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Notes on Pasecniks as Granca claim maiden Euroleague win
Anzejs Pasecniks got active early against FC Barcelona but he ultimately sat through the business end of matters as Gran Canaria claimed their maiden victory in Euroleague. Emmet Ryan gives his quick breakdown on what he saw from the Philadelphia 76ers draft pick It is a busy week in European basketball. Euroleague has a double […]
The 60 must watch Euroleague games of 2018-19
There are 30 rounds of games in the Euroleague regular season. They take place across 60 nights. Emmet Ryan has put together a viewing schedule to give you the best way through the season ahead With 16 teams playing 30 rounds of basketball there are 240 games in the Euroleague season. We’re distilling this […]
NBA Draft Profile: Anzejs Pasecniks
Vital Stats: Position: Centre / Power Forward Height: 2.18m Date of birth: 20/Dec/1995 Country: Latvia Current club: Gran Canaria Strengths Another 7ft 2″ Power Forward born in 1995 to come out of Latvia after Kristaps Porzingis was taken 4th in 2015. Anzejs won’t go quite so high, but he will be a legitimate lottery prospect in next weeks NBA draft. A mobile […]
The 10 games to watch in the Eurocup 2016/17 season
Having gone through all 61 game days of the Euroleague season yesterday, Emmet Ryan is back to pick BiE’s 10 games of the week in the 2016/17 season of the new look Eurocup There’s a lot to digest with the new format for Eurocup but, essentially, it matches what Euroleague was like as recently as […]
Satoransky makes the big play but Barcelona lose to Gran Canaria
Tomas Satoransky left Washington Wizards fans longing for him to come to the NBA with this play against Gran Canaria in ACB action on Sunday. Despite Satoransky’s athleticism, Barcelona fell 76-70. Check out the best bits from Gran Canaria’s upset win. That results leaves Barcelona in fourth spot in Liga Endesa on 16-7. Gran Canaria […]
Oriol Pauli with the big jam
Today in jams that lead you to call a play by a relative youngster to be the stuff of a grown ass man, it’s Oriol Pauli of Herbalife Gran Canaria with the big time dunk.
Highlights: Real survive, Barcelona cruise in ACB action
It was a busy weekend in the top flight of arguably Europe’s strongest league. Joventut Badalona gave Real Madrid all they could handle but eventually the home side pulled through to escape with the W 90-88. Barcelona had no such trouble with Gran Canaria, the Blaugrana cruised past the islanders 80-61. Bilbao Basket, whose very […]
The book on Ryan Richards in NBA Summer League – plus monster dunk
A shout out this morning to Britain-based HoopsFix and “hardworking 6’5” 187 lb. versatile small forward” Peter Grumble for tipping BallinEurope off to a big play from Ryan Richards, currently competing for the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Summer League. For more on Richards, click below the break, but now, the clip.
Bernard Hopkins’ bizarre stat line (sort of) leads Blusens to 82-63 win
Amidst Blusens Monbus’ 82-63 blowout of Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada in Liga Endesa play last night, 39 year-old Bernard “Mister Récord” Hopkins logged one of the season’s more bizarre stat lines. Read his bit of the boxscore: 14 points on 4-of-6 overall shooting and 6-of-7 on FTs; four rebounds; one assist; one steal; five (!) fouls drawn; […]
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 […]
Best of the (basketball) net: Past, present and future edition
“Best of the (Basketball) Net” is one day late this week, but that extra 24 hours or so will surely make all the difference in terms of quality. For some most interesting recently-posted basketball-related stuff from the interweb, read on to check out excerpts from a classic of basketball literature, see highlights from a big […]
State of the nations: European basketball organizations today
While not interested in passing definitive judgment, we think it would be useful and fair to take a look at the European basketball panorama. There will be no ratings or rankings here, just a snapshot of what the most important ballin’ countries offer us. Ten years into the third millennium, it’s common to hear repeated […]