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The NBA – a European's dream – is it?
A few years back – no doubt – it was the biggest dream any person that touched a basketball had. Like Ronny Turiaf who tells us about this in an interview with hoopsaddict: HA: As a young kid growing up in France, what is the common perception that people have of the NBA? RT: It’s […]
Review of the Euroleague prediction
Predictions are most of the time really not a sign of how much you know about basketball or if you do a good job or not. You never really know how the team will work together in the end. So why would we do predictions? Well, it is entertaining meaning that you can think about […]
ESPN goes Europe
Some European bloggers or sports fans have been complaining for years, that people in the US have one big advantage: They grow up with the NBA, NCAA, NFL, MLB and NHL 24/7 on their TV. They say that this gives them the heads up. Even if you do agree with that (I don’t) then ESPN […]
Chris Kaman could be German
If you have read our post about words for Europeans, one guy would perfectly fit to be European: Chris Kaman! Just thinking about words like – hair, growing ..
The French all star game
I was lucky to talk to Fabian Greiser, who was a participant at the Slam Dunk contest at the French All Star game this past weekend. I just asked Fabian if he would want to write a little diary for us and take some pictures. So if you ever wonder what an Slam Dunk contest […]
David Vanterpool anybody?
Does this name ring any bells for you? Yes, David did play of CSKA Moscow last season – well, until he got injured and Oscar Torres (now with UPIM Bologna) replaced him. What is going on with David? Has he signed somewhere we just don’t know? Well, Ettore Messina explains what David is up to.
Where are they now? Aulcie Perry (United States)
After a little bit more than a month of absence, I come back with a new story of the "Where are they now" series. Today, I will talk about one of the Americans that made some big impact in Europe, I speak of Aulcie Perry.
Insulting Sam Mitchell and the Raptors
We already found out that Sam doesn’t really follow European basketball – with five guys from Europe on his team. Now we found out through the Toronto Sun that he even feels insulted when you try to tell Sam Mitchell they are playing European-style basketball:
Americans playing overseas
It is always interesting to see what professional American players think, when they come to Europe. It is also very interesting to see what their different reasons are to play professional in Europe. Here is an example of University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh graduate (DIII) center Kerry Gibson, who plays professional in Lithuania right now.
Monday cigarettes
Did you know that the former Arizona Sun Devil Mike Batiste started playing professionally in Belgium and was a regular scorer from the three point line? If you want to know even more about him, check the video from Euroleague.TV Here is also the video from Danilo Gallinari’s last second game winner during last week’s […]
Brad Miller talking about fashion
The newspaper sacbee.com published an interesting article on their Kings’ blog about what Brad Miller thinks about Beno Udrih’s style. What Beno calls style, Brad calls something else. Kings center Brad Miller has been giving Udrih a hard time about his fashion, and his ridiculing became public on Sunday.
Where are they now? Tal Brodi (Israel)
Today I will tell you the story of another Israeli glory, Tal Brodi. The US born guard was one of the most important, if not the most important basketball player ever in Israel. If you want to know why, just continue reading.