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Pete Mickeal to be known as Petko Mihailov?
According to Spain’s leading internet basketball mag Solobasket, Tau Vitoria got Pete Mickeal a Bulgarian passport in order to sign another U.S. citizen, Gerald Fitch, as an import player to the team, as only two are allowed to play per team in Spain’s ACB (The other player would be John Lucas III.)
Short Monday night cigarettes
Before going to bed, here are a few stories from the weekend that I think are worth mentioning.
A legend goes down (in Germany, too)
After we told you about the sad story of Pau-Orthez in France, we will give you a brief story about another traditional team that must go down to the second division. In Germany, one team has played in the Bundesliga forever, since the 1st German league has existed. But this may now be over.
A legend goes down
With a 95-88 defeat this Tuesday against Cholet Basket, Elan Bearnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez has definitely been relegated to the ProB, the French second division. After 35 years of playing first-division basketball in the Bearn region, the team must now play one division lower and several levels lower than it was used to in previous years.
French budgets versus the Crisis
The financial crisis has had its impact on the various European budgets, with most teams lowering their expenses for the upcoming season. Additionally, the EUR-USD exchange rate has dropped in a region which is less interesting for the European teams too (1 Euro is worth around USD 1.30 today, as compared to a rate of […]
Can you top this?
A few weeks ago, we talked briefly here about the shot of the year made by a Swedish player hitting from his own three-point line with a rebound. Now, some other professionals tried to go for the move, too.
BallinEurope’s Easter eggs
No cigarettes today but we found some nice Easter eggs this weekend. So here we go.
Brent Wright to be fired because of oversleeping a game
Former Florida Gator and current Cibona Zagreb player Brent Wright will probably get fired after he missed this weekend’s away game in the Croatian League against Dubrovnik. Wright did not show up at the team bus at the scheduled time and did not travel with the team to play the league game.
Late Monday’s cigarettes
After a super busy weekend, here we go for the late Monday evening cigarettes for a week that could be called the European version of Rivalry Week. Why, just check the cigarettes below.
What will happen in Köln?
We talked already about their financial problems several times. Now the first two players have officially left the team. And the team faces deadline to find the necessary funds to avoid disappearing.
Copa del Rey 2008: Preview (UPDATED)
One of the most important competitions in European basketball is about to start this Thursday in Vitoria. I speak of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish King’s Cup. Here is a short preview of the 8 participating teams.
Pierre Seillant retires
One of the most important personalities on the French and European basketball scene is retiring at the end of the season. The emblematic president and big boss of Elan Pau-Orthez announced today that he will retire and also submitted his candidate for his succession.