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Reports: Ettore Messina signs with Los Angeles Lakers as consultant
The rumor mill is grinding it out on Sunday, with some in the blogosphere today reporting that Ettore Messina has been hired as a “consultant” under new Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike Brown. Stories of Messina perhaps landing work in the Lakers organization first began two weeks ago. Eric Pincus over at website HoopsWorld […]
Shocker in Spain: Real Madrid falls to Bizkaia Bilbao, 80-72
Congratulations this morning go out from BallinEurope to perhaps the underdog of the year, as Bizkaia Bilbao Basket has advanced to the ACB final by defeating Real Madrid in game four of their semifinal matchup, 80-72. The club which had never won a playoff game going into 2010-11 dispatched the Euroleague Final Four squad and […]
Ricky Rubio agrees in principle to join Minnesota Timberwolves (Is end of world nigh?)
The day BallinEurope never thought would arrive may be upon us; ESPN reported early this morning that FC Barcelona wunderkind Ricky Rubio will be joining the Minnesota Timberwolves for the 2011-12 NBA season – if, in fact, there is a 2011-12 NBA season. Previously stating that he was holding back on a decision to wait […]
Greek championship: Olympiacos comes back in final five minutes to take game three, 76-68
Though a bit distracted by referees’ calls early, Olympiacos survived to play another day in the Greek championship series, thanks to an amazing 15-2 run to close out the game against Panathinaikos for a final score of 76-68. The Greens led early as the Reds carried some heavy weight after two games that some felt […]
New Romanian champs: Cluj-Napoca upends long-time titlist Asesoft on half-court buzzer-beater
Romania’s Divizia A may be one of the more obscure domestic basketball leagues in Europe, but they’re certainly not lacking in excitement. BallinEurope’s man in Romania, Adi Micinic of TotalBaschet.ro reports in on one heckuva game, replete with stunning clock-expiring finish (totally one of the shots of the year), that went down last night. This […]
Inside the huddle with Zeljko Obradovic and David Blatt
The folks at Euroleague TV had a good 2010-11 season in BallinEurope’s opinion, and they’ve just produced an interesting clip to close things out. See below the break to take ELTV up on their interesting invitation to become a player, i.e. to witness miked up coaches Zeljko Obradovic and David Blatt during the Panathinaikos-Maccabi Tel […]
Daniel Gibson on Lebron quote: “You can’t help but take it personal.”
For those of you already well-versed in the hating of Lebron and his ever-closer incipient reign as King (or maybe Prince) James, BallinEurope brings a little antidote for your game one hangover. BiE got a heads up this morning on something called “Boobie’s Podcast” as presented by the Cleveland-based Dugout Sports Show. In this week’s […]
Dastardly Dirk versus The Big Z: Who deserves a ring more?
The two have played a combined 1,837 regular-season NBA games, scoring over 33,750 points while nabbing more than 14,500 rebounds over 24½ full seasons. Each has rewritten the franchise record books of the team for which he spent the overwhelming majority of his career. Each has been underrated for much, if not all, of his […]
Romania: Cluj-Napoca pushes Asesoft to brink, nears historical feat
With five games down in Romania’s Divizia A finals, not only has U Mobitelco BT Cluj-Napoca come to within one win of snatching the title from six-time defending champs CSU Asesoft Ploiesti, they could also tonight hand the celebrated franchise its most ignominious defeat ever: The club’s *first-ever playoff series defeat.* Reports BallinEurope’s man in […]
Panathinaikos overcomes Olympiacos, 78-66, with massive free-throw advantage; Bourosis resigns from national play in protest
Just a couple of weeks ago, as Olympiacos polished off Aris in the EƩAKE semifinals with a couple of convincing wins to bring the Reds’ record against Greek sides to 36-0 in 2010-11, some observers were calling out for the brooms. After Sunday night’s play, cries of “sweep!” surely rang out across Hellas – but […]
Dirk, Dydek and beyond: Weekend video clips
European basketball leagues and the NBA may be coming to a close for 2010-11, but there’s still plenty of hoops to keep up with – and even more online video clips for the watching! BallinEurope starts your Sunday with a dozen clips shot in the U.S., Greece, Spain, Israel and other locales. Enjoy today’s action […]
From Zen Master to Euroleague Master in Los Angeles?
Whoa, well now. Los Angeles Lakers fans knew that life would be bizarre in the post-Phil Jackson world, but so immediately? And involving Ettore Messina, for Naismith’s sake? HoopsWorld reported last night (this morning by CET standards) that the four-time Euroleague champion coach might be coming aboard to serve under intriguing non-Kobe approved incumbent Mike […]