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Eurocentric NBA highlights, bullets: Parker’s big game; Nuggets top Heat; Deng rules over Celtics; Rubio masterful as ever in first start
BallinEurope gets things rolling on Saturday with highlight clips – okay, some links to online stuff You Should Read as well, but the main point is highlight clips, right? This morning, then, a quick look at some excellent performances turned in in last night’s NBA action from the Continent’s top players. Starring Tony Parker, Luol […]
British Basketball League: BBL Cup preview, weekly roundup
One of Europe’s first national tournament champions of 2012 will be crowned on Sunday in England as Birmingham hosts the British Basketball League Cup Final featuring the table-topping Newcastle Eagles (11-1) against the Plymouth Raiders (6-2). Included in the festivities will be the 2012 BBL dunk contest and the “BBL Babes Cheerleaders,” of whose identity […]
Anonymous party sends pig’s head to Scavolini Pesaro HQ; Team responds on court
BallinEurope’s man in Italy, Enrico Cellini, contributes quite a bizarre story out of league basketball there. (To think that Cibona Zagreb fans merely created an interesting image in protest of their team’s poor play.) The headline gives away the punchline so BiE won’t forestall this tale’s telling further … um, enjoy. On January 2, Scavolini […]
Flashback: Pau Gasol of FC Barcelona, 2000 ACB Finals
Courtesy the awesome Dejan Body (Where does he get those wonderful clips?), below the break runs an incredible blast from the past in a compilation of clips from the 2000 ACB finals featuring a 19-year-old named Pau Gasol, then in his second year with the big club. Gasol’s FC Barcelona, which also included the just-about […]
Now available: European Prospects 2011 Yearbook
For those into NBA Draft-mongering or the youth basketball scene in general and/or longtime BallinEurope readers, Christophe and his excellently informative website European Prospects need no introduction. As a founding father of this website and a writer for various print publications, Christophe is now a well-known authority in youth ‘ball circles. Christophe tipped off 2012 […]
Ambient musician Oneohtrix Point Never releases demo track “Rubio”
If the hard-rhyming, not-even-in-America-playing Jonas Valanciunas can inspire a song, the Human YouTube Highlight Clip is certainly fit material for crooning. Sort of, anyway. Brooklyn-based electronica performer Oneohtrix Point Never is working on a musical homage to La Pistola, this week releasing a three-minute long tune appropriately entitled “Rubio” on Soundcloud. If you ask BiE, […]
Truth or fiction? Toronto Raptors interested in, propose trade for Pau Gasol [updated]
Spanish-language Blog de Basket has quite the compelling story running today, particularly for Los Angeles Lakers and Toronto Raptors fans; the problem is that BallinEurope.com cannot seem to confirm the story’s veracity or the source reportage. According to Il ‘Blog, the Raptors have advanced an offer of Andrea Bargnani and Jose Calderon to the Lakers […]
Armenia’s Sarah Halejian, Kate Kevorken making their way in NCAA
In hopes of capitalizing on recent success in FIBA tournament play, the burgeoning women’s basketball program in Armenia may be able to add a pair of college ballers from the diaspora currently enjoying some success in the U.S. in the college ranks. Kate Kevorken is playing her senior year with the University of Nevada, producing […]
Oh, Ricky Rubio, you’ve done it again: Double-double, highlight-clip passing against Wiz
The Minnesota Timberwolves enjoyed their first true romp of the 2011-12 NBA season, taking out the hapless Washington Wizards in D.C. yesterday, 93-72. Fans of the league’s most polarizing player (at least here at BallinEurope.com), Ricky Rubio, got their fill as La Pistola produced his best statistical effort yet with a 13-point, 14-assist game against […]
Sam vs. the Future: Basketball predictions for 2012
It’s always a good time for some predictions, eh? Sam Chadwick, Ball in Europe’s man in the UK, today dusts off the Official BallinEurope Crystal Ball in looking forward to another year of top-quality basketball in the world’s top competitions. Who does Sammy like in the NBA, Euroleague, college ball and the Olympics? Read on […]
Love, justice, and now Drazen Petrovic, are blind
Here’s a bizarre image from Zagreb, where a mystery person or persons made a slight temporary addition to the statue outside the Drazen Petrovic Memorial Museum. Big deal; BallinEurope bets he still made the shot. (Tip of the hat to Eurostep for uploading the pic.) Update: Savas Birdal over at Eurostep reveals that the handiwork […]
Omer Asik and Kyle Korver’s “epic double flop” for Chicago Bulls
Video clip of the week from the NBA? BallinEurope’s got one for your consideration. While the Chicago Bulls produced a few YouTube-worthy highlights in their squeaker 75-74 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night, at least one play went down that Los Toros would like quickly and quietly wiped from the internets. Namely, the […]