the actual season itself. For this reason, we decided to provide you with the latest rumors out there regarding European basketball and European players. To make it more interesting, we’ll let you know […]
Come on, Kobe!
Not much Euroleague in this post at all – sorry! Not even anything negative to say about any European player on the Lakers. Well – in the first half of game 4 you had to like what Mr. Radmanovic did: hitting threes.
Marcus Goree to stay another three years in Moscow
Our friends over at undrcrwn Europe are former basketball professionals (Ibi Diarra, Frankfurt Skyliners) and stay in contact with their former team mates. One of Ibi´s friends, Mario Kasun battles for the ACB championship right now, but unfortunately is down 0-2 against Tau Ceramica. Another friend of Ibi, Marcus Goree has won everything this season […]