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VIDEOS: Vesely on how Fenerbahce’s fans give him energy
BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan caught up with Jan Vesely, Pero Antic, Bobby Dixon, and Bogdan Bogdanovic after Fenerbahce’s epic overtime win over Laboral Kutxa Baskonia in the Euroleague Final Four Jan Vesely talked to BallinEurope about how he drew energy from the Fenerbahce crowd in Friday’s Euroleague Final Four victory over Laboral Kutxa Baskonia. Vesely also […]
Fenerbahce win an OT classic over Baskonia to make the Euroleague title game
It was an instant classic as Fenerbahce and Baskonia served up an extraordinary 45 minutes of basketball in the Euroleague Final Four. In the end it was Fener that was left standing to book a spot in Sunday’s final, writes Emmet Ryan Baskonia got the living hell beaten out of them in the game’s opening […]
Euroleague Final Four preview
The drinking and thinkpieces are why you come here but it would just be weird if we didn’t have a straight up preview of the Final Four. Here’s how Emmet Ryan sees it going down Nobody comes to Berlin without flaws but the team with the few holes looks pretty obvious. Fenerbahce don’t have a […]
VIDEOS: Adams and Bertans on Baskonia’s Final Four prep
BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan caught up with Darius Adams and Davis Bertans of Laboral Kutxa Baskonia on the eve of the Euroleague Final Four Darius Adams talked to the media ahead of Laboral Kutxa Baskonia’s Euroleague Final Four clash with Fenerbahce. Adams shared his thoughts on the mental side of the game and what his team […]
Euroleague thrillers see wins for Lietuvos Rytas and Lokomotiv Kuban
There was high drama in Group D on Thursday night while Anadolu Efes continued a fine start for the Turkish contingent in Euroleague. A dramatic finish saw Lietuvos Rytas scrape past Panathinaikos 84 – 83 thanks to Renaldas Seibutis sinking a jumper with 5.5 seconds remaining in overtime in the Eurolague Game of the Week. […]
From the free-for-all: Last week’s top five Euroleague acquisitions (plus one from the NBA)
Has it really been almost two months since the Euroleague Final Four? And when did the seasons in Spain, Greece, Italy and the NBA finish up? Time gets exceedingly relative and outright bendy once offseason transactioneering begins as memories of the previous year are quickly disposed for a look to the next and the money […]
Hungary’s first NBA player/current Phoenix Suns scout Kornel David visits Lithuania
The Pride of Hungarian Basketball was recently spotted in Lithuania, where he was doing scouting work for the Phoenix Suns. Former Žalgiris Kaunas big man/Hungary’s first-ever NBA player Kornél Dávid sat in on the Caja Laboral Baskonia game in Kaunas last week and afterwards granted an interview to Žalgiris radio. (Naturally, Dávid doesn’t give name […]
Eurocentric highlights from last night’s NBA action
With 22 NBA teams going at it last night across the ‘States, the official website has a serious compendium of clips collected this morning. Several favorites from The Continent are featured and BiE has compiled this run of videos with which you can kill a good ten minutes of your morning this morning, easily. • […]
Euroleague All-Decade Team: The official BallinEurope ballot
The waffling is over! After a couple of weeks of mulling over the field of 50 candidates for ten spots on the Euroleague All-Decade Team, the final decision has been made (and whoo, was that painful) and the ballot submitted. The following, then, is how the official BallinEurope ballot for the 2010s all-stars, along with […]
Sporting Bet lines and odds for Euroleague Final 16 week two matchups
After a night of upsets in Euroleague play last night, can any would-be punter feel safe betting on any of tonight’s games? To wit, which of tonight’s three matches looks rife for an upset finish and/or acknowledgement of seriousness, i.e. the BC Khimki demolition of Unicaja (are we witnessing the rise of a new Russian […]
Euroleague attendance figures mostly dismal through four weeks
The numbers are in and if one thing can be said about Euroleague 2009-10 this early on, it’s that this association is hardly free of the specter of economic woes. After Partizan and Alba Berlin set attendance records in 2008-09, this season has heretofore seen a most remarkable downturn in paying fandom with Lottomatica Roma […]
Betting on basketball: Sporting Bet ACB outright winner odds
As national leagues and Euroleague tip off this week, the bookmakers too are naturally gearing up for one of their busiest times. Euroleague/Ball in Europe sponsor SportingBet.com has an amazing range of bets available on league outright winners across the Continent: Covered are Adriatic, Austrian, Czech, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Slovenian and Spanish […]