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Preview: USA vs Canada – 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
It’s the battle for bronze at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Dillon Brooks seek lead Canada to victory over the USA. Who will recover from their semi-final defeat to finish with a win? Key details Who: USA (5-2) vs Canad (5-2) Where: Mall of Asia Arena, Manila When: Sunday Septembner […]
Canada basketball fails the test of the Serbia school
Svetislav Pesic and Bogdan Bogdanovic combined to teach Dillon Brooks and Canada a harsh lesson from the Serbian school of basketball. A dominant display saw Serbia advance to the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup final. This was Serbian ball but not quite optimal The game started like a Svetislav Pesic script. His Serbia team made […]
Preview: Serbia vs Canada – 2023 FIBA World Cup
It’s the final four of the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads Canada into battle against Bogdan Bogdanovic and Serbia in Manila on Friday to see who progresses to Sunday’s final. Emmet Ryan breaks down the big match-ups and makes his prediction. Key details Who: Serbia (5-1) vs Canada (5-1) Where: Mall of Asia […]
SGA impresses as Canada take down a dogged Slovenia
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made his case for MVP, Dillon Brooks fed on the hate, and Canada got the win. For all of Luka Doncic’s fight, he couldn’t stop Slovenia from being eliminated from the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Was this a Lakers or Luka game? The local obsession with Austin Reaves, purely because he is an […]
Video Preview: Germany vs Latvia and Canada vs Slovenia
It’s quarter finals time at the 2023 FIBA World Cup and Emmet Ryan is here to recap the battle between Lithuania and Serbia plus the match-up of Italy and the USA. It’s also time to look ahead to the clashes of Germany vs Latvia plus the duel of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander & Luka Doncic as Canada […]
Preview: Canada vs Slovenia – 2023 FIBA World Cup quarter final
The elite eight of basketball have been decided as the quarter finals of the 2023 FIBA World Cup get under way. The last game of the quarter final sees Luka Doncic and Slovenia challenge Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Canada. Key details Who: Canada (4-1) vs Slovenia (4-1) Where: Mall of Asia Arena, Manila When: 6 September […]
Enough with the arbitrary rankings argument
Yesterday we found out that Finland would be playing in the 2014 World Cup of Basketball. Some people were upset because of Angry Birds but plenty thought Finland’s FIBA ranking meant they were undeserving. Emmet Ryan has a problem with these arguments, especially the latter. We’ve got a pretty intelligent readership. You guys understand concepts […]
FIBA Facing World Cup Wild Card Dilemma
Greece’s double-overtime loss to Croatia compounded a problem that has been growing for FIBA since the continental tournament season began. Who gets the four wildcards? Who says you can’t get too much of a good thing? FIBA has four World Cup wildcard slots to award and plenty of willing suitors. Whatever happens, somebody is going […]
March Madness: Taylor, Kilicli, Harris, Somogyi headline Euros in NCAA tourney day one
You may have heard that across the ocean, they’re tipping off something called The NCAA Basketball Tournament, a.k.a. March Madness. BallinEurope naturally has one eye on The Big Dance with feet grounded on The Continent. Happily, Europe is decently represented in the tournament and, after looking over the rosters, BiE definitely now has installed his […]
Ten spots filled for Jordan Brand Classic; two each to Turkey, France, Serbia
Another Jordan Brand Classic Camp is in the books, wrapping in Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday. The camp saw 40 European players dueling on the court (and, in a serious sign of our times, apparently also in media relations) over eight days – including an all-day “presser” – in order to gain an invite to the prestigious […]
Monday's cigarettes
A new week is starting and still no official competition going on. So the cigarettes are pretty short this Monday, too.