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Debutant James Beckom keen to make an impact for Ireland
The call-up came by text and James Beckom is hungry to take his shot. The UCC Blue Demons man spoke to BallinEurope about making his debut for the men’s Ireland basketball team in the 2027 FIBA World Cup qualifiers A call-up to the national squad was always on the cards for James Beckom at some […]
A new look Ireland takes aim at the 2027 FIBA World Cup
There are new faces and old amongst the Ireland men’s basketball team as they step up for their 2027 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers this week against Kosovo and Switzerland. With Irish basketball, every test presents a new opportunity and head coach Mark Keenan knows that well Mark Keenan is back at the helm but the […]
Ricky Rubio’s return for Spain is a celebration for all of basketball
With Ricky Rubio suiting up for Spain in the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers, Emmet Ryan writes about the positive message it sends Thursday night in Zaragoza was already going to be great. Latvia, one of the up and coming sides in international basketball, make the trip to take on a Spain side that has cause […]
Chris Coffey is an implausible dream in the Basketball Champions League
At Promitheas Patras, Chris Coffey has proven to be the living embodiment of workrate. That could make the difference for them in the Basketball Champions League There are small school players and then there’s Chris Coffey. His alma mater of Georgetown College has fewer than 1,600 students at any given time. There is some basketball […]
Ricky Rubio is writing his own story
With Ricky Rubio announcing his retirement from the NBA, Emmet Ryan writes about his own mental health, basketball, and coping with yourself Thursday was a moment for reflection. It’s not the first of its type and it won’t be the last but that doesn’t make it any less important. Ricky Rubio has played his last […]
Hunter Hale has his moment just when Promitheas Patras needed it
It was Night of the Hunter as Promitheas Patras overcame Le Mans in Game 1 of the Basketball Champions League play-ins thanks to a career night from Hunter Hale This game was over. It was done. Hunter Hale had done more than enough to ensure Promitheas Patras would take Game 1 of the Basketball Champions […]
More than Puso: Where next for basketball in the Philippines?
It’s a nation steeped in basketball history but is its obsession with retaining its own identity a limitation? The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup told us a lot about Gilas Pilipinas but can Philippines basketball be more than Puso? The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup is now two weeks behind us. Japan and Indonesia played […]
A radical proposal to change international FIBA basketball forever
The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup has been and gone. The Olympics are next year followed by EuroBasket, AfroBasket, and the FIBA Asia Cup in 2025. As things stand, the hierarchy of international basketball is set. Emmet Ryan wants to change that a lot, the route is through changing eligibility for FIBA basketball International basketball […]
Maple Rising: Canada Basketball has a bright future
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander proved himself as a leader at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Dillon Brooks put the haters in their place. The scary part is that this team is poised to get even better. Emmet Ryan on the rise of Canada Basketball into a global force Just before Canada tipped off against Slovenia in […]
Grading the facial hair of Ireland’s underage international basketball coaches
Basketball Ireland has announced the head coaches for Ireland’s underage basketball teams for the 2023/24 cycle. Most people would write serious and boring pieces about this. Emmet Ryan is not most people. Here are our grades of the facial hair of all six head Irish basketball underage coaches A quick note The elephant in the […]
Germany are the World Champions of Basketball
Bogdan Bogdanovic fought like a lion, Aleksa Avramovic kept popping up in key moments, but it wasn’t enough as Dennis Schroeder and Franz Wagner led Germany past Serbia to win the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Welcome to East Belgrade Heaven knows how much the thousands of Serbia fans that weren’t here on Friday spent […]
Bogdan Bogdanovic is the right man to lead Serbia
With silver medals littering his career, Bogdan Bogdanovic goes for gold on the grandest stage. At 31, he knows now is the time to lead Serbia past Germany and win the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. A matter of respect On Friday in the Mall of Asia Arena, Aris Barkas of Eurohoops told me that […]