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Monday cigarettes
Theo Papaloukas STARTED the game of the Russian Superleague this weekend against Unics Kazan. Maybe he finally was doing well in practice that his coach gave him the starting job or it was only because of the absence of Ramunas Siskauskas. Harun “Pegasus” Erdenay is back on the courts Jon Stefansson, one of my favorite […]
What I've heard
Here are some of the latest signing rumors I have heard these days.
Game No 500 for ALBA Berlin
The German top team ALBA Berlin is celebrating its 500th game in the regular season this weekend in Oldenburg. With 391 wins and 108 losses, the team from the Capital is one of the most dominant teams in Germany over the last 10 seasons.
Basketball team owner buys a mythic chunk
Today, I found an amazing article about an even more amazing story on the website of the International Herald tribune. The IHT and basketball, it is maybe not the best reference but this story is worth to be talked about here in my opinion.
Benetton vs. Pau: same glory – same sad story
Benetton Treviso and Elan Béarnais Pau-Orthez have been powerhouses of their respective leagues for years. Both teams combine for 13 national championships in the last 20 years and they were regular Top16 teams in the Euroleague. But their decline, which started already last year is really dramatic this season.
How to lose a close game
I talked already about the value of a coach in the playing style of a team and their success. And I talked also already about the fact that a ref can have a huge influence on a game. But tonight was the best example that also a coach can lose a game.
Wow, the ULEB Cup started…
On Monday, the ULEB Cup 2007-2008 started with a regame of the first ever European game between ASK Riga and Lukoil Academic. Of course, 50 years ago, the teams had different players and names, but it was a somehow strong historic symbol. Talking about historic, I have to say a few words about the competition […]
British Basketball enters the ULEB Cup
With the Guildford Heat, for the first time a team from the UK will participate to the ULEB Cup this season. And according to their head coach Paul James, they are not in this to make up the numbers.
… and the next derby is also ahead
Besides the Italian Basket City derby that will be played on Saturday, there is another huge European game just ahead. On Sunday, Panathinaikos will face Olympiakos, THE game of Greek basketball.
The first derby is coming…
Next weekend will be one of the most important ones in Italian basketball. It is derby time in Basket City – Bologna.
We want you!
Since it is impossible for us to speak every language spoken in Europe, we want our readers to help us on this project. As you can see above (“basketball sites“), we created a new feature where we want to post the best of the best web sites, blogs, forums from each country. Just send us […]
What happened to Pau-Orthez?
When I came back home, I was happy because I could watch the second half of the French Classic Elan Béarnais Pau-Orthez against ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne. But when I turned on the TV and saw the score, I could not really believe what I saw. Pau was trailing something like 25-52 in the third quarter at […]