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Nick Calathes rolls back the clock as Fenerbahce make history
In what should surely go down as Euroleague’s Waiting for Godot game, Nick Calathes picked his moment. Fenerbahce downed AS Monaco to, by a couple of hours, become the first road team ever to win a Game 5. This was a weird one. Samuel Beckett would certainly have approved of the surreality. Fortunately, BiE has […]
Even on a bad night, Mike James was inevitable for AS Monaco
Fenerbahce’s dreadful endgame will be the story of the match. They only got in that situation because Mike James finally found a way to contribute and for a Game 5 at home for AS Monaco in the Euroleague playoffs. Mike James almost cost AS Monaco the game and their Euroleague season. Instead, dreadful endgame management […]
Nick Calathes has found his perfect role at the perfect time for Fenerbahce
The Greek point guard wasn’t himself on Wednesday night against AS Monaco. He was something very different. It was a good type of different as Nick Calathes led Fenerbahce to a crucial win in the Euroleague playoffs. For over a decade, we’ve gotten used to taking the bad with the good when it comes to […]
Sarunas Jasikevicius and the need to succeed
Everyone wants to win. Sarunas Jasikevicius needs it. With him leading Fenerbahce into a Euroleague Basketball playoff series again Monaco, Emmet Ryan on the fiery coach determined to prove his way works There’s no shortage of places where Sarunas Jasikevicius is loved. That’s not the debate. The question for the former player who has rapidly […]
Preview: AS Monaco vs Zalgiris Kaunas – Euroleague Round 33
One team wants home court. The other just wants to stay alive. It’s a titanic tussle in Euroleague Basketball as AS Monaco welcome Zalgiris Kaunas The dream is still alive but in different ways for AS Monaco and Zalgiris Kaunas. The former is fighting for home court in the Euroleague Basketball playoffs. The latter needs […]
Mike James is more than just the numbers
With Mike James claiming the Euroleague Basketball scoring record last week. Emmet Ryan on a man who has always been his own man in basketball It was inevitable yet it still felt good. Mike James, by breaking the all-time scoring record for Euroleague Basketball, has left an indelible mark. The AS Monaco marksman has somehow […]
Mike James makes the Euroleague MVP debate worthwhile
It’s a trophy that gets discussed but nobody quite puts a focus on it like Mike James of AS Monaco. Emmet Ryan writes about how James is the fire that makes discussing the MVP of Euroleague Basketball worthwhile Every year it feels like we have this discussion. Every year the answer seems to guarantee one […]
AS Monaco are good but can they be great? – Euroleague season preview
BallinEurope is previewing all 18 Euroleague Basketball teams over the next 18 days. Yesterday it was the turn of Valencia. Today it’s Sasa Obradovic and Monaco who are hoping that Kemba Walker and Mike James will bring them glory. Sasa Obradovic brought AS Monaco to the Euroleague Basketball Final Four last season. There’s only one […]
The irrational stress we live for
Game 1 in the Euroleague playoffs is a wildly unbalanced beast in terms of stakes, or at least the imagined stakes, and few games made the beauty of the madness of such a scenario quite as clear Elie Okobo went 0 of 3 from deep in the first half of Game 1. It felt like […]
Monégasque defenders repel Andorran invaders
The noble knights of Monaco stood fast as they laid waste to the invading horde that came from the landlocked highlands of Iberia. Thrice these two principalities had faced off in the name of nations. Twice had Andorra claimed victory, including once in this fair hall and the lone time the red and white took […]